Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) - Wikipedia The Piano Concerto No 2 in G major, Sz 95, BB 101 of Béla Bartók is a musical composition for piano and orchestra The work, which was composed between 1930 and 1931, is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire Playing time is 26–29 minutes
Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95 (Bartók, Béla) - IMSLP Piano Concerto No 2, Sz 95 (Bartók, Béla) This work has been identified as being in the public domain in Canada, as well as countries where the copyright term is life+50 or life+70 years (including all EU countries)
Bartok: Complete Music for 2 Pianos - Brilliant Classics This 2CD set presents a complete survey of Bartók's music for two pianos The works and arrangements here all stem from Bartók's special artistic collaboration with his wife, the pianist Dittá Pásztory
Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto: Brilliance, Structure and . . . Boldly and exuberantly, it is set against a gradually changing orchestral tapestry A high-spirited ascending flourish in the solo piano launches the first movement (Allegro) into motion Bright, celebratory fanfares ring out in the brass, amid the piano’s glistening, continuously swirling lines
Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion - Redwood Symphony Though Bartók completed his concerto for two pianos, percussion, and orchestra in 1940, it is really an augmented version of his original sonata for two pianos and percussion, composed in 1937 The mid to late 1930’s were a productive time for the Hungarian-born composer
Piano Concerto No. 2, Béla Bartók - LA Phil On the first page of the harshly brilliant opening movement of Bartók’s Second Concerto, two recurring motifs are quickly hurled out: the first by solo trumpet over a loud piano trill and the second, its response, a rush of percussive chords in the piano
Bartók: Concerto No. 2 (1930) for piano and orchestra Bartók might have protected his first piano concerto but with time, he was obliged to accept that “the facture is somewhat – even very – difficult for both the audience and the orchestra That is why I decided some years later, 1930 1931, to compose my second piano concerto as a counterpart to the first one, thematically more agreeable
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Wikipedia It has since become one of Bartók's most performed works The score requires four performers: two pianists and two percussionists, who play seven instruments between them: timpani, bass drum (gran cassa), cymbals, triangle, snare drum (both on- and off- snares), tam-tam (gong) and xylophone