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Famous Works for Piano Duo / Piano Duo van Veen
Brilliant Classics

Famous Works for Piano Duo / Piano Duo van Veen

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Composer
Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens, Franz
Artist
Jeroen Van Veen, Maarten Van Veen
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Apr 22, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96433
UPC
5028421964331

About

The pianist, composer, producer and renaissance musician Jeroen van Veen has played many concerts with both his wife Sandra and his brother Maarten, and has recorded with both of them for Brilliant Classics. The present compilation brings together a unique sequence of masterpieces for the genre in live and studio performances, made between 1992 and 2008, and given by the brothers as Piano Duo Van Veen.

This pocket history of the piano duo opens – as it must – with the F minor Fantasy of Schubert. All elements of Schubert's art can be found in the Fantasy: his gift for a sublime, gently unfolding melody; melancholy harmonic turns from major to minor; high drama within a spacious symphonic design; intricate counterpoint in the finale. Less well known but no less accomplished in its way is the set of Beethoven variations by Camille Saint-Saëns, a polished transformation of a minuet theme. This 1992 studio recording concludes with a pair of 20th-century pieces which capitalize on the energy and momentum of the piano duo genre as a whole: La valse of Ravel and the Paganini Variations of Lutoslawski, which never fail to raise the pulse and receive here barnstorming performances. The adrenaline level increases further with a sequence of live performances on album 2, opening with Rachmaninov’s gorgeous Russian Rhapsody and continuing with The Rite of Spring in the version which Stravinsky first performed with his friends in Paris prior to the ballet’s notorious public premiere in 1911. In his Monologue of 1964, Zimmermann developed the thread of his Dialogue for two pianos and orchestra with a collage technique which quotes from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven in which the two pianists muse almost to themselves at times. Rounding off this collection in epic style is the apotheosis of Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen.

REVIEW:

This is a spectacular piano duo release. Of the 2 discs one was recorded in the studio (one piano) and the other in concert (two pianos). The repertoire here is mostly “famous works”, but the Zimmermann falls outside of the title’s range. There are a lot of brilliant, virtuosic pieces here, and the Ravel and Stravinsky are best known in their orchestral guises. Among people who listen to a lot of 4-hand repertoire, everything here, except perhaps the Zimmermann, will be in our libraries. This is a release I’ll keep on my active listening stack for quite some time.

-- American Record Guide (James Harrington)

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 Allegro molto moderato - 04:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Allegro molto moderato -
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  2. 2 Largo - 02:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Largo -
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  3. 3 Allegro vivace - 05:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    Allegro vivace -
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  4. 4 Tempo I 05:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tempo I
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  5. 5 I. Moderato assai 00:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Moderato assai
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  6. 6 II. Tempo di minuetto 01:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  7. 7 III. Allegro 01:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  8. 8 IV. Poco più mosso 01:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Poco più mosso
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  9. 9 V. Tempo del tema 00:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Tempo del tema
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  10. 10 VI. Molto allegro 01:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    VI. Molto allegro
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  11. 11 VII. Moderato assai 01:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    VII. Moderato assai
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  12. 12 VIII. Presto leggerissimo 01:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    VIII. Presto leggerissimo
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  13. 13 IX. Alla marcia funebre 01:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    IX. Alla marcia funebre
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  14. 14 X. Tempo del tema 00:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    X. Tempo del tema
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  15. 15 XI. Adagio 01:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    XI. Adagio
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  16. 16 XII. Allegro 02:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    XII. Allegro
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  17. 17 XIII. Presto 03:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    XIII. Presto
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  18. 18 La valse (version for 2 pianos) 12:04
    Track
    18
    Title
    La valse (version for 2 pianos)
    Duration
    12:04
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  19. 19 Variations on a Theme by Paganini 05:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variations on a Theme by Paganini
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  20. 20 Russian Rhapsody 09:59
    Track
    20
    Title
    Russian Rhapsody
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  21. 21 Part I: Adoration of the Earth (Day) 15:40
    Track
    21
    Title
    Part I: Adoration of the Earth (Day)
    Duration
    15:40
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  22. 22 Part II: The Sacrifice (Night) 19:31
    Track
    22
    Title
    Part II: The Sacrifice (Night)
    Duration
    19:31
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  23. 23 No. 1. Quasi irreale 02:21
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 1. Quasi irreale
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  24. 24 No. 2. quarter note = 85 03:26
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 2. quarter note = 85
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  25. 25 No. 3. quarter note = 80 03:40
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 3. quarter note = 80
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  26. 26 No. 4. quarter note = 120 - quarter note = 80 02:28
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 4. quarter note = 120 - quarter note = 80
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  27. 27 No. 5. sixteenth note = 85 07:42
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 5. sixteenth note = 85
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen
  28. 28 Visions de l'Amen: VII. Amen de la Consommation 08:21
    Track
    28
    Title
    Visions de l'Amen: VII. Amen de la Consommation
    Duration
    08:21
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Piano Duo Van Veen