Stravinsky: Music For Two Pianos / Frith, Hill

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 26, 1996
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STRAVINSKY
    • PERFORMER
      Peter, Benjamin, Hill, Frith
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 26, 1996
    • UPC
      730099438629
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8553386
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Moderato

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    2. Theme with Variations

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    3. Variation 1

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    4. Variation 2

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    5. Variation 3

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    6. Variation 4

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    7. Allegretto

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    8. Con moto

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    9. Notturno

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    10. Quattro variazioni: Variation 1

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    11. Variation 2

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    12. Variation 3

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    13. Variation 4

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    14. Preludio e Fuga

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    15. Part I THE ADORATION OF THE EARTH: Introduction

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    16. Part I: Auguries of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    17. Part I: Ritual of Abduction

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    18. Part I: Spring Rounds

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    19. Part I: Games of the Rival Tribes

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    20. Part I: Procession of the Wise Elder

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    21. Part I: The Sage

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    22. Part I: Dance of the Earth

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    23. Part II THE SACRIFICE: Introduction

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    24. Part II: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    25. Part II: Glorification of the Chosen One

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    26. Part II: Evocation of the Ancestors

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    27. Part II: Ritual Action of the Ancestors

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill

    28. Part II: Sacrificial Dance

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Benjamin Frith, Peter Hill


Stravinsky composed his music at the keyboard, often struggling to play his own complex rhythms. It is not surprising therefore that many of his symphonic works also exist in his own piano versions, such as the four hand transcription of his ballet, The Rite of Spring. It is a pianistic tour de force, the players often having to interweave fingers, hands and arms to meet the composers tremendous demands of virtuosity. The work has for many years formed part of the standard repertoire of Benjamin Frith and Peter Hill. They have played it throughout England to astonished audiences, and have broadcast this (and the other two works on this disc) on BBC Radio 3. The performance is staggeringly brilliant, superbly recorded in St Silas Church, London on a wonderful Bosendorfer Imperial Grand. The duo are now recording exclusively for Naxos, Peter Hill will be recording the complete music by Stravinsky for two hands at sessions this summer.