The set of 6 Romanian Folk Dances (Román nepi táncok), Sz. 56, was published in 1915, a year when Bartók composed a lot of works based on the Romanian folk music he had collected. These dances, which are amongst his most popular and accessible piano works, are often performed in a version for violin and piano, and there is also a version for orchestra, which was published in 1917 (Sz 68).
The individual movements are :
1 - Stick game (Joc cu bâta)
2 - Peasant costume (Braul)
3 - Standing still (Pe loc)
4 - Song of the mountain horn (Buciumeana)
5 - A garden gate in Romania (V Poarca Românească)
6 - Little one (Maruntel)
6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 | 4:34 | Hart, M. |
6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 | 4:51 | Breemer, C. |
6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 | 4:47 | Zoellner, D. |