Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, (1930–31) is the second of three piano concerti written by Béla Bartók, and is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. In approaching the composition, Bartók wanted the music to be more contrapuntal. He also wanted to simplify his music (like many of his contemporaries), but his use of counterpoint in this piece makes for an extremely complicated piece of music. The composer himself acknowledged that the piano part in the Second Concerto is arduous and later said that the concerto “is a bit difficult—one might even say very difficult!—as much for orchestra as for audience.” – Yuja Wang
Piano Concerto No. 2: Other Performance
Yuja Wang
20th-Century Music by Wang
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
Ravel: Concerto
Piano Concerto in G Major
Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Trumpet
