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Bartók Bela - Mikrokosmos; 44 Duos For Two Violins - Loránt Szűcs, Kornél Zempléni (pianos), Wanda Wilkomirska, Mihály Szűcs (violins) / Hungaroton Classic 3x Audio CD, Box Set 1989 Stereo / HCD 31154-56
UPC 5991813115423
Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos (Hungarian: Mikrokozmosz) Sz. 107, BB 105 consists of 153 progressive piano pieces in six volumes written between 1926 and 1939. The individual pieces progress from very easy and simple beginner études to very difficult advanced technical displays, and are used in modern piano lessons and education. In total, according to Bartók, the piece "appears as a synthesis of all the musical and technical problems which were treated and in some cases only partially solved in the previous piano works." Volumes one and two are dedicated to his son Péter, while volumes five and six are intended as professionally performable concert pieces. Bartók also indicated that these pieces could also be played on other instruments; Huguette Dreyfus, for example, has recorded pieces from Books 3 through 6 on the harpsichord.
| Label: | Hungaroton Classic – HCD 31154-56 |
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| Format: |
3 x CD, Stereo, Box Set
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| Country: | Hungary |
| Released: |
1989 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| Mikrokosmos: Progressive Piano Pieces Sz. 107 | |||
| Volume I | |||
| 1-1 | 1-6. Six Unison Melodies | 2:54 | |
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Pieces 7 - 10 |
(2:41) |
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| 1-2 | 7. Dotted Notes | ||
| 1-2 | 8. Repetition | ||
| 1-2 | 9. Syncopation | ||
| 1-2 | 10. With Alternate Hands | ||
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Pieces 11-17 |
(4:20) |
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| 1-3 | 11. Parallel Motion | ||
| 1-3 | 12. Reflection | ||
| 1-3 | 13. Change Of Position | ||
| 1-3 | 14. Question And Answer | ||
| 1-3 | 15. Village Song | ||
| 1-3 | 16. Parallel Motion With Change Of Position | ||
| 1-3 | 17. Contrary Motion | ||
| 1-4 | 18-21. Four Unison Melodies | 1:58 | |
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Pieces 22-25 |
(2:55) |
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| 1-5 | 22. Imitation And Counterpoint | ||
| 1-5 | 23. Imitation And Inversion | ||
| 1-5 | 24. Pastorale | ||
| 1-5 | 25. Imitation And Inversion | ||
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Pieces 26-31 |
(3:41) |
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| 1-6 | 26. Repetition | ||
| 1-6 | 27. Syncopation | ||
| 1-6 | 28. Canon At The Octave | ||
| 1-6 | 29. Imitation Reflected | ||
| 1-6 | 30. Canon At The Lower Fifth | ||
| 1-6 | 31. Dance In Canon Form | ||
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Pieces 32-36 |
(4:46) |
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| 1-7 | 32. In Dorian Mode | ||
| 1-7 | 33. Slow Dance | ||
| 1-7 | 34. In Phrygian Mode | ||
| 1-7 | 35. Chorale | ||
| 1-7 | 36. Free Canon | ||
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Volume II |
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| Pieces 37-42 | (4:40) | ||
| 1-8 | 37. In Lydian Mode | ||
| 1-8 | 38. Staccato And Legato | ||
| 1-8 | 39. Staccato And Legato | ||
| 1-8 | 40. In Yugoslav Mode | ||
| 1-8 | 41. Melody With Accompaniment | ||
| 1-8 | 42. Accompaniment In Broken Triads | ||
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Pieces 43-46 |
(3:06) |
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| 1-9 | 43 b/a. In Hungarian Style | ||
| 1-9 | 44. Contrary Motion | ||
| 1-9 | 45. Meditation | ||
| 1-9 | 46. Increasing-Diminishing | ||
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Pieces 47-50 |
(2:50) |
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| 1-10 | 47. Big Fair | ||
| 1-10 | 48. In Mixolydian Mode | ||
| 1-10 | 49. Crescendo-Diminuendo | ||
| 1-10 | 50. Minuetto | ||
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Pieces 51-57 |
(4:13) |
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| 1-11 | 51. Waves | ||
| 1-11 | 52. Unison Divided | ||
| 1-11 | 53. In Transylvanian Style | ||
| 1-11 | 54. Chromatic | ||
| 1-11 | 55. Triplets In Lydian Mode | ||
| 1-11 | 56. Melody In Tenths | ||
| 1-11 | 57. Accents | ||
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Pieces 58-62 |
