Béla Bartók - Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz.57 Played by Zoltan Kocsis, 2/11/1994 on Hungarian Television
Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz, 57, BB 67 (Hungarian: Román kolindadallamok) is a set of little colinde, typical Christmas songs from Romanian villages, habitually sung by small groups of children, adapted in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók to be played on the piano after hearing them sung in the below villages.
You can access information about where Barok collected the originals on his folk music collecting field trips at the direct link.
The recording isn't as crisp as a studio recording would have been but it's got energy that makes up for any roughness. I've played these and I'm impressed with how Zoltan Kocsis played some of the rhythmic distinctions that usually get blurred in performance such as the 32nd notes and rests in the third one. Most people lay two 16th notes there. I miss teaching. Wish I were teaching these to someone.
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