Bartók: 44 Duos for two violins

1. Duos (44), for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Ferenc Balogh , Andras Kiss

Bartók: 44 Duos for two violins,Bela Bartok,Andras Kiss,Ferenc Balogh,Hyperion,Chamber,Classical,Classical Music,Duo for Two String Instruments

Average customer rating: As good as it gets

Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin , Bela Bartok , Pierre Boulez , Antal Dorati , New Philharmonia Orchestra , and BBC Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bartok: Viola Concertos Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 1; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music Berg: Violin Concerto; Schoenberg: Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto ASIN: B0000CE7FG Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. I: Andante Sostenuto
2. II: Allegro Giocoso
3. I: Moderato
4. II: Adagio Religioso
5. III: Allegro Vivace
6. I: Lassu: Moderato/II: Friss: Allegretto Moderato
7. I: Lassu: Moderato/II: Friss: Allegretto Moderato

Tracks:

1. I: Allegro Non Troppo
2. II: Andante Tranquillo
3. III: Allegro Molto
4. 28. Sorrow
5. 31. New Year's Greeting 4
6. 33. Harvest Song
7. 36. Bagpipes
8. 41. Scherzo
9. 42. Arabian Song
10. I: Tempo Di Ciaccona
11. II: Fuga: Risoluto, Non Troppo Vivo
12. III: Melodia: Adagio
13. IV: Presto

Customer Reviews:

As good as it gets.......2007-02-07

First you have to like Bartok. Not everyone enjoys the 20th century extention of classical music. If you do like Bartok and want to hear his violin compositions - then buy this CD and hear a true master at work.

Average customer rating: Nagyszeru!! (Excellent!) The Real Deal Re-living the past

Bartók Album Manufacturer: Hannibal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music Hungary | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Hannibal Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Maramaros: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania Morning Star Csardas Hungarian Gypsy Music Music from Hungary The Best of Marta Sebestyen: Voice of "The English Patient" ASIN: B00000JZ15 Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

1. Dunantuli Friss Csardasok
2. Jocul Barbatesc
3. Violin Duo No.32, 'Dance Of Maramaros'
4. Maramaros Dances
5. On The River Bank
6. Swineherds' Dance
7. Dunantuli Ugrosok
8. Shepherd's Flute Song
9. Forgacskuit Lads' Dance
10. My Horse's Shoe
11. Violin Duo No.28, 'Sorrow'
12. Bonchida: Slow Lads' Dance
13. Magyarbecei Oreges Csardasok
14. Pe Loc
15. Bota Dance
16. Torontal Dances
17. Ardeleana
18. Vioiln Duo No.44, 'Transylvanian Dance'
19. Fuzes: Lads' Dance
20. The Churchyard Gate
21. Kalotaszeg Dances
22. I Left My Homeland

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Hungarian composers were among the world's most diligent in using folk resources to inform their classical compositions, and no composer was more involved in his nation's folk music than Bela Bartók. His recording expeditions into the Hungarian countryside in the early years of the 20th century preserved a musical heritage that might have otherwise been lost. While his main interest was finding inspiration for radical new music, his recordings lived on to inspire generations of modern folk revivalists. This album is a tribute to Bartók's work. The songs he recorded are born anew in the strings of Muzsikás and singer Márta Sebestyén. They play and sing these old songs in a traditional style but never fail to stamp a strong personal mark on the material. In addition to Muzsikás's own renditions, the CD includes a few special tracks of the original Bartók recordings that let you hear the old style of playing and singing in the purest form. There are also a few Bartók compositions, performed by Muzsikás fiddler Mihaly Sipos and Romanian classical violinist Alexander Balanescu. The old recordings and the Bartók works add a unique perspective to the folk songs, offering us a timeline from the oldest sources to the most modern interpretations. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews:

Nagyszeru!! (Excellent!).......2003-04-05

An absolutely stellar recording! It simply doesn't get any better than this in terms of musicianship, vocals, performance quality or ethnomusicological value.

A sort of concept album, Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen perform some serious musical detective work in The Bartok Album, juxtaposing original phonograph field recordings from a century ago by Bartok himself alongside excerpts from his works which clearly reflect these folkloric influences. Finally, we are treated with Muzsikas' own renditions of these classic folk pieces, executed with the perfect mix of flawless technique and earthy exuberance, not to mention the magnificent haunting vocals of Sebestyen.

