Bartok Piano Concertos

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Bartok Piano Concertos

Original Recording Resolution PCM 192 kHz

Label Pentatone

Artists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

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A Slice of Bartók's Musical Life

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins forces with the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen for a recording of Bartók’s Complete Piano Concertos. A pianist himself, Bartók imbued his three concertos with multiple aspects of his compositional persona, ranging from complex and innovative (the First) to exuberant (the Second) and serene (the Third). The result is a fascinating slice of his musical life. This all-Bartók release marks the first Pentatone collaboration between Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, an ensemble he has reshaped through creative performance concepts and expansive new media projects.

A renowned champion of twentieth-century music, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has released multiple acclaimed albums in his exclusive contract with Pentatone, including Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux (2018) and Visions de l’Amen (2022), along with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata & Eroica Variations (2021). He also joined Tamara Stefanovich in Etudes and Frames (2023), with music by Vassos Nicolaou. Salonen returns to the label for the first time since his recording of Stravinsky’s Perséphone (2018); the San Francisco Symphony previously appeared on the 2005 Pentatone release Young America.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Tracklist

Total time: 01:19:21

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Sz. 83 - I. Allegro moderato - Allegro

09:27

2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Sz. 83 - II. Andante - attacca

07:42

3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Sz. 83 - III. Allegro molto

07:25

4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95 - I. Allegro

09:50

5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95 - II. Adagio - Presto - Più adagio

12:50

6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95 - III. Allegro molto

06:29

7. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119 - I. Allegretto

07:59

8. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119 - II. Adagio religioso

10:21

9. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119 - III. Allegro vivace

07:18

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Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5187029

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5.1ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5.1ch Surround

Artists

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Composers

Bartók

Conductors

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

PCM 192 kHz

Instruments

Orchestra, Piano

Release Date

September 15, 2023

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Reviews by Customers

Gil SullivanOctober 18, 2023Verified buyer

I was so excited to see these 3 Piano Concertos here on NativeDSD. I have loved them for half a century, and didn't hesitate to purchase these downloads, as they were in such high definition sound, and with 2 very famous international performers.

Sadly I find them quite dull, colorless, routine, and seriously lacking in imagination. They're dismally deadpan and uneventful. Extremely disappointing, and nowhere near as exciting as these great works deserve to be!

Bartok Piano Concertos

Bartok Piano Concertos

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