Béla Bartók - Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs [With score]

Composer: Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 -- 26 September 1945)
Performer: Jenő Jandó
Year of recording: 2002

00:00 - I. Molto moderato
01:17 - II. Molto capriccioso
02:20 - III. Lento, rubato
04:39 - IV. Allegretto scherzando
05:24 - V. Allegro molto
06:14 - VI. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso
07:49 - VII. Sostenuto, rubato
09:59 - VIII. Allegro

Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74, BB 83, also known as Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs or simply as Improvisations, is a composition for solo piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was finished on 1920. This composition is the last one on which Bartók put an Opus number, because henceforth he would treat his folk music and his more artistic side as equal. However, interestingly, this work is far from his folk pieces, with its abrasive harmonies and rhythms.