Duo d'Accord - Sonata for Piano 4 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The choral versions of InchLa mort d'OphélieInch and InchSara la baigneuseInch may be relative rarities on record but both are vintage Berlioz. These short and striking pieces should be much better known. They are paired here with a terri?c account of the Symphonie fantastique.

Walachowski Piano Duo - Sonata for Two Pianos [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 04/14/2009

Although being technically very different instruments, we are convinced that the romantic guitar and the fortepiano share the same aesthetics. This was proven to us for the first time when we finally recorded our Schubert album 'A Sentimental Moment' in 2018, with piano works arranged for our Viennese guitars. After this, it was natural for us to turn to a composer who has fired more interest than anyone else Mozart. We do hope that these arrangements of Mozart's piano sonatas can suggest how he might have expressed his genius on our instrument. The shorter duration of the notes, as well as the delicacy and richness of colors found in the sound world of the guitar, are quite close to those of the late 18th Century fortepianos that Mozart would have known, while the dynamic range of the guitar would be very much at home in the salons and smaller concert venues of that time. Listening to the sonatas played on two guitars might be exotic, but the plucked sound fits in with the family of keyboard instruments.