Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites For Piano Duo / Kodama, Kodama

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
November 18, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY, PYTOR ILYICH
    • PERFORMER
      Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2016
    • UPC
      827949057960
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186579
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Introduction - La Fée des Lilas

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    2. II. Adagio - Pas d'action

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    3. III. Pas de caractère - Le chat botté

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    4. IV. Panorama

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    5. V. Valse

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    6. I. Ouverture

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    7. II. Danses caractéristiques: Marche

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    8. II. Danses caractéristiques: Danse de la Fée-Dragée

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    9. II. Danses caractéristiques: Le Café

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    10. II. Danses caractéristiques: Le Thé

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    11. II. Danses caractéristiques: Danse russe, "Trepak"

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    12. II. Danses caractéristiques: Danse des mirlitons

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    13. III. Valse des Fleurs (Flower Waltz)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    14. III. Pas de deux

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    15. I. Scène

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    16. III. Danses des cygnes

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    17. IV. Scène

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    18. Act III: Danse russe (Russian Dance)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    19. Act III: Danse espagnole (Spanish Dance)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama

    20. Act III: Danse napolitaine (Neapolitan Dance)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama


Dazzling keyboard artistry from the Kodama sisters in rare arrangements of Tchaikovsky's evergreen ballets. Together for the first time in the recording studio, the sisters Mari and Momo Kodama are on scintillating form in these lively arrangements of music from Tchaikovsky's ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker. In another first, the release contains the first ever recording of Arensky's transcription of the timeless Nutrcracker together with notable arrangements by Debussy and Rachmaninov. "Tchaikovsky was really the first composer to combine a broad sweep of ballet music with a great story," the Kodama sisters write in their introduction to the release, "before that, it more resembled a compilation of pieces...in all three works there is folkloric and popular music. He has the great skill to make scuh vivid colors and textures on a large canvas...This makes his orchestral works very special." The sisters Mari and Momo Kodama both pursue busy international careers. Momo specializes in French and Japanese composers and 20th century and contemporary composers - she has been widely praised for her "attractive, lyrical tone" and "technical brilliance". Mari has established an international reputation for profound musicality and articulate virtuosity - she has recorded extensively for Pentatone, including an acclaimed cycle of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas