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Chopin for Piano Duo

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Label: Divine Art

Cat No: DDA25070

Barcode: 0809730507021

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 26th January 2009

Artists

Anthony Goldstone (piano)
Caroline Clemmow (piano)

Artists

Anthony Goldstone (piano)
Caroline Clemmow (piano)

About

Presented here is a selection of Chopin compositions arranged for two pianos or piano duet, including the Second Piano Concerto in a version for two pianos by Chopin himself and his pupil Carl Mikuli – a world première recording. In all there are six such premières on this CD!

With thirty-five CDs and a busy concert schedule stretching back almost a quarter century, the British piano duo Goldstone and Clemmow is firmly established as a leading force. Described by Gramophone as ‘a dazzling husband and wife team’, by International Record Review as ‘a British institution in the best sense of the word’ and by The Herald, Glasgow, as ‘the UK’s pre-eminent two piano team’, internationally known artists Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow formed their duo in 1984 and married in 1989.

Their extremely diverse activities in two-piano and piano-duet recitals and double concertos, taking in major festivals, have sent them all over the British Isles as well as to Europe, the Middle East and several times to the USA, where they have received standing ovations. In their refreshingly presented concerts they mix famous masterpieces and fascinating rarities, which they frequently unearth themselves, into absorbing and hugely entertaining programmes; their numerous BBC broadcasts have often included first hearings of unjustly neglected works, and their equally enterprising and acclaimed commercial recordings include many world premières.

Contents:
- Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21 (performed according to Chopin’s autograph: second piano part by Chopin and Carl Mikuli) - World Première Recording
- Rondo in C major, Op.73 for two pianos
- Variations on a Theme of Rossini, transcribed for piano duet
- Valse-Paraphrase (d’après Chopin composed by Eduard Schütt) Op.58 No 1, for two pianos
- Valse in D flat major, Op.64, No.1 transcribed for two pianos (arr by Frederick Corder) - World Première Recording
- Nocturne in E flat major, Op.9, No.2 transcribed for two pianos (arr Ottilie Sutro) - World Première Recording
- Etude nach Fr. Chopin (Brahms) transcribed for two pianos - World Première Recording
- Variations on a National Air of Moore for piano duet (compl. Goldstone) - World Première Recording
- Revolutionary Raindrop Rag (Goldstone) for two pianos - World Première Recording

Total Playing Time: 72.19