The Hungarian Soul

~ Release by Béla Bartók (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

CD 1-4 BALLET & ORCHESTRAL WORKS Suite No. 2*. Two Pictures • Two Portraits • Four Pieces • The Wooden Prince ballet suite • Romanian Folk Dances• The Miraculous Mandarin• Dance Suite • Music for strings, percussion and celesta • Divertimento for strings • Concerto for Orchestra
CD 5-7 CONCERTANTE MUSIC Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 • Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra • Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 • Viola Concerto
CD 7 CHORAL WORKS Four Slovak Folk songs Sz. 70 • Four Hungarian Folk songs Sz. 93
CD 8 OPERA Bluebeard's Castle
CD 9-12 CHAMBER MUSIC Sonata for two pianos, percussion*. Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos*
44 Duos for two violins Sz. 98 • Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 • Contrasts • String Quartets Nos. 1-6
CD 13-17 PIANO WORKS For Children • Study for the left hand Sz. 22 • Ten Easy Pieces • Two Elegies • Sonatinc Sz. 55 • Three Burlesques* • Romanian Folk Dances* • Romanian Christmas Carols*. Piano Suite* Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs • Dance Suite • Piano Sonata • Out of doors • Mikrokosmos VIOLIN WORKS Solo Violin Sonata
CD 18 TRANSCRIPTIONS & ARRANGEMENTS Hungarian folk melodies for violin & cello • Folk songs from the County of Czik for clarinet & piano*. Romanian Folk Dances (for clarinet & piano* | flute & guitar violin & piano | saxophone quartet) • Hungarian Peasant Suite for flute & piano • Suite No. 2 for two pianos Sz. 115a
CD 19-20 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS Bartók plays Bartók, 1928-1937 Gramophone recordings| Recordings by Dinu Lipatti & Paul Sacher • André Gertler* • Lili Kraus • Yehudi Menuhin & Wilhelm Furtwängler

* First release on CD. Newly remastered from original tapes in 192 kHz/24-bit by Art & Son Studio, Annecy

