Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 5: Mikrokosmos (Complete)

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Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 7-10 February, 2005


1.   No. 1. 6 Unison Melodies I - 0:26
2.   No. 2: 6 Unison Melodies II (versions A and B) - 0:46
3.   No. 3. 6 Unison Melodies III - 0:33
4.   No. 4. 6 Unison Melodies IV - 0:23
5.   No. 5. 6 Unison Melodies V - 0:33
6.   No. 6. 6 Unison Melodies VI - 0:25
7.   No. 7. Dotted Notes - 0:35
8.   No. 8. Repetition I - 0:34
9.   No. 9. Syncopation I - 0:40
10.   No. 10. With Alternate Hands - 0:44
11.   No. 11. Parallel Motion - 0:33
12.   No. 12. Reflection - 0:28
13.   No. 13. Change of Position - 0:35
14.   No. 14. Question and Answer - 0:46
15.   No. 15. Village Song - 0:31
16.   No. 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position - 0:52
17.   No. 17. Contrary Motion - 0:33
18.   No. 18. 4 Unison Melodies I - 0:24
19.   No. 19. 4 Unison Melodies II - 0:32
20.   No. 20. 4 Unison Melodies III - 0:45
21.   No. 21. 4 Unison Melodies IV - 0:25
22.   No. 22. Imitation and Counterpoint - 0:33
23.   No. 23. Imitation and Inversion I - 0:34
24.   No. 24. Pastorale - 0:36
25.   No. 25. Imitation and Inversion II - 1:01
26.   No. 26. Repetition II - 0:31
27.   No. 27. Syncopation II - 0:38
28.   No. 28. Canon at the Octave - 0:35
29.   No. 29. Imitation Reflected - 0:34
30.   No. 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth - 0:49
31.   No. 31. Dance in Canon Form - 0:38
32.   No. 32. In Dorian Mode - 1:00
33.   No. 33. Slow Dance - 0:45
34.   No. 34. In Phrygian Mode - 0:50
35.   No. 35. Chorale - 1:20
36.   No. 36. Free Canon - 0:49


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 30 May - 4 June 1989


37.   No. 37. In Lydian Mode - 0:40
38.   No. 38. Staccato and Legato I - 0:16
39.   No. 39. Staccato and Legato (Canon) - 0:27
40.   No. 40. In Yugoslav Style - 0:41
41.   No. 41. Melody with Accompaniment - 0:48
42.   No. 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads - 1:23
43.   No. 43. In Hungarian Style (version A: 2 pianos; version B: piano solo) - 0:56
44.   No. 44. Contrary Motion II (2 pianos) - 0:20
45.   No. 45. Meditation - 0:44
46.   No. 46. Increasing - Diminishing - 1:01
47.   No. 47. County Fair - 0:34
48.   No. 48. In Mixolydian Mode - 0:54
49.   No. 49. Crescendo - Diminuendo - 0:33
50.   No. 50. Minuet - 0:36
51.   No. 51. Waves - 1:04
52.   No. 52. Unison Divided - 0:21
53.   No. 53. In Transylvanian Style - 0:40
54.   No. 54. Chromatics - 0:19
55.   No. 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode (2 pianos) - 0:31
56.   No. 56. Melody in Tenths - 0:18
57.   No. 57. Accents - 0:50
58.   No. 58. In Oriental Style - 0:59
59.   No. 59. Major and Minor - 0:55
60.   No. 60. Canon with Sustained Notes - 0:46
61.   No. 61. Pentatonic Melody - 0:56
62.   No. 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion - 0:40
63.   No. 63. Buzzing - 0:39
64.   No. 64. Line against Point (versions A and B) - 0:57
65.   No. 65. Dialogue (with voice) - 0:35
66.   No. 66. Melody Divided - 1:12


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 7-10 February, 2005


67.   No. 67. Thirds against a Single Voice - 0:45
68.   No. 68. Hungarian Dance (2 pianos) - 0:30
69.   No. 69. Study in Chords - 1:05
70.   No. 70. Melody against Double Notes - 1:28
71.   No. 71. Thirds - 1:17
72.   No. 72. Dragons' Dance - 0:32
73.   No. 73. Sixths and Triads - 0:40
74.   No. 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Son (versions A and B; version B with voice) - 1:23
75.   No. 75. Triplets - 0:57
76.   No. 76. In Three Parts - 0:30
77.   No. 77. Little Study - 0:36
78.   No. 78. Five-tone Scale - 0:30
79.   No. 79. Hommage a Johann Sebastian Bach - 0:48
80.   No. 80. Hommage a Robert Schumann - 0:43
81.   No. 81. Wandering - 1:06
82.   No. 82. Scherzo - 0:33
83.   No. 83. Melody with Interruptions - 0:43
84.   No. 84. Merriment - 0:46
85.   No. 85. Broken Chords - 1:21
86.   No. 86. Two Major Pentachords - 1:25
87.   No. 87. Variations - 1:29
88.   No. 88. Duet for Pipes - 1:02
89.   No. 89. In Four Parts I - 0:54
90.   No. 90. In Russian Style - 0:38
91.   No. 91. Chromatic Invention I - 1:04
92.   No. 92. Chromatic Invention II - 0:56
93.   No. 93. In Four Parts II - 0:43
94.   No. 94. Once Upon a Time... - 0:58
95.   No. 95. Fox Song (versions A and B; version B with voice) - 1:23
96.   No. 96. Jolts - 0:51

Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 07 May 1940


1.   No. 97. Notturno - 1:42
2.   No. 98. Thumbs Under - 0:36
3.   No. 99. Hands Crossing - 1:15
4.   No. 100. In Folk Song Style - 0:46
5.   No. 101. Diminished Fifth - 0:59
6.   No. 102. Harmonics - 1:24
7.   No. 103. Minor and Major - 1:13
8.   No. 104. Wandering through the Keys (versions A and B) - 1:04
9.   No. 105. Game (with two five-tone scales) - 0:57
10.   No. 106. Children's Song - 1:14
11.   No. 107. Melody in the Mist - 1:16
12.   No. 108. Wrestling - 1:01
13.   No. 109. From the Island of Bali - 1:55
14.   No. 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang... - 1:07
15.   No. 111. Intermezzo - 1:35
16.   No. 112. Variations on a Folk Tune - 0:59
17.   No. 113. Bulgarian Rhythm I. - 1:04
18.   No. 114. Theme and Inversion - 1:12
19.   No. 115. Bulgarian Rhythm II - 0:29
20.   No. 116. Song - 1:35
21.   No. 117. Bourree - 0:59
22.   No. 118. Triplets in 9/8 Time - 0:52
23.   No. 119. Dance in 3/4 Time - 0:43
24.   No. 120. Triads - 0:56
25.   No. 121. Two-part Study - 1:04


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 5 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 07 May 1940


26.   No. 122. Chords Together and in Opposition - 0:55
27.   No. 123. Staccato and Legato II (versions A & B) - 0:56
28.   No. 124. Staccato - 1:12
29.   No. 125. Boating - 1:28
30.   No. 126. Change of Time - 0:42
31.   No. 127. New Hungarian Folk Song (with voice) - 1:08
32.   No. 128. Stamping Dance - 1:13
33.   No. 129. Alternating Thirds - 0:49
34.   No. 130. Village Joke - 0:50
35.   No. 131. Fourths - 0:53
36.   No. 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together - 1:27
37.   No. 133. Syncopation III - 1:03
38.   No. 134. Studies in Double Notes (versions A, B and C) - 1:02
39.   No. 135. Perpetuum mobile - 1:02
40.   No. 136. Whole-tone Scales - 1:43
41.   No. 137. Unison - 1:46
42.   No. 138. Bagpipe Music - 1:13
43.   No. 139. Jack-in-the-Box - 0:53


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 6 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Maro Ajemian,
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 29 April 1940


44.   No. 140. Free Variations - 1:41
45.   No. 141. Subject and Reflection - 1:17
46.   No. 142. From the Diary of a Fly - 1:27
47.   No. 143. Divided Arpeggios - 2:17
48.   No. 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths - 4:36
49.   No. 145. Chromatic Invention III (versions A and B) - 2:33
50.   No. 146. Ostinato - 2:09
51.   No. 147. March - 1:53
52.   No. 148. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm I - 1:50
53.   No. 149. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm II - 1:08
54.   No. 150. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm III - 1:23
55.   No. 151. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm IV - 1:35
56.   No. 152. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm V - 1:11
57.   No. 153. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm VI - 1:57

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