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Variations2

Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom

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Format: CD

Cat No: ODRCD379

Release Date:  14 June 2019

Label:  Odradek Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0855317003790

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Following the success of their Liszt album on Odradek, Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom marks its 10th anniversary as a partnership with 'Variations2', sets of variations for two pianos by Brahms, Saint-Saens and Lutoslawski.

    All the composers featured on this release were inspired by the music of others when writing their sets of variations. Brahms paid a very personal tribute to his late friend, Robert Schumann, when he chose Schumann's final work, the 'Ghost Variations', as the basis for his own Variations, Op. 23. We also hear Brahms' magnificent 'St Anthony' Variations inspired by Haydn, which culminate in a passacaglia (a set of variations within the variations): a masterful achievement through which Brahms elevates the form into music of real depth and sophistication.

    Saint-Saens' Beethoven Variations, based on Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18 ('The Hunt'), represent his most substantial work for two pianos, running the gamut of pianistic technique to create an almost orchestral sonority. Reinecke's Bach Variations are more intimate, composed for four hands at one piano, building to an expansive, virtuosic conclusion. Lutoslawski's 'Variations on a Theme by Paganini' are based on Paganini's A minor 'Caprice', No. 24, which also inspired Rachmaninov's famous 'Rhapsody'. Lutoslawski unfolds a series of witty variations: wide leaps, devilish trills and sinewy chromaticism, a lyrical interlude, and a thrilling finale.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 2. Op. 23
      • 3. For Piano Four Hands - Thema
      • 4. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 5. Op. 23
      • 6. For Piano Four Hands - Var. I: L'istesso Tempo - Andante Molto Moderato
      • 7. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 8. Op. 23
      • 9. For Piano Four Hands - Var. II
      • 10. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 11. Op. 23
      • 12. For Piano Four Hands - Var. III
      • 13. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 14. Op. 23
      • 15. For Piano Four Hands - Var. IV
      • 16. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 17. Op. 23
      • 18. For Piano Four Hands - Var. V: Poco Più Animato
      • 19. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 20. Op. 23
      • 21. For Piano Four Hands - Var. VI: Allegro Non Troppo
      • 22. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 23. Op. 23
      • 24. For Piano Four Hands - Var. VII: Con Moto - L'istesso Tempo
      • 25. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 26. Op. 23
      • 27. For Piano Four Hands - Var. VIII: Poco Più Vivo
      • 28. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 29. Op. 23
      • 30. For Piano Four Hands - Var. IX
      • 31. Johannes Brahms - Variationen Ãœber Ein Thema Von Robert Schumann
      • 32. Op. 23
      • 33. For Piano Four Hands - Var. X: Molto Moderato
      • 34. Alla Marcia
      • 35. Carl Reinecke - Variationen Ãœber Eine Sarabande Von J.S. Bach
      • 36. Op. 24
      • 37. For Two Pianos - Sarabande. Andante Con Moto
      • 38. Carl Reinecke - Variationen Ãœber Eine Sarabande Von J.S. Bach
      • 39. Op. 24
      • 40. For Two Pianos - Var. I: Un Poco Piú Animato
      • 41. Carl Reinecke - Variationen Ãœber Eine Sarabande Von J.S. Bach
      • 42. Op. 24
      • . For Two Pianos - Var. II: Ancor Un Poco Piú Animato