Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances

[Nobodyknowsme021]

Great performance of some great music.

[StreetPerforming]

is this really an orchestra playing this piece???

sounds like syntesizer.

[Chiealy]

Anyone know where to get an .mp3 or a .wav file of this? I want to hear this on the go; it's spectacular.

[JonnyCarbon94]

@Chiealy you can download some freeware for youtube to mp3 download. download.com has a pretty wide selection. I use free studio manager

[Uncreativeish]

Think it would be possible to play this on the harp with 2 people?

[VladekMeyer83]

@Uncreativeish, I've heard it transcribed pretty effectively by two guitarists, so I imagine two harpists could handle it. :)

[lalalala2209]

i'm 13 and on the 5th dance now. my favorite thing to playy(:

[douglasmatley]

Thank you for providing a condensed score to follow along. D. Alexandr D'Maddalena

[xanteres000]

Hello, I'm a 19-year-old boy from Croatia. I had this piece as a regular obligatory listening piece for my school. This is so far my favourite. Bela Bartok really grew up on me, in my heart. Our teacher also adores him too.

Dear hungarians, you should be really proud of him. :)

[sataras91]

@xanteres000

hehe da nisi iz Broda možda?

[Suzieposie625]

beautiful, but I think it may be a music software doing the work

[LAUSANENGEL]

i wont this arrenge pls you cant sent me the score

[tak6aeroplanes]

Can you give me sheets please?

[sebastianrc]

1:52

[Grmln25]

@sebastianrc I like that part too! It gets very 'folky' there, like the title suggests.

[caohanlu]

Why does this sound all key-boardy?

[ambibu]

@caohanlu

I think the Tokyo Orchestra is not accidental...

Japan make the best electric stuff, you know

[soapie93]

@caohanlu It doesn't, listen to the slurring. They exist, for one, which is impossible to do with a keyboard. Thus, it doesn't sound keyboard-y.

[caohanlu]

@soapie93 with today's technology, you'd be surprised how "real" a keyboard can sound and how well it can copy a slur. There are also countless softwares that do an incredible job at this. Take a look at this example:

/watch?v=VseHlKR4Ew8

It's completely done by a computer.

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

Fantastic. The great master certainly left his mark on these works, but the antiquity of the culture is also preserved. Some of those chords are absolutely exquisite. They really shine through with the orchestra playing them.

[mysteriousDSF]

amazing!!!!!:)

[chowderandchomper]

I FOUND THIS SONG AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE SONG SUNRISE,SUNSET

[jstoad]

Superb version of these wonderful pieces, and above all many, many thanks for putting the perfectly-synchronised music up on the site too. Great ; it's *so* good when people are as generous as this on the Web. Thanks.

[zoupianist]

playing it now, but u surpass me! AWESOME performance!

[ym42ym42]

Pure joy!

[ym42ym42]

Wow, this almost does not sound like Bartok at the beginning! Nice arrangement! Works very well!

[clintonpianomozart]

5:24 is my favorite

[zyle1972]

Finally a fantastic interpretation of this INCREDIBLE piece of music. Awesome!!!

[irenara86]

This is a perfect work of art!!!

[DOINAdinMARAMURES]

Variants of Romanian music, such as the hora lunga also made an impression on Bartók’s innate sense of irregular rhythm. Musicologists have shown many important comparisons between Bartok’s themes and the hora lunga. Bartok described the hora lunga



[pais345george]

it is wonderful to see how a Hungarian composer feels the Romanian spirit.

[JandrosUSA]

@pais345george Could that be because a substantial part of Romania is Hungarian? :)

[pais345george]

@JandrosUSA I refuse to start an argument.

[JandrosUSA]

@pais345george Music composition and performance is from the soul, regardless of borders. I love both Romanian and Hungarian classics, and I have friends in both countries, and I've been to both countries. Great music is great music, and people are people, regardless of how they're labeled.

[JandrosUSA]

I remember hearing music like this from my earliest age, as a very small boy, and it still rests very beautifully on my psyche. VladekMeyer83, thanks for this wonderful video, and it really is great to be able to follow each note as it's played :)

[kosmischesynth]

this is very strange but beautiful music. I especially like the first part played here, the way that it never quite resolves and has such an unusual melody. Can't say I appreciate the other Bartok works I've heard, but this is marvelous!

[emicloud]

my goodness, i heard this on KUSC and didn't know which one of his dances it was, but it was very very curious, since the "crying" violin sounded so familiar to me...i'm romanian...bela bartok is my new favorite :) ....after enescu

[EXplosiveTurul]

@emicloud You are aware, hopefully, that Bartok was a Hungarian?

[gulabjamunn07]

im playing this on the piano and on the last page, my left hand always gets stuck! its so irritating!

[TheViolinmaniak]

I played this last year and even though i was kinda tired of it I can listen to it over and over. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES TO PLAY AND LISTEN TO.

[violinmandarin710]

I LOVE IT!

[cjdarnieder]

Proof that Bartok could write magnificently in both the veins of beauty and madness.

[droxyy]

I've been looking for thsi version forever!!! THANK YOU

[jyojyoushi12]

heyyy good job!!, thaks a lot.

[maltism]

Incantevole

[nezvanova]

Where did you get this score? I can't find one like it and I'm trying to learn it on mandolin!

[Bagas]

i love tonality

[lb88ful]

@Bagas really? Bartok didn't

[Bagas]

@lb88ful Bartok loved tonality. That was his guiding compositional principle throughout his career. Now shut up, fag.

[diamyo42]

The last piece (dance) is always my favorite ^^

[gulabjamunn07]

i'm playing this for the rcm exam (gr 10). I just started learning it. Even though this isn't a piano recording, I still love it. It's so clear without constant errors.

[NightShadeslayer]

Cello's my favorite too :)

[musicandhorsefreak]

Amazing! now i have to play it for my exam.

[nefeliemo98]

ΤΡΑΒΜΑΤΑ!!!!TRABMA ειναι ανοιχτο τραβμα που το Α Γ Α Π Ω

[JazzKeyboardist1]

please tell me,, on the classical baby the music show 2/2,, the cricket on the roof, that plays the middle part of the folk dance,, is the violin just playing it straight or is the violin tuned a little weird,,? thanks,

[JazzKeyboardist1]

thanks

[MangoTECK]

frumos :-)

[benzackry]

i;m so glad u put up this video!! thank u so much..

[kosmischesynth]

the sound is so beautiful and light, without being sacharin. Bartok was a clever guy, thankyou for uploading!

[dracofangxxx]

Haha, I love this song. I'm a viola player and it has lots of good, strong, viola melodies. Can't hear them much in this composition though, of course, all violas play quiet ;)

All joking aside, beautiful. Glad to find this online :)

[polishcellist09]

@dracofangxxx

Now you've gone and reminded me of a viola joke (though I should preface that by saying I love viola second only to the cello...) the REASON violas don't come out on recordings is that modern technology is advanced such that extraneous noise is eliminated :D

Bartok does have a knack for writing things that are fun to play, though, doesn't he?

[NightShadeslayer]

how do I get this on my ipod?

[sophiefanglin]

@NightShadeslayer go on to you convert it, choose online video, paste the url in, then it will download :)

[NightShadeslayer]

*most frequented video

Guess who's starting cello lessons tomorrow?!?!?! :D

[NightShadeslayer]

*most frequented video

[K0ELW]

This piece deperately wants a trancription for brass quintet.

[summonshire]

Ah, the romanian knights marching across vast grasslands and forests with clear running streams.

[Pikapal1]

I also played this as a high school freshman, thinking of any piece, something named "-dances" couldn't possibly spectacular.

Years later, this is THE piece I can play best from memory.

[0011486]

Whoa! Bela Bartok can compose properly! This is beautiful!

[NightShadeslayer]

And this recording is great, there are so many on youtube you know, so thx :) this is nice

[NightShadeslayer]

I LOVE THIS PIECE ON STRINGS!

[gabsart]

WOW! 2 years from the last time I heard this... I come back two years later and again I find it one of the most beautiful pieces of all the academic repertory (and of the world!!!)... goosebumps everywhere, Bartok was a genius... Listen other bartok's pieces like the piano sonata, piano concertos, violin concerto no.2, folkdances, village scenes, hungarian peasent songs and you'll see why he is the best composer of the XX century!

[msstacie1000]

i love playing this piece!! especialy the last three movements! :)

[Chazwardnedley]

i feel fancy :)

[BlackVidelx14]

Adoro la prima danza >.< è bellissima mi emoziona sempre <3<3

[ObeeLektro]

This is really great watching the score while listening to the music. Invaluable experience for any serious musician. Thank you

[Fascinaant]

En piano solo c'est génial, mais alors avec orchestre un délice!

