Bartok

Artista: Bach, Sonya

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: RBCN

Catalogo: 1194

Faixas: 1.1 3 Studies for Piano Sz. 72~Allegro molto
1.2 3 Studies for Piano Sz. 72~Andante sostenuto
1.3 3 Studies for Piano Sz. 72~Rubato
1.4 Sonatina Sz. 55~Dudások (Bagpipers)
1.5 Sonatina Sz. 55~Medvetánc (Bear Dance)
1.6 Sonatina Sz. 55~Finale: Allegro vivace
1.7 Allegro barbaro Sz. 49
1.8 4 Piano Pieces Sz. 22~Study for the left hand
1.9 4 Piano Pieces Sz. 22~Fantasy I
1.10 4 Piano Pieces Sz. 22~Fantasy II
1.11 4 Piano Pieces Sz. 22~Scherzo
1.12 Marche funèbre (from “Kossuth”, Sz. 21), DD 75b
1.13 Piano Sonata Sz. 80~Allegro moderato
1.14 Piano Sonata Sz. 80~Sostenuto e pesante
1.15 Piano Sonata Sz. 80~Allegro molto

The works on this album document the development of Bartok’s aesthetics from thenationalistic late romantic style of the symphonic poem “Kossuth” and the overtly romanticFour Piano Pieces to the folk-infused Sonatina and the ebullient Piano Sonata (there are twosurviving early sonatas) composed in 1926, and which is in his mature style. It exploits theinstruments percussive qualities, and is relentless in it’s gladiatorial, muscular energy.Sonya Bach studied with Lazar Bermann and Alicia de Larrocha and has recorded Bachconcertos, Chopin Etudes, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov for Rubicon. This is her fifth album forthe label.