Special offer. Bartók
Sonya Bach (piano)
[Bartók’s] roots in late Romanticism are laid bare in the Four Piano Pieces from 1903, and in many ways it’s the work that shows Bach’s pianism off to best advantage, revealing a subtlety of...
Special offer. Bartók
Sonya Bach (piano)
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[Bartók’s] roots in late Romanticism are laid bare in the Four Piano Pieces from 1903, and in many ways it’s the work that shows Bach’s pianism off to best advantage, revealing a subtlety of...
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The works on this album document the development of Bartók’s aesthetics from the nationalistic late romantic style of the symphonic poem Kossuth and the overtly romantic Four Piano Pieces to the folk-infused Sonatina and the ebullient Piano Sonata (there are two surviving early sonatas) composed in 1926, and which is in his mature style. It exploits the instruments percussive qualities, and is relentless in its gladiatorial, muscular energy.
Sonya Bach studied with Lazar Berman and Alicia de Larrocha and has recorded Bach concertos, Chopin Études, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov for Rubicon. This is her fifth album for the label.
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3rd April 2025
[Bartók’s] roots in late Romanticism are laid bare in the Four Piano Pieces from 1903, and in many ways it’s the work that shows Bach’s pianism off to best advantage, revealing a subtlety of touch and keyboard colour that she doesn’t allow herself in the later music.
