Lehrman, Leonard | Blitzstein Music For Solo Pia | CD
Lehrman, Leonard | Blitzstein Music For Solo Pia | CD
Marc Blitzstein was an American composer, born on 2 March 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on 22 January 1964 in Fort-de-France, Martinique. He wrote the English lyrics for Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera, including Mack The Knife and Pirate Jenny, and composed the leftist musical The Cradle Will Rock (1937).
Music For Solo Piano, 1918-63 is a 1 CD album of Marc Blitzstein's piano music, performed by Leonard Lehrman. It was recorded on 4 and 11 November 2005 at the Lefrak Auditorium, Queens College, City University of New York, and released by Toccata Classics in 2019. Martin Anderson is credited as executive producer, and Leonard Lehrman wrote the liner notes.
Track List
- Waterfall: Barcarolle
- Prelude In C Minor
- Valse
- Scherzo: Bourgeois At Play
- Le Mondre Libre: March On A French Resistance Tune
- Innocent Psalm - For The Bernstein Baby
- Slow March - For Kit's Wedding
- Wedding Piece - For Stephen & Joyce
- Lied - For Ben Cooper, And His Women
- Sonata For Piano