TITLE : The 20th-century Piano Concerto, Vol.2
	CATALOGUE NUMBER : 464 976-2
	INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : December 2000
WORKS
CD 1 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16 Alexander Toradze Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg Valery Gergiev Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 Zoltán Kocsis San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart CD 2 Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Zoltán Kocsis Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer Bartók Piano Concerto No.2, BB 101, Sz. 95 Stephen Kovacevich BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Schoenberg Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.42 Alfred Brendel, piano Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelík
ARTISTS
Alfred Brendel Zoltán Kocsis Alexander Toradze Stephen Kovacevich
COMPOSERS
Prokofiev Rachmaninoff Ravel Bartók Schoenberg
RECORDING INFORMATION
This release contains a compilation of five of the most striking Concertos to form the long-awaited sequel to the first volume of Duo “The 20th-century Piano Concerto”. Adding extra variety to this set are the many different great pianists included: we hear Alfred Brendel in the Schoenberg concerto, Zoltán Kocsis in Rachmaninoff’s Third and the Ravel G major, Alexander Toradze performing Prokofiev’s Second and Stephen Kovacevich Bartók’s Second. From the “jazzy” and romantic Ravel Concerto in G major to the most virtuosically demanding Rachmaninoff Third and from the rhythmically driven Bartók Second via the bold harmonies of Prokofiev’s Second to the revolutionary complexity of Schoenberg, this will make a very interesting and competitive set, featuring many aspects of 20th-century piano music. More than 140 minutes of music on two CDs for the price of only one Top price CD.