(4:11) |
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| 1-12 | 58. In Oriental Style | ||
| 1-12 | 59. Major And Minor | ||
| 1-12 | 60. Canon With Sustained Notes | ||
| 1-12 | 61. Pentatonic Melody | ||
| 1-12 | 62. Minor Sixths In Parallel Motion | ||
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Pieces 63-66 |
(3:41) |
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| 1-13 | 63. Buzzing | ||
| 1-13 | 64 a/b. Line And Point | ||
| 1-13 | 65. Dialogue | ||
| 1-13 | 66. Melody Divided | ||
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Volume III |
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| Pieces 67-73 | (6:28) | ||
| 1-14 | 67. Thirds Against A Single Voice | ||
| 1-14 | 68. Hungarian Dance | ||
| 1-14 | 69. Chord Study | ||
| 1-14 | 70. Melody Against Double Notes | ||
| 1-14 | 71. Thirds | ||
| 1-14 | 72. Dragon's Dance | ||
| 1-14 | 73. Sixths And Triads | ||
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Pieces 74-78 |
(3:12) |
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| 1-15 | 74 a. Hungarian Song | ||
| 1-15 | 75. Triplets | ||
| 1-15 | 76. In Three Parts | ||
| 1-15 | 77. Little Study | ||
| 1-15 | 78. Five-Tone Scale | ||
| 1-16 | 79. Hommage Á J.S.B. - 80. Hommage À R. Sch. | 1:32 | |
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Pieces 81-86 |
(6:02) |
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| 1-17 | 81. Wandering | ||
| 1-17 | 82. Scherzo | ||
| 1-17 | 83. Melody With Interruptions | ||
| 1-17 | 84. Merriment | ||
| 1-17 | 85. Broken Chords | ||
| 1-17 | 86. Two Major Pentachords | ||
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Pieces 87-90 |
(4:06) |
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| 1-18 | 87. Variations | ||
| 1-18 | 88. Duet For Pipes | ||
| 1-18 | 89. In Four Parts | ||
| 1-18 | 90. In Russian Style | ||
| 1-19 | 91. Chromatic Invention 1. - 92. Chromatic Invention 2. | 1:52 | |
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Pieces 93-96 |
(3:12) |
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| 1-20 | 93. In Four Parts | ||
| 1-20 | 94. Tale | ||
| 1-20 | 95 a. Song Of The Fox | ||
| 1-20 | 96. Stumblings | ||
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Volume IV |
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| Pieces 97-101 | (5:31) | ||
| 2-1 | 97. Notturno | ||
| 2-1 | 98. Thumb Under | ||
| 2-1 | 99. Crossed Hands | ||
| 2-1 | 100. In The Style Of A Folk Song | ||
| 2-1 | 101. Diminished Fifth | ||
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Pieces 102-108 |
(8:21) |
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| 2-2 | 102. Harmonics | ||
| 2-2 | 103. Minor And Major | ||
| 2-2 | 104 a/b. Through The Keys | ||
| 2-2 | 105. Playsong (With Two Pentatonic Scales) | ||
| 2-2 | 106. Children's Song | ||
| 2-2 | 107. Melody In The Mist | ||
| 2-2 | 108. Wrestling | ||
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Pieces 109-112 |
(6:12) |
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| 2-3 | 109. From The Island Of Bali | ||
| 2-3 | 110. Clashing Sounds | ||
| 2-3 | 111. Intermezzo | ||
| 2-3 | 112. Variations On A Folk Tune | ||
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Pieces 113-117 |
(5:30) |
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| 2-4 | 113. Bulgarian Rhythm 1. | ||
| 2-4 | 114. Theme And Inversion | ||
| 2-4 | 115. Bulgarian Rhythm 2. | ||
| 2-4 | 116. Melody | ||
| 2-4 | 117. Bourrée | ||
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Pieces 118-121 |
(4:19) |
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| 2-5 | 118. Triplets In 9/8 Time | ||
| 2-5 | 119. Dance In 3/4 Time | ||
| 2-5 | 120. Fifth Chords | ||
| 2-5 | 121. Two-Part Study | ||
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Volume V |
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| Pieces 122-124 | (3:05) | ||
| 2-6 | 122. Chords Together And Opposed | ||
| 2-6 | 123 a/b. Staccato And Legato | ||
| 2-6 | 124. Staccato | ||
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Pieces 125-128 |
(3:42) |
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| 2-7 | 125. Boating | ||
| 2-7 | 126. Change Of Time | ||
| 2-7 | 128. Peasant Dance | ||
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Pieces 129-133 |
(5:57) |
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| 2-8 | 129. Alternating Thirds | ||
| 2-8 | 130. Village Joke | ||
