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Robert Schumann, Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15

1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples)

2. Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story)

3. Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Bluff)

4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)

5. Glückes genug (Happy Enough)

6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)

7. Träumerei (Dreaming)

8. Am Kamin (At the Fireside)

9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse)

10. Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious)

11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)

12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)

13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)

Claude Debussy, Children's Corner

1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

2. Jimbo's Lullaby

3. Serenade for the doll

4. The snow is dancing

5. The little Shepherd

6. Golliwog's Cakewalk

Béla Bartók, For Children

I. Játszó gyermekek (Children at Play). Allegro

II. Gyermekdal (Children's Song). Andante

III. Quasi adagio

IV. Párnatánc (Pillow Dance). Allegro

V. Játék (Play). Allegretto

VI. Balkéztanulmány (Study for the Left Hand). Allegro

VII. Játékdal (Play Song). Andante grazioso

X. Gyermektánc (Children's Dance). Allegro molto

XII. Allegro

XIII. Ballada (Ballad). Andante

XIV. Allegretto

XV. Allegro moderato

XVI. Régi magyar dallam (Old Hungarian Tune). Andante rubato

XVII. Körtánc (Round Dance). Lento

XVIII. Katonadal (Soldier's Song). Andante non troppo

XX. Bordal (Drinking Song). Allegro

XXI. Allegro robusto

XXV. Parlando

XXVI. Moderato

XXVII. Tréfa (Jest). Allegramente

XXIX. Ötfokú dallam (Pentatonic Tune). Allegro scherzando

XXX. Gúnydal (Jeering Song). Allegro ironico

XXXI. Allegro tranquillo — attacca

XXXII. Andante

XXXIV. Allegretto

XXXV. Con moto

XXXVI. Részegek nótája (Drunkard's Song). Vivace

XXXVII. Kanásznóta (Swine-herd's Song). Allegro

Zoltán Kocsis plays Schumann, Debussy and Bartók

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Zoltán Kocsis — Pianist

Program notes

Join illustrious Hungarian pianist Zoltán Kocsis in this 1991 recital, in which the virtuoso performs three works dedicated to childhood! First on the program is Schumann's Kinderszenen, a romantic piano masterpiece actually designed for adults, and infused with childhood's nostalgia... Then comes Debussy's Children's Corner, a series of very colorful pieces that the French master composed for his daughter. The recital ends with For Children, a remarkable cycle of Bartók studies inspired by traditional Hungarian and Slovak folk music.

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