piano editor: Tokarev, Nikolai composer: Paganini, Niccolò composer: Rosenblatt, Alexander Pages: 20

By Jan Ekier National Edition 12A, Vol XII

Given Saint-Saëns’ talents both as pianist and composer, it stood to reason that he would engage with the piano concerto genre early on. But he gave a clear renunciation of the “concerto brilliant” that was dominant in France at that time, declaring instead that “the solo part of a concerto must be set out, and treated, like a dramatic role”

Composer: Frédéric Chopin Format: Book