Bartok - Mikrokosmos (complete, with score)

Here is my recording made in february/march 2020, of Bela Bartok’s iconic collection Mikrokosmos, written between 1926 and 1939 for his second son, Peter Bartok. As always there are things that could have been better, but as a whole I am pleased with the result. These are progressive pieces, starting from the most easy beginner’s etudes progressing gradually to dashing concert pieces. The first book is quite boring to be honest, so you may want to skip ahead a bit :) The painting is “Kosmische Flora“ (1917) by Paul Klee. Chris Breemer, piano Book I 00:18 1-Six Unison Melodies (1) 00:42 2-Six Unison Melodies (2) 01:29 3-Six Unison Melodies (3) 02:04 4-Six Unison Melodies (4) 02:28 5-Six Unison Melodies (5) 03:03 6-Six Unison Melodies (6) 02:28 7-Dotted Notes 04:04 8-Repetition (1) 04:37 9-Syncopation (1) 05:16 10-With Alternate Hands 06:00 11-Parallel Motion 06:32 12-Reflection 07:22 13-Change of Position 07:54 14-Question and Answer 08:39 15-Village Song 09:08 16-Parallel Motion with Change of Position 10:04 17-Contrary Motion (1) 10:38 18-Four Unison Melodies (1) 11:03 19-Four Unison Melodies (2) 11:37 20-Four Unison Melodies (3) 12:20 21-Four Unison Melodies (4) 12:46 22-Imitation and Counterpoint 13:18 23-Imitation and Inversion (1) 13:53 24-Pastorale 14:31 25-Imitation and Inversion (2) 15:33 26-Repetition (2) 16:07 27-Syncopation (2) 16:46 28-Canon at the Octave 17:21 29-Imitation Reflected 17:55 30-Canon at the Lower Fifth 18:50 31-Dance in Canon Form 19:30 32-In Dorian Mode 20:24 33-Slow Dance 21:06 34-In Phrygian Mode 21:48 35-Chorale 23:06 36-Free Canon Book II 23:54 37-In Lydian Mode 24:34 38-Staccato and Legato (1) 24:51 39-Staccato and Legato (Canon) 25:22 40-In Yugoslav Style 26:04 41-Melody with Accompaniment 26:40 42-Accompaniment in Broken Triads 28:02 43-In Hungarian Style 29:02 44-Contrary Motion (2) 29:23 45-Meditation 30:01 46-Increasing - Diminishing 30:57 47-County Fair 31:32 48-In Mixolydian Mode 32:23 49-Crescendo - Diminuendo 32:44 50-Minuetto 33:19 51-Waves 34:28 52-Unison Divided 34:48 53-In Transylvanian Style 35:35 54-Chromatics 35:52 55-Triplets in Lydian Mode 36:26 56-Melody in Tenths 36:45 57-Accents 37:34 58-In Oriental Style 38:28 59-Major and Minor 39:12 60-Canon with Sustained Notes 39:58 61-Pentatonic Melody 40:41 62-Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion 41:17 63-Buzzing 41:56 64-Line against Point 43:00 65-Dialogue 43:38 66-Melody Divided Book III 44:54 67-Thirds against a Single Voice 45:36 68-Hungarian Dance 46:10 69-Chord Study 47:11 70-Melody against Double Notes 48:31 71-Thirds 49:35 72-Dragons’ Dance 50:10 73-Sixths and Triads 50:44 74-Hungarian Song 51:54 75-Triplets 52:47 76-In Three Parts 53:09 77-Little Study 53:36 78-Five-tone Scale 54:05 79-Hommage a . 54:50 80-Hommage a . 55:38 81-Wandering 56:45 82-Scherzo 57:13 83-Melody with Interruptions 57:50 84-Merriment 58:33 85-Broken chords 59:57 86-Two Major Pentachords 1:01:37 87-Variations 1:03:10 88-Duet for Pipes 1:04:15 89-In Four Parts 1:05:14 90-In Russian Style 1:05:53 91-Chromatic Invention (1) 1:07:25 92-Chromatic Invention (2) 1:08:10 93-In Four Parts 1:08:54 94-Tale 1:10:00 95-Song of the Fox 1:11:19 96-Stumblings Book IV 1:12:16 97-Notturno 1:14:04 98-Thumb under 1:14:34 99-Crossed hands 1:15:46 100-In the Style of a Folk Song 1:16:40 101-Diminished Fifth 1:17:56 102-Harmonics 1:19:15 103-Minor and Major 1:20:35 104-Wandering through the Keys 1:21:28 105-Game (with two pentatonic scales) 1:22:19 106-Children’s Song 1:23:36 107-Melody in the Mist 1:25:04 108-Wrestling 1:25:55 109-From the Island of Bali 1:28:02 110-Clashing Sounds 1:29:16 111-Intermezzo 1:31:08 112-Variations on a folk tune 1:32:09 113-Bulgarian rhythm 1:33:09 114-Theme and inversion 1:34:15 115-Bulgarian rhythm 1:34:43 116-Melody 1:36:23 117-Bourree 1:37:21 118-Triplets in 9/8 time 1:38:09 119-Dance in 3/4 time 1:39:05 120-Triads 1:39:57 121-Two-part Study Book V 1:41:07 122-Chords Together and Opposed 1:42:17 123-Staccato and Legato 1:43:10 124-Staccato 1:44:03 125-Boating 1:46:27 126-Change of Time 1:47:15 127-New Hungarian Folk Song 1:48:18 128-Peasant Dance 1:49:32 129-Alternating Thirds 1:50:25 130-Village Joke 1:51:13 131-Fourths 1:52:09 132-Major Seconds Broken and Together 1:53:50 133-Syncopation 1:55:01 134-Studies in Double Notes 1:56:05 135-Perpetuum Mobile 1:57:01 136-Whole-tone Scale 1:58:45 137-Unison 2:00:48 138-Bagpipe 2:02:21 139-Merry Andrew Book VI 2:03:27 140-Free Variations 2:05:16 141-Subject and Reflection 2:07:03 142-From the Diary of a Fly 2:08:29 143-Divided arpeggios 2:11:29 144-Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths 2:15:50 145-Chromatic Invention (3) 2:19:23 146-Ostinato 2:21:54 147-March 2:23:56 148-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (1) 2:26:03 149-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (2) 2:27:16 150-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (3) 2:28:51 151-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (4) 2:30:39 152-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (5) 2:31:57 153-Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (6)