Composer(s): Bartók, Béla
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.557821-22
Barcode: 747313282128
Release Date: 08/2006

BARTÓK, B.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 - Mikrokosmos (Jandó)

The 153 piano pieces of B�la Bart�k�s Mikrokosmos are a milestone in piano literature. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from musical terms and technical procedures to indications of regional provenance and folk derivation, they are arranged in order of increasing technical and musical difficulty, while encapsulating Bart�k�s maturing soundworld during the period 1926�1939. When asked, near the end of his life, about the meaning of his chosen title, Bart�k explained that �Mikrokosmos may be interpreted as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world. Or it may be interpreted as �world of the little ones, the children��.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Bartók, Béla
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
1 No. 1. 6 Unison Melodies I 00:26
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
2 No. 2: 6 Unison Melodies II (versions A and B) 00:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
3 No. 3. 6 Unison Melodies III 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
4 No. 4. 6 Unison Melodies IV 00:23
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
5 No. 5. 6 Unison Melodies V 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
6 No. 6. 6 Unison Melodies VI 00:25
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
7 No. 7. Dotted Notes 00:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
8 No. 8. Repetition I 00:34
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
9 No. 9. Syncopation I 00:40
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
10 No. 10. With Alternate Hands 00:44
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
11 No. 11. Parallel Motion 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
12 No. 12. Reflection 00:28
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
13 No. 13. Change of Position 00:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
14 No. 14. Question and Answer 00:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
15 No. 15. Village Song 00:31
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
16 No. 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position 00:52
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
17 No. 17. Contrary Motion 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
18 No. 18. 4 Unison Melodies I 00:24
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
19 No. 19. 4 Unison Melodies II 00:32
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
20 No. 20. 4 Unison Melodies III 00:45
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
21 No. 21. 4 Unison Melodies IV 00:25
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
22 No. 22. Imitation and Counterpoint 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
23 No. 23. Imitation and Inversion I 00:34
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
24 No. 24. Pastorale 00:36
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
25 No. 25. Imitation and Inversion II 01:01
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
26 No. 26. Repetition II 00:31
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
27 No. 27. Syncopation II 00:38
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
28 No. 28. Canon at the Octave 00:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
29 No. 29. Imitation Reflected 00:34
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
30 No. 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth 00:49
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
31 No. 31. Dance in Canon Form 00:38
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
32 No. 32. In Dorian Mode 01:00
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
33 No. 33. Slow Dance 00:45
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
34 No. 34. In Phrygian Mode 00:50
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
35 No. 35. Chorale 01:20
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
36 No. 36. Free Canon 00:49
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
37 No. 37. In Lydian Mode 00:40
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
38 No. 38. Staccato and Legato I 00:16
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
39 No. 39. Staccato and Legato (Canon) 00:27
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
40 No. 40. In Yugoslav Style 00:41
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
41 No. 41. Melody with Accompaniment 00:48
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
42 No. 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads 01:23
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
43 No. 43. In Hungarian Style (version A: 2 pianos; version B: piano solo) 00:56
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
44 No. 44. Contrary Motion II (2 pianos) 00:20
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
45 No. 45. Meditation 00:44
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
46 No. 46. Increasing - Diminishing 01:01
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
47 No. 47. County Fair 00:34
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
48 No. 48. In Mixolydian Mode 00:54
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
49 No. 49. Crescendo - Diminuendo 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
50 No. 50. Minuet 00:36
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
51 No. 51. Waves 01:04
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
52 No. 52. Unison Divided 00:21
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
53 No. 53. In Transylvanian Style 00:40
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
54 No. 54. Chromatics 00:19
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
55 No. 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode (2 pianos) 00:31
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
56 No. 56. Melody in Tenths 00:18
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
57 No. 57. Accents 00:50
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
58 No. 58. In Oriental Style 00:59
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
59 No. 59. Major anD Minor 00:55
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
60 No. 60. Canon with Sustained Notes 00:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
61 No. 61. Pentatonic Melody 00:56
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
62 No. 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion 00:40
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
63 No. 63. Buzzing 00:39
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
64 No. 64. Line against Point (versions A and B) 00:57
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
65 No. 65. Dialogue (with voice) 00:35
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
66 No. 66. Melody Divided 01:12
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
67 No. 67. Thirds against a Single Voice 00:45
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
68 No. 68. Hungarian Dance (2 pianos) 00:30
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Szokolay, Balázs (piano)
69 No. 69. Study in Chords 01:05
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
70 No. 70. Melody against Double Notes 01:28
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
71 No. 71. Thirds 01:17
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
72 No. 72. Dragons' Dance 00:32
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
73 No. 73. Sixths and Triads 00:40
