“Anda’s recordings of the concertos have acquired classic status. Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and Fricsay is a natural Bartókian. Performances are refined yet urgent, incisive but red-blooded too….The Berlin Radio Orchestra plays with considerable virtuosity” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) “At long last we have a worthy recording of the Bartók Second Concerto … This will be valuable in helping to spread a knowledge of an important work in Bartok’s output which is rarely heard in the concert hall … Geza Anda in particular is to be congratulated for the way he romps through any difficulties … There is no lack of recordings of the more popular Third Concerto, but the new one is, to my mind, way ahead of the field.” (Gramophone)
