I was wondering which of the individual pieces from Mikrokosmos were favourites here in the Bartok club... I am awful with numbers but I really like one in ...
There are lots of Mikrokosmos pieces I like very much. I begin with Vol. 1: I like very much #35 (Choral) because it's an early reminiscence of the "Andante...
Answering to Greg "gorillatone", I go on relating my Mikrokosmos favourites.<br><br>In Vol. 4:<br>#97 (Notturno) is one on the key pieces (there are lots of ...
Most of my favourites are in Vol. 5:<br><br>#124 (Staccato) I like it very much, I don't know exactly why.<br><br>#125 (Boating) resembles to the #97...
Here are my favourites from Vol. 6:<br><br>#140 (Free Variations) This piece shows me clearly that time (metric) changes in Bartok's music aren't made by...
Here is Tim Snode's respons :<br><br>I am most familiar with volumes III, IV, and V of the Mikrokosmos.<br><br>My personal favorites in volume III are # 72,...
Well, I really enjoyed hearing all of your comments on Mikrokosmos, so I thought everyone would also have an opinion about a favourite <br>String Quartet. Mine...
Hello "gorillatone" Greg !<br><br>I have some difficulies to say what is my favorite quartet.<br>Certainly one of the 3 or 4 last quartets.<br>Perhaps the 5th ...
i actually have an easier time digesting the bartok quartets than the late beethoven!clearly the bartok are on the same level.bartok 5 and 6 hard to ...
> i actually have an easier time digesting the bartok quartets than the late<br>beethoven!clearly the bartok are on the same level.bartok 5 and 6 hard ...
My favourite Bartok Quartet was the 5th for a long time. Then I began to listen very attentively to all of 6 quartets, and now I don't know whether I prefer...
Thank you, Pierre.<br><br>I have two complete recording of the six :<br>- the Juillard quartet (second version)<br>- the Hungarian quartet.<br><br>The...
Yes, I like the late ones better myself. I will have to sit down and listen to # 5 more carefully.<br>I have heard some of the Beethoven quartets, which were...
> Yes, I like the late ones better myself.<br>> I will have to sit down and listen to # 5 more carefully<br><br>Oh Yes, excellent idea !<br><br>The 5th...
In my opinion, there is two great and complete recordings :<br>- The Vegh quartet,<br>- The Italinao quartet.<br><br>Some people like the Berg quartet. It's...
my beethoven set is by the cleveland quartet.an older recording, it may be available at budget prices.they were tops in their prime in the late 70's....
with the new year comes my desire to collect some <br>Bartok scores. Does anyone know of the publisher of some inexpensive versions of the Music for...
I love the darker pieces by Bartok I was wondering if there was a particular album or release that featured some of his more brooding melancholy stuff? ...
I think one of Bela Bartok's darkest pieces is "Bluebeard's Castle". <br><br>I also think that Bela collected some happy pieces of folk music, for example, the...
Hy Scoot,<br><br>"Music fro string ..." a dark piece ?<br>I don't agree with this!<br>The last movement, for instance, is one of the most jubilant movement in...
I don't like this distinction between dark and other pieces in Bartok's music; mainly because Bartok's music is mostly characterized by the contrast between ...
