Peter Lieberson, Vol. 3: Piano Concerto No. 3; Viola Concerto

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
June 10, 2014
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At the time of his death in April 2011, Peter Lieberson had planned the present recording, a project he was never to hear realized. The present disc fills out our picture of Lieberson’s accomplishments in the concerto genre, placing the spotlight on two previously unrecorded large-scale works, the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Viola Concerto. The compositions assembled here complicate the perception that Lieberson’s style evolved straightforwardly, the caterpillar of hard-as-nails maximalism metamorphosing overnight into the butterfly of sweet-smelling neo-romanticism, as exemplified in his masterpiece, “Neruda Songs”. The Piano Concerto No. 3 synthesizes elements from Lieberson’s previous efforts in the form, and brings the cycle to a brilliant and dramatic conclusion. Annotator Matthew Mendez calls the Viola Concerto “a big-hearted, eminently songful piece in the Walton mode.” Lieberson wrote that: “My entry into composing the Viola Concerto was through my love of the viola sound itself. It’s difficult for players, but the expression is very direct, so it’s not a difficult piece to hear.”



Product Description:


  • Release Date: June 10, 2014


  • UPC: 090404941221


  • Catalog Number: BCD9412


  • Label: Bridge Records


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Peter, Lieberson


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Odense Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: ODENSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA