Picks and Pans Review: Bartok: Piano Concertos 1 and 2

UPDATED 12/29/1980 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/29/1980 at 01:00 AM EST

Maurizio Pollini with Claudio Abbado and the Chicago Symphony

These awesome works reflect the emotional depths of man's tribal past as well as our technological age. The performances, by all hands, are breathtaking.