[Mr18Rollercoaster]

I love playing this piece on the VIOLA! im glad you put up the sheet music!

[theanswer00]

the sound of this orchestra is so strange, maybe it's the poor sound quality of youtube, but the violin and viola sections seem to be played on an electric piano

[LeTuba]

This is an awesome arrangement! I'm gonna try one for brass ensemble and/or quintet this month.

[stuntboyz327]

The cost for this music (for violin+piano) is more than ten dollars...0_0

[lejlichhh]

i like this sooo much that i cant stop listening it ! :DD

[toomanyheartsx3]

someone PLEASE tell me why I should like this piece. Because to my ears, it doesn't sound so pleasant. I mean, these are THE FAMOUS Romanian Folk Dances and now that I've finally listened to them, I'm greatly disappointed. Maybe it'll grow on me...

[carolinahermelina]

just... romanian...transsylvanian...

[karacsonyirobert1]

bartok bela is hungarian,not romanian Robert from Transylvania

[cauim]

likes a sinth

[MrDuckcheese1]

I have played this both with orchestra and piano, and i personally prefer the piano one... for the harmonics in the third mov for the violin, mainly, but also because for the accompaniment their part isnt quite so... well, boring. second violins: -no like-

[PS i wont see any responses as ive stolen my bros account as he left his logged in and i cant be asked to log back in with my own.]

[CKFIERCE1]

I have to play the solos lol

[soulmach]

I love all the movements!

[lavinder11]

I think for violin and orchestra sounds better than just piano. Especially for the 4th movement you really get some neat sounds.

[TudorTulok]

Proud to know this Romanian Folk Dances, as good as Slavonic and Hungarian Dances

[michaelchanwahyan]

BEST!

This was the first music that I played when I first jointed my school orchestra. I played the double bass. It was the music that HongKongSchoolMusicFestival required every school to played in 2004.

I love you, Romanian Folk Dances Very Much!!!

[SuperMe4lyfe]

@michaelchanwahyan I also played this at my school orchestra as a high school freshman. And I was the bassist. Its a pretty cool classical piece. You should check out the "pavane" by Gabrielle Faure as well.

[DarknessHowls]

I'm not sure what it is, but I find this performance and/or arrangement to be even better than the solo piano versions...nothing is as emotive and sweeping as a professionally-trained string orchestra.

[tristan01101]

@DarknessHowls Always.... I can't stand these tuba, clarinet, and mandolin soloists. They're 'nice', okay, but an orchestra (with solo violin.. lol) makes it all just so much better.

[parkytheasian]

1st movement definately the best. :)

even for cellos like i.

[Deadlytrick]

2nd 5th and 6th movements are my favs. I'm a cello player and I loved the difficulty of the 6th.

[pablovasconezm]

Hermoso, realmente, Bartok llega a lo contemporáneo a través del sabor de lo maravilloso del folklore.

[ElfulDePadure]

Carolinahermelina! De acord! Koszonom!

[SelfReferenceLOL]

The first and third/fourth movements are the best

[WwwLauraCoUk]

Gorgeous piece... downloading the sheet music now so I can attempt to learn to play it hehe

[Paper192]

I'm a cello player, and I adore playing this piece. This is my favorite video of these songs. Well done, and kudos to you putting up the sheet music! I can see you appreciate music. :)

[VladekMeyer83]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. :) This is definitely my favorite recording of the work.

[Garnet11595]

@Paper192 I'm totally agreeing with you right there. I'm a cellist too, and currently playing this piece for my orchestra. I love it.

[helentrees]

sounds so much more "full" than the solo piano version.

[BiggerBango]

the last movement is excruciatingly painful to play

[Misnomer1]

But so much fun!

[VladekMeyer83]

Agreed. :)

[brittwait]

i love playing this piece! it's so awesome. especially the first four movements.

[carolinahermelina]

this is romanian-hungarian spirit.I am so proud.... for ever

[itsmissflower]

i am playing this piece for my university audition, on clarinet. i love it!

[JacobysBestGirl]

Very interesting piece, considering learning this piece myself. Thanks :) I love the format, instead of the video the music.

[mirevidetahh]

sii...very interesting hijo!

[Ibikyo1]

this music is interesting