16 December 2009

Attack of the killer behemoth bi-Bösendorfers in music by Brahms, Bartók, Bolcom, and Britten.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98 (1885)
Arranged by Johannes Brahms
Silke-Thora Matthies & Christian Köhn - pianos
Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music Vol.15
Naxos, 8.557685
40:33

2. Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos op.56b (1873)
Emanuel Ax & Yefim Bronfman - pianos
Brahms: Music for 2 Pianos
Sony Classical, SK 89868
17:45

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (1918-24)
Arranged by Béla Bartók (1921)
Le Duo Ouellet/Murray: Claire Ouellet & Sandra Murray - pianos
CBC Records, MVCD1094
31:31

4. Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion (1937)
Linea Ensemble: Ulrike Minkoff & Sébastien Risler - pianos, William Blank & Yves Brustaux - percussion
Pyramid Records, 13504
25:27

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. William Bolcom: Frescoes (1971)
Elizabeth & Marcel Bergmann - pianos, harmonium & harpsichord
Bolcom: Music for Two Pianos
Naxos, 8.559244
28:18

6. Benjamin Britten: Introduction & Rondo alla Burlesca (1940)
9:21

7. Benjamin Britten: Mazurka elegiaca (1941)
7:12

Tracks 6-7
Sviatoslav Richter & Vassili Lobanov - pianos
Philips, 420 157-2

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