Particularly intriguing are the swineherd and shepherd songs, among the most ancient styles in the Carpathian Basin. The long flute on the Shepherd's Flute Song, beautifully played by Zoltan Juhasz, has an ethereal otherworldly quality and contrasts most favourably with the spirited ugros dances that precede it. The carefully chosen clips from Bartok's musical archives clearly show the link between his field recordings and subsequent compositions, such that the listener gets an idea of just how influential folkloric elements were in Bartok's work. Fascinating for anyone with even a casual interest in Bartok, ethnomusicology, or the unique musical styles found in Transdanubia and Transylvania, or just for anyone who needs a frenetic folk-dancing workout.

All in all, an absolutely top-notch album in every sense of the word, and highly recommended to any fan of great music!

The Real Deal.......2002-06-28

One day, in adventurous mood and tired of RAWK, I decided it was time to investigate Gypsy fiddle music and stumbled onto this CD (who says you can't judge a CD by the cover art?). It became my happiest discovery in years. There's nothing hokey about the performance of these re-worked folk tunes; the album is passionate and exhuberant and visceral, and the violin work often soars into the stratosphere.

I've seen other reviewers express disappointment that the ensemble didn't perform/arrange the work in the fashion Bartok himself would have, ie, classical mode, but that would have diluted the whole point: the people who performed the songs for the Bartok's microphone (clips of the original field recordings Bartok made are presented inbetween the modern renditions) didn't make music for upper-crust performance halls and Sony Classical, they played it in the intimacy of their everyday lives and communities. By presenting the songs in this context, the album reminds us of a time and place when popular music had real communal value not measured in units sold.

Re-living the past.......2000-06-20

This newest Muzsikas album includes 4 excelent elements:

- Bela Bartok's genius for documenting folk melodies

- Muzsikas orchestra whish reproduces traditional music with passion

- guest star Marta Sebastian, passionate voice to reveale sadness from Transilvania

- and last but not least - Alexander Balanescu, precious performer and great experimentator.

I was lucky enough to see the concert in Budapest. May 2000, where many songs from "The Bartok Album" were introduced. On the recording it is possible to hear only the echo of the stomping dance that gives the rythm to the music, and you can only imagine antiend and rude instruments that, played together with virtuose violine, compose timeless tunes that Bartok saved from extintion.

Still, the advantage that CD has over the live performance are recordings from the museum archives, valuable historical docuemntation of traditional music from Hungary and Romania, as well as very well equiped booklet with descritions and translations of many songs.

Highly recomended album, that offers diverse types of joy - to listen, to read and to dance along :-)

Average customer rating: Simply Scintillating A bone to pick Superb Bartokian fiddling

Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz 117; 44 Duos for Two Violins Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bartok: Viola Concertos Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Contrasts Bartók: Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Quintet Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches ASIN: B0000013ZM Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. Tempo Di Ciacona
2. Fuga
3. Melodia
4. Presto
5. Parosfto (Teasing Song)
6. Kalamajko (Maypole Dance)
7. Menuetto
8. Szentivaneji (Midsummer Night Song)
9. Tot Nota (1) (Slovakian Song)
10. Magyar Nota (1) (Hungarian Song)
11. Olah Nota (Walachian Song)
12. Tot Nota (2) (Slovakian Song)
13. Jatek (Play Song)
14. Ruten Nota (Ruthenian Song)
15. Gyermekrengeteskor (Cradle Song)
16. Szenagyujteskor (Hay Song)
17. Lakodalmas (Wedding Song)
18. Parnas Tanc (Pillow Dance)
19. Katonanota (Soldiers Song)
20. Burleszk (Burlesque)
21. Menetelo Nota (1) (Hungarian March)
22. Menetelo Nota (2) (Hungarian March)
23. Mese (Fairy Tale)
24. Dal (A Rhythm Song)
25. Ujevkoszonto (1) (New Year's Song)
26. Szunyogtanc (Mosquito Dance)
27. Mennyasszonybucsuztato (Bride's Farewell)
28. Trefas Nota (Comic Song)
29. Magyar Nota (2) (Hungarian Song)
30. `Ugyan Edes Komamasszony..' (Teasing Song)
31. Santa-Tanc (Limping Song)
32. Bankodas (Sorrow)
33. Ujevkoszonto (2) (New Year's Greeting)
34. Ujevkoszonto (3) (New Year's Greeting)
35. Ujevkoszonto (4) (New Year's Greeting)
36. MaramarosiTanc (Dance From Maramaros)
37. Ara Taskor (Harvest Song)
38. Szamlalo Nota (Enumerating Song)
39. Ruten Kolomejka (Ruthenian Kolomejka)
40. Szol A Duda (Bagpipes)
41. Preludium Es Kanon (Prelude And Canon)
42. Forgatos (Rumanian Whirling Song)
43. Szerb Tanc (Serbian Dance)
44. Olah Tanc (Walachian Dance)
45. Scherzo
46. Arab Dal (Arabian Song)
47. Pizzicato
48. `Erdelyi' Tanc (Transylvanian Dance)

