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Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Imrovisations
on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20 Sz. 74 (1920)
1 Improvisation I - Molto moderato 01:14 2
Improvisation II - Molto capriccioso 01:01 3
Improvisation III - Lento, rubato 02:33 4
Improvisation IV - Allegretto scherzando 00:41 5
Improvisation V - Allegro molto 00:50 6
Improvisation VI - Allegro moderato, molto
capriccioso 01:30 7 Improvisation VII -
Sostenuto, rubato 02:06 8 Improvisation VIII -
Allegro 01:59
7 Sketches Op. 9b Sz. 44
(1908-1910)
9 1. Portrait d'une jeune fille
/ Portrai of a Girl Andante con moto 01:45 10 2.
Balançoire. Comodo / See-Saw, Dickory-Daw 00:50
11 3. Lento 01:51 12 4. Non troppo lento - Tempo
03:17 13 5. Mélodie populaire roumaine / Romanian
Folk Melody Andante rubato 01:15 14 6. A la
maničre valaque / In Walachian Style Allegretto
00:36 15 7. Poco lento 01:55 16 Allegro
Barbaro Sz. 49 (1910/11) 02:30
2 Elegies, op.
8b Sz. 41(1908/09)
17 Elegie I - Grave 06:32
18 Elegie II - Molto adagio, sempre rubato 07:09
Suite, Op. 14 Sz. 62 (1916) 19 I Allegretto
01:52 20 II Scherzo 01:47 21 III Allegro molto
02:06 22 IV Sostenuto 03:31
3 Hungarian
Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a (1907)
23 1.
The Peacock Rubato 01:37 24 2. At the Jánoshdia
fairground L'stesso tempo 01:36 25 3. White lily
Poco vivo 00:46
Sonatina, Sz. 55 (1915)
Based on Romanian Folks tunes 26 I Bagpipes
Allegretto 01:35 27 II Bear Dance Moderato 00:35
28 III Finale allegro vivace 01:53
15
Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71 (1914-18)
29
1. Four old Sorrowful Songs: Rubato 01:04 30 2.
Four old Sorrowful Songs: Andante 01:54 31 3.
Four old Sorrowful Songs: Poco rubato 00:40 32 4.
Four old Sorrowful Songs: Andante 00:37 33 5.
Scherzo: Allegro 00:40 34 6. Ballade Andante
(Tema con variazioni) 02:41 35 7. Old Dance
Tunes: Allegro 00:49 36 8. Old Dance Tunes:
Allegretto 00:31 37 9. Old Dance Tunes:
Allegretto 00:13 38 10. Old Dance Tunes: I'stesso
Temo 00:28 39 11. Old Dance Tunes: Assai moderato
00:46 40 12. Old Dance Tunes: Allegretto 00:37
41 13. Old Dance Tunes: Poco piů vivo 00:31 42
14. Old Dance Tunes: Allegro 00:34 43 15. Old
Dance Tunes: Allegro 01:29
TOTAL TIME 70:23
Recording Recording : XI 2024 Recording
location: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal,
Köln/Germany Executive Producer: Oliver Cech
(Deutschlandfunk) & Andreas von Imhoff (Avi-Service
for music) Recording Producer, Editing &
Mastering: Christoph Franke Recording Assistent:
Christoph Rieseberg (DLF) Piano Technician:
Christian Schoke Steinway D
Publishers: Henle
(Imrovisations; Allegro Barbaro; Sonatina; Suite op.
14; 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs); Editio musica
Budapest (Seven Sketches; 3 folksongs from Csík; 2
Elegies)
A co-production with
Deutschlandfunk
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Photography: © Irčne Zandel

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