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
https://buymeacoffee.com/cbreemer

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 J.S.B.
54:50 80-Hommage a R.Sch.
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)