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
74 No. 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Son (versions A and B; version B with voice) 01:23
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
75 No. 75. Triplets 00:57
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
76 No. 76. In Three Parts 00:30
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
77 No. 77. Little Study 00:36
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
78 No. 78. Five-tone Scale 00:30
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
79 No. 79. Hommage a Johann Sebastian Bach 00:48
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
80 No. 80. Hommage a Robert Schumann 00:43
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
81 No. 81. Wandering 01:06
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
82 No. 82. Scherzo 00:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
83 No. 83. Melody with Interruptions 00:43
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
84 No. 84. Merriment 00:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
85 No. 85. Broken Chords 01:21
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
86 No. 86. Two Major Pentachords 01:25
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
87 No. 87. Variations 01:29
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
88 No. 88. Duet for Pipes 01:02
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
89 No. 89. In Four Parts I 00:54
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
90 No. 90. In Russian Style 00:38
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
91 No. 91. Chromatic Invention I 01:04
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
92 No. 92. Chromatic Invention II 00:56
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
93 No. 93. In Four Parts II 00:43
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
94 No. 94. Once Upon a Time... 00:58
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
95 No. 95. Fox Song (versions A and B; version B with voice) 01:23
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
96 No. 96. Jolts 00:51
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Disc 2
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
1 No. 97. Notturno 01:42
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
2 No. 98. Thumbs Under 00:36
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
3 No. 99. Hands Crossing 01:15
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
4 No. 100. In Folk Song Style 00:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
5 No. 101. Diminished Fifth 00:59
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
6 No. 102. Harmonics 01:24
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
7 No. 103. Minor anD Major 01:13
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
8 No. 104. Wandering through the Keys (versions A and B) 01:04
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
9 No. 105. Game (with two five-tone scales) 00:57
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
10 No. 106. Children's Song 01:14
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
11 No. 107. Melody in the Mist 01:16
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
12 No. 108. Wrestling 01:01
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
13 No. 109. From the Island of Bali 01:55
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
14 No. 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang... 01:07
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
15 No. 111. Intermezzo 01:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
16 No. 112. Variations on a Folk Tune 00:59
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
17 No. 113. Bulgarian Rhythm I. 01:04
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
18 No. 114. Theme and Inversion 01:12
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
19 No. 115. Bulgarian Rhythm II 00:29
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
20 No. 116. Song 01:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
21 No. 117. Bourree 00:59
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
22 No. 118. Triplets in 9/8 Time 00:52
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
23 No. 119. Dance in 3/4 Time 00:43
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
24 No. 120. Triads 00:56
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
25 No. 121. Two-part Study 01:04
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
26 No. 122. Chords Together and in Opposition 00:55
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
27 No. 123. Staccato and Legato II (versions A & B) 00:56
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
28 No. 124. Staccato 01:12
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
29 No. 125. Boating 01:28
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
30 No. 126. Change of Time 00:42
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
31 No. 127. New Hungarian Folk Song (with voice) 01:08
Takacs, Tamara (mezzo-soprano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
32 No. 128. Stamping Dance 01:13
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
33 No. 129. Alternating Thirds 00:49
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
34 No. 130. Village Joke 00:50
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
35 No. 131. Fourths 00:53
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
36 No. 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together 01:27
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
37 No. 133. Syncopation III 01:03
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
38 No. 134. Studies in Double Notes (versions A, B and C) 01:02
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
39 No. 135. Perpetuum mobile 01:02
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
40 No. 136. Whole-tone Scales 01:43
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
41 No. 137. Unison 01:46
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
42 No. 138. Bagpipe Music 01:13
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
43 No. 139. Jack-in-the-Box 00:53
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
44 No. 140. Free Variations 01:41
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
45 No. 141. Subject and Reflection 01:17
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
46 No. 142. From the Diary of a Fly 01:27
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
47 No. 143. Divided Arpeggios 02:17
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
48 No. 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths 04:36
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
49 No. 145. Chromatic Invention III (versions A and B) 02:33
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
50 No. 146. Ostinato 02:09
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
51 No. 147. March 01:53
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
52 No. 148. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm I 01:50
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
53 No. 149. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm II 01:08
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
54 No. 150. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm III 01:23
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
55 No. 151. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm IV 01:35
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
56 No. 152. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm V 01:11
Jandó, Jenő (piano)
57 No. 153. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm VI 01:57
Jandó, Jenő (piano)

Total Playing Time: 02:27:36