A CELEBRATION OF DUO-PIANO MUSIC (IN LIVE PERFORMANCES)
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SPANISH PROGRAM CHABRIER: España; ALBENIZ: Rhapsodia Española; LISZT-BUSONI: Spanish Rhapsody; MANUEL INFANTE: Andalusian Dances; RAVEL: Rhapsodie Espagnole; BIZET: Carmen Fantasy; FALLA: Danse Espagnole No. 1 (La vida breve) FRENCH PROGRAM SAINT-SAENS: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven; DEBUSSY: En Blanc et Noir; RAVEL: La Valse; POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos; Valse-Musette RUSSIAN PROGRAM RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Fantasy, Op. 5; GLIERE: Six Pieces; ARENSKY: Suite, Op. 15; KHATCHATURIAN: Fantastic Waltz Madeleine Forte and Del Parkinson, pianists Recorded in live performances: 1988, 1991 & 1992 MADELEINE FORTE—— “At a time when national styles have all but dissolved into a generalized international goulash, Forte’s gorgeous tone and sensuous line evoke classic French pianism...her Maurice Ravel holds its own against interpretations by many of her more celebrated peers, from the chaste simplicity of the Sonatine to the virtuosic ‘Gaspard de la Nuit,’ in which no prisoners are taken and no notes are dropped.” - The New Yorker DEL PARKINSON—— “Negotiating most of the difficulties of such works as Lizst’s ‘Dante’ Sonata, Stravinsky’s ‘Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka’ and Rachmaninoff’s Second Sonata, as Del Parkinson did in his debut Monday night in Carnegie Recital Hall, is no small accomplishment. The Idaho pianist, with advanced degrees from Indiana University and Juilliard, relished the physical expanse of the works, along with their demanding climaxes...Prokofiev’s ‘Toccata,’ in fact, had a sort of gleeful cinematic abandon about it.” - New York Times (3 CDs for the price of 2)