Jan Bartoš
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Beethoven, Reicha Piano Concertos
Jan Bartoš (piano), Wiener Symphoniker, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka
The unfamiliar Reicha concerto of 1804, recently restored to a playable version and recorded here for the first time, opens the album. Except the piece needs no special pleading: this Classical... —
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Bartoš’s performances a direct and at times, as in the filigree figuration of the first movement, exquisitely delicate., In such varied music, no single interpretation will completely satisfy,... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Novák: Piano Concerto & Toman and the Wood Nymph
Jan Bartoš (piano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hruša
Composed ten years later, Toman and the Wood Nymph is far more original and confident than the concerto...Hrůša and the orchestra respond well to its turbulent passions in a captivating performance... —
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 3; No. 9; No. 23 Appassionata; No. 12
Recorded in Prague at the Martinů Hall, Academy of Performing Arts, 3–4 June 2017.
Jan Bartoš (piano)
Everything in this recording is outstanding, yet it also springs surprises: who would have thought that a performance of the Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3, could have the listener more on the... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 12 & 20
Jan Bartos (piano)
Czech Philharmonic, Doležal Quartet, Jiří Bělohlávek
Bartoš is careful never to eclipse his partners. In the hymnlike slow movement he spins a beguiling, sustained melody that contrasts wonderfully with his sprightly playing elsewhere. —
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The Many Passions of Leos Janacek
Zuzana Lapčíková (vocalist), Pavla Dittmannová (vocalist), Petr Julíček (vocalist), Ondřej Strejček (vocalist), Jan Kühn, Josef Hála, Alfred Holeček (soloist, vocalist), Václav Halíř (vocalist), Libuše Domanínská (vocalist), Theodor Šrubař (vocalist), Beno Blachut (soloist, vocalist), Vilém Přibyl...
