Composer: Bela Bartók
Performer: Javier Perianes
Orchestra: Münchner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119
01. I. Allegretto
02. II. Adagio religioso
03. III. Allegro vivace
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
04. I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo
05. II. Giuoco delle coppie. Allegretto scherzando
06. III. Elegia. Andante non troppo
07. IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto
08. V. Finale. Pesante-Presto
Neither the disillusionment that set in after his exile to the United States nor his declining health stopped Bartók from fulfilling his commission for the Concerto for Orchestra nor from writing the Third Piano Concerto, his final work, intended to secure his wife’s future. Hence his gloomy circumstances led to two masterpieces (and gained him a long-awaited American reputation). They are magnificently served here by Javier Perianes and the musicians of the Münchner Philharmoniker under the direction of Pablo Heras-Casado.