Artist: The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss, Leon Botstein
Album: Piano Protagonists
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 59:57
Total Tracks: 20
Total Size: 1,10 GB

Tracklist:

01. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Mässiges Zeitmass, heldisch, mit Feuer und Kraft (03:00)
02. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Ruhig, weich, und gesangvoll (03:22)
03. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Ziemlich rasch, burlesk (01:46)
04. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Dasselbe breite Zeitmass (04:49)
05. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Reigen (03:35)
06. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Mit Aufschung (01:48)
07. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Mit Grösse, sehr breit (04:58)
08. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Langsam, fast im letzten Zeitmass beginnend (03:04)
09. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Major for the Left Hand, Op. 17: Mit Schwung und Begeisterung (02:15)
10. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Introduction. Largo – Poco più mosso (04:40)
11. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Tema. Allegretto (01:32)
12. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 1, Brilliante (01:00)
13. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 2, Veloce ma accuratamente (01:02)
14. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 3, Sempre sostenuto (01:27)
15. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 4, Con bravura (01:13)
16. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 5, Adagio (02:44)
17. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2, B. 22: Var. 6, Alla polacca (03:47)
18. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: Moderato – Adagio – Moderato assai – Allegretto quasi polacca (06:13)
19. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: Andante mosso (03:48)
20. The Orchestra Now, Orion Weiss & Leon Botstein – Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: Allegro (03:46)

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This new studio recording contains three works for piano and orchestra that virtuoso pianist Orion Weiss and conductor Leon Botstein first performed in concert at the Bard Music Festival. Together, the three works span almost a century of musical Romanticism and are as different from one another as the generations they represent. In each piece, the virtuoso genre becomes a means by which the composer responds to a specific source of inspiration — in the first case (Korngold), a performer and family friend who had suffered a horrendous tragedy, in the second (Rimsky Korsakov), a venerated old master, and in the third (Chopin) a melody from a beloved opera.