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Bartók The Pianist / Audio CD 2016 / Hungaroton / Béla Bartók playing the Piano / 2 discs HCD 32790-91

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Bartók The Pianist / Audio CD 2016 / Hungaroton / Béla Bartók playing the Piano / 2 discs

HCD32790-91

UPC 5991813279026

MADE IN EU

 

English Summary:

The piano playing of Bela Bartók (1881-1945) immortalized on sound recordings is an inexhaustible fount and an invaluable treasure trove not only for musicologists, composers and contemporary performing artists but also for the wider public. The significance of this rich material, which, however, is rather UlleVC11 in quality, is, on the one hand, that Bartok performed as a concert artist from 1904 for four decades almost without interruption. 'Thus, through his interpretations, we can gain a subtle impression of European performance practice in the early 20th century and especially of the period between the two World Wars. On the other hand, from 1908 Bartok played his own compositions more and more frequently and these performances can bring us closer to understanding his compositional genius, stylistic periods, and creative methods. A third aspect, which might be the most important for music-lovers, is that one can observe in Bartók's piano playing such humanism, such love of music and humanity, such perfect balance of honoring tradition while being progressive, that it is probably unprecedented internationally. These are the reasons %yin' the complete centenary edition of his recordings by Hungaroton in 1981 ‘‘-as such an worthwhile undertaking. The present edition, appearing after another 35 years, otters a kind distillation, a content-related notional essence of previous publication.

 

Hungarian Summary:

Bartók Béla (1881-1945) hangfelvételeken kitett zongorajátéka kiapadhatatlan forrás, páratlan kincsestár - nemcsak muzikológusok, zeneszerre előadóművészek, hanem a szélesebb zenekedvelő számára is. E gazdag, bár technikai minőségét kétségkívül igen egyenetlen matéria jelentőségét az adja, hogy Bartók 1904-től négy évtizeden megszakítás nélkül pódiumon volt. Interpretációik árnyalt képet alkothatunk a századelő, illetve tök világháború közötti időszak európai előadói gyakorlatáról. Másrészt Bartók 1908 után mind gyakrabban játszotta kompozícióit; ezek az előadások pedig közelebb minket Bartók zeneszerzői géniuszának, stíluskorú-alkotói módszerének megértéséhez. Harmadrés zenebarátok számára talán ez a legfontosabb) zongorajátékában olyan humanizmus, zene- és enyhe a hagyományok tiszteletének és a progresszión tökéletes egyensúlya figyelhető meg, amire ne összehasonlításban is alig-alig találunk példát. Ezért volt nagyszerű vállalkozás a Hungaroton 1981-ben megjelent centenáriumi hangfelvétel-összkiadása, amelynek jelen kiadvány - Újabb három és fél évtized elteltével egyfajta sűrítményét, érzelmi-tartalmi-gondolati esszenciáját adja.

 

Béla Bartók (/ˈblə ˈbɑːrtɒk/; Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒrtoːk]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers (Gillies 2001). Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology.

 

Bartók plays:

Disc 1

1
Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49
by Béla Bartók
2:20    
2
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 5, Evening in Transylvania - No. 10, Bear Dance
by Béla Bartók
4:07  
 
 
3
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
by Béla Bartók
4:48    
4
2 Romanian Dances, Op. 8a, Sz. 43: No. 1, Allegro vivace
by Béla Bartók
4:02  
 
 
5
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 2, Allegro giocoso - 3 Burlesques, Op. 8c, Sz. 47: No. 2, A Bit Drunk
by Béla Bartók
2:46  
 
6
Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62
by Béla Bartók
7:49  
 
7
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, Old Dance Tunes: No. 7, Allegro - No. 8, Allegretto - No. 9, Allegretto - No. 10, L'istesso tempo - No. 12, Allegretto - No. 14, Allegro - No. 15, Allegro
by Béla Bartók
4:20  
 
8
Piano Sonatina, Sz. 55
by Béla Bartók
3:42  
 
 
9
Petite Suite, Sz. 105
by Bela Bartok
7:10  
 
 
10
3 Hungarian Folk Tunes, Sz. 66b
by Béla Bartók
3:49  
 
 
11
For Children, Sz. 42, Book 1: No. 3, Quasi adagio - No. 4, Pillow Dance - No. 6, Study for the Left Hand - No. 10, Children's Dance - No. 12, Allegro
by Béla Bartók
4:28  

12
For Children, Sz. 42, Book 1: No. 13, Ballade - No. 15, Allegro moderato - No. 18, Soldier's Song - No. 19, Allegretto - No. 21, Allegro robusto
by Béla Bartók
4:09  
 
13
Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 100, In the Style of a Folksong - No. 142, From the Diary of a Fly - No. 140, Free Variations
by Béla Bartók
3:34  

14
Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 133, Syncopation - No. 149, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm II - No. 148, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm I
by Béla Bartók
4:11  
 
15
Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 94, Tale - No. 152, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm V - No. 153, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm VI
by Béla Bartók
4:00  
 
16
Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74: No. 1, Molto moderato - No. 2, Molto capriccioso - No. 6, Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso - No. 7, Sostenuto, rubato - No. 8, Allegro
by Béla Bartók

 

Disc 2

1
Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 427
by Béla Bartók
1:03    
2
Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 212
by Béla Bartók
1:43  
 
3
Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 537
by Béla Bartók
1:26  
 
4
Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 70
by Béla Bartók
1:38    
5
8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor
by Béla Bartók
3:06  
 
6
Magyar népzene, Book 2: No. 7, Cockricoo!
by Mária Basilides
2:44    
7
Magyar népzene, Book 2: No. 8, The Heartless Wife
by Mária Basilides
2:56    
8
Magyar népzene, Book 2: No. 9, The Weeping-Willow
by Mária Basilides
2:52    
9
Magyar népzene, Book 4: No. 20, The Cricket's Wedding
by Vilma Medgyaszay
2:31    
10
Magyar népzene, Book 4: No. 21, In the Forest
by Vilma Medgyaszay
2:57    
11
Magyar népzene, Book 7: No. 42, Rákóczi’s Lament
by Vilma Medgyaszay
3:46    
12
8 Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 64: No. 1, Snow-White Kerchief - No. 3, Women, Women, Listen
by Mária Basilides
2:34    
13
8 Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 64: No. 2, Coldly Runs the River - No. 5, If I Climb the Rocky Mountains
by Mária Basilides
2:24    
14
8 Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 64: No. 6, All the Lads to War - No. 7, Spring Begins with Labour - No. 8, Snow Is Melting
by Ferenc Székelyhidy
3:48  

15
7 Pieces from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 108: No. 2, Chord & Trill Study - No. 5, New Hungarian Folksong - No. 6, Chromatic Invention
by Béla Bartók
3:24  
 
 
16
Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin & Piano, Sz. 86
by József Szigeti
9:07    
17
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. Z. Székely for Violin & Piano)
by József Szigeti
5:17  
 
18
Contrasts, Sz. 111
by Benny Goodman
17:01    
19
Années de pèlerinage, Book 3, S. 163: No. 7, Sursum corda
by Béla Bartók

 

 

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