[ Decca Philips Originals / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 November 2011
"this performance of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion remains peerless. The couplings are no less compelling." (BBC Music)
The original LP release containing Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion with works by Mozart & Debussy won a Gramophone Award in 1978 for Best Chamber Music recording.
Stephen Kovacevich's recordings of Bartók have long been regarded as reference recordings, and also included in this reissue are his acclaimed performances of the Sonatina and Out of Doors.
Booklet contains an appreciation by David Gutman.
Bartók:
Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110
Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB89
Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55
Debussy:
En blanc et noir
Mozart:
Andante and Variations in G for Piano Duet, K501