Dvorak, A.: Piano Concerto / Schoenfield, P.: 4 Parables

Featuring

Johannes Fritzsch
Andreas Boyde
Jonathan Nott
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
Dresdner Philharmonie
Antonín Dvořák

Paul Schoenfield

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Performer Biography

Jonathan Nott, the conductor for the Schoenfield concerto, became the youngest conductor ever to perform the complete Ring Cycle at the 1996 Wiesbadener Maifestspiele.

Compositional Technique

Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor features a polyphonic structure, transparent melodic lines, folk-inspired rhythms, and orchestration that evoke the atmosphere of his beloved Bohemian countryside.

Compositional Technique

The piano writing in Dvořák's Piano Concerto is unorthodox because Dvořák, not a pianist, experimented with an unfamiliar instrument, concealing much of the work's virtuosity within technical difficulties.

Performer Biography

Andreas Boyde, the pianist on this album, represented Germany in a European concert at the Piano Festival La Roque d'Antheron in France in 1993.

Composition History

Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor, the composer's first work for soloist and orchestra, was written in 1876 and premiered in Prague in 1878.

Performer Biography

Andreas Boyde gave the European premiere of Paul Schoenfield's Piano Concerto 'Four Parables' with the Dresdner Sinfoniker in 1998.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Paul Schoenfield's Piano Concerto, subtitled 'Four Parables,' was inspired by a friend's suggestion to set life experiences to music, with each movement musically treating an actual life encounter.

Dohnanyi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

Czerny & Viotti: Piano Concertos

Schumann: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op. 54; Liszt: Totentanz

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2

Künneke: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 36 / Mendelssohn: Serenade and Allegro giocoso, Op. 43, MWV O 12; Capriccio brillant, Op. 22, MWV O 8