Leon Botstein, the conductor, is also the music director of the American Symphony Orchestra, artistic co-director of Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival, and president of Bard College.
Recording & Production
This recording features three works for piano and orchestra that Orion Weiss, the pianist, performed at consecutive Bard Music Festivals in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Critical Reception
Frédéric Chopin's Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' earned the prophetic comment 'Hats off, gentlemen! A genius!' from Robert Schumann, a composer and critic, in 1831.
Performer Biography
Orion Weiss, the pianist on this recording, made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in 2011 as a last-minute replacement for Leon Fleisher.
Composition History
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Piano Concerto for one hand was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, a concert pianist who lost his right arm in World War I.
Compositional Technique
Korngold's Piano Concerto for one hand features a single-movement structure with several distinct sections, influenced by Franz Liszt's piano concertos and B-minor sonata.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was declared a genius by Gustav Mahler when he was only twelve years old.
