Bartok - The Piano Concertos | Capriccio C5537

Bartok - The Piano Concertos

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Label: Capriccio

Cat No: C5537

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 4th October 2024

Contents

Artists

Tzimon Barto (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Christoph Eschenbach

Works

Bartok, Bela

Piano Concerto no.1, BB91, Sz83
Piano Concerto no.2, BB101, Sz95
Piano Concerto no.3, BB127, Sz119

Artists

Tzimon Barto (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Christoph Eschenbach

About

Béla Bartók is one of the unquestionably ‘great’ composers and one of the few of a more recent age to succeed in establishing themselves in the repertoire. His three piano concertos are central to his biography and musical output, but only No.3, with some generosity, could be considered ‘popular’. Although well represented on disc, the first two are rarely performed in concert. Tzimon Barto sees a problem in adopting an overly mechanical approach to these two percussive works: ‘Even Bartók needs a supple touch. If you bang away at it, without rhythmical buoyancy, of course it will become tedious.’ These recordings reflect how he does justice to this approach.

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