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Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Books 1-6Jenö Jandó Piano
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Some piano music is meant to be listened to, some piano music is meant to be played, and some piano music is meant to be listened to and played. Beethoven's piano sonatas are meant to be listened to—and, for a few very talented pianists, to be played. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach is meant to be played—and, by piano teachers and kindhearted listeners, to be listened to. Brahms' late Klavierstücke are meant to be played and listened to—provided the amateur pianist is good enough and his or her friends are indulgent enough. Bartók's Mikrokosmos are meant to be played—and, every once and a while, to be listened to. They are, after all, the quintessential pedagogic pieces: 122 works arranged in order of difficulty over six books meant to engage, entertain, enlighten, and ultimately educate the budding pianist—and no more meant to be listened to from end to end than Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum. That doesn't mean there aren't beautiful and beguiling pieces inside the Mikrokosmos, there assuredly are, but it does mean that sitting down to listen straight through to 147 minutes and 37 seconds of Mikrokosmos is more than most people should be asked to do.That said, Jenö Jandó 2005 recording of Mikrokosmos is eminently listenable. Jandó is the Hungarian pianist and Naxos recording artist who has recorded vast swathes of the standard piano repertoire, but his heart remains in his home country of Bartóksylvania and his performances here are wholly idiomatic and totally sympathetic. Naturally, Jandó can play the notes—anyone who can play Beethoven's piano sonatas can play Bartók's Mikrokosmos—what is truly impressive is that he can find the music in the notes and express the art in the exercises. Although the argument could be made that the best way to listen to Mikrokosmos is to play Mikrokosmos, for those looking only to listen, Jandó's two-disc set is the inexpensive way to go. Naxos' sound is deep, but it could be clearer.
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Béla Bartók ComposerMikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 volumes, BB105, Sz.107...Volume 1 Work
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| 1 | 1.Unison Melody 1 | 0:26 |
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| 2 | 2.Unison Melody 2 (versions A and B) | 0:46 |
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| 3 | 3.Unison Melody 3 | 0:33 |
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| 4 | 4.Unison Melody 4 | 0:23 |
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| 5 | 5.Unison Melody 5 | 0:33 |
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| 6 | 6.Unison Melody 6 | 0:25 |
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| 7 | 7.Dotted Notes | 0:35 |
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| 8 | 8.Repetition 1 | 0:34 |
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| 9 | 9.Syncopation 1 | 0:40 |
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| 10 | 10.With Alternate Hands | 0:44 |
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| 11 | 11.Parallel Motion | 0:33 |
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| 12 | 12.Reflection | 0:28 |
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| 13 | 13.Change of Position | 0:35 |
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| 14 | 14.Question and Answer | 0:46 |
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| 15 | 15.Village Song | 0:31 |
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| 16 | 16.Parallel Motion with Change of Position | 0:52 |
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| 17 | 17.Contrary Motion | 0:33 |
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| 18 | 18.Unison Melody 7 | 0:24 |
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| 19 | 19.Unison Melody 8 | 0:32 |
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| 20 | 20.Unison Melody 9 | 0:45 |
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| 21 | 21.Unison Melody 10 | 0:25 |
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| 22 | 22.Imitation and Counterpoint | 0:33 |
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| 23 | 23.Imitation and Inversion 1 | 0:34 |
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| 24 | 24.Pastorale | 0:36 |
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| 25 | 25.Imitation and Inversion 2 | 1:01 |
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| 26 | 26.Repetition 2 | 0:31 |
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| 27 | 27.Syncopation 2 | 0:38 |
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| 28 | 28.Canon at the Octave | 0:35 |
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| 29 | 29.Imitation Reflected | 0:34 |
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| 30 | 30.Canon at the Lower Fifth | 0:49 |
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| 31 | 31.Dance in Canon Form | 0:38 |
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| 32 | 32.In Dorian Mode | 1:00 |
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| 33 | 33.Slow Dance | 0:45 |
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| 34 | 34.In Phrygian Mode | 0:50 |
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| 35 | 35.Chorale | 1:20 |
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| 36 | 36.Free Canon | 0:49 |
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Béla Bartók ComposerMikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 volumes, BB105, Sz.107...Volume 2 Work
