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Piano Protagonists

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Frédéric Chopin

Piano Protagonists

Orion Weiss

Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404954726

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Catalog number: BRIDG 9547
Releasedate: 16-04-21

- Orion Weiss's second recording on Bridge Records

This new studio recording contains three works for piano and orchestra that virtuoso pianist Orion Weiss and conductor Leon Botstein first performed in concert at the Bard Music Festival. Together, the three works span almost a century of musical Romanticism and are as different from one another as the generations they represent. In each piece, the virtuoso genre becomes a means by which the composer responds to a specific source of inspiration—in the first case (Korngold), a performer and family friend who had suffered a horrendous tragedy, in the second (Rimsky Korsakov), a venerated old master, and in the third (Chopin) a melody from a beloved opera.

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

I. Massiges Zeitmass, heldisch, mit Feuer und Kraft

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

II. Ruhig, weich, und gesangvoll

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

III. Ziemlich rasch, burlesk

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

IV. Dasselbe breite Zeitmass

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

VI. Mit Aufschung

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

VII. Mit Grosse, sehr breit

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

VIII. Langsam, fast im letzten Zeitmas beginnend

Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17

IX. Mit Schwung und Begeisterung

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

I. Introduction (Largo - Poco piu mosso)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

II. Tema (Allegretto)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

III. Variation I (Brilliante)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

IV. Variation II (Veloce ma accuratamente)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

V. Variation III (Sempre sostenuto)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

VI. Variation IV (Con bravura)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

VII. Variation V (Adagio)

Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

VIII. Variation VI (Alla Polacca)

Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30

I. Moderato - Adagio - Moderato assai - Allegretto quasi polacca

Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30

II. Andante mosso

Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30