Béla Bartók (1881-1945) • Microcosmos 2 CDs

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) • Microcosmos 2 CDs

CD 1 
Vol. I
1. Unison Melody/2a. Unison Melody/2b. Unison Melody/3. Unison Melody/4. Unison Melody...
2. 7. Dotted Notes/8. Repetition/9. Syncopation/10. With Alternate Hands/11. Parallel Motion...
3.18. Unison Melody/19. Unison Melody/20. Unison Melody/21. Unison Melody/22. Imitation And...
4. 28. Canon At The Octave/29. Imitation Reflected/30. Canon At The Lower Fifth/31. Little...
5. 32. In Dorian Mode/33. Slow Dance/34. In Phrygian Mode/35. Chorale/36. Free Canon 
Vol. II
6. 37. In Lydian Mode/38. Staccato E Legato/39. Staccato E Legato/40. In Yugoslav Mode/41...
7. 43a. In Hungarian Style (2 Pnos)/43b. In Hungarian Style (2 Pnos)/44. Contrary Motion...
8. 48. In Mixolydian Mode/49. Cresendo-Diminuendo/50. Minuetto/51. Waves
9. 52. Unison Divided/53. In Transylvanian Style/54. Chromatic/55. Triplets In Lydian Mode...
10. 61. Pentatonic Melody/62. Minor Sixths In Parallel Motion/63. Buzzing/64a. Line And Point.. 
Vol. III
11. 67. Thirds Against A Single Voice/68. Hungarian Dance (2 Pnos)/69. Chord Study/70...
12. 73. Sixths And Triads/74a. Hungarian Song/74b. Hungarian Song/75. Triplets/76. In Three...
13. 77. Little Study/78. Five-Tone Scale/79. Hommage A La J.S. Bach/80. Hommage A La R. Schuma
14. 84. Merriment/85.Broken Chords/86. Two Major Pentachords/87. Variations
15. 88. Duet/89. In Four Parts/90. In Russian Style/91. Chromatic Invention/92. A Chromatic...
16. 93. In Four Parts/94. Tale/95. Song Of The Fox/96. Song Of The Fox (2 Pnos)/96...

CD 2
Vol. IV
1. 97. Notturno/98. Thumb Under/99. Crossed Hands/100. In The Style Of A Folksong/101...
2. 103. Minor And Major/104. Through The Keys/105. Playsong/106. Children's Song/107...
3. 109. From The Island Of Bali/110. Clashing Sounds/111. Intermezzo/112. Vars On A Folk...
4. 114. Theme And Inversion/115. Bulgarian Rhythm/116. Melody/117. Bourree/118. Triplets...
Vol. V
5. 122. Chords Together And Opposed/123. Staccato E Legato/124. Staccato/125. Boating/26...
6. 127. New Hungarian Folksong (2 Pnos)/128. Peasant Dance/129. Alternating Thirds/130...
7. 132. Major Seconds Broken Together/133. Syncopation/134. Three Studies In Double Notes...
8. 136. Whole-Tone Scale/137. Unison/138. Bagpipe/139. Merry Andrew
9. 140. Free Vars/141. Subject And Reflection/142. From The Diary Of A Fly/143. Divided.. 
Vol. VI
10. 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
11. 145a. Chromatic Invention/145b. Chromatic Invention/145c. Chromatic Invention (2 Pnos)...
12. 148. Dance In A Bulgarian Rhythm No. 1/149. Dance In A Bulgarian Rhythm No. 2/150. Dance...

Piano: Claude Helffer
 

Harmonia Mundi Records, Musique d'abord Series
Total Time 71:20 & 77:14