Kocsis Plays Bartok

Bela Bartok (Composer), Zoltán Kocsis (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Zoltán Kocsis
• Composer: Bela Bartok
• Audio CD (May 5, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Denon Records
• ASIN: B0000034N1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,650 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63

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

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

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

5. Hungarian Folk Tunes (3), for piano, Sz. 66, BB 80b: No. 1, Leszallott a pava (The Peacock)

6. Hungarian Folk Tunes (3), for piano, Sz. 66, BB 80b: No. 2, Janoshidi vasarteren (At the Janoshida Fairground)

7. Hungarian Folk Tunes (3), for piano, Sz. 66, BB 80b: No. 3, Feher liliomszal (White Lily)

8. Suite for piano, Sz. 62, BB 70 (Op. 14): No. 1, Allegretto

9. Suite for piano, Sz. 62, BB 70 (Op. 14): No. 2, Scherzo

10. Suite for piano, Sz. 62, BB 70 (Op. 14): No. 3, Allegro molto

11. Suite for piano, Sz. 62, BB 70 (Op. 14): No. 4, Sostenuto

12. Piano Sonata, Sz. 80, BB 88: Allegro Moderato

13. Piano Sonata, Sz. 80, BB 88: Sostenuto E Pesante

14. Piano Sonata, Sz. 80, BB 88: Allegro Molto

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start your Bartok collection here, August 24, 2005

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Caballero del febo (Antony, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kocsis Plays Bartok (Audio CD)

Kocsis's 1975 recording remains one of my favorite Bartok discs. The selection focuses on the composer's most rewarding piano music -- avoiding the brief musical exercises which compose much of his output -- and includes an imperious "Allegro Barbaro" and a "Rumanian Folk Dances" whose 3rd movement here has the weightless, cristalline beauty of an icicle slowly melting in the first rays of the morning sun. The set as a whole is well-balanced and has a "felt" quality which sets it apart, judging from an admittedly brief comparison, from Kocsis's later complete piano works series. Not for the first time, I have the impression that a performer returning to well-known works with the benefit of greater maturity somehow managed to iron out the personality which made his early recording so compelling.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Once more the Hungarian pianism!, April 18, 2005

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kocsis Plays Bartok (Audio CD)

Zoltan Kocsis and Andras Schiff are the best and until now, the last exponents of a vast tradition of legendary pianists through the XX Century. From Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Louis Kentner, Edith Farnadi, György Sandor, Geza Anda, Andor Foldes and Annie Fisher.

However Kocsis ' colossal stature would seem to be reserved just only for a reduced audience. He has demonstrated widely his abilities. I knew about him through an excellent performance of Bach's The Well Tempered Klavier. And his Bartok ` s interpretations though are not at the cosmic level of Sandor are provided with musicianship. He owns the famous three T: technique, tune and temperament.

These are interesting performances of the dissonances master : Bela Bartok who, according a personal statement of Artur Honneger : "Bartok is the real Ambassador of the musical evolution. Less sparkling than Stravinsky, less dogmatic than Schöenberg, is perhaps, the most intimately musician of the three and also in what development concerns has organized himself inside the most constant effort and best disciplined".