This album is part of a series titled "Danish Piano Concertos," specifically Volume 4, focusing on romantic works for piano and orchestra.
Composer Biography
Rudolph Simonsen, another Danish composer featured on this album, gave up composing around the mid-1930s to focus on his role as principal of The Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Composer Biography
Victor Bendix's career was overshadowed by the rise of Carl Nielsen, a younger composer whose "modern" music dominated the Danish musical scene.
Composer Biography
Victor Bendix, a Danish composer and pianist, made a name for himself as the leading Danish piano virtuoso of his generation.
Performer Biography
Matthias Aeschbacher, the conductor, comes from a large family of musicians and was initiated into the art of conducting by Christian Vochting, the music chief of the Zurich opera house.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rudolph Simonsen was a passionate music lover who considered it his important mission to bring great music, particularly by composers like Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Schubert, and Carl Nielsen, to the people.
Performer Biography
Oleg Marshev, the pianist on this recording, is a direct representative of the fifth generation of Russian pianists since Liszt, through his teacher Lev Oborin.
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