Bartok - Pollini - Claudio Abbado - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Chicago Symph DGG LP

Bela Bartok - Maurizio Pollini - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Claudio Abbado - Chigago Symphony Orchestra

Deutsch Grammophon
Canada Issue

Vinyl VG++/Mint
Cover has very little wear.

Side 1:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
1.Allegro Moderato - Allegro
2.Andante - Allegro - Attacca
3.Allegro Molto

Side 2:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
1.Allegro
2.Adagio - Presto - Adagio
3.Allegro Molto - Presto



Piano concertos # 1 and # 2 are a lovely listen to..
Bartók wrote these pieces for himself to perform, and he must have enjoyed a challenge. The speed and complexity are mind-boggling.

Bartók's Piano Concertos are among the most difficult ever written; only a piano virtuoso of amazing dexterity, along with a virtuoso orchestra, can play them. Maurizio Pollini is that pianist, and the Chicago Symphony is that orchestra. The pianist's command of the music is consistently impressive, and Claudio Abbado leads the orchestra in extremely close sympathy with the pianist.