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Dvorak, Grieg & Brahms: Music for Piano Four Hands / Chevallier, Immerseel
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Dvorak, Grieg & Brahms: Music for Piano Four Hands / Chevallier, Immerseel

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Composer
BRAHMS DVORAK GRIEG
Artist
Chevallier, Immerseel
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
ALPHA282
UPC
3760014192821

About

The repertory for piano four hands is very large and was very popular, especially in the period between 1780 and 1950, with both professional pianists and amateur players in the home. Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier chose for this recording a selection of ‘dances’ by three masters of the genre, who show a certain affinity with one another and composed the works in question within a short period of time (1878-81). Brahms wrote twenty-one dances, from which the artists have chosen the less well-known books, nos. 11 to 21. He wrote these works while living in Vienna where he got to know Hungarian folk music through the street musicians, which inspired these works. Grieg loved his country, its atmosphere and culture, and this drove his composition. He wrote: “To turn Norwegian nature, Norwegian folk life and Norwegian poetry into music. This goal appeals to me, and I feel strongly that through it I will achieve something.” Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances for piano four hands are largely inspired by the aforementioned dances by Brahms. The three composers were also pianists and knew the keyboard instruments of their time. The benchmark for them was the German style of piano construction. They knew all the possibilities but also the limitations of their instruments. For this recording, the duo chose a Bechstein grand piano of 1870, believing that a masterly restoration of a masterly instrument of the composers’ time offers a better chance of listening to the music as the composers conceived and heard it.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 No. 11 in D Minor 03:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 11 in D Minor
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  2. 2 No. 12 in D Minor 02:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 12 in D Minor
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  3. 3 No. 13 in D Major 01:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 13 in D Major
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  4. 4 No. 14 in D Minor 01:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 14 in D Minor
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  5. 5 No. 15 in B-Flat Major 02:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 15 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  6. 6 No. 16 in F Minor 02:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 16 in F Minor
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  7. 7 No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  8. 8 No. 18 in D Major 01:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 18 in D Major
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  9. 9 No. 19 in B Minor 02:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 19 in B Minor
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  10. 10 No. 20 in E Minor 02:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 20 in E Minor
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  11. 11 No. 21 in E Minor 01:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 21 in E Minor
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  12. 12 No. 1. Allegro marcato 05:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. Allegro marcato
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  13. 13 No. 2. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso 02:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  14. 14 No. 3. Allegro moderato alla marcia 02:02
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro moderato alla marcia
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  15. 15 No. 1 in C Major 04:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  16. 16 No. 2 in E Minor 05:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2 in E Minor
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  17. 17 No. 6 in A-Flat Major 03:50
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 6 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  18. 18 No. 4 in F Major 06:14
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4 in F Major
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  19. 19 No. 5 in A Major 03:40
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5 in A Major
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  20. 20 No. 3 in D Major 04:47
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 3 in D Major
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  21. 21 No. 7 in C Minor 03:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 7 in C Minor
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel
  22. 22 No. 8 in G Minor 03:47
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 8 in G Minor
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Claire Chevallier, Jos van Immerseel