Tchaikovsky - Ballet Suites for Piano Duo
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Label: Pentatone
Cat No: PTC5186579
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 18th November 2016
Contents
Works
Swan Lake, op.20 (excerpts) (arr. for two pianos by Claude Debussy)Swan Lake, op.20 (excerpts) (arr. for two pianos by Eduard Langer)
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a (arr. Anton Arensky for 2 pianos)
The Sleeping Beauty: Suite (arr. Sergei Rachmaninov for piano four hands)
Artists
Mari Kodama (piano)Momo Kodama (piano)
Works
Swan Lake, op.20 (excerpts) (arr. for two pianos by Claude Debussy)Swan Lake, op.20 (excerpts) (arr. for two pianos by Eduard Langer)
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a (arr. Anton Arensky for 2 pianos)
The Sleeping Beauty: Suite (arr. Sergei Rachmaninov for piano four hands)
Artists
Mari Kodama (piano)Momo Kodama (piano)
About
“Tchaikovsky was really the first composer to combine a broad sweep of ballet music with a great story,” the Kodama sisters write in their introduction to the release, “before that, it more resembled a compilation of pieces… in all three works there is folkloric and popular music. He has the great skill to make such vivid colours and textures on a large canvas… This makes his orchestral works very special.”
“Our challenge was to use just two pianos … to bring the same sense of scale,” they write, “with just two pianos the atmosphere is more intimate, it brings a different quality to the music. And the composers who made the transcriptions brought their own personality to bear on the works. So we tried to reflect that in our playing.”
The sisters Mari and Momo Kodama both pursue busy international careers. Momo specialises in French and Japanese composers and 20th-century and contemporary composers; she has been widely praised for her ‘attractive, lyrical tone’ and ‘technical brilliance’. Mari has established an international reputation for profound musicality and articulate virtuosity; she has recorded extensively for Pentatone, including an acclaimed cycle of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas.
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