Poulenc, Debussy, Milhaud - Works for Piano Four Hands
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Label: Orchid Classics
Cat No: ORC100270
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 17th November 2023
Contents
Works
Nocturnes (3) (arr. Ravel)Scaramouche, op.165b (two pianos)
Capriccio (after Le bal masque)
Elegie for 2 pianos
L'Embarquement pour Cythere
Sonata for 2 pianos, FP156
Sonata for piano 4 hands, FP8
Artists
Charles Owen (piano)Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Works
Nocturnes (3) (arr. Ravel)Scaramouche, op.165b (two pianos)
Capriccio (after Le bal masque)
Elegie for 2 pianos
L'Embarquement pour Cythere
Sonata for 2 pianos, FP156
Sonata for piano 4 hands, FP8
Artists
Charles Owen (piano)Katya Apekisheva (piano)
About
Both Milhaud and Poulenc were members of Les Six, a band of composers who specialised in producing colourful, quirky and highly original scores. Milhaud’s Scaramouche epitomises the wit and joie de vivre of this approach and has become one of his most popular works – although at the time the composer nearly forbade its publication. Poulenc combined grace and sparkling humour with a nobility that reflected his desire for a ‘return to simplicity’. His Élégie was written ‘as if improvising with a cigar in your mouth and a glass of cognac on the table’, while the Sonata for Four Hands is full of finger-crossing intricacies, and at the heart of the Sonata for Two Pianos is an Andantino described by the composer as ‘a lyrical, profound outburst… It is piano without pretence, real piano where each instrument converses with the other in perfect understanding and without interrupting.’ Debussy’s evocative Nocturnes arranged by Ravel conclude the release.
‘One of the finest British pianists of his generation’ – Gramophone on Charles Owen
‘A profoundly gifted artist’ – Gramophone on Katya Apekisheva
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