Bartók || Romanian Folk Dances • Teodor Rusu • Paul Cartianu

Описание: Live at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg

Violoncello: Teodor Rusu
Piano: Paul Cartianu

Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances (arr. by Luigi Silva)
I. Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Round Dance)
III. Pe loc (In One Spot)
IV. Buciumeana (Dance of Bucium)
V. Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
VI. Mărunțel (Short steps)

In 1909 Béla Bartók began to collect Romanian folk music around Beiuș, encouraged by his local Romanian teacher and friend János Bușiția. He also continued collecting in the following year and in 1912-1913, making several tours in various Romanian regions. Based on the material collected, in 1915 he composed the piano piece Romanian folk dances, which he dedicated to his friend in Beiuș. In 1917 he also arranged it for orchestra, and in 1925 Zoltán Székely made of it a highly successful transcription for violin and piano.

The only five or six minutes long piece consists of six movements, six separate dances. The 1st - Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance) was collected from two Gypsies – a violinist and a folk viola player – in Voiniceni, the 2nd - Brâul (Round Dance) and 3rd - Pe loc (In One Spot) pair dance from a piper in Igriș, the 4th - Buciumeana (Dance of Bucium) with a three-quarter time from a Gypsy violinist in Bucium, the 5th - Poarga românească (Romanian Polka) from a Romanian fiddler in Beiuș, just like the 6th - Mărunțelul (Short steps) fast pair dance.