{"product_id":"bela-bartok-geza-anda-ferenc-fricsay-mit-dem-ra-konzert-nr-1-fur-klavier-und-orchester","title":"Béla Bartók - Géza Anda, Ferenc Fricsay Mit Dem Ra Konzert Nr. 1 Für Klavier Und Orchester","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween Bartók’s Rhapsody for Piano and his First Piano Concerto lie 22 years of development, a struggle to find subject matter, form and his own musical language. While the Rhapsody from 1904 is dominated by a late-Romantic tone, which delights in a free, craggy and capricious feast of affable harmonies, the Piano Concerto reflects contemplation and a delving into the formal strictness of the classical three-movement concerto form. Rather less concerto-like and unconventional is, however, the use of the piano as a percussion instrument, which after just a few bars on the winds, hammers out an unrelenting staccato against the harsh and dissonant orchestra. In the slow movement too the piano is predominantly employed as a percussion instrument that, like the pendulum of a clock, rhythmically bulldozes on against the cheerless, bleak winds. Wild emotion predominates in the Finale. Stormy, insistent figures in the piano are answered by the orchestra with animated blows, but the quick flashes of melodies cannot establish themselves and are slashed to pieces as if caught in a storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis uncompromising severity presents an enormous challenge that is mastered with aplomb by Géza Anda and the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eRSO\u003c\/span\u003e Berlin under Ferenc Fricsay. Bartók’s musical language is milder and more accessible in his Second and Third Piano Concertos, which are now available in a new pressing from Speakers Corner Records (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eDGG\u003c\/span\u003e 138 111).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e180 gram LP w\/ Standard Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRecording: October 1960 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, by Günter Hermanns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e DGG SLPM 138708 -Artist-Béla Bartók - Géza Anda, Ferenc Fricsay Mit Dem Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 8\/28\/19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Béla Bartók - Géza Anda, Ferenc Fricsay Mit Dem Ra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53427385958584,"sku":"48IMBF-9NB2-63","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/bla-bartk-gza-anda-ferenc-fricsay-mit-dem-ra-konzert-nr-1-fr-klavier-und-orchester_IUJLw.png?v=1777661494","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/bela-bartok-geza-anda-ferenc-fricsay-mit-dem-ra-konzert-nr-1-fur-klavier-und-orchester","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}