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    Bartók, Piano Concerto No 2. in G: Adagio - Presto - Adagio

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    Lang Lang and Simon Rattle: Prokofiev 3 & Bartók 2 - an album guide

    Lang Lang and Simon Rattle new album

    9. Bartók, Piano Concerto No 2. in G: Adagio - Presto - Adagio

    Track 5: The concerto's famous for being one of the most difficult in the repertoire, but the second movement couldn't be more different in feel from the relentless first movement. Expect ominous strings and delicate piano interludes, interspersed with menacing timpani rolls.

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    Judges Mika and Lang Lang will join host Claudia Winkleman for new TV talent show The Piano

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    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Alison Balsom, Lang Lang, Nicola Benedetti, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Abel Selaocoe and Ludovico Einaudi

    Lang Lang and Ludovico Einaudi among Best Classical Artist nominees at the Global Awards 2023

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    Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger play a piano duet at St Pancras station in London

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    Lang Lang astonished by 94-year-old pianist’s ‘powerful’ concerto at Glasgow station

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    Acclaimed pianist Lang Lang launches his new album The Disney Book, filming the music video for his new single ‘Feed the Birds’ at sunrise in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park in California.

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    Colette Maze, who became the oldest pianist to record an album aged 108, has died at the age of 109.

    World’s oldest recording pianist, the inspiring Colette Maze, dies aged 109

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    A biopic about Maurice Ravel and his iconic ‘Boléro’ is coming soon

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