The second album of Orion Weiss's Arc Trilogy (First Hand Records, 2022), seeking to understand the varying ways composers comprehend grief, loss, and death. Featuring Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Schumann and two Chorale Preludes, and Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2, the program follows these composers' own paths through grief, from horror back toward hope.
Program
- Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9
- Brahms: Chorale Preludes Nos. 10 & 11
- Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2