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Béla Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119

1. Allegretto

2. Adagio religioso

3. Allegro vivace

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 — With András Schiff

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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Relive a masterful moment of music in the company of two monuments of the classical stage as Sir Simon Rattle and Sir András Schiff combine their mighty forces to interpret the complete works for piano and orchestra by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Along with the excellent City of Birmingham Symphony, they embark on a journey that sees them take on these three highly complex masterpieces in this series of archival treasures from 1997. In this final recording, we hear the Piano Concerto No. 3, lighter and more lyrical than its predecessors, although written at the very end of Bartók's life as a birthday gift to his wife Ditta Pásztory. The expressive and unique concerto unveils all its wonders under the delicate touch of the soloist, a fitting conclusion to this remarkable cycle.

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