Prokofiev for Two: All works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan.

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Argerich and Babayan excel at the hard-hitting stuff, which also includes the opening and closing of Babayan’s idiosyncratic Romo and Juliet sequence. The percussive chords at the beginning make... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Mar 2018
Catalogue No: 4799854
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 60 minutes

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March 2018
Opus Klassik Awards

2018

Winner - Chamber Music Recording (20th/21st-Century Music)
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Finalist 2018
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May 2018

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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts

Work length35:22

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

1. Prologue (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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2. Dance Of The Knights (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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3. Morning Dance (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length1:40

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4. Quarrel (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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5. Gavotte (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length3:38

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6. Juliet As A Young Girl - The Nurse Delivers Juliet's Letter To Romeo (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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7. Folk Dance (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length3:57

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8. Dance With Mandolines (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length2:12

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9. Morning Serenade (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length2:18

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10. Dance Of Five Couples (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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11. Romeo And Juliet Before Departure (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length8:06

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12. Death Of Tybalt (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length4:13

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: Hamlet, incidental music, Op. 77

Work length5:36

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

The Ghost Of Hamlet's Father (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length5:36

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: Eugene Onegin, incidental music, Op. 71

Work length2:58

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

Mazurka (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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Polka (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: The Queen of Spades, Op. 70

Work length2:21

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

Polonaise (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: Pushkin Waltzes (2), Op. 120

Work length2:57

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

Pushkin Waltz In C Sharp Minor (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length2:57

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91

Work length4:54

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

Natasha's And Andrei's Valse (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

Track length4:54

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Excerpt, Prokofiev: The Queen of Spades, Op. 70

Work length5:54

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Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-08
Recording Venue: Schloss, Elmau

Idée fixe (Transcription For 2 Pianos By Sergei Babayan)

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Pianists Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan present two stunning selections from Prokofiev’s music for stage and screen in magnificent two-piano transcriptions by Babayan.

The album features Babayan’s twelve-movement transcription of numbers from the ballet Romeo and Juliet and his seven-movement suite transcribed from the Russian composer’s incidental music for Hamlet and Eugene Onegin, film score for The Queen of Spades and opera War and Peace.

These new Prokofiev transcriptions are both dedicated to Martha Argerich. “This project happened because of my love for Prokofiev, my love for Martha and my love for the ballet Romeo and Juliet,” reflects Babayan.

The sense of mutual inspiration felt by these kindred spirits, palpable in their live performances together, is now captured for posterity in these recordings.

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July 2018

Argerich and Babayan excel at the hard-hitting stuff, which also includes the opening and closing of Babayan’s idiosyncratic Romo and Juliet sequence. The percussive chords at the beginning make a creative virtue out of mere thuds in the original.

June 2018

Virtually all come off so well in Sergei Babayan’s two-piano arrangements that it is hard to imagine the composer being anything but delighted. This is as much to do with the dash and verve of the performances – vividly recorded – as with the transcriptions themselves…The dazzle factor in this pianistic display is its own justification.

March 2018

The same spirit of after-hours camaraderie which pervades Argerich’s Lugano Festival recordings is part of what make this Prokofiev double-act such a joy, though credit also due to Babayan’s characterful arrangements (with playing this imaginative you barely miss the orchestral colours); the lesser-known works were welcome discoveries for me, particularly the lugubrious evocation of Hamlet’s father and the equally chilling idée fixe from Queen of Spades.

Prokofiev for Two

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