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Begoña Uriarte of Spain and Karl-Hermann Mrongovius of Munich, where he is professor for piano at the Hochschule für Musik, form together a piano duo which has won international prizes and which avoids every kind of flashy publicity. For years they were an insider's secret among connoisseurs and music journalists, but their infrequent performances nevertheless became special events. Thus, the InchSüddeutsche ZeitungInch wrote in autumn 1998 InchThe standing ovations in the Prinzregenten theater prove it this Basque-Bavarian piano coalition is a pianistic institution that demands all the respect of the competition... it belongs in the major leagues of the piano duos of international reputation... quite simply splendidly performed.Inch The concert tour through Germany together with the four composers represented on this CD already was a big success and thus let the plan for this recording arise. Lacking a programmatic background, Josep Soler's InchCoronación de espinasInch (Crowning with thorns) is part of a series of works with biblical or mythological motifs that derive from an archetypal abstraction. InchNuevas PolifoníasInch reflects Ramón Barce's consideration of the problems of Gestalt psychology and the utopia of objective form in art. InchFlamencoInch by Joan Guinjoan forms a triptych with sound elements from Andalusian folk songs which reflects the balance between an intuitive creativity and a rigorous exploration that oversteps traditional limits of sound, rhythm, expressive intensity, instrumental possibilities, and the ability to hear. The fandango in it's multiple variations, the Portuguese fado, and the archetypal tango from Argentina have a virtual presence in Tomás Marcos InchFandangos, Fados y TangosInch. In his InchGlasperlenspielInch (Glass bead game) the overcoming of time with a reduced set of basic materials is achieved by the use of minimal vari
