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BARTOK: Mikrokosmos (complete)

The 153 piano pieces of Béla Bartók’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 Bartók’s maturing soundworld during the period 1926–1939. When asked, near the end of his life, about the meaning of his chosen title, Bartók 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’”.



Disc 1

Bartok, Bela

  Mikrokosmos, Book 1, BB 105
1.   No. 1. 6 Unison Melodies I 00:00:26
2.   No. 2: 6 Unison Melodies II (versions A and B) 00:00:46
3.   No. 3. 6 Unison Melodies III 00:00:33
4.   No. 4. 6 Unison Melodies IV 00:00:23
5.   No. 5. 6 Unison Melodies V 00:00:33
6.   No. 6. 6 Unison Melodies VI 00:00:25
7.   No. 7. Dotted Notes 00:00:35
8.   No. 8. Repetition I 00:00:34
9.   No. 9. Syncopation I 00:00:40
10.   No. 10. With Alternate Hands 00:00:44
11.   No. 11. Parallel Motion 00:00:33
12.   No. 12. Reflection 00:00:28
13.   No. 13. Change of Position 00:00:35
14.   No. 14. Question and Answer 00:00:46
15.   No. 15. Village Song 00:00:31
16.   No. 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position 00:00:52
17.   No. 17. Contrary Motion 00:00:33
18.   No. 18. 4 Unison Melodies I 00:00:24
19.   No. 19. 4 Unison Melodies II 00:00:32
20.   No. 20. 4 Unison Melodies III 00:00:45
21.   No. 21. 4 Unison Melodies IV 00:00:25
22.   No. 22. Imitation and Counterpoint 00:00:33
23.   No. 23. Imitation and Inversion I 00:00:34
24.   No. 24. Pastorale 00:00:36
25.   No. 25. Imitation and Inversion II 00:01:01
26.   No. 26. Repetition II 00:00:31
27.   No. 27. Syncopation II 00:00:38
28.   No. 28. Canon at the Octave 00:00:35
29.   No. 29. Imitation Reflected 00:00:34
30.   No. 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth 00:00:49
31.   No. 31. Dance in Canon Form 00:00:38
32.   No. 32. In Dorian Mode 00:01:00
33.   No. 33. Slow Dance 00:00:45
34.   No. 34. In Phrygian Mode 00:00:50
35.   No. 35. Chorale 00:01:20
36.   No. 36. Free Canon 00:00:49
  Mikrokosmos, Book 2, BB 105
37.   No. 37. In Lydian Mode 00:00:40
38.   No. 38. Staccato and Legato I 00:00:16
39.   No. 39. Staccato and Legato (Canon) 00:00:27
40.   No. 40. In Yugoslav Style 00:00:41
41.   No. 41. Melody with Accompaniment 00:00:48
42.   No. 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads 00:01:23
43.   No. 43. In Hungarian Style (version A: 2 pianos; version B: piano solo) 00:00:56
44.   No. 44. Contrary Motion II (2 pianos) 00:00:20
45.   No. 45. Meditation 00:00:44
46.   No. 46. Increasing - Diminishing 00:01:01
47.   No. 47. County Fair 00:00:34
48.   No. 48. In Mixolydian Mode 00:00:54
49.   No. 49. Crescendo - Diminuendo 00:00:33
50.   No. 50. Minuet 00:00:36
51.   No. 51. Waves 00:01:04
52.   No. 52. Unison Divided 00:00:21
53.   No. 53. In Transylvanian Style 00:00:40
54.   No. 54. Chromatics 00:00:19
55.   No. 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode (2 pianos) 00:00:31
56.   No. 56. Melody in Tenths 00:00:18
57.   No. 57. Accents 00:00:50
58.   No. 58. In Oriental Style 00:00:59
59.   No. 59. Major and Minor 00:00:55
60.   No. 60. Canon with Sustained Notes 00:00:46
61.   No. 61. Pentatonic Melody 00:00:56
62.   No. 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion 00:00:40
63.   No. 63. Buzzing 00:00:39
64.   No. 64. Line against Point (versions A and B) 00:00:57
65.   No. 65. Dialogue (with voice) 00:00:35
66.   No. 66. Melody Divided 00:01:12
  Mikrokosmos, Book 3, BB 105
67.   No. 67. Thirds against a Single Voice 00:00:45
68.   No. 68. Hungarian Dance (2 pianos) 00:00:30
69.   No. 69. Study in Chords 00:01:05
70.   No. 70. Melody against Double Notes 00:01:28
71.   No. 71. Thirds 00:01:17
72.   No. 72. Dragons' Dance 00:00:32
73.   No. 73. Sixths and Triads 00:00:40
74.   No. 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Son (versions A and B; version B with voice) 00:01:23
75.   No. 75. Triplets 00:00:57
76.   No. 76. In Three Parts 00:00:30
77.   No. 77. Little Study 00:00:36
78.   No. 78. Five - tone Scale 00:00:30
79.   No. 79. Hommage a Johann Sebastian Bach 00:00:48
80.   No. 80. Hommage a Robert Schumann 00:00:43
81.   No. 81. Wandering 00:01:06
82.   No. 82. Scherzo 00:00:33
83.   No. 83. Melody with Interruptions 00:00:43
84.   No. 84. Merriment 00:00:46
85.   No. 85. Broken Chords 00:01:21
86.   No. 86. Two Major Pentachords 00:01:25
87.   No. 87. Variations 00:01:29
88.   No. 88. Duet for Pipes 00:01:02
89.   No. 89. In Four Parts I 00:00:54
90.   No. 90. In Russian Style 00:00:38
91.   No. 91. Chromatic Invention I 00:01:04
92.   No. 92. Chromatic Invention II 00:00:56
93.   No. 93. In Four Parts II 00:00:43
94.   No. 94. Once Upon a Time... 00:00:58
95.   No. 95. Fox Song (versions A and B; version B with voice) 00:01:23
96.   No. 96. Jolts 00:00:51


