Korngold & Marx: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 18)
10/27/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:04:45
Featuring
Osmo Vänskä
Marc-André Hamelin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Marx
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Composition History
In 1923, Korngold and Marx established an 'alternative' Salzburg Festival to counter the Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, which was dominated by Schoenberg.
Cultural Impact
Paul Wittgenstein, the commissioner of Korngold's Left-Hand Concerto, owned the exclusive performing rights, causing the work to be forgotten until its revival in the 1980s.
Composition History
Korngold's Piano Concerto in C sharp for the left hand was commissioned in 1922 by the celebrated one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in World War I.
Composer Biography
Joseph Marx, though an eminent pedagogue and writer, is virtually unknown today, and none of his works has gained a foothold in the repertoire.
Historical Context
The two piano concertos on this album demonstrate the potency of the late-Romantic ideal in music, even as late as the 1920s, long after it was supposedly extinct.
Composer Biography
Joseph Marx and Erich Wolfgang Korngold were lifelong friends, despite a fifteen-year age difference and forced separation during World War II.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The alternative festival organized by Korngold and Marx aimed to represent the best of modern music but excluded serial techniques.
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