{"product_id":"bartok-piano-concertos-1-3","title":"Bartok: Piano Concertos 1-3","description":"András Schiff emerged in the last decades of the twentieth century as one of the most\nrespected pianists of his generation. His formal training began at the Franz Liszt Academy\nin Budapest, where he studied with Pál Kadosa, György Kurtag, and Ferenc Rados; later, he\nstudied with George Malcolm.\nSchiff came to international prominence as a prizewinner in the 1974 Tchaikovsky\nCompetition in Moscow; over the next few years, he also took top honors at the Leeds\nand Liszt Competitions, launching him on a successful concert and recording career. Schiff s\nplaying has been singled out for its complete technical fluency and intelligent musicality;\nhe is especially well known for his performances of Beethoven, Schubert, Bartók, Debussy,\nand Ravel.\nHis post-competition honors include a Grammy Award (1989) and Hungary s highest\nartistic distinction, the Kossuth Prize (1996). In the 1990s he became a Teldec Artist; his\nother recordings for the label include works by Handel, Brahms, Reger, Haydn, and\nHungarian composer Sándor Veress.\nBartók s three piano concertos make for interesting comparisons and contrasts. The first\ntwo, which date, respectively, from 1926 and 1930 -1931, are stylistically closer to each\nother in their use of dissonance and somewhat savage sonorities, while the Third stands\napart in its lyricism and gentle manner. Not that the First and Second are cut from the same\nmusical fabric the earlier piece, written mainly in octaves, is far more percussive and is\nalmost completely devoid of lyricism, while the Second, which features much chordal\nwriting, has an epic manner in its outer movements and a dark nocturnal middle movement.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0015FWFKC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0015FWFKC.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bela Bartok|Budapest Festival Orchestra|Andras Schiff|Ivan Fischer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41759158599738,"sku":"DBV.B0015FWFKC.A","price":40.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0015FWFKC-0.jpg?v=1792117190","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/bartok-piano-concertos-1-3","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}