Erzsébet Tusa plays Bartók Out of Doors Sz.81 (1/2)

[MarcheseCadmio88]

You'd never guess that such a graceful woman could play such a brutal movement like the 1st (and I LOVE Bartok's brutality!!)

[Starbirdy9999]

Do any of you know the inspiration for this piece? "Out of Doors"; what did Bartok mean by that?

[nikolaimedtner]

@Starbirdy9999 "Out of Doors" (in hungarian: "Szabadban") could be translated also as "Out in the nature, Outside", and i think he had different inspirations mixed together, as the nature itself and it's different sounds, as you can hear in the "Night music". The melodies were inspired, as mostly in Bartók's music, by hungarian folk songs, and the Suite-like composition by french baroque music, especially Couperin, who's works he edited and published before.

[soami2u]

I'm surprised I have not heard of this pianist before.  This is superb! I have very rarely heard Bartok played like this--a riveting performance!

[WatchBlueSkies]

very fine

[joshclarksjb7389]

Im playing this in a concert next wednesday. Lovely to hear this interpretation to give me some food for thought

[Noshirm]

Very impressive playing from this gifted pupil of Kadosa. Many thanks for this post.