Duo Vuillaceaux - Symphonic Dances in Version for 2 Pianos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Duo Villarceaux - Duo Villarceaux [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/11/2005

It turned to be a magical event to listen to these sometimes romantic or jazzy, abrupt or wild, but always deeply original pieces full of wit and surprises. [... ] The two ladies understood it perfectly, to bring the mechanical element to light but with incredible charm and a furioso technique. Inch (www. Musicweb. UK. Net / Hans-Theodor Wohlfahrt)The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo - Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams - plays works by Conlon Nancarrow, one of the most unusual and yet most influential American composers in the history of twentieth-century music. In addition to works originally written for piano two-hands there are transcriptions for piano four-hands of works written for two hands, as well as eleven InchStudies for Player PianoInch transcribed for piano four-hands on this wonderful CD. Album Tracks 1. Canon a (5 7) 2. Canon B (6 9 10 15) 3. Canon C (2 3) 4. Presto 5. Andantino 6. Allegro 7. Presto 8. Moderato - Piã¹ Allegro 9. Allegro Molto

To this day, the Slavonic Dances remain Dvorák's most popular work. They represent his own quintessential musical style, which competently plays with a masterly invented folklorism. Although Dvorák himself wrote an orchestral arrangement for each of the dances, the piano versions, which are incredibly demanding in terms of technique, remain the unsurpassable original. One could even say that the dances in this most purest of all versions sound endlessly more colorful than any instrumental version. For those around the world who love to play refined salon and house music, they are a real treasure! Album Tracks 1. Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (For Piano 4 Hands) 2. Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 (For Piano 4 Hands)