Browse: Bartók - 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38

From the very spare opening piece [of the Bartók] onwards, Anderszewski adopts quite deliberate tempos, but still finds the nervous, spiky energy required for example in No. 2 (one of Bartók’s... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Intimate and poetic, this pianism which delicately suggests rather than making statements. A lovely hour and a quarter. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Boffard strikes an excellent balance between Bartok’s different worlds. Sinuously contoured melodies are played with an excellent singing tone; there is a proud, fine-sprung quality to the dance... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

it remains the classic set for the foreseeable future. Bartok playing doesn't come any better than this - nor does piano recording. Kocsis penetrates to the very centre and soul of this music... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Toth's approach...is fresh and thoughtful. Her realization of the subtlest of Bartok's infinitely varied indications of touch and tempo are almost always persuasive...[her] perceptive interpretations... — International Record Review, September 2013 More…