Concertos N°2 et N°3 pour piano et orchestre

Album by Béla Bartók & Géza Anda & Ferenc Fricsay & Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Concertos No.2 and No.3 for piano and orchestra are compositions by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, written in 1931 and 1945 respectively. They combine modernist harmonies, folk-derived rhythms and percussive piano writing characteristic of Bartók, with the Second Concerto exemplifying his middle-period orchestral density and technical demands while the Third, written near the end of his life, displays a leaner, more transparent and melodic late style that concludes his concerto output.