Bartók: Mikrokosmos (selection)

This page lists all recordings of Mikrokosmos (selection), by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Bartók plays Bartók

Bartók:

Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111

Recorded on 13th May, 1940 in New York

Rhapsody for Violin & Piano No. 1, BB 94a, Sz. 86

Recorded on 4th May, 1940 in New York

Mikrokosmos (selection)

Recorded 29th-30th April, 7th and 16th May, 1940 in New York

Joseph Szigeti (violin), Benny Goodman (clarinet) & Béla Bartók (piano)

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert Thorn

This disc presents Béla Bartók’s complete published American Columbia recordings, made in a series of sessions in New York in April and May 1940.

Although this was a time of great difficulty for the émigré composer, with the upheaval of migration, the strain of illness and several career challenges, one can only be compelled by the fire and dynamism of his playing and rewarded by his interaction with legendary violinist Joseph Szigeti and clarinettist Benny Goodman.

These authoritative interpretations of his music rank among the musical treasures of the wartime discography.

Naxos Historical - 8111343

(CD)

$6.99

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Bartók: Mikrokosmos (selection)

CD 1

01) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book I – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.1-23 (7.34)

02) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book I – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.24-31 (3.11)

03) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book I – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.32-36 (4.34)

04) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.37-42 (3.21)

05) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.43-44 (0.48)

06) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.45-48 (2.57)

07) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.49-54 (3.30)

08) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.55-61 (4.53)

09) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book II – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.62-66 (3.39)

10) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book III – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.67-73 (5.16)

11) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book III – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.74-83 (7.06)

12) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book III – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.84-89 (5.57)

13) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book III – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.90-96 (6.37)

CD 2

01) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book IV – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.97-103 (7.44)

02) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book IV – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.104-110 (7.43)

03) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book IV – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.111-116 (7.01)

04) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book IV – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.117-121 (4.04)

05) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book V – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.122-129 (7.45)

06) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book V – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.130-133 (4.26)

07) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book V – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.134-139 (7.05)

08) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book VI – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.140-143 (6.35)

09) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book VI – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.144-147 (10.25)

10) Bartok: Mikrokosmos, book VI – progressive pieces for piano, Sz107 - Nos.148-153 (8.32)

Georges Solchany (piano)

“Despite Solchany's insights, Bartók's masterly pedagogical series of 153 piano pieces were never intended to be heard as a cycle, so grouping up to 23 pieces on each track and omitting titles make this set unusable.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009

EMI 20th Century Classics - 6955702

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.49

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Zoltan Kocsis: On Bartok's Piano Vol.1

Bartók:

Mikrokosmos (selection)

Mikrokosmos Vol. 2 No. 62 'Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion'

For Children (Selection from Book I & II)

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

Liszt:

Ave Maria IV in G major, S545/R194

Zoltan Kocsis

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	Format: PAL
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Hungaroton - DVDH32565

(DVD Video)

$45.99

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Bartók - Piano Works

Bartók:

Three Hungarian Folktunes, Sz. 65-66

Popular Romanian Dances

Mikrokosmos (selection)

András Schiff, Zoltán Kocsis & Bela Bartók

This set of two CDs presents a selection from Bartók's varied piano oeuvre. It is a combination of performances by pianists András Schiff and Zoltán Kocsis and rare historical recordings of the composer himself made in London and New York in 1937 and 1940.

Brilliant Classics - 8529

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Irén Marik: from Bach to Bartók

Recordings 1956-1983

Bach, J S:	Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV535: Prelude (trans. Siloti) French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
Bartók:	Hungarian Folk Songs Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97 Bagatelles (selection) Mikrokosmos (selection) For Children, Sz42
Beethoven:	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Chopin:	Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Couperin, F:	Ordres pour le clavecin
Liszt:	Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
Ravel:	Jeux d'eau Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs No. 2) Sonatine
Scarlatti, D:	Keyboard Sonata K394 in E minor Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor
Scriabin:	Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1

Irén Marik (piano)

This second volume of Irén Marik's art consists mostly of unpublished recordings made in studios and at home from 1955 - 1983. Her highly individual and structural approach explores a carefully chosen repertoire. An insight further developed while Marik studied with Bartók is applied to all the composers she performed.

Arbiter - ARBITER149

(CD)

$24.99

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Bartók in the Desert

The Art of Irén Marik - recordings 1950s to 1983

Bach, J S:	Sinfonia in D minor
Bartók:	Piano Suite, BB 70, Sz. 62, Op. 14 Allegro barbaro, BB 63, Sz. 49 Mikrokosmos (selection) Popular Romanian Dances Evening in Transylvania, Ten Easy Pieces for piano No. 5 (Este a székelyeknél), Sz. 39/5, BB 51/5
Beethoven:	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Brahms:	Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 116 No. 2
Chopin:	Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
Debussy:	Images
Haydn:	Piano Sonata No. 49 in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI:36
Kodály:	Dances of Marosszék
Liszt:	Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, S. 173 No. 3 Apparition No. 1 in F sharp major S155 No. 1 Vallée d'Obermann (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 6) Berceuse, S170 Transcendental Study, S139 No. 11 'Harmonies du soir' Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
Lully:	Courante
Ravel:	La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs No. 5)
Schubert:	Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2

Irén Marik (piano)

A master musician who began in Budapest and arrived in the California desert, Marik's profound artistry was guided by Bartók. Her legacy survived only through the accidental discovery of a letter.

Arbiter - ARBITER143

(CD - 2 discs)

$24.99

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