Orion Weiss
Piano Protagonists
- Type CD
- Label Bridge
- UPC 0090404954726
- Catalog number BRIDG 9547
- Release date 16 April 2021
About the album
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.
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11Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 I. Massiges Zeitmass, heldisch, mit Feuer und Kraft
03:00 -
12Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 II. Ruhig, weich, und gesangvoll
03:22 -
13Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 III. Ziemlich rasch, burlesk
01:46 -
14Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 IV. Dasselbe breite Zeitmass
04:49 -
15Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 V. Reigen
03:35 -
16Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 VI. Mit Aufschung
01:48 -
17Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 VII. Mit Grosse, sehr breit
04:58 -
18Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 VIII. Langsam, fast im letzten Zeitmas beginnend
03:04 -
19Piano Concerto in C# for one hand, Op. 17 IX. Mit Schwung und Begeisterung
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110Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 I. Introduction (Largo - Poco piu mosso)
04:40 -
111Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 II. Tema (Allegretto)
01:32 -
112Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 III. Variation I (Brilliante)
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113Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 IV. Variation II (Veloce ma accuratamente)
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114Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 V. Variation III (Sempre sostenuto)
01:27 -
115Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 VI. Variation IV (Con bravura)
01:13 -
116Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 VII. Variation V (Adagio)
02:44 -
117Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 VIII. Variation VI (Alla Polacca)
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118Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30 I. Moderato - Adagio - Moderato assai - Allegretto quasi polacca
06:13 -
119Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30 II. Andante mosso
03:48 -
120Piano Concerto in C# minor, Op. 30 III. Allegro
03:46