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Schubert is unusual and indeed unique among composers in that some of his greatest works are written for piano duet. He wrote as much music for duet as for solo piano, and reaches emotional depths which take this repertoire far away from its domestic origins. The most celebrated of these pieces, the Fantasie in F minor, with its austere yet heartbreaking opening melody and dramatic double fugue, is one of the great piano achievements of the early 19th century. The rest of the works on this disc are much less well-known but equally fascinating. Who better to commit these works to disc than two of the brighest stars in the British piano scene, Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne? As well as their individual achievements, they also have a long-standing friendship and performing relationship which you will hear reflected in their magisterial performances on this marvellous disc. “Osborne and Lewis predictably reserve their finest, most perceptive playing for the Fantasie, giving its infinitely regretful main theme a different shading on each of its appearances and colouring the work's harmonic shifts and modulations impeccably. None of their performances could be described as routine, though, even when the music is less than top drawer” The Guardian, 4th November 2010 **** “The quality that shines through in these performances is the way in which Schubert so intuitively judged the special medium of the piano duet...Osborne and Lewis have full measure of its inventive scope on a disc of outstanding, enlivening musicianship.” The Telegraph, 29th October 2010 ***** “This brilliantly planned programme is executed with poetry, drama and verve by two complementary pianists who clearly think as one in this sublime chamber music.” Sunday Times, 7th November 2010 **** “Though Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne may not immediately appear stylistically empathetic artists, let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. In this repertoire they are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another, playing with a delicious fluency and obvious affection...this is a Schubert disc to return to and live with.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 “The Lewis-Osborne duo establishes a slyly (or should that be shyly?) wistful mood in the Andante varie in B minor, revels in the bravura writing of the Variations in A flat...and transforms the severity of the Fugue in E minor into something ennobling. Such playing suggests that they have found the key to conveying Schubert's magical world of shadows and sunlight.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 **** “Two of Britain's finest younger pianists work wonders with the marvels of Schubert's inner landscape...Here are two friends loving every moment of their joint effort. Schubert might have cheered.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 ***** “From the opening thunderclap of 'Lebensstürme' it is clear that great things are in store...No-one with a taste for superlative, passionately committed music-making, ensemble of the highest calibre or some of Schubert's most beautiful music can afford to miss this one.” International Record Review, December 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Lupu and Barenboim are a dream team in Schubert's masterpieces for piano duet. The intimate form turns truly symphonic in the Grand Duo.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“So reliable are Harmonia Mundi's talent spotters that reviewing their latest signings is becoming almost boring. I say "almost" because listening to Schubert is no chore, especially when played with the pristine delicacy of piano duo Alexandre Tharaud and Zhu Xiao-Mei......Beautifully unegocentric playing.” The Independent on Sunday | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Bracha Eden & Alexander Tamir (piano duo) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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No one wrote better for four hands at one piano than Schubert – not even Mozart. This recording contains a work with little or no competition - Variations in A flat major. Widely regarded as one of Britain’s leading piano duos, Piano 4 Hands are regular performers at London’s Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre and Fairfield Halls. “A great new recording of some of Schubert's most inspired piano duets.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2009 “This disc is a feast. Mozart and Brahms wrote good four-hand music, but with Schubert it becomes virtually a new medium, of fabulous richness of texture — social music for the domestic market yet rising to transcendent heights.” Sunday Times, 2nd August 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Allan Schiller & John Humphreys (piano duo) Many of Schubert’s piano duets were written for his pupils, the daughters of Count Esterhazy, during summer months at the Count’s country estate. These include the ‘Grand Duo’, an ambitious, large-scale and challenging work of symphonic dimensions, the more light-hearted Four Landler and the remarkable Variations sur un theme original, which are considered by many to be Schubert’s greatest set of variations. “…this well filled disc is a useful collection, played with not a little affection and scrupulous attention to detail.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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