Matteo Fossi, Marco Gaggin - Bartok: Complete Music for Two Pianos (2014)
BAND/ARTIST: Matteo Fossi, Marco Gaggin
- Title: Bartok: Complete Music for Two Pianos
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:56:24
- Total Size: 337 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: I. Serenata
02. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: II. Allegro diabolico
03. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: III. Scena della Puszta
04. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: IV. Per finire
05. The Miraculous Mandarin for Two Pianos, Op. 19
06. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: I. Bulgarian Rhythm
07. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: II. Chord and Trill Study
08. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: III. Perpetuum mobile
09. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: IV. Short Canon and Its Inversion
10. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: V. New Hungarian Folk Song
11. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: VI. Chromatic Invention
12. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: VII. Ostinato
13. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: I. Assai lento – Allegro molto
14. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: II. Lento, ma non troppo
15. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: III. Allegro non troppo
16. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: I. Monument
17. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: II. Self-portrait with Reich and Riley, and Chopin in the Background
18. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: III. In a Gentle Flowing Movement
This 2CD set presents a complete survey of Bartók's music for two pianos. The works and arrangements here all stem from Bartók's special artistic collaboration with his wife, the pianist Dittá Pásztory. From 1938, the couple began giving regular public concerts together, and this led the composer to write his version for two pianos of the Suite Op.4, an arrangement of seven of the pieces from Mikrokosmos, and the much-loved Sonata for two pianos and percussion.
The works included here are testimony to Bartók's skilful and remarkably versatile approach to piano-writing. In the Suite Op.4b, for example, Bartók radically revised the original orchestral score of the Suite Op.4 (one of his earliest works, and one of the first to bring to fruition the musical ideas that he explored after researching Hungarian music's rich folk heritage) to create a work that is so idiomatically pianistic that one would never guess it had originally been written for orchestra. By contrast, the transcription of the brilliantly colourful ballet score The Miraculous Mandarin brings the dramatic orchestration of this controversial work to life. The pieces from Mikrokosmos were originally studies for solo piano; in the two-piano arrangement Bartók transforms them into veritable virtuoso showpieces. The Sonata for two pianos and percussion is one of Bartók's most famous works and its striking rhythmic experimentation and consummate assimilation of folk influences mark the culmination of the composer's mature style. Bartók's complete works for two pianos are complemented here by György Ligeti's Three Pieces for two pianos; Ligeti was greatly influenced by Bartók's legacy and went on to become one of the most important Hungarian composers of the twentieth century.
These challenging works are performed by acclaimed pianists Matteo Fossi and Marco Gaggini, who formed a piano duo while studying together in Florence in 2004. Their pioneering 'Two Pianos Project' aims to extend the scope of the piano far beyond the confines of its traditional repertoire and has given rise to many warmly received recordings.
01. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: I. Serenata
02. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: II. Allegro diabolico
03. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: III. Scena della Puszta
04. Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b: IV. Per finire
05. The Miraculous Mandarin for Two Pianos, Op. 19
06. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: I. Bulgarian Rhythm
07. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: II. Chord and Trill Study
08. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: III. Perpetuum mobile
09. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: IV. Short Canon and Its Inversion
10. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: V. New Hungarian Folk Song
11. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: VI. Chromatic Invention
12. Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from "Mikrokosmos", Sz. 108: VII. Ostinato
13. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: I. Assai lento – Allegro molto
14. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: II. Lento, ma non troppo
15. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110: III. Allegro non troppo
16. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: I. Monument
17. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: II. Self-portrait with Reich and Riley, and Chopin in the Background
18. Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Op. Posth.: III. In a Gentle Flowing Movement
This 2CD set presents a complete survey of Bartók's music for two pianos. The works and arrangements here all stem from Bartók's special artistic collaboration with his wife, the pianist Dittá Pásztory. From 1938, the couple began giving regular public concerts together, and this led the composer to write his version for two pianos of the Suite Op.4, an arrangement of seven of the pieces from Mikrokosmos, and the much-loved Sonata for two pianos and percussion.
The works included here are testimony to Bartók's skilful and remarkably versatile approach to piano-writing. In the Suite Op.4b, for example, Bartók radically revised the original orchestral score of the Suite Op.4 (one of his earliest works, and one of the first to bring to fruition the musical ideas that he explored after researching Hungarian music's rich folk heritage) to create a work that is so idiomatically pianistic that one would never guess it had originally been written for orchestra. By contrast, the transcription of the brilliantly colourful ballet score The Miraculous Mandarin brings the dramatic orchestration of this controversial work to life. The pieces from Mikrokosmos were originally studies for solo piano; in the two-piano arrangement Bartók transforms them into veritable virtuoso showpieces. The Sonata for two pianos and percussion is one of Bartók's most famous works and its striking rhythmic experimentation and consummate assimilation of folk influences mark the culmination of the composer's mature style. Bartók's complete works for two pianos are complemented here by György Ligeti's Three Pieces for two pianos; Ligeti was greatly influenced by Bartók's legacy and went on to become one of the most important Hungarian composers of the twentieth century.
These challenging works are performed by acclaimed pianists Matteo Fossi and Marco Gaggini, who formed a piano duo while studying together in Florence in 2004. Their pioneering 'Two Pianos Project' aims to extend the scope of the piano far beyond the confines of its traditional repertoire and has given rise to many warmly received recordings.
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