DUX
Tansman: Grande Ville - Works for Piano Duo / Baayon Duo
$10.99
Details
- Composer
- Alexander Tansman
- Artist
- Dorota Motyczynska, Pawel Motyczynski
- Format
- CD
- Label
- DUX
- Released
- Apr 29, 2022
- Catalog #
- DUX1842
- UPC
- 5902547018423
About
An agnostic Jew, a descendant of rabbis, brought up in a lay environment. A Jewish composer in Poland, a Polish composer in France, in America- a refugee mingling with the elite. Among his concert tours, he visited Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ceylon, Bali, Greece, Egypt, and Israel. Greeted by Gandhi during his stay in Bombay; in Japan he was a guest of Emperor Hirohito. Grande Ville- a great city- became this composer’s destiny. Tansman, an eternal wanderer, he would arrive in each new great city with a head full of music and leave with a suitcase full of manuscripts. His biography is as colorful and outstanding as his work. He was an extremely prolific composer. The list of his works is a book of over 100 pages, one fifth of which is chamber music. In 1937, Tansman married the outstanding pianist Colette Cras. Most of the composer’s pieces for two pianos and four hands were written with the intention of performing them in a duet with his wife. Tansman’s works, intended to be performed by the couple, are extremely diverse- displaying neoclassical lightness or the darkness of war experiences, including inspirations from the works of other composers, and entertainment music. Identified with the contemporary avant-garde, dubbed the first Polish neoclassical by his critics, he himself avoided labeling his own art. Faithful to tradition and open to modernity, he defied all categorizations.
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 Danse de la sorcière (arr. for 2 pianos) 04:30
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Danse de la sorcière (arr. for 2 pianos)
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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2 I. La Rue 03:12
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. La Rue
- Duration
- 03:12
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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3 II. Cité Ouvrière 03:09
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Cité Ouvrière
- Duration
- 03:09
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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4 III. Dancing 04:06
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Dancing
- Duration
- 04:06
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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5 I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con moto 05:47
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con moto
- Duration
- 05:47
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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6 II. Adagio 03:53
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 03:53
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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7 III. Molto vivace 01:37
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Molto vivace
- Duration
- 01:37
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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8 IV. Moderato - Allegro deciso 06:57
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Moderato - Allegro deciso
- Duration
- 06:57
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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9 I. Arioso 02:42
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Arioso
- Duration
- 02:42
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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10 II. Scherzino 02:33
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Scherzino
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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11 III. Notturno 02:35
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Notturno
- Duration
- 02:35
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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12 IV. Fuga 02:44
- Track
- 12
- Title
- IV. Fuga
- Duration
- 02:44
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo
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13 Fantaisie sur des valses de Johann Strauss 08:20
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Fantaisie sur des valses de Johann Strauss
- Duration
- 08:20
- Composer
- Alexandre Tansman
- Ensemble
- Baayon Duo