Iconic piano soloists are featured on this program, opening with Van Cliburn in MacDowell’s Second Piano Concerto. Ivo Pogorelich essays Chopin’s second concerto followed by Peter Serkin in Bartók’s first concerto, and Cecile Licad concludes the broadcast with Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Legends at the Piano
Playlist
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23, by Edward Macdowell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor; Van Cliburn, piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, by Frédéric Chopin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Ivo Pogorelich. piano
Piano Concerto No. 1, by Béla Bartók
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Cecile Licad. piano
