in a piano transcription by Glenn Gould
WWV 103 - KL - piano
arranger: Gould, Glenn Herbert
editor: Morey, Carl
composer: Wagner, Richard
translation preface (German): Hoesch, Christian
translator preface (French): Hyde, Christopher
preface: Morey, Carl
Product Line: The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series (Band 5)
Difficulty: difficult
Pages: 28
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”