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-11 21:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Bartók: Suite no. 2 / Two Pictures
2CD: Bartók: Four Pieces / The Wooden Prince / Romanian Folk Dances
3CD: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Dance Suite / Music for strings, percussion and celesta
4CD: Bartók: Divertimento for strings / Concerto for Orchestra,
5CD: Bartók: Piano Concertos nos. 1-3
6CD: Bartók: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Rhapsody nos. 1 & 2
7CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Viola Concerto, Op. posth. / Four Slovak Folk songs / Four Hungarian Folk songs
8CD: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
9CD: Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion / Seven Pieces from 'Mikrokosmos' / 44 Duos for two violins /
10CD: Bartók: Violin Sonatas nos. 1 & 2 / Contrasts
11CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 1, 2 & 4
12CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3, 5 & 6
13CD: Bartók: For Children
14CD: Bartók: Four Piano Pieces / Ten Easy Pieces / Two Elegies / Sonatina / Three Burleques / Romanian Folk Dances / Romanian Christmas Carols / Piano Suite
15CD: Bartók: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs / Dance Suite / Piano Sonata / Out of doors
16CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (1)
#TitleRatingLength
1Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 1.-6. Six unison melodies
2:07
2Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 7. Dotted Notes0:25
3Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 8. Repetition0:21
4Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 9. Syncopation0:29
5Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 10. With alternate hands0:39
6Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 11. Parallel motion0:28
7Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 12. Reflection0:27
8Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 13. Change of position0:28
9Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 14. Question and answer0:25
10Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 15. Village song0:20
11Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 16. Parallel motion with change of position0:39
12Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 17. Contrary motion0:26
13Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 18.-21. Four unison melodies
1:32
14Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 22. Imitation & counterpoint0:22
15Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 23. Imitation & inversion0:22
16Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 24. Pastorale0:30
17Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 25. Imitation & inversion0:48
18Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 26. Repetition0:20
19Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 27. Syncopation0:32
20Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 28. Canon at the octave0:24
21Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 29. Imitation reflected0:22
22Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 30. Canon at the lower fifth0:35
23Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 31. Dance in canon form0:28
24Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 32. Dorian mode0:44
25Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 33. Slow dance0:41
26Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 34. Phrygian mode0:49
27Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 35. Choral1:06
28Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 1: 36. Free canon0:53
29Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 37. Lydian mode0:35
30Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 38.-39. Staccato and legato: Staccato and legato (Canon)
0:34
31Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 40. South-Slavonic style
0:33
32Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 41. Melody with accompaniment
0:38
33Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 42. Accompaniment in broken triads
1:18
34Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 43.-44. In Hungarian Style: Contrary motion
0:52
35Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 45. Meditation0:46
36Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 46. Increasing: Diminishing0:42
37Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 47. Contrary fair0:35
38Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 48. Mixolydian mode0:51
39Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 49. Crescendo: Diminuendo0:18
40Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 50. Minuetto0:28
41Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 51. Swaying1:11
42Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 52.-53. Unison divided: In Transylvian style
0:53
43Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 54.-56. Chromatics: Triplets in Lydian mode: Melody in tenths
0:55
44Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 57. Accents0:48
45Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 58. In Oriental style1:04
46Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 59. Major and minor0:59
47Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 60. Canon with sustained notes0:30
48Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 61. Pentatonic melody0:31
49Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 62. Minor Sixths in parallel motion0:36
50Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 63. Buzzing0:30
51Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 64. Line and point0:49
52Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 65. Dialogue0:27
53Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 2: 66. Melody distributed1:21
54Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 67. Thirds contrasted with another single part0:33
55Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 68. Hungarian dance0:25
56Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 69. Study in chords0:58
57Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 70. Melody against Double Notes1:11
58Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 71. Thirds0:58
59Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 72. Dragon's dance0:26
60Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 73. Sixths & triads0:30
61Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 74. Hungarian matchmaking song0:26
62Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 75. Triplets0:45
63Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 76. In three parts0:23
64Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 77. Little study0:24
65Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 78. Five-tone scale0:26
66Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 79. Hommage р J. S. B.0:54
67Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 80. Hommage р R. Sch.0:32
68Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 81. Wandering about0:59
69Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 82. Scherzo0:22
70Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 83. Melody with interruptions0:39
71Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 84. Merriment0:36
72Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 85. Broken chords1:12
73Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 86. Two major pentachords1:21
74Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 87. Variations1:09
75Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 88. Sound of pipes0:56
76Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 89. In four parts0:45
77Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 90. In Russian style0:33
78Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 91. Chromatic invention (1)0:52
79Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 92. Chromatic invention (2)0:40
80Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 93. In four parts0:37
81Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 94. Once upon a time1:06
82Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 95. Fox song0:33
83Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 3: 96. Jots0:48
84Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 97. Notturno
1:36
85Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 98. Thumbs under
0:30
86Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 99. Hands crossing
0:54
87Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 100. In folk song style
0:39
88Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 101. Diminished fifth
0:47
89Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 102. Harmonics
1:23
90Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 103. Minor and major
1:03
91Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 104. Wandering through the keys
0:51
92Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 105. Game
0:56
93Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 106. Children's song
1:10
94Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 107. Melody in the mist
1:07
95Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 108. Wrestling
0:51
96Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 109. From the Island of Bali
1:38
97Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 110. And the sounds clash & clang
0:55
98Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 - Volume 4: 111. Intermezzo
1:29
17CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (2) / Solo Violin Sonata
18CD: Bartók: Hungarian folk melodies / Folk songs from the County of Czik / Romanian Folk Dances / Hungarian Peasant Suite / Suite no. 2 for two pianos
19CD: Historical Recordings (1)
20CD: Historical Recordings (2)