Stefan Wolpe, Vol. 8: Music for 2 Pianos / Quattro Mani

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
April 5, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WOLPE, STEFAN
    • PERFORMER
      Quattro Mani
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 05, 2019
    • UPC
      090404951626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9516
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. March and Variations

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    2. Part I: Overture

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    3. Part I: Seftdom Lamentation

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    4. Part I: Mother Conceives Child

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    5. Part I: Pharoh's Daughter Bathes in the Nile, finds the Baby

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    6. Part I: Procession

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    7. Part I: Pet of the Court - Political Intrigue

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    8. Part I: Moses Among the Workers

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    9. Part I: Moses Buries the Taskmaster in the Sand

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    10. Part II: Conversation with God

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    11. Part II: Moses meets Aaron - Command of Moses for the Waters

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    12. Part II: March Through the Red Sea

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    13. Part II: Restlessness

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    14. Part II: Aaron's Desperation

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    15. Part II: Joshua's Pleading

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    16. Part II: Bacchanal

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    17. Part II: Return of Moses - Breaking of Tablets - Moses Falls into the Arms of Joshua

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    18. Part II: Moses Walks Among the People - Commands Some to be Killed

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    19. Part II: Gathering of People

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    20. No. 3. Presto furioso

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    21. No. 4. Passacaglia

      Composer: Stefan Wolpe

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani


Stefan Wolpe’s escape from Nazi Germany was fraught with uncertainty and danger. During the months following Hitler’s rise to power Wolpe went into hiding, while completing one of his most compelling works- the March and Variations (1932-33), a work of Beethovenian power, scored for two pianos. The piece was largely been forgotten until Quattro Mani’s revival of it, and their sensational premiere recording on Bridge's Music of Stefan Wolpe, Vol. 8. Wolpe’s ballet score, The Man from Midian (1942) a work based on the Old Testament, is centered around the story of Moses, and is the other major work on this release. The virtuoso piano duo team, Quattro Mani (Susan Grace & Steven Beck), has worked with many of today’s leading composers, and is devoted to the expansion of the repertoire for duo piano. QM’s new Wolpe release is the duo’s 14th album for Bridge Records.