The Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein lost his right arm at the age of twenty-seven during the First World War. Nevertheless he was determined to continue his career. Great composers such as Ravel and Strauss wrote concertos for him, through which he gained international reputation. Forced by the Nazis to leave Austria, he died in 1961 in New York.
For the very first time the three piano quintets that Franz Schmidt composed for Paul Wittgenstein have now been published in its original left-hand version. For many years these works were only available in the two-hand arrangement of Friedrich Wührer. More recently, a number of pianists have actively represented the return to the original arrangement with resounding success.
- ISMN: 9790500833260 (M500833260)
