Solti and Perahia: Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

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Filmed at the Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, AldeburghSir Georg Solti and Murray PerahiaBartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and PercussionPianosSir Georg SoltiMurray PerahiaPercussionEvelyn GlennieDavid CorkhillMaestro Solti had a special link with this piece of music; he turned the pages for Ditta Pastory, Bartók's wife, when she and her husband gave the premiere performance in January 1938. Sir Georg Solti and Murray Perahia won a Grammy Award for the CBS Masterworks recording of Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.This programme includes a documentary about the making of the CBS Masterworks gramophone recording of Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion , with Sir Georg Solti and Murray Perahia, and features a full performance of this landmark in contemporary composition. Solti and Perahia are accompanied by acclaimed percussionists Evelyn Glennie and David Corkhill.