Piano Concerto - Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber “Piano Concerto op.38”
-Allegro appassionato
-Canzone: Moderato
-Allegro molto
Daniela Manusardi, soloist
Sebastian Tewinkel, conductor
Sinfonieorchester der HfM Trossingen, Germany
Live Recording at Trossinger Konzerthaus, Germany.
The Piano Concerto, Op. 38, by Samuel Barber was commissioned by the music publishing company G. Schirmer in honor of the centenary of their founding.
The work was met with great critical acclaim with Barber winning his second Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and the Music Critics Circle Award in 1964.
The work is scored for piano solo and an orchestra of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, harp and strings.