Idil Biret: Four Temperaments for Piano & Strings - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Four Temperaments for Piano & Strings
Artist: Idil Biret
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313320172
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2013-10-29
Number of Discs: 2

Hindemith wrote much varied music for the piano with orchestral accompaniment. He intended his Theme with Four Variations (The Four Temperaments) as an experimental ballet, and it was first performed in this way in 1946 with choreography by George Balanchine. The manuscript of the Piano Music with Orchestra was found amongst pianist Paul Wittgenstein's papers after his wife's death in 2001. The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra is astutely conceived, whilst the Concert Music for Piano, Brass and Two Harps reveals Hindemith's constant search for varied sound color in his instrumentation.

Tracks:
1.1 Theme with Four Variations (The Four Temperaments)
1.2 Piano Music with Orchestra, Op 29
1.3 Piano Concerto Concert Music, Op 49
1.4 Chamber Music No. 2, Op 36, No 1

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