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| 37 | 37.In Lydian Mode | 0:40 |
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| 38 | 38.Staccato and Legato | 0:16 |
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| 39 | 39.Staccato and Legato (Canon) | 0:27 |
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| 40 | 40.In Yugoslav Style | 0:41 |
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| 41 | 41.Melody with Accompaniment | 0:48 |
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| 42 | 42.Accompaniment in Broken Triads | 1:23 |
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| 43 | 43.In Hungarian Style (version A: 2 pianos; version B: piano solo) | 0:56 |
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| 44 | 44.Contrary Motion (2 pianos) | 0:20 |
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| 45 | 45.Méditation | 0:44 |
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| 46 | 46.Increasing - Diminishing | 1:01 |
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| 47 | 47.County Fair | 0:34 |
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| 48 | 48.In Mixolydian Mode | 0:54 |
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| 49 | 49.Crescendo - Diminuendo 1 | 0:33 |
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| 50 | 50.Menuetto | 0:36 |
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| 51 | 51.Waves | 1:04 |
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| 52 | 52.Unison Divided | 0:21 |
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| 53 | 53.In Transylvanian Style | 0:40 |
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| 54 | 54.Chromatics | 0:19 |
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| 55 | 55.Triplets in Lydian Mode (2 pianos) | 0:31 |
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| 56 | 56.Melody in Tenths | 0:18 |
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| 57 | 57.Accents | 0:50 |
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| 58 | 58.In Oriental Style | 0:59 |
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| 59 | 59.Major and Minor | 0:55 |
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| 60 | 60.Canon with Sustained Notes | 0:46 |
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| 61 | 61.Pentatonic Melody | 0:56 |
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| 62 | 62.Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion | 0:40 |
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| 63 | 63.Buzzing | 0:39 |
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| 64 | 64.Line against Point | 0:57 |
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| 65 | 65.Dialogue | 0:35 |
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| 66 | 66.Melody Divided | 1:12 |
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Béla Bartók ComposerMikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 volumes, BB105, Sz.107...Volume 3 Work
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| 67 | 67.Thirds against a Single Voice | 0:45 |
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| 68 | 68.Hungarian Dance (2 pianos) | 0:30 |
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| 69 | 69.Study in Chords | 1:05 |
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| 70 | 70.Melody against Double Notes | 1:28 |
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| 71 | 71.Thirds | 1:17 |
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| 72 | 72.Dragons' Dance | 0:32 |
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| 73 | 73.Sixths and Triads | 0:40 |
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| 74 | 74.Hungarian Matchmaking Song (versions A and B; vers. B with voice) | 1:23 |
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| 75 | 75.Triplets | 0:57 |
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| 76 | 76.In Three Parts | 0:30 |
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| 77 | 77.Little Study | 0:36 |
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| 78 | 78.Five-tone Scale | 0:30 |
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| 79 | 79.Hommage à J.S.B. | 0:48 |
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| 80 | 80.Hommage à R. Sch. | 0:43 |
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| 81 | 81.Wandering | 1:06 |
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| 82 | 82.Scherzo | 0:33 |
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| 83 | 83.Melody with Interruptions | 0:43 |
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| 84 | 84.Merriment | 0:46 |
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| 85 | 85.Broken Chords | 1:21 |
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| 86 | 86.Two Major Pentachords | 1:25 |
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| 87 | 87.Variations | 1:29 |
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| 88 | 88.Duet for Pipes | 1:02 |
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| 89 | 89.In Four Parts (1) | 0:54 |
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| 90 | 90.In Russian Style | 0:38 |
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| 91 | 91.Chromatic Invention 1 | 1:04 |
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| 92 | 92.Chromatic Invention 2 | 0:56 |
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| 93 | 93.In Four Parts 2 | 0:43 |
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| 94 | 94.Once upon a time | 0:58 |
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| 95 | 95.Fox Song (versions A and B; version B with voice) | 1:23 |
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| 96 | 96.Jolts | 0:51 |
