Ivo Varbanov, Fiammetta Tarli - Stravinsky: Petrushka & Le sacre du printemps (Version for Piano 4 Hands) (2016)

Tracklist

01. Petrushka, Pt. 1 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Shrovetide Fair
02. Petrushka, Pt. 1 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Russian Dance
03. Petrushka, Pt. 2 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Petrushka's Room
04. Petrushka, Pt. 3 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina
05. Petrushka, Pt. 3 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Waltz [The Ballerina and the Moor]
06. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Shrovetide Fair [Evening]
07. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Dance of the Wet Nurses
08. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Dance of the Peasant and the Bear
09. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Jovial Merchant with Two Gypsy Girls
10. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms
11. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Masqueraders
12. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Scuffle
13. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Death of Petrushka
14. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Police and the Charlatan
15. Petrushka, Pt. 4 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Apparition of Petrushka's Ghost
16. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Introduction
17. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls
18. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Ritual of Abduction
19. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Spring Rounds
20. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Ritual of the River Tribes - Procession of the Oldest and Wisest
21. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): The Sage - Dance of the Earth
22. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Introduction
23. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
24. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Glorification of the Chosen One - Evocation of the Ancestors
25. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Ritual Action of the Ancestors
26. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice" (Version for Piano 4 Hands): Sacrificial Dance

The piano was fundamental to the modest operandi of Igor Stravinsky as a composer, not least when he was writing orchestral scores. Touching the keys gave him immediate contact with sound which he considered to be a vital part of the creative process. This tactile element provided him with an opportunity to feel sonorities and harmonies in addition to hearing them and the subtleties of the instrument offered the possibility of fresh revelations at every repositioning of his fingers. As Stravinsky’s works for orchestra began life at the keyboard in this deft, exploratory way, it is not by chance that several of them translate back inti piano music with conspicuous success.

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