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Release Date: Monday 20 June 2005
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The pieces are described as little pieces for beginners, without stretches of an octave. They are a direct reflection of Bartók's interest in the folk-music of Hungary, and here also of Slovakia.
For Children, Volume 1, Sz. 42 (Based on Hungarian Folk Tunes)
01. Nos. 1-3: Children at Play (Allegro) - Children's Song (Andante) - Quasi adagio 02:17
02. Nos. 4-6: Pillow Dance (Allegro) - Play (Allegretto) - Study for the Left Hand (Allegro) 02:43
03. Nos. 7-8: Play Song (Andante grazioso) - Children's Game (Allegretto) 02:04
04. Nos. 9-12: Song (Adagio) - Children's Dance (Allegro molto) - Lento - Allegro 04:11
05. Nos. 13-15: Ballad (Andante) - Allegretto - Allegro moderato 02:02
06. Nos. 16-17: Old Hungarian Tune (Andante rubato) - Round Dance (Lento) 01:55
07. Nos. 18-21: Soldier's Song (Andante non troppo) - Allegretto - Drinking Song (Allegro) - Allegro robusto 02:45
08. Nos. 22-25: Allegretto - Dance Song (Allegro grazioso) - Andante sostenuto - Parlando 03:27
09. Nos. 26-29: Moderato - Jest (Allegramente) - Choral (Andante) - Pentatonic Tune (Allegro scherzando) 03:54
10. Nos. 33-35: Jeering Song (Allegro ironico) - Andante tranquillo - Andante - Allegro non troppo 04:37
11. Nos. 34-37: Allegretto - Con moto - Drunkard's Song (Vivace) - Swineherd's Song (Allegro) 02:22
12. Nos. 38-39: Winter Solstice Song (Molto vivace) - Allegro moderato 03:04
13. No. 40: Swineherd's Dance (Allegro vivace) 01:46
For Children, Volume 2, Sz. 42 (Based on Slovakian Folk Tunes)
14. Nos. 1-4: Allegro - Andante - Allegretto - Wedding Song (Andante) 02:22
15. Nos. 5-8: Variations (Molto andante) - Round Dance I (Allegro) - Sorrow (Andante) - Dance (Allegro non troppo) 04:34
16. Nos. 9-10: Round Dance II (Andante) - Funeral Song (Largo) 02:05
17. Nos. 11-13: Lento - Andante rubato - Allegro 02:27
18. Nos. 14-18: Moderato - Bagpipe I (Molto tranquillo) - Lament (Lento) - Andante - Teasing Song (Sostenuto-Allegro vivace) 04:00
19. Nos. 19-20: Romance (Assai lento) - Game of Tag (Presto) 02:11
20. Nos. 21-22: Pleasantry I (Allegro moderato) - Revelry (Molto allegro) 01:55
21. Nos. 23-25: Andante tranquillo - Andante - Scherzando (Allegretto) 02:39
22. Nos. 26-27: Peasant's Flute (Andante molto rubato) - Pleasantry II (Allegro) 01:50
23. Nos. 28-30: Andante, molto rubato - Canon (Allegro non troppo) - Bagpipe II (Vivace) 02:45
24. Nos. 31-33: The Highway Robber (Allegro) - Pesante - Andante tranquillo 02:35
25. Nos. 34-35: Farewell (Adagio) - Ballad (Moderato) 03:08
26. Nos. 36-37: Rhapsody (Parlando, molto rubato) - Allegro moderato 02:49
27. Nos. 38-39: Dirge (Lento) - Mourning Song (Lento) 03:53