Customer Reviews:

Simply Scintillating.......2001-08-16

I found the sound quality superb on this recording of the 44 duos, which I find poignant and pungent whether listened to in sequence or shuffled. The two artists give sensitive and articulate versions of the Bartok pieces. I found some of the bowing particularly evocative and haunting on the sonata for solo violin, with which I was hitherto unfamiliar.

The moods of joy, contemplation, sadness, anger, etc. to the duos, as well as their diversity in form and complexity, make them endlessly listenable for me. I love this recording.

A bone to pick.......2001-07-31

The Sonata and the 44 Duos are wonderful pieces to be sure, and Pauk's interpretation is good. However, the sound quality on this and every other Naxos recording I have ever heard is bad. Do Bartok the courtesy of listening to a good recording of this fantastic music.

Superb Bartokian fiddling.......2000-09-13

Bartok's solo violin sonata is one of his most haunting masterpieces, and Gyorgy Pauk's performance equals or surpasses any of the half dozen or so I have heard. The Duos are also given a wonderfully lively and accomplished rendition, and the sound on this CD leaves nothing to be desired. A genuine bargain, as are Pauk's other Bartok recordings on Naxos. I like to put my CD player on random and let this one fill the room for its generous 73 minutes. (Listening to the entire set of duos in order can take the sparkle off them somewhat.)

Average customer rating: Unsurpassed

Béla Bartók: 44 Duos for Two Violins Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ligeti, György | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: John Cage - The Seasons / Leng Tan, Russell Davies, et al György Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages Musik Fur Streichinstrumente Scelsi: Natura Renovatur Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonates pour violon solo ASIN: B000062X71 Release Date: 2002-06-18

Tracks:

1. Bartok: 44 Duos for Two Violins
2. Ligeti: Ballad and Dance
3. Kurtag: Ligatura-Message To Frances-Marie op. 31b

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Bartók's Duos are triple-threats: progressions of very brief practice works for violinists from students to skilled artists; transformations of folk dances and songs into art works; and pieces for concert performance, either piecemeal or complete. The Keller-Pilz duo makes its own sequence of the 44 primarily to heighten contrasts and sustain interest, a practice sanctioned by Bartók since the published order progressing from easiest to most difficult doesn't complement the pure listening experience. This revised order certainly works in these spirited performances.

Keller and Pilz convey the full range of Bartók's technical demands, even while they bring out the folk elements that pervade the music. In their opening "Transylvanian Song," they sound like village fiddlers; they quietly buzz away in the "Mosquito Dance" and seamlessly weave their contrasting lines in the more abstract Prelude and Canon. Further feats of violinism are expertly performed in the finger-breaking "Pizzicato" and the tremolos of the "Arabian Song." It's not all village fun or violinistic virtuosity either. Some of the slower pieces, such as the fragile "Ruthenian Song" and the moving "Lament," touch the heart. The brief fillers are a pair of similarly folk-based violin duos by Ligeti and Kurtág's hushed, pianissimo "Ligatura." Vibrant sound and ECM's usual deluxe packaging complete a highly desirable production. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Unsurpassed.......2003-09-18

This is the recording to get. I've heard all the others (Vegh, Pauk, et al.) and none match Keller & Pilz for luscious tone and idiomatic phrasing. They make these pieces sound the way they were meant to: like vibrant folk tunes played with flawless technique, not like some dry student exercises. Plus, it's beautifully recorded.

