Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russel Davies - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol.21: American Piano Music (2009)

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Title: Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol.21: American Piano Music
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:04:40
Total Size: 440 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1: Philip Glass
Four Movements for Two Pianos (world premiere)* **
01. Movement I
02. Movement II
03. Movement III
04. Movement IV
Six Etudes for piano*
05. Etude No.1
06. Etude No.2
07. Etude No.3
08. Etude No.4
09. Etude No.5
10. Etude No.6
Music from Stephen Daldry's film "The Houres" (arr. for solo piano by Michael Riesman)**
11. Morning passages
12. Escape!
13. The Poet acts

Maki Namekawa (**) & Dennis Russel Davies (*)

CD 2: Leonard Bernstein & Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
01. Candide Overture (arr. for piano four hands by Charlie Harmon)
Aaron Copland
02. El Salon Mexico (arr. for two pianos by Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein - Music for Two Pianos
03. Largo
04. Blues
05. Allegro
Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (arr. for two pianos by John Musto)
06. Prologue (Allegro moderato)
07. Scherzando e misterioso
08. Somewhere (Adagio)
09. Scherzo (Vivace e leggiero)
10. Mambo (Meno presto)
11. Cha-cha (Andantino con grazia)
12. Cool-Fugue (Allegretto)
13. Rumble (Molto allegro)
14. Finale (Adagio)

Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russel Davies

Works include solo pieces, works for two pianos and four hands piano. The works for two pianos include Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and an arrangement of El Salon México by Bernstein. Four Movements for Two Pianos by Glass was commissioned by the Ruhr Piano Festival for its 20th anniversary celebration in 2008 and was premièred by these artists.