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Béla Bartók ComposerMikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 volumes, BB105, Sz.107...Volume 4 Work
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| 1 | 97.Notturno | 1:42 |
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| 2 | 98.Thumb Under | 0:36 |
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| 3 | 99.Crossed Hands | 1:15 |
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| 4 | 100.In the Style of a Folk Song | 0:46 |
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| 5 | 101.Diminished Fifth | 0:59 |
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| 6 | 102.Harmonics | 1:24 |
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| 7 | 103.Minor and Major | 1:13 |
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| 8 | 104.Through the Keys (versions A and B) | 1:04 |
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| 9 | 105.Playsong | 0:57 |
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| 10 | 106.Children's Song | 1:14 |
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| 11 | 107.Melody in the Mist | 1:16 |
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| 12 | 108.Wrestling | 1:01 |
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| 13 | 109.From the Island of Bali | 1:55 |
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| 14 | 110.Clashing Sounds | 1:07 |
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| 15 | 111.Intermezzo | 1:35 |
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| 16 | 112.Variations on a Folktune | 0:59 |
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| 17 | 113.Bulgarian Rhythm 1 | 1:04 |
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| 18 | 114.Theme and Inversion | 1:12 |
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| 19 | 115.Bulgarian Rhythm 2 | 0:29 |
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| 20 | 116.Melody | 1:35 |
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| 21 | 117.Bourrée | 0:59 |
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| 22 | 118.Triplets in 9/8 Time | 0:52 |
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| 23 | 119.Dance in 3/4 Time | 0:43 |
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| 24 | 120.Fifth Chords | 0:56 |
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| 25 | 121.Two-Part Study | 1:04 |
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| 26 | 122.Chords Together and Opposed | 0:55 |
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| 27 | 123.Staccato and Legato (versions A and B) | 0:56 |
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| 28 | 124.Staccato | 1:12 |
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| 29 | 125.Boating | 1:28 |
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| 30 | 126.Change of Time | 0:42 |
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| 31 | 127.New Hungarian Folk Song (with voice) | 1:08 |
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| 32 | 128.Peasant Dance | 1:13 |
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| 33 | 129.Alternating Thirds | 0:49 |
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| 34 | 130.Village Joke | 0:50 |
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| 35 | 131.Fourths | 0:53 |
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| 36 | 132.Major Seconds Broken and Together | 1:27 |
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| 37 | 133.Syncopation | 1:03 |
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| 38 | 134.Studies in Double Notes | 1:02 |
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| 39 | 135.Perpetuum mobile | 1:02 |
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| 40 | 136.Whole-tone Scale | 1:43 |
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| 41 | 137.Unison | 1:46 |
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| 42 | 138.Bagpipe | 1:13 |
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| 43 | 139.Merry Andrew | 0:53 |
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| 44 | 140.Free Variations | 1:41 |
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| 45 | 141.Subject and Reflection | 1:17 |
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| 46 | 142.From the diary of a fly | 1:27 |
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| 47 | 143.Divided arpeggios: Andante | 2:17 |
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| 48 | 144.Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths | 4:36 |
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| 49 | 145.Chromatic Invention 3 (versions A and B) | 2:33 |
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| 50 | 146.Ostinato: Vivacissimo | 2:09 |
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| 51 | 147.March: Allegro | 1:53 |
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| 52 | 148.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.1 | 1:50 |
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| 53 | 149.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.2 | 1:08 |
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| 54 | 150.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.3 | 1:23 |
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| 55 | 151.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.4 | 1:35 |
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| 56 | 152.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.5 | 1:11 |
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| 57 | 153.Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No.6 | 1:57 |
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