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Tiszta forrás (Pure Springs): Hungarian Folk Tunes and Their Arrangements in Works by Bartók and Kodály Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hungarian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kodaly: Hungarian Folk Music; Bartok: Hungarian Folksongs Sz64 Csardas Hungarian Gypsy Music ASIN: B00007138S Release Date: 2002-10-29

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The Best of Bartók Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Fauré Best of Elgar Best Of Stravinsky The Best of Glazunov The Best of Paganini ASIN: B000058UU4 Release Date: 2001-03-20

Tracks:

1. Six Romanian Dances, Sz.56 - Balasz Szokolay
2. Vn Con No.2, Sz.112: II. Andante Tranquillo - Gyorgy Pauk
3. Allegro Barbaro, Sz.49 - Balasz Szokolay
4. Son, Sz.114: III. Melodia - Gyorgy Pauk
5. Con, Sz.116: IV. Intermezzo Interrotto: Allegretto - BRT PO, Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
6. Con, Sz.116: V. Finale; Presto - BRT PO, Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
7. Pno Con No.3, Sz.119: II. Adagio Religioso - Jeno Jando
8. Contrasts, Sz.111: I. Verbunkos: Moderato, Ben Ritmato - Gyorgy Pauk/Kalman Berkes/Jeno Jando
9. Va Con (Revised Version), Sz.120: II. Lento - Hong-Mei Xiao
10. Va Con (Revised Version), Sz.120: III. (Finale): Allegretto - Hong-Mei Xiao
11. 44 Duos, Sz.98: Book IV, No.1: Prld And Canon - Gyorgy Pauk/Kazuki Sawa
12. Music, Sz.106: IV. Allegro Molto - BRT PO, Brussells/Alexander Rahbari

Average customer rating: A different experience An Acquired Taste Classical Pedal Steel Masterpiece

Firebird Suite Manufacturer: Perlowin Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BVB0A2 Release Date: 2005-11-08

Customer Reviews:

A different experience.......2007-06-13

If you let go of all expectations you may have for classical music and the interpretation of classical music you are in for a special treat. Mike Perlowin is a genius arranger and player of the Pedal Steel guitar and you can hear the passion he put into this outstanding one-of-a-kind recording project. It must have taken him years to record this album. Defenitely a collectors item!!! The original release is out of print, but fortunately it was reissued by Mike himself. Bravo Mike!!!

An Acquired Taste.......2006-01-10

Although Mr. Perlowin's arrangement of Stravinsky's Firebird suite is effective, the rest of the album becomes a test of my endurance. I admire his mastery of the instrument, and it's a noble effort, but I'd recommend listening to this in small doses.

Classical Pedal Steel Masterpiece.......2005-11-11

Mike Perlowin's landmark recording has been controversial in the steel guitar world since the day it was released. Those who consider the pedal steel a country & western instrument are outraged by the selection of classical material. But Perlowin is a great player, and this multilayered studio wizardry may well become the benchmark by which all future classical pedal steel recordings are judged.

There is not one country steel "lick" on this CD. Instead, the listener is treated to unusual arrangements of familiar pieces picked carefully from the modern classical repertoire.

The title track, "Firebird Suite", places most of the orchestral instruments as various timbres of the pedal steel. Some of the voices sound like an electronic synthesizer. The density of this pedal steel layering rivals that of a live symphony orchestra. The effect is quite striking.

In contrast, some of the pieces are arranged to highlight the simple beauty of the instrument. For example, Debussy's popular "Maid with the Flaxen Hair" is played as a strightforward pedal steel duet. It's wonderful to hear some of the world's greatest music arranged properly for this unusual instrument.

Perlowin makes careful, studied use of the pedal steel's characteristic glissando effect. He takes the view that the composers would probably have added glisses to their melodies if they had been writing for the pedal steel. I'm not sure I would agree, but since Perlowin's arrangements remain faithful to the spirit of the compositions I can forgive his enthusiasm.

