Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

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Label
CPO
Release Date
July 31, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARENSKY, ANTON
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov
    • PERFORMER
      PIANO DUO GENOVA & DIMITROV
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2012
    • UPC
      761203765126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777651-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Romance

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    2. II. Valse

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    3. III. Polonaise

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    4. I. Le savant (The Scholar)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    5. II. La coquette

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    6. III. Polichinelle

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    7. IV. Le reveur (The Dreamer)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    8. V. La danseuse (The Dancer)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    9. I. Theme

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    10. II. Variation 1: Dialogue

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    11. III. Variation 2: Valse

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    12. IV. Variation 3: Marche triomphale

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    13. V. Variation 4: Menuet (XVIIIeme siecle)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    14. VI. Variation 5: Gavotte

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    15. VII. Variation 6: Scherzo

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    16. VIII. Variation 7: Marche funebre

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    17. IX. Variation 8: Nocturne

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    18. X. Variation 9: Polonaise

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    20. II. Romance

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    21. III. Le reve (The Dream)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    22. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    23. I. Praeludium

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    24. II. Aria

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    25. III. Scherzino

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    26. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    27. V. Elegia

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    28. VI. Romance

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    29. VII. Intermezzo

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

    30. VIII. Alla polacca

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov


Claudio Abbado has termed Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov "the piano duo of the young generation" and the two have indeed come to be regarded as one of today’s most sought-after piano duos worldwide. On their latest CD, dedicated to their beloved teacher Vladimir Krainev, who died in 2011, they interpret suites by Anton Arensky. Arensky enjoyed enormous renown as a composer during his short lifetime and his chamber, instrumental, and vocal legacy, including above all the five suites for two pianos heard here, impressively attests to his artistic stature. From his audiences, whose members included the geniuses Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy, he earned great praise for these suites, both in the orchestral version and in the original version for two pianos. Arensky grew up in a music loving well-to-do family and studied counterpoint and fugue as well as composition under Rimsky-Korsakov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He then became a composition teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, where he was appointed to professorship in 1889. He trained many students who later became famous composers (including Rachmaninov and Scriabin). This refreshingly modern interpretation of the suites presents them in all their fascinating sophistication and transparency and reveals the spirited emotionality, sincerity, and bold virtuosity of the effective and dazzling piano parts in their best light. - CPO, (Translated from German.)