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STRAVINSKY / HILL / FRITH - MUSIC FOR 2 PIANO / RITE OF SPRING CD

STRAVINSKY / HILL / FRITH - MUSIC FOR 2 PIANO / RITE OF SPRING CD

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STRAVINSKY / HILL / FRITH

Title:

MUSIC FOR 2 PIANO / RITE OF SPRING

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CLASSICAL

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730099438629

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Igor Stravinsky is not regarded as a major composer for the piano, yet this disc presents three works that are significant contributions to the instrument's literature. The Sonata for two pianos, a light and accessible composition, was originally intended to be a solo keyboard work until Stravinsky realized that the music's growing complexity called for two more hands. The Concerto for two pianos was written as a showpiece for Stravinsky's son, Soulima, and is more ambitious than the sonata both in structure and in development of material. A work from Stravinsky's middle, neo-Classical period, its music is more rigorous and intellectually challenging than the sonata, though perhaps less ingratiating for its irony and formality. The Rite of Spring was originally composed at the piano, and this four-hand arrangement was written for rehearsal purposes, simultaneously with the orchestral score. How much the keyboard's sonority and percussive quality may have influenced the ballet's orchestration is debatable, though many figurations in the score are recognizably pianistic. In this piano reduction, Rite undergoes few alterations and seems to lie well under the hands. Recorded in 1995 at St. Silas Church, Kentish Town, London, the sound is good, though it is a little too thin in the bass.

1. Sonata For Two Pianos: Moderato
2. Sonata For Two Pianos: Theme With Variations
3. Sontata For Two Pianos: Variation 1
4. Sonata For Two Pianos: Variation 2
5. Sonata For Two Pianos: Variation 3
6. Sonata For Two Pianos: Variation 4
7. Sonata For Two Pianos: Allegretto
8. Concerto For Two Pianos: Con Moto
9. Concerto For Two Pianos: Notturno
10. Concerto For Two Pianos: Variation 1 Quattro Variazioni
11. Concerto For Two Pianos: Variation 2 Quattro Variazioni
12. Concerto For Two Pianos: Variation 3 Quattro Variazioni
13. Concerto For Two Pianos: Variation 4 Quattro Variazioni
14. Concerto For Two Pianos: Preludio E Fuga
15. The Rite Of Spring Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Introduction
16. The Rite Of Spring Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Auguries Of Spring Dances Of The Young Girls
17. The Rite Of Spring Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction
18. The Rite Of Spring Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Spring Rounds
19. The Rite Of Sprin
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