Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 3: Out of Doors - Ten Easy Pieces - Allegro Barbaro

The Hungarian pianist Jenö Jandó is one of the piano world’s great all-rounders, but here proves himself a fine interpreter of his compatriot Béla Bartók. The third volume in his cycle of the 20th-century composer’s piano music includes the bracing 3 Burlesques, the brief yet haunting 4 Dirges, the breezy 10 Easy Pieces and the searching Out of Doors, composed in 1926 during his ‘piano year’ (both the Piano Sonata and First Piano Concerto date from the same period). Jandó is an unfailingly expert guide in this fascinating repertoire.