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Géza Anda and the Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
Between Bartók?s Rhapsody for Piano and his First
Piano Concerto lie 22 years of development, a
struggle to find subject matter, form and his own
musical language. While the Rhapsody from 1904 is
dominated by a late-Romantic tone, which delights
in a free, craggy and capricious feast of affable
harmonies, the Piano Concerto reflects
contemplation and a delving into the formal
strictness of the classical three-movement
concerto form. Rather less concerto-like and
unconventional is, however, the use of the piano
as a percussion instrument, which after just a few
bars on the winds, hammers out an unrelenting
staccato against the harsh and dissonant
orchestra. In the slow movement too the piano is
predominantly employed as a percussion instrument
that, like the pendulum of a clock, rhythmically
bulldozes on against the cheerless, bleak winds.
Wild emotion predominates in the Finale. Stormy,
insistent figures in the piano are answered by the
orchestra with animated blows, but the quick
flashes of melodies cannot establish themselves
and are slashed to pieces as if caught in a storm.
This uncompromising severity presents an enormous
challenge that is mastered with aplomb by Géza
Anda and the RSO Berlin under Ferenc Fricsay.
Bartók?s musical language is milder and more
accessible in his Second and Third Piano
Concertos, which are now available in a new
pressing from Speakers Corner Records (DGG 138
111).
Recording: October 1960 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche,
Berlin, by Günter Hermanns
Production: Otto Gerdes
Manufacturer: Speakers Corner
Original label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 02.03.2015
Kat.č.: DGG SLPM 138708 (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Speakers Corner , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 4260019714749 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů