This treasury of piano works from one of the 20th century's most influential composers includes the dancelike Allegro Barbaro, a sonorous, boisterous piece of power and bravura; 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; 6 Rumanian Folk Dances; 20 Rumanian Christmas Carols; and 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs. Musical gems for pianists at intermediate and advanced skill levels.
Allegro barbaro
Romanian Folk Dances • Román népi táncok
I. Stick game • Joc cu bâta
II. Peasant costume • Braul
III. Standing still • Pe loc
IV. Song of the mountain horn • Buciumeana
V. A garden gate in Romania • V Poarca Româneasca
VI Little one • Maruntel
Romanian Christmas Carols • Román Karácsonyi dallamok
First Series
"10 short pieces, including concert versions of selected carols"
Second Series
"10 short pieces, including concert versions of selected carols"
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs • Tizenöt magyar paraszt'dal
Four Old Tunes (Nos. 1-4)
Scherzo (No. 5)
Ballade: Theme with variations (No. 6)
Old Dance Tunes (Nos. 7-15)
"Suite, Op. 14"
1. Allegretto
2. Scherzo (No. 5)
3. Allegro molto
4. Sostenuto
"Etudes, Op. 18"
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Rubato
"Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20 • Improvizaciok Magyar Nepdalra"
I. Molto moderato
II. Molto capriccioso
III. "Lento, rubato"
IV. Allegretto scherzando
V. Allegro molto
VI. "Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso"
VII. "Sostenuto, rubato ("In memory of Claude Debussy")"
VIII. Allegro
