Marc Blitzstein - Marc Blitzsteinsolo Piano

The American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905�64) was best known for his left-leaning stage works; indeed, his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock achieved some notoriety in 1937 when the authorities shut it down. But Blitzstein was also a fine pianist and wrote for the instrument all through his career. This first album ever devoted entirely to his piano output offers a conspectus of 45 years of Blitzstein�s music, from lyrical juvenilia via spiky protest pieces and jazzy dance numbers to intimate �family� pieces for close friends. The pianist is the Blitzstein expert Leonard Lehrman, whom Leonard Bernstein called �Blitzstein�s dybbuk�, and who for decades has been one of the leading Blitzstein scholars.