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Hallelujah Junction / Quattro Mani Duo
Bridge Records

Hallelujah Junction / Quattro Mani Duo

$18.99

Details

Composer
John Adams, Paul Bowles, Paul Creston, Paul Moravec, Bent Sorensen
Artist
Quattro Mani
Format
CD
Label
Bridge Records
Released
Jun 02, 2023
Catalog #
BCD9552
UPC
090404955228

About

Stellar piano duo Quattro Mani's latest recording features John Adams's ebullient "Hallelujah Junction", and premiere recordings by Paul Moravec and Danish composer Bent Sørensen. Bonus tracks include rarities by Paul Creston and Paul Bowles. Fanfare’s Robert Carl writes that “Quattro Mani is one of the most enduring and leading keyboard duos anywhere.”

REVIEW:

John Adams’s Hallelujah Junction (1996) has had at least half a dozen recordings since the first, by Nicolas Hodges and Rolf Hind for Nonesuch. Pianists Steven Beck and Susan Grace of Quattro Mani take a very different tack from that recording, yet one that is equally compelling.

The miniatures that make up the remainder of the program by Creston, Bowles, Moravec, and Sørensen, are also effectively varied.

All in all, this is an enjoyable, wide-ranging program – I only wish there was more of it.

— Gramophone

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Hallelujah Junction 17:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Hallelujah Junction
    Duration
    17:02
    Composer
    John Adams
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  2. 2 Rumba-Tarantella (version for piano 4 hands) 02:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Rumba-Tarantella (version for piano 4 hands)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Paul Creston
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  3. 3 Night Waltz 04:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Night Waltz
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Paul Bowles
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  4. 4 Quattro Mani 06:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Quattro Mani
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Paul Moravec
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  5. 5 No. 1. Light and Infinite (Anette Flensburg) 02:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Light and Infinite (Anette Flensburg)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  6. 6 No. 2. — 03:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  7. 7 No. 3. Going Wild (Bjørn Poulsen) 02:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Going Wild (Bjørn Poulsen)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  8. 8 No. 4. Touchstone (Jesper Christiansen) 04:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. Touchstone (Jesper Christiansen)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  9. 9 No. 5. — 03:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. —
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani
  10. 10 No. 6. Roses in Landscape (Maja Lisa Engelhardt) 01:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 6. Roses in Landscape (Maja Lisa Engelhardt)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Bent Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Quattro Mani