| 2-8 | 131. Fourths | ||
| 2-8 | 132. Major Seconds Broken And Together | ||
| 2-8 | 133. Syncopation | ||
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Pieces 134-135 |
(2:09) |
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| 2-9 | 134 Studies In Double Notes | ||
| 2-9 | 135. Perpetuum Mobile | ||
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Pieces 136-139 |
(6:06) |
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| 2-10 | 136. Whole-Tone Scale | ||
| 2-10 | 137. Unison | ||
| 2-10 | 138. Bagpipe | ||
| 2-10 | 139. Merry Andrew | ||
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Volume VI |
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| Pieces 140-141 | (3:05) | ||
| 2-11 | 140. Free Variations | ||
| 2-11 | 141. Subject And Reflexion | ||
| 2-12 | 142. From The Diary Of A Fly | 1:30 | |
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Pieces 143-144 |
(6:29) |
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| 2-13 | 143. Divided Arpeggios | ||
| 2-13 | 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths | ||
| 2-14 | 145 a/b. Chromatic Invention | 2:25 | |
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Pieces 146-147 |
(4:10) |
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| 2-15 | 146. Ostinato | ||
| 2-15 | 147. March | ||
| 3-1 | 148-153. Six Dances In Bulgarian Rhythm | 9:12 | |
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44 Duos For Two Violins Sz. 98 |
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| Volume I | |||
| Duos 1-4 | (3:29) | ||
| 3-2 | 1. Teasing Song | ||
| 3-2 | 2. Dance | ||
| 3-2 | 3. Menuetto | ||
| 3-2 | 4. Midsummer Night Song | ||
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Duos 5-9 |
(4:41) |
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| 3-3 | 5. Slovak Song I | ||
| 3-3 | 6. Hungarian Song II | ||
| 3-3 | 7. Rumanian Song | ||
| 3-3 | 8. Slovak Song II | ||
| 3-3 | 9. Play | ||
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Duos 10-14 |
(5:51) |
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| 3-4 | 10. Ruthenian Song | ||
| 3-4 | 11. Lulloaby | ||
| 3-4 | 12. Hay-Harvesting Song | ||
| 3-4 | 13. Wedding Song | ||
| 3-4 | 14. Cushion Dance | ||
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Volumen II |
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| Duos 15-18 | (3:37) | ||
| 3-5 | 15. Soldier's Song | ||
| 3-5 | 16. Burlesque | ||
| 3-5 | 17. Marchng Song I | ||
| 3-5 | 18. Marchng Song II | ||
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Duos 19-25 |
(8:42) |
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| 3-6 | 19. Fairy Tale | ||
| 3-6 | 20. Song | ||
| 3-6 | 21. New Year's Greeting (I) | ||
| 3-6 | 22. Musquito Dance | ||
| 3-6 | 23. Wedding Song | ||
| 3-6 | 24. Gay Song | ||
| 3-6 | 25. Hungarian Song (II) | ||
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Volumen III |
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| Duos 26-31 | (5:56) | ||
| 3-7 | 26. Teasing Song | ||
| 3-7 | 27. Limping Dance | ||
| 3-7 | 28. Sorrow | ||
| 3-7 | 29. New Year's Greetings II | ||
| 3-7 | 30. New Year's Greetings III | ||
| 3-7 | 31. New Year's Greetings IV | ||
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Duos 32-36 |
(6:29) |
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| 3-8 | 32. Dance From Máramaros | ||
| 3-8 | 33. Harvest Song | ||
| 3-8 | 34. Counting Song | ||
| 3-8 | 35. Ruthenian Kolomejka | ||
| 3-8 | 36. Bagpipes (b,a) | ||
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Duos 37-40 |
(5:04) |
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| 3-9 | 37. Prelude And Canon | ||
| 3-9 | 38. Rumanian Whirling Dance | ||
| 3-9 | 39. Serbian Dance | ||
| 3-9 | 40. Rumanian Dance | ||
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Duos 41-44 |
(5:10) |
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| 3-10 | 41. Scherzo | ||
| 3-10 | 42. Arabian Song | ||
| 3-10 | 43. Pizzicato | ||
| 3-10 | 44. Transylvanian Dance |
- Composed By – Bartók Béla
- Design [Cover] – Győző Varga
- Engineer [Recording] – László Csintalan
- Liner Notes – Breuer János
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Josef Pesci
- Piano – Kornél Zempléni (tracks: Vols V-VI), Loránt Szűcs (tracks: Vols I-IV)
- Producer [Musical Producer] – András Székely
- Violin – Mihály Szűcs (tracks: CD 3, Tracks 2-10), Wanda Wilkomirska (tracks: CD 3, Tracks 2-10)
