Bartok - Piano Music Vol.8: Rhapsody, Variations, For Children | Naxos 8574340

Bartok - Piano Music Vol.8: Rhapsody, Variations, For Children

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574340

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 3rd December 2021

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Béla Bartók’s formative years as a composer in Budapest were stimulated by fashionable musical salons hosted by the wealthy Emma Gruber (later Zoltán Kodály’s wife). His landmark Rhapsody, op.1, is dedicated to Gruber, while the earlier Variations are a romantic homage to his talented colleague Felicie Fábián, composer of the theme. The virtuoso Études focus on hand flexibility for pianists – the pieces For Children are based on Hungarian and Slovak peasant songs partly collected by Bartók. These revelatory sounds caused Bartók to change his approach to composing. He likened the arranging of a peasant melody to ‘the mounting of a jewel’, producing extremely effective miniature masterpieces of graceful perfection.

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