I give this CD a 5 star rating. It belongs in the collection of every modern classical music fan, and every musician. It effectively breaks the pedal steel stereotype. It also refutes the traditionalist notion that music must be "live" to be listenable. I carry this CD in my car and listen to it often. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I notice that Amazons' description didn't include the track list, so here it is:

1. Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
2. Prelude No. 2 (Gershwin)
3. New Year's Song No. 4 (Bartòk)
4. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy)
5. Le Petit Nègre (Debussy)
6. Gymnopèdies No. 1 (Satie)
7. Polka (Shostakovich)
8. The Maid with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
9. Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)
10. Good-bye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus)

Average customer rating: The Review

Bartók & Kodály Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000049LP Release Date: 1995-04-16

Customer Reviews:

The Review.......2000-06-30

It is okay. The CD cover can show more imfo.

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Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz.107/44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98 Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000308I Release Date: 1994-04-18

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Complete recordings of Mikrokosmos are relatively common these days, but aside from guiding students I wonder what purpose they serve. This is a series of piano study pieces starting at the most basic level, and the music with genuine listening interest really begins only with Book 3 (of 6). Similarly the duets are mostly teaching pieces, and though they make for good listening in small groups, the entire series becomes tiresome. Bartók wrote magnificent music, and the later books of Mikrokosmos are filled with superb little pieces. But though the performances in this set are all excellent, not much of the music is basic Bartók. --Leslie Gerber

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Bartók: String Quartets 1, 3, 4 & 6; 44 Duos, Vol. 1 & 3 Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000088SY9 Release Date: 2003-08-05

Tracks:

1. I. Lento
2. II (Allegretto)
3. Introduzione - III Allegro Vivace
4. Prima Parte: Moderato
5. Seconda Parte: Allegro
6. Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte: Moderato - Coda: Allegro Molto
7. 26 Teasing Song
8. 27 Limping Dance
9. 28 Sorrow
10. 29 New Year's Greeting
11. 30 New Year's Greeting
12. 31 New Year's Greeting
13. 32 Dance From Maramaros
14. 33 Harvest Song
15. 34 Counting Song
16. 35 Ruthenian Kilomejka
17. 36a Bagpipes

Tracks:

1. I Allegro
2. II Prestissimo, Con Sordino
3. III Non Troppo Lento
4. IV Allegretto Pizzicato
5. V Allegro Molto
6. 1 Pair Song
7. 2. Round Dance
8. 3. Menuetto
9. 4 Midsummer Night Song
10. 5 Slovak Song No. 1
11. 6 Hungarian Song No. 1
12. 7 Walachian Song
13. 8 Slovak Song No. 2
14. 9 Play Song
15. 10 Ruthenian Song
16. 11 Cradle Song
17. 12 Haymaking Song
18. 13 Wedding Song
19. 14 Pillow Dance
20. I Mesto: Vivace
21. II Mesto: Marcia
22. III Mesto: Burletta
23. IV Mesto: Piu Andante

Music Review:

1. Bartok: Music Sz106; Dance Suite for orchestra No1-6
2. Bartok: Sonata for unaccompanied violin; Two Rhapsodies; etc.
3. Beethoven: String Quartet No16; String Quartet No12
4. Britten/Honegger
5. Bruckner - Mass in F minor / Booth, Rigby, Ainsley, Howell, Corydon Singers and Orchestra, Best
6. Cathedral Anthems By SS Wesley-1
7. Cathedral Music by Thomas Weelkes
8. Cembalo & Hammerklavier (Bach, Schulz, Fasch and others)
9. Charles Koechlin: Music for Flute
10. Chopin: The Four Scherzi; Variations on a German air; Variations on Là ci darem

Music Review

music review

Music Review

Off Yer Nut to the Max [Import]

Schütz Weihnachtshistorie (Christmas Story); Praetorius Motets

Soaring

The Collection

Soothe Me [Import]

RC2

Tarralyn Ramsey

Skylarking

Rustic Heart

Perez Prado: Doble Contenldo

Singles Box [Box set] [Import]

Rita Mitsouko En Concert Avec L'Orchestre Lamoureux [Live] [Import]

Selena's Dance

Written on Ya Kitten

Discovered Again