Russian Ballet Transcriptions for Four Hands and Two Pianos (World Premiere Recording) Cyprien Katsaris & Etsuko Hirose
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Album-Release:
2016
HRA-Release:
21.05.2020
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- Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): The Firebird, Suite No. 2 (1919 Version Arr. for 2 Pianos by Achilleas Wastor, World Premiere Recording):
- 1 The Firebird, Suite No. 2: I. Introduction & II. L’oiseau de feu et sa danse 03:11
- 2 The Firebird, Suite No. 2: III. Variation de l’oiseau de feu 01:31
- 3 The Firebird, Suite No. 2: IV. Ronde des princesses 03:53
- 4 The Firebird, Suite No. 2: V. Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï 04:37
- 5 The Firebird, Suite No. 2: VI. Berceuse & VII. Final 06:22
- Aleksandr Borodin (1833 - 1887): Prince Igor, Act II: No. 17, Polovtsian Dances (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Ann Pope):
- 6 Prince Igor, Act II: No. 17, Polovtsian Dances 11:41
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): The Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a: II. Adagio. Pas d’action (Arr. for Four-Hands Piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff):
- 7 The Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a: II. Adagio. Pas d’action 06:02
- The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: I. Ouverture miniature (Arr. for Four-Hands Piano by Eduard Langer):
- 8 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: I. Ouverture miniature 03:13
- 9 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: II. Marche 02:30
- 10 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: III. Danse de la fée Dragée 02:00
- 11 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: IV. Danse russe, Trépak 01:07
- 12 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: V. Danse arabe 03:28
- 13 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: VI. Danse chinoise 01:06
- 14 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: VII. Danse des mirlitons 02:29
- 15 The Nutcracker, Suite, Op. 71a: VIII. Valse des fleurs 06:20
- Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 20, Danse russe (Arr. for Four-Hands Piano by Claude Debussy):
- 16 Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 20, Danse russe 04:57
- 17 Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 21, Danse espagnole 02:37
- 18 Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 22, Danse napolitaine 02:25
- Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978): Gayaneh, Suite No. 1: No. 8, Lezginka (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Victor Babin):
- 19 Gayaneh, Suite No. 3: No. 5, Danse du sabre 02:26
- 20 Gayaneh, Suite No. 1: No. 8, Lezginka 03:02
Info for Russian Ballet Transcriptions for Four Hands and Two Pianos (World Premiere Recording)
Cyprien Katsaris invites the great Japanese pianist Etsuko Hirose to shed new light on excerpts from the most famous Russian ballets arranged here for four hands and two pianos. The masterpieces recorded here resonate with everyone (or almost everyone): The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, Gayaneh by Khachaturian, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor and, as a world premier, Stravinsky’s Firebird, played here with brio and passion by the two pianists.
These pearls of the Russian musical canon came inevitably to be arranged in various forms for the piano, allowing pianists, amateur and professional alike, to enjoy them to the full.
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Etsuko Hirose, piano
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Booklet for Russian Ballet Transcriptions for Four Hands and Two Pianos (World Premiere Recording)