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Early 19th-century Piano Music for Four Hands on the Traugott Berndt Piano (1845–1847) / Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obonska Piano Duo
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Early 19th-century Piano Music for Four Hands on the Traugott Berndt Piano (1845–1847) / Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obonska Piano Duo

$21.99

Details

Composer
Dussek, Oginski, Ries
Artist
Marek Toporowski & Irmina Obonska Piano Duo
Format
CD
Label
DUX
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
DUX1749
UPC
5902547017495

About

Starting in the second half of the 18th century, keyboard (especially piano) music was a peculiar area of artistic work developed mainly for the purpose of music-making in bourgeois homes. An important part of this repertoire is comprised of transcriptions intended originally for larger ensembles; thus, the texture of works for four hands is closer to that of compositions for orchestra than for piano. The fact that the works were performed in a home environment or in a situation of master-student contact also assumes a certain intimacy manifest in the frequent crossing of the left hand of the performer playing the primo part and the right hand of the performer playing the secondo part. The aforementioned two elements are quite visible in the first masterpieces of the genre: the sonatas written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for himself and his sister Nannerl. De facto, the later 19th-cen-tury literature for four hands follows in considerable measure the trail blazed by Mozart. Of course, in many works, there is also no lack of virtuosic elements. The expansion of the piano keyboard range was also conducive to systematic and complete exploration of the freshly-gained areas of the instrument’s range. The broad four-hands texture represents a superb field for this type of procedures, as is quite visible, for example, in one of Ferdinand Ries’ polonaises. The present album presents a stylistically diverse selection of works composed in the first half of the 19th century, selected to display as fully as possible the capabilities of the piano built between 1845 and 1847 by the Traugott Berndt company, an instrument whose sound characteristics are eminently appropriate to the works being performed, despite its being of later date relative to these works.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Polonaise No. 1, Op. 41: Allegretto 06:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    Polonaise No. 1, Op. 41: Allegretto
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  2. 2 Polonaise No. 2, Op. 93: Introduzione: Larghetto con moto – Polonaise: Allegretto moderato 07:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    Polonaise No. 2, Op. 93: Introduzione: Larghetto con moto – Polonaise: Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  3. 3 Polonaise No. 3, Op. 138: Grave – Polonaise: Moderato 09:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    Polonaise No. 3, Op. 138: Grave – Polonaise: Moderato
    Duration
    09:26
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  4. 4 Polonaise No. 4, Op. 140: Introduction: Larghetto – Polonoise: Allegretto moderato 11:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    Polonaise No. 4, Op. 140: Introduction: Larghetto – Polonoise: Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    11:49
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  5. 5 No. 11 in D Minor: Molto Andante – Trio 05:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 11 in D Minor: Molto Andante – Trio
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Michał Kleofas Ogiński
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  6. 6 No. 6 in C Minor: Andante – Trio 05:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in C Minor: Andante – Trio
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Michał Kleofas Ogiński
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  7. 7 No. 8 in F Minor: Andante molto – Trio 04:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 8 in F Minor: Andante molto – Trio
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Michał Kleofas Ogiński
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  8. 8 No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Moderato – Trio 02:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Moderato – Trio
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Michał Kleofas Ogiński
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  9. 9 I. Allegro 08:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:49
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  10. 10 II. Larghetto affettuoso e non troppo lento 05:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Larghetto affettuoso e non troppo lento
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo
  11. 11 III. Intermezzo: Allegretto moderato ma energico - Rondo: Allegro moderato 06:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Allegretto moderato ma energico - Rondo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Ensemble
    Marek Toporowski and IrmIna Obońska Piano Duo