Harriet Smith compares recordings of Bartok's Second Piano Concerto, widely recognised as one of the most technically challenging pieces in the repertoire, and makes a personal recommendation.

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Watch: Vitaly Starikov performs Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto at Cliburn finals 30-year-old Vitaly Starikov is from Israel/Russia. Reviewer Scott Cantrell wrote his song choice struck him as "unwise ...

The exuberant flourish that opens Barber’s Piano Concerto announces a pianist with a big personality. Keith Jarrett is 70 this year and these live recordings from the 1980s represent major additions ...