Release Date: 01 March 2019
Label: Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113444387
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Marc Blitzsteinsolo Piano
Description
The American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905–64) was best known for his left-leaning stage works; indeed, his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock achieved some notoriety in 1937 when the authorities shut it down. But Blitzstein was also a fine pianist and wrote for the instrument all through his career. This first album ever devoted entirely to his piano output offers a conspectus of 45 years of Blitzstein’s music, from lyrical juvenilia via spiky protest pieces and jazzy dance numbers to intimate ‘family’ pieces for close friends. The pianist is the Blitzstein expert Leonard Lehrman, whom Leonard Bernstein called ‘Blitzstein’s dybbuk’, and who for decades has been one of the leading Blitzstein scholars.
Various
Various
Perenyi:Csaba
Lizst Chamber Orchestra
Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Sinfonia Varsovia; Ian Hobson
Stephane Rancourt; Alice Neary; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Paul Mann
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Emil Tabakov
