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Land of My Early Childhood: Bartók Piano Works [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Julie Adam

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It is one thing to return to the country of one’s childhood and feel so much at home. It’s another to be able to record there the music which, over the years, has become a symbol of a lost and cherished childhood.

In 2023 I undertook a return trip to Hungary with my daughter; I wanted her to see the land of her mother’s early childhood, as well as that of her forebears. It was a deeply moving experience as I re-discovered my roots, my strong connection with this land and its traditions and culture. In late 1957 my parents and I emigrated to Australia. This was a move to which I could not reconcile myself for a long time: those first years of life immersed in Hungarian culture and music in particular were so rich, so sustaining, and I had lost these.

Steeped in Hungarian folksong and classical music as I had been, it was hard to get my bearings in a new/old land. Eventually, I became a pianist with a career that began in my teenage years at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music during which time I already performed as soloist, chamber musician and concerto soloist with orchestras. With scholarships, I ended up for many years in the UK, at first studying at the Royal College of Music and then going on to study with Louis Kentner, Albert Ferber and others in the UK, Austria and Switzerland. My performing career involved many appearances at festivals, music societies, solo and chamber recitals on the South Bank, the Wigmore Hall and other venues. In the 1980’s I recorded extensively as a soloist for the BBC. Returning to Australia in the late 80’s, these activities continued with concerts and recordings for the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and teaching, adjudicating, accompanying and coaching young musicians.

‘For Children’ is a product of Bartók’s extensive early collecting of folk songs and the new direction to which they led him musically, whereas Mikrokosmos displays the extraordinary assimilation of folk song elements within his mature musical vocabulary. ‘For Children’ (composed originally in 1908/9) consists of the songs more or less in their original form but with the most imaginative and sympathetic harmonisation possible.

The composition of ‘Mikrokosmos’, on the other hand, was a much later venture for Bartók (1927 to 1939). Originally commenced as a piano ‘tutor’ (books 1 and 2) for his son, Péter, it eventually grew into an exhaustive lexicon of diverse technical and musical elements with some truly inspired material, providing a comprehensive training for students of the piano and musicians generally. The culmination was Volume 6, in which his inventiveness took a decidedly virtuoso turn; indeed, the last 6 pieces – Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm – were dedicated to the English concert pianist, Harriet Cohen.

To be able to record these in Hungary with Hunnia Records is the fulfilment of a dream and I do hope it will be of interest to listeners to hear how a Hungarian can still remain a Hungarian in spite of years living elsewhere.


Julie Adam, Piano

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - I. Children at play - Let’s bake something delicious
00:32
2.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - II. Children’s song - Shine shine bright sun! Andant
00:41
3.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - III. I’ve lost my partner. Andante
00:39
4.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - IV. 'Pillow dance' - I’ve lost my handkerc
00:42
5.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - V. Play song - Cickom cickom. Poco Allegretto
01:02
6.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - VI. Study for the LH - Hey tulip tulip! Allegro
00:50
7.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - VII. Play song - You find the needle I’ll find the t
00:22
8.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - VIII. Children’s game - Hey cripple! What are you do
01:27
9.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - IX. Song - White Lily. Molto Adagio
00:48
10.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - X. Children’s dance - Wallachians. Allegro molto
00:36
11.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XI. I’ve lost my partner. Molto sostenuto
00:47
12.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XII. Children’s game with little 'chains'.
01:17
13.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XIII. Ballad - They killed a young man. Andante
00:56
14.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XIV. The lads from Csanád who caught a goose. Allegr
00:29
15.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XV. The street is tiny where my love lives. Allegro
00:30
16.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XVI. Old Hungarian song - Never have I stolen! Andan
00:39
17.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XVII. My pretty little daughter dressed in white. Ad
01:05
18.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XVIII. Soldier’s Song - At the Oradsa port in Rumani
00:57
19.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XIX. When I go in to the tavern. Allegretto
00:39
20.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XX. Drinking Song - My lovely jug of beer. Poco Alle
00:37
21.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book I Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXI. In one bed parsley in the other celery. Allegro
00:51
22.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 140. Free Variations
01:45
23.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 141. Subject and Reflection
01:20
24.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 142. From the Diary of a Fly
01:29
25.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 143. Divided Arpeggios
02:11
26.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 144. Minor Seconds Major Sevenths
04:36
27.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 145a. Chromatic Invention
01:09
28.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 145b. Chromatic Invention in Inversion
01:10
29.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 146. Ostinato
02:43
30.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 147. March
02:04
31.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 148. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (I)
02:09
32.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 149. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (II)
01:11
33.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 150. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (III)
01:23
34.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 151. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (IV)
01:41
35.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 152. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (V)
01:15
36.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book VI Sz. 107 BB 105 - 153. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (VI)
02:13
37.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXII. I should go to Debrecen market. Allegretto
00:41
38.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXIII. Dance song - this is how to step. Allegro gr
00:48
39.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXIV. The waters of Körös. Andante sostenuto
00:50
40.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXV. Three apples and a half. Allegro
00:49
41.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXVI. Come closer beloved come closer. Andante
00:49
42.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXVII. Our goose is black. Allegramente
00:52
43.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXVIII. Leslie White stole a horse. Parlando
00:38
44.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXIX. Eh what is this?! Young maidens’ supper. Alle
00:38
45.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXX. Chorale - The rooster was brought up to be kil
01:36
46.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXI. My dear sweet Mother my boot needs mending. A
00:54
47.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXII. Mocking Song - the Sun shines into the churc
00:44
48.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXIII. Stars stars help him find his sweetheart’s
01:32
49.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXIV. Whitebean Flower come to me only in the even
01:14
50.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXV. I picked flowers from the garden, God saved m
00:54
51.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXVI. Margitta is not far from here. Allegretto
00:45
52.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXVII. If I go up high into the Buda hills. Poco v
00:33
53.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXVIII. Drunkards’ song - Ten litres are in me! Vi
00:44
54.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XXXIX. Swineherd Song - The grasshopper is getting
00:40
55.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XL. Old Shamanic song - God please give us… Molto v
01:08
56.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XLI. Are you leaving me beloved? Allegro moderato
01:30
57.
Béla Bartók: For Children Book II Sz. 42 BB 53 - XLII. Swineherd dance. Allegro vivace
02:00

Total time: 01:05:04

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Release DateJuly 19, 2024

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