Disc 2

Bartok, Bela

  Mikrokosmos, Book 4, BB 105
1.   No. 97. Notturno 00:01:42
2.   No. 98. Thumbs Under 00:00:36
3.   No. 99. Hands Crossing 00:01:15
4.   No. 100. In Folk Song Style 00:00:46
5.   No. 101. Diminished Fifth 00:00:59
6.   No. 102. Harmonics 00:01:24
7.   No. 103. Minor and Major 00:01:13
8.   No. 104. Wandering through the Keys (versions A and B) 00:01:04
9.   No. 105. Game (with two five - tone scales) 00:00:57
10.   No. 106. Children's Song 00:01:14
11.   No. 107. Melody in the Mist 00:01:16
12.   No. 108. Wrestling 00:01:01
13.   No. 109. From the Island of Bali 00:01:55
14.   No. 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang... 00:01:07
15.   No. 111. Intermezzo 00:01:35
16.   No. 112. Variations on a Folk Tune 00:00:59
17.   No. 113. Bulgarian Rhythm I. 00:01:04
18.   No. 114. Theme and Inversion 00:01:12
19.   No. 115. Bulgarian Rhythm II 00:00:29
20.   No. 116. Song 00:01:35
21.   No. 117. Bourree 00:00:59
22.   No. 118. Triplets in 9/8 Time 00:00:52
23.   No. 119. Dance in 3/4 Time 00:00:43
24.   No. 120. Triads 00:00:56
25.   No. 121. Two - part Study 00:01:04
  Mikrokosmos, Book 5, BB 105
26.   No. 122. Chords Together and in Opposition 00:00:55
27.   No. 123. Staccato and Legato II (versions A & B) 00:00:56
28.   No. 124. Staccato 00:01:12
29.   No. 125. Boating 00:01:28
30.   No. 126. Change of Time 00:00:42
31.   No. 127. New Hungarian Folk Song (with voice) 00:01:08
32.   No. 128. Stamping Dance 00:01:13
33.   No. 129. Alternating Thirds 00:00:49
34.   No. 130. Village Joke 00:00:50
35.   No. 131. Fourths 00:00:53
36.   No. 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together 00:01:27
37.   No. 133. Syncopation III 00:01:03
38.   No. 134. Studies in Double Notes (versions A, B and C) 00:01:02
39.   No. 135. Perpetuum mobile 00:01:02
40.   No. 136. Whole - tone Scales 00:01:43
41.   No. 137. Unison 00:01:46
42.   No. 138. Bagpipe Music 00:01:13
43.   No. 139. Jack - in - the - Box 00:00:53
  Mikrokosmos, Book 6, BB 105
44.   No. 140. Free Variations 00:01:41
45.   No. 141. Subject and Reflection 00:01:17
46.   No. 142. From the Diary of a Fly 00:01:27
47.   No. 143. Divided Arpeggios 00:02:17
48.   No. 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths 00:04:36
49.   No. 145. Chromatic Invention III (versions A and B) 00:02:33
50.   No. 146. Ostinato 00:02:09
51.   No. 147. March 00:01:53
52.   No. 148. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm I 00:01:50
53.   No. 149. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm II 00:01:08
54.   No. 150. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm III 00:01:23
55.   No. 151. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm IV 00:01:35
56.   No. 152. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm V 00:01:11
57.   No. 153. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm VI 00:01:57

Total Playing Time: 02:27:36






Composer(s):
Bartok, Bela

Artist(s):
Jando, Jeno; Szokolay, Balazs; Takacs, Tamara

Label: Naxos

Genre: Instrumental

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: 8.557821-22

Barcode: 747313282128

Physical Release: 08/2006
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