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Bartok 3 with Philadelphia Orchestra and Jonathan Nott
It was up to another birthday gesture, then, to become the important statement of the evening: Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3, which the composer, near death in 1945, struggled to complete as a birthday present for his wife, the pianist Ditta Pásztory Bartók. He came within a few bars of completion. Pianist Andreas Haefliger was an effervescent and commanding presence. He had a ringing clarity, and, playing the Kimmel Center's new Steinway, was about as far from percussive as possible. Nott was a great asset in laying down a generally easy atmosphere, and in parts of the concerto, you sensed that players were in direct communication with the soloist, which is not always a given.
- Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Brahms Concerto No. 2
A clip of the Brahms B-flat Concerto with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Christian Zacharias conducting
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"A memorable, genuinely stunning performance.... With abundant, resourceful technique and a tone consistently clear, golden, bright and mellow, Haefliger set a standard, making music of compelling beauty and forceful continuity. His passagework - scales, arpeggios, runs - and single held notes turned into objects of art.” -Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times
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