Second in the Archive Edition incorporating composer's corrections. 85 short pieces: For Children, 2 Elegies, Sonatina, other folk-inspired keyboard work. Translations.
Allegro Barbaro and Other Short Works for Solo Piano by Béla Bartók Includes 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.
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 by Béla Bartók The stirring first quartet captures the composer's great stylistic rebirth, from the Romanticism of the opening movement to a finale inspired by Hungarian folk tunes. The second quartet is a powerful force of originality.