Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, DG 1985)
Album
Instrumentation: two pianos, xylophone, timpani and diverse percussion. Bartók boldly treated the pianos as percussive sound generators equal to the drums and xylophone. Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire ignite the score with fiery rhythmic chemistry alongside percussionists Peter Sadlo and Edgar Guggeis, moving seamlessly from night-music murmurs to pounding, barbaric dance syncopations.