Bartók, Béla: Duos

from "44 duos for two violins"

This album contains selected pieces from Bela Bartók's "44 Duos for Two Violins" that are considered suitable to be arranged for violas. With only a few exceptions, most of the pieces have been transposed down by a fifth interval, so that all open strings would correspond to those of the original instruments. Where lowering of the key seemed undesirable and the original key a bit too high for violas, the piece was not included in the album for violas. (P. Bartók)