Bartok - Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2 and 3
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10610
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 31st August 2010
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.1, BB91, Sz83Piano Concerto no.2, BB101, Sz95
Piano Concerto no.3, BB127, Sz119
Artists
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Gianandrea NosedaWorks
Piano Concerto no.1, BB91, Sz83Piano Concerto no.2, BB101, Sz95
Piano Concerto no.3, BB127, Sz119
Artists
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Gianandrea NosedaAbout
Bartók wrote his First Concerto, one of his most challenging works, in 1926. The percussive piano writing ads much bite to the textures. The first movement is striking in its rhythmic vigour and dramatic character. The central Andante is essentially a dialogue between the soloist and four percussion players and features much atmospheric ‘Night Music’. In the finale, following without a break, the brilliant motoric rhythms of the first movement return, as does the dramatic use of percussion in a thrilling męlée of sound.
The Second Concerto was first performed in 1933. The music is more melodically appealing and in the first movement, which is notably contrapuntal, the strings are silent throughout. The hushed slow movement on strings is interrupted half way through by a brilliant and startling scherzo, with a striking sequence of tremolos and note-clusters, before the haunting quiet mood of the opening returns. The finale, again with brilliant use of percussion (as well as brass), ends the work in virtuoso fashion.
The Third Concerto was written at the end of the composer’s life, in 1945, and is much more restrained than the previous piano concertos. The work is lighter, airy and almost neo-classical compared to much of his earlier music. Unlike much of Bartók’s output, the piece was not composed on commission, but was rather created as a surprise birthday gift for Bartók’s second wife, Ditta Pásztory, who was, like Bartók, a skilled concert pianist. The two lively outer movements, full of the composer’s distinctive rhythmic drive, are separated by a slow movement of great beauty and serenity, with, again, a striking, contrasting middle section. The final seventeen bars were orchestrated by the composer’s pupil, Tibor Serly, after the composer’s death, based on Bartók’s notes.
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