Ballade pour piano et orchestre

Ballade pour piano et orchestre
Ballade for piano and orchestra

Year of composition

1939

Duration

16'

Scored for

piano and orchestra: 2 2 2 2 - 2 2 3 0 - timp. - perc.(2) - harp - strings

Publication information

Universal Edition (UE11556)

Premiere

World premiere: Zürich, 1 February 1944. Walter Frey, piano; Ernest Ansermet, conductor

Recordings (selective list)

  • ‘Frank Martin dirige Frank Martin’
    Sebastian Benda, piano
    Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
    Frank Martin, conductor
    Jecklin-Disco JD 529-2 ℗ + © 1989 (FMS021)

  • Ronald Brautigam, piano
    Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
    Riccardo Chailly, conductor
    Decca Music Group ℗ + © 2015

  • ‘Frank Martin - Ballades’
    Roderick Zelms, piano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Matthias Bamert, conductor
    CHANDOS CHAN 9380 ℗ + © 1995 (FMS114)

  • ‘SOZ Live’
    Michiko Tsuda, piano
    Symphonisches Orchester Zürich
    Daniel Schweizer, conductor
    Jecklin szene sCHweiz JS 285-2 ℗ + © 1991 (FMS042)

  • ‘Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra’
    Sebastian Benda, piano
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Christian Benda, conductor
    ASV CD DCA1082 ℗ 1999 (FMS181)

  • Jean-François Antonioli, piano
    I Filharmonici di Torino
    Marcello Viotti, conductor
    CLAVES CD 50-8509 ℗ 1986 (FMS183)

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