STRAVINSKY: Music for Two Pianos
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Stravinsky composed his music at the keyboard, often struggling to play his own complex rhythms. It is not surprising therefore that many of his symphonic...
Stravinsky composed his music at the keyboard, often struggling to play his own complex rhythms. It is not surprising therefore that many of his symphonic works also exist in his own piano versions, such as the four hand transcription of his ballet, The Rite of Spring. It is a pianistic tour de force, the players often having to interweave fingers, hands and arms to meet the composers tremendous demands of virtuosity.
The work has for many years formed part of the standard repertoire of Benjamin Frith and Peter Hill. They have played it throughout England to astonished audiences, and have broadcast this (and the other two works on this disc) on BBC Radio 3.
The performance is staggeringly brilliant, superbly recorded in St Silas Church, London on a wonderful Bosendorfer Imperial Grand.
The duo are now recording exclusively for Naxos, Peter Hill will be recording the complete music by Stravinsky for two hands at sessions this summer.
Sonata for Two Pianos (more info)
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Moderato - 4:07
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Theme with Variations - 1:36
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Variation 1 - 0:36
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Variation 2 - 0:35
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Variation 3 - 0:53
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Variation 4 - 0:41
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Allegretto - 1:50
Concerto for Two Pianos (more info)
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Con moto - 5:49
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Notturno - 5:25
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Quattro variazioni: Variation 1 - 1:12
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Variation 2 - 1:00
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Variation 3 - 1:28
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Variation 4 - 1:18
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Preludio e Fuga - 4:27
The Rite of Spring for four hands on one piano (more info)
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Part I THE ADORATION OF THE EARTH: Introduction - 3:17
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Part I: Auguries of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls) - 2:54
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Part I: Ritual of Abduction - 1:14
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Part I: Spring Rounds - 3:22
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Part I: Games of the Rival Tribes - 1:47
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Part I: Procession of the Wise Elder - 0:38
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Part I: The Sage - 0:22
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Part I: Dance of the Earth - 1:10
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Part II THE SACRIFICE: Introduction - 4:48
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Part II: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls - 2:47
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Part II: Glorification of the Chosen One - 1:29
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Part II: Evocation of the Ancestors - 0:42
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Part II: Ritual Action of the Ancestors - 3:38
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Part II: Sacrificial Dance - 4:31