Bartok: Complete Works for 2 Pianos- Suite, Op. 4b, Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos

Bela Bartok (Composer), Thorson (Performer), Thurber (Performer), Monrad (Performer), Jensen (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thorson, Thurber, Monrad, Jensen
• Composer: Bela Bartok
• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Olympia
• ASIN: B00000AFP1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,586 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Suite for orchestra No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40 (Op. 4): I. Comodo

2. Suite for orchestra No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40 (Op. 4): II. Allegro scherzando

3. Suite for orchestra No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40 (Op. 4): III. Andante

4. Suite for orchestra No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40 (Op. 4): IV. Comodo

5. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 1, Bulgarian Rhythm

6. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 2, Chord and Trill Study

7. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 3, Perpetuum Mobile

8. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 4, Short Canon and its Inversion

9. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 5, New Hungarian Folk-Song

10. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 6, Chromatic Invention

11. Pieces (7) from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz. 108, BB 120: No. 7, Ostinato

12. Sonata for 2 pianos & 2 percussion, Sz. 110, BB 15: I. Assai lento - Allegro molto

13. Sonata for 2 pianos & 2 percussion, Sz. 110, BB 15: II. Lento ma non troppo

14. Sonata for 2 pianos & 2 percussion, Sz. 110, BB 15: III. Allegro non troppo

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sonata is another Bartok masterpiece., December 18, 1999

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This review is from: Bartok: Complete Works for 2 Pianos- Suite, Op. 4b, Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (Audio CD)

Imagine that some "barbarian" tribe had over-run part of Europe and captured a couple of grand pianos. They then use them in one of their tribal dances, with drummers beating, dancers spinning about and thrusting spears over their heads, and the pianists pounding away in time with the whole chaotic ruckus. You'll have a fair idea of the effect of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. While Stravinsky in the 1930s was well into his long "neo-classical" phase, Varese and Bartok were keeping alive the "neo-primitive" movement in their music (though each in different ways). In the last movement of the Sonata, it's as if the pianists sneak out after everyone else is asleep, and try to play some of the "delicate" European music they'd heard from their captives, though of course their version has a sort of awkwardness and energy. The whole thing is just another masterpiece from the amazing Bartok.