Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, celebrated for their deep musical partnership, have garnered acclaim for their piano duo arrangements of these two orchestral pillars.
Their performance of Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' captures the raw, percussive energy of the composer's original 1913 four-hand piano version, stripping the work back to its rhythmic and skeletal essence. Similarly, by tackling Liszt's formidable transcription of Beethoven's 'Symphony No 9', the duo transforms a massive symphonic structure into an intimate yet powerful dialogue, highlighting the structural genius and remarkable modernity of the composition through the clarity of two pianos.
Programme
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Beethoven Symphony No 9
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(The Times)"Both these fine pianists know exactly what they're doing and why, and the result is a bracing joy"
(Gramophone)"Kolesnikov and Tsoy go far beyond a merely faithful realisation... they make us hear this inexahustible score afresh..."
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