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Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95
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There is much playing here of a clarity, velocity and exactitude that can make the jaw drop, and he, Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony seem to be on the same conceptual page throughout.... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
Bavouzet relishes the high-octane energy of the outer movements of the first two concertos but through his imaginatively varied use of colour manages to avoid the trap of making Bartók's percussive... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2020, Recommended Recording
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Bartók: The Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Boulez is arguably the most influential figure in the world of music today —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3
RecommendedGéza Anda (piano)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Much as you'd like to tout the new as the best, there are some older recordings where a very special chemistry spells 'definitive', and that pose an almost impossible challenge to subsequent... —
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Building A Library, November 2025, Top Choice (Piano Concerto No. 2)
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The 'troubadour of the keyboard' offers a steel-fingered, characterful readings of Bartók's First and Second Concertos and atmospheric magic in the Third. —
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Béla Bartók: The Complete Piano Concertos
Tomáš Vrána (piano), Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava, Gábor Káli
Having heard Tomáš Vrána’s superb recording of Vítězslava Kaprálová’s Piano Concerto (CPO, 7/24), his pianistic and musical authority in all three Bartók concertos comes as no surprise... Vrána... —
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Stravinsky: 3 Dances from Petrushka, Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Bartók - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano), Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Bartók and Pollini were made for one another - the bite and energy and odd restraint of these masterworks is ideally caught. Mintz does full justice to the Two Portraits. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Special offer. Bartok - The Concerto Album
RecommendedKyung-Wha Chung, Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Tabea Zimmermann
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philadelphia...
The interpretation is passionate, but she finds time for a dreamy lyricism that never cloys - most of all, in Bartók's nocturnal variations in the poetic middle movement. —
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Building a Library, February 2008, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Concerto
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