The Three Piano Concertos

Album by Béla Bartók & Yefim Bronfman & Los Angeles Philharmonic & Esa‐Pekka Salonen

The Three Piano Concertos are a set of three concertos for piano and orchestra by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1926 and 1945. They chart Bartók's development from folkloric, rhythmically driven modernism through dense, dissonant textures to the more lyrical and concise language of his final concerto, combining folk-inspired rhythms, modal and chromatic harmonies and demanding virtuosic piano writing that occupies a significant place in 20th-century piano repertoire.

The Three Piano Concertos by Bartók - album cover

First released: 1995

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1.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95: I. Allegro
9:19
2.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95: II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio
12:42
3.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95: III. Allegro molto
5:55
4.
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major (completed by Tibor Serly), Sz. 119: I. Allegretto
7:19
5.
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major (completed by Tibor Serly), Sz. 119: II. Adagio religioso – Poco più mosso – Tempo I
10:15
6.
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major (completed by Tibor Serly), Sz. 119: III. Allegro vivace
7:02
7.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Sz. 83: I. Allegro moderato – Allegro – Allegro moderato
9:03
8.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Sz. 83: II. Andante
7:38
9.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Sz. 83: III. Allegro molto
6:24