Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 4: For Children - CD

Béla Bartók

For Children, BB 53, Vol. 1 (based on Hungarian folk tunes) (1910)

 

1. No. 1. Children at Play (Allegro) - No. 2. Children's Song (Andante) - No. 3. Andante

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2. No. 4. Pillow Dance (Allegro) - No. 5. Play (Allegretto) - No. 6. Study for the Left Hand (Allegro)

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3. No. 7. Song (Andante grazioso) - No. 8. Play Song (Allegretto)

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4. No. 9. Song (Adagio) - No. 10. Children's Dance (Allegro molto) - No. 11. Molto sustenuto - No. 12. Allegro

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5. No. 13. Ballad (Andante) - No. 14. Allegretto - No. 15. Allegro

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6. No. 16. Old Hungarian Tune (Andante rubato) - No. 17. Round Dance (Lento)

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7. No. 18. Soldier's Song (Andante non troppo) - No. 19. Allegretto - No. 20. Drinking Song (Allegro) - No. 21. Allegro robusto

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For Children, BB 53, Vol. 2 (based on Hungarian folk tunes) (1910)

 

8. No. 22. Allegretto - No. 23. Dance Song (Allegro grazioso) - No. 24. Andante sostenuto - No. 25. Parlando

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9. No. 26. Moderato - No. 27. Jest (Allegramente) - No. 28. Choral (Andante) - No. 29. Pentatonic tune (Allegro scherzando)

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10. No. 30. Jeering Song (Allegro ironico) - No. 31. Andante tranquillo - No. 32. Andante - No. 33. Allegro non troppo

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11. No. 34. Allegretto - No. 35. Con moto - No. 36. Drunkard's Song (Vivace) - No. 37. Swinehard's Song

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12. No. 38. Winter Solstice Song (Molto vivace) - No. 39. Allegro moderato

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13. No. 40: Swineherd's Dance (Allegro vivace)

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For Children, BB 53, Vol. 3 (based on Slovakian folk tunes) (1910)

 

14. No. 41. Allegro - No. 42. Andante - No. 43. Allegretto - No. 44. Wedding Song (Andante)

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15. No. 45. Variations (Molto andante) - No. 46. Round Dance (Allegro) - No. 47. Sorrow (Andante) - No. 48. Dance (Allegro non troppo)

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16. No. 49. Round Dance (Andante) - No. 50 Funeral Song (Largo)

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17. No. 51. Lento - No. 52. Andante rubato - No. 53. Allegro

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18. No. 54. Moderato - No. 55. Bagpipe (Molto tranquillo) - No. 56. Lament (Lento) - No. 57. Andante - No. 58. Teasing Song (Sostenuto)

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19. No. 59. Romance (Assai lento) - No. 60. Game of Tag (Presto)

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20. No. 61. Pleasantry 1 (Allegro moderato) - No. 62. Revelry (Molto allegro)

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For Children, BB 53, Vol. 4 (based on Slovakian folk tunes) (1910)

 

21. No. 63. Andante tranquillo - No. 64. Andante - No. 65. Allegretto (Scherzando)

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22. No. 66. Peasant's Flute (Andante molto rubato) - No. 67. Peasantry II (Allegro)

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23. No. 68. Andante molto rubato - No. 69. Canon (Allegro non troppo) - No. 70. Bagpipe II (Vivace)

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24. No. 71. The highway Robber (Allegro) - No. 72. Pesante - No. 73. Andante tranquillo

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25. No. 74. Farewell (Adagio) - No. 75. Ballad (Moderato)

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26. No. 76. Rhapsody I (Parlando molto rubato) - No. 77. Rhapsody II (Parlando molto rubato)

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27. No. 78. Dirge (Lento) - No. 79. Mourning Song (Lento)

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