Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au bois dormant) Op. 66 Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Nutcracker (Casse-noisette) Op. 71, Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Swan Lake (Le Lac des cygnes) Op. 20 Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Eduard Leontyevich Langer (1835-1905)
Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Album information
TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX ON THE PIANO
Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites was enormously successful when released in 2016, and now reappears in a stereo re-issue. The album had the sisters Mari and Momo Kodama together for the first time in the recording studio, on scintillating form in lively arrangements of music from Tchaikovsky’s ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker. In another first, the release contains the first ever recording of Arensky’s transcription of the timeless Nutcracker together with notable arrangements by Debussy and Rachmaninoff.
The sisters Mari and Momo Kodama both pursue busy international careers. Momo specialises in French and Japanese composers and 20th century and contemporary composers; she has been widely praised for her ‘attractive, lyrical tone’ and ‘technical brilliance’. Mari has established an international reputation for profound musicality and articulate virtuosity; she has recorded extensively for Pentatone.
This album, which has been a huge streaming success on multiple DSPs, will now become available in Dolby Atmos as well, simultaneously to the physical stereo re- issue.
Download the audio files HERE!
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