Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404947421
Catalog number: BRIDG 9474
Releasedate: 07-04-17
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404947421
Releasedate: 07-04-17
- An all-star lineup for Wuorinen Piano Concerto and Symphony no.8
- Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine. At the piano: Peter Serkin.
- These spectacular recordings document the premiere performances of both of these works.
- Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine. At the piano: Peter Serkin.
- These spectacular recordings document the premiere performances of both of these works.
In 2004, James Levine became Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Levine immediately began to commission major new works from leading American composers, including the two works recorded here. Wuorinen's Fourth Piano Concerto, written for the BSO, James Levine, and longtime Wuorinen collaborator Peter Serkin, was one of the first of the BSO commissions Levine conducted with the orchestra, in 2005. This was followed two years later by the Eighth Symphony (Theologoumena), a BSO 125th anniversary commission premiered under Levine's direction in 2007. These spectacular recordings document the premiere performances of both of these works.