Two early works on this album, Non Troppo Presto and Music for the Dance No. II, were not published until 20 years after Bernstein's death.
Recording & Production
This album includes world premiere recordings of Bernstein's Music for the Dance No. II and Non Troppo Presto.
Composer Biography
Leonard Bernstein, known for his grand artistic gestures, also composed many brief piano pieces, or 'miniatures,' throughout his career.
Compositional Technique
The Sonata for the Piano, composed by Bernstein in his late teens, features techniques like asymmetrical rhythms, syncopation, polytonality, and intricate counterpoint.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bernstein, like his hero Gustav Mahler, 'embraced the world' but also celebrated friends, family, and loved ones in short piano vignettes.
Composer Biography
Bernstein's first published work was not his own composition, but a keyboard arrangement of Aaron Copland's El Salon Mexico.
Instruments
Bernstein's deep connection to the piano is revealed in his lyric 'My second love is eighty-eight too. Eighty-eight keys that sing to you…'.
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