Bela Bartok - Contrasts, Rhapsody No. 1, Mikrokosmos (excerpts) (Bartok, Szigeti, Goodman) (Bartok Plays Bartok) (2010) [FLAC|Lossless|tracks] <Chamber Music, Instrumental>

11 {06} no. 109, From the Island of Bali
12 {07} no. 138, Bagpipe
13 {08} no. 100, In the Style of a Folksong
14 {09} no. 142, From the Diary of a Fly
15 {10} no. 140, Free Variations
16 {11} no. 133, Syncopation
17 {12} no. 149, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [2]
18 {13} no. 148, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [1]
19 {14} no. 108, Wrestling
20 {15} no. 150, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [3]
21 {16} no. 151, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [4]
22 {17} no. 94, Tale
23 {18} no. 152, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [5]
24 {19} no. 153, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm [6]
25 {20} no. 126, Change of Time
26 {21} no. 116, Melody
27 {22} no. 130, Village Joke
28 {23} no. 139, Merry Andrew
29 {24} no. 143, Divided Arpeggios
30 {25} no. 147, March
31 {26} no. 144, Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
32 {27} no. 97, Notturno
33 {28} no. 118, Triplets in 9/8 Time
34 {29} no. 141, Subject and Reflexion
35 {30} no. 136, Whole-tone Scale
36 {31} no. 125, Boating
37 {32} no. 114, Theme and Inversion

01-03 Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano (1938), Sz. 111
Joseph Szigeti - violin, Benny Goodman - clarinet, Béla Bartók - piano. New York, 13 May 1940.

04-05 Rhapsody no. 1, for violin and piano (1928), Sz. 86
Joseph Szigeti - violin, Béla Bartók - piano. New York, 4 May 1940.

06-37 Mikrokosmos (1929-39), Sz. 107 (excerpts)
Béla Bartók - piano. New York, 29-30 April, 7 and 16 May 1940.

This disc presents Béla Bartók’s complete published American Columbia recordings, made in a series of sessions in New York in April and May 1940. Although this was a time of great difficulty for the émigré composer, with the upheaval of migration, the strain of illness and several career challenges, one can only be compelled by the fire and dynamism of his playing and rewarded by his interaction with legendary violinist Joseph Szigeti and clarinetist Benny Goodman. These authoritative interpretations of his music rank among the musical treasures of the wartime discography.