Klavierkonzerte 1 + 2

by B茅la Bart贸k

Klavierkonzerte 1 + 2 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 50:33
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This dynamic modern recording captures the intense, rhythmic complexity and folk-derived modernism of Bart贸k's first two piano concertos, brought to life by Maurizio Pollini and Claudio Abbado. The soloist and orchestra navigate the composer's brutal, percussive piano techniques and stark, dissonant orchestrations with extraordinary precision. It serves as a formidable, highly tense presentation of the Hungarian master's most challenging concertante works.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, Piano, acoustic, rhythmic, complex, technical, orchestral, piano, virtuosic, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Allegro Moderato - Allegro (1:26)
  2. Andante - Allegro - Attacca:
  3. Allegro Molto (5:56)
  4. Allegro (2:29)
  5. Adagio - Presto - Adagio (12:19)
  6. Allegro Molto - Presto (5:59)

Credits

  • B茅la Bart贸k - primary artist, composed by
  • Maurizio Pollini - primary artist, piano
  • Claudio Abbado - primary artist, conductor
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Primary Artist
  • Shlomo Mintz - Primary Artist
  • London Symphony Orchestra - Primary Artist

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