Frederick Grinke (violin)
David Martin (violin)
Bela Bartok (pianoforte)
Pianoforte solos from Mikrokosmos
In Transylvanian mood Children's Song Tale
Wrestling
Major seconds broken and together Minor and Major
Theme and inversion Staccato versus legato
(Played by THE COMPOSER)
9.30 Duets for two Violins
Hungarian March Catch
Dance of the Gnats Bridal Song Jeering Song
Limping Dance Arabian Song
9.37 Pianoforte solos from
Mikrokosmos
Boating
Duet for pipes
Burlesque rustique Bagpipe music
Chords of the Fifth From the Isle of Bali Merry Andrew
(Played by THE COMPOSER)
9.46 Duets for two violins
Ruthenian Dance from Kolomejka Bagpipes
Serbian Folk Dance Grief
Ardeleana (from Transylvania)
9.52 Pianoforte solos from
Mikrokosmos
Five dances in Bulgarian rhythm
(Played by THE COMPOSER)
Hungary can boast of at least four great composers-Liszt, Dohnanyi, Kodaly, and Bartok. The names of the last two composers are usually linked together, not, however, because their styles necessarily resemble each other-each has a distinctive individuality—but because they are contemporaries and have joined forces in the collection and revival of Hungarian or Magyar folk song. Their achievements in this direction are similar to those of Cecil Sharp and Vaughan Williams with regard to English folk song.
While Bartok's music is all strongly nationalistic in colour and idiom, particularly from a rhythmic point of view, it shows the stamp of a powerful and original musical mind, which, if sometimes challenging in its love of crude rhythms and dissonant harmony, commands respect and arouses intense interest.