Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Béla Bartók, Composer BBC Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez, Conductor Géza Anda, Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 16 English Chamber Orchestra Géza ...

Thanks to his many recordings for Deutsche Grammophon from the early 1950s until his death in 1974, the Hungarian Ferenc Fricsay was one of the most familiar conductors of the LP era. His performances ...

Harriet Smith compares recordings of Bartok's Second Piano Concerto, widely recognised as one of the most technically challenging pieces in the repertoire, and makes a personal recommendation. Top ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Tomáš Vrána, Piano Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra Gábor Káli, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Tomáš Vrána, Piano Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra ...

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet certainly likes to avoid any risk of being pigeonholed. After a survey of Debussy's complete piano music, and another devoted to Haydn's sonatas, he turns his attention to ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

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The exuberant flourish that opens Barber’s Piano Concerto announces a pianist with a big personality. Keith Jarrett is 70 this year and these live recordings from the 1980s represent major additions ...