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Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 79)

2/16/2024, 9 Tracks, 1:14:08

Featuring

  • Markus Becker
  • Constantin Trinks
  • Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
  • Hans Pfitzner
  • Walter Braunfels

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Performer Biography

Markus Becker, the pianist on this album, is also a virtuoso jazz improviser, an exception among classical pianists.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Pfitzner Piano Concerto was first performed in Dresden on March 16, 1923, with Walter Gieseking as soloist and the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Fritz Busch.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Hans Pfitzner, born in Moscow, moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1872 where his father became leader of the Stadttheater orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Pfitzner's Piano Concerto, Op 31, was his first concert work for orchestra, aside from an early cello concerto.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister from 1933 to 1945, praised Pfitzner's concerto, describing him as a "quiet, austere, dreamlike German master."

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Pfitzner's musical conservatism and respect for tradition led him to hope for favor from the Nazi regime, though he never joined the Party.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Walter Braunfels's Tag- und Nachtstücke, Op 44, remained unperformed until 2017, when its manuscript was rediscovered in his family archives.

Source: Booklet

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