Bizet / Granat / Propper - French Music for Piano Duo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Two rarely heard piano concerti, recorded in concert with Franz Vorraber as soloist. The Haydn concerto was rediscovered in 1803, after being considered lost for nearly 50 years. The piece is characterized by the fine weaving of the solo parts and their resulting, intimate dialogue. Mendelssohn first performed his concerto at age 13. It subsequently fell into oblivion and was not rediscovered until well into the twentieth century. It's full of youthful charm, brilliance and craftsmanship.

Florian Glemser writes InchAre Schumann's late works the product of a household where a physically and mentally declining composer and his wife, who refused to admit that reality, were living in a stuffy atmosphere? Or was Schumann's Düsseldorf circle a fruitful terrain that gave rise to magnificent masterpieces because these close, talented friends - Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Albert Dietrich, Johannes Brahms, and Joseph Joachim - continually inspired one another? For this recording, Sophie and I have chosen a program that attempts to answer those questions. All the chamber music works on this album are from the period between 1849 and 1854, thus stemming from the Schumanns' time in Düsseldorf. The personal and musical connections between Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Joseph Joachim are intrinsically present in all these works. Those biographical relationships are interesting for us as interpreters because they give rise to special moods we can sense in the music. We want to fathom them, to feel them, and to make them palpable for the listener this is one of the most exciting projects we have ever undertaken as performers.Inch Album Tracks 3. Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22~III. Leidenschaftlich schnell 4. Violinsonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105~I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 12. F.A.E. Sonata, for Violin and Piano Scherzo. Allegro

Album Tracks 1. 32 Variations in C minor, Woo 80 2. I. Etwas Lebhaft Und Mit Der Innigsten Empfindung 3. II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig 4. III. Langsam Und Sehnsuchtsvoll 5. IV. Geschwind, Doch Nicht Zu Sehr, Und Mit Entschlossenheit 6. No. 1. Brouillards 7. No. 3. La Puerta Del Vino 8. No. 7. La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune 9. Augenblicke - Eine Sammlung 10. Rondo in a Minor, K. 511 11. Iberia, Book 2 II. Almeria