6 Romanian Folk Dances

Bartok (Artist), Kraus (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Classics
• ASIN: B0000023FR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 1, Jocul cu bata (Stick Dance)

2. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 2, Braul (Sash Dance)

3. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 3, Pe loc (In One Spot)

4. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 4, Buciumeana (Horn Dance)

5. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 5, Poarg romaneasca (Romanian Polka)

6. Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 6, Maruntelul (Fast Dance)

7. Rondos (3) on Slovak Folktunes, for piano, Sz. 84, BB 92: No. 1, Andante

8. Rondos (3) on Slovak Folktunes, for piano, Sz. 84, BB 92: No. 2, Vivacissimo

9. Rondos (3) on Slovak Folktunes, for piano, Sz. 84, BB 92: No. 3, Allegro molto

10. Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (3) (Három Csík megyei népdal), for piano, Sz. 35a, BB 45b: No. 1, Rubato

11. Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (3) (Három Csík megyei népdal), for piano, Sz. 35a, BB 45b: No. 2, L'istesso tempo

12. Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (3) (Három Csík megyei népdal), for piano, Sz. 35a, BB 45b: No. 3, Poco vivo

13. Sonatina for piano (on Romanian folk tunes), Sz. 55, BB 69: I. Dudasok (Bagpipers)

14. Sonatina for piano (on Romanian folk tunes), Sz. 55, BB 69: II. Medvetanc (Bear Dance)

15. Sonatina for piano (on Romanian folk tunes), Sz. 55, BB 69: III. Finale

16. Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for piano, Sz. 71, BB 79: No. 1 (Old Tune)

17. Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for piano, Sz. 71, BB 79: No. 2 (Old Tune)

18. Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for piano, Sz. 71, BB 79: No. 3 (Old Tune)

19. Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for piano, Sz. 71, BB 79: No. 4 (Old Tune)

20. Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for piano, Sz. 71, BB 79: No. 5, Scherzo

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Many current pianists take the motor rhythms and other elements of Bartók's style as a license to play with brutal power. But the composer's own performances show the rhythmic drive of the music leavened with a lyrical, romantic sensibility. You hear the same thing in the playing of Lili Kraus, a piano student of Bartók who remained devoted to his music all her life. Kraus recorded this collection of folk-influenced music in 1980, near the end of her life. She still played beautifully, and her interpretive style shows us how this music was meant to sound. This is a very entertaining disc as well as a very instructive one. --Leslie Gerber