Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini & The Nutcracker Suite (arr. for 2 pianos)

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Release Date: 29th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: LVC1177
Label: Saphir Productions
Length: 56 minutes

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini: Fantaisie symphonique d'après Dante op. 32 (Transcription A. Ancelle)

Work length21:55

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Ludmila Berlinskaïa, Arthur Ancelle

Tchaikovsky: Casse-Noisette

Work length22:25

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Ludmila Berlinskaïa, Arthur Ancelle

Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Ouverture" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length3:14

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Marche" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length2:23

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Danse de la fée dragée" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length2:20

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Danse Russe: Trepak" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length1:16

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Danse Arabe" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length3:13

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Danse Chinoise" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length0:59

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Danse des mirlitons" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length2:35

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Suite Op. 71a pour deux pianos, "Valse des fleurs" (Transcription N. Economou)

Track length6:25

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Tchaikovsky: Paraphrase de concert sur l'opéra Eugène Onéguine Op. 81 (Transcription A. Jaroszewski)

Work length11:40

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Ludmila Berlinskaïa, Arthur Ancelle

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Ludmila Berlinskaia’s journey has been an extraordinary one. Raised in Moscow’s cultural high society, her father was the violoncellist Valentin Berlinsky, founder of the Borodin Quartet. She became well-known with a starring film role at the age of thirteen, but it was to music that she chose to devote herself, studying with great distinction at the Gnessine Institute, then at the Moscow Conservatory.

« People wonder why pianists, possessing as they do an instrument with by far the greatest repertoire, should seem so unable to content themselves with it and continue, through transcriptions, to borrow from the repertoires of others.

As far as I am concerned, if there is a piece of work that I especially appreciate and would like to play, but can only do so through a transcription for piano, and if I think that playing this piece on the piano will bring something special to it, then I will write the transcription without hesitation.

The transcription must be faithful to the original, but I always favour keeping the essential spirit of the piece: whilst respecting the general tone, I prefer to lighten the writing to preserve the pace, rather than try to over-embellish and risk becoming stuck. It is particularly important to respect the composer’s intentions, be it the nuances, the balance, the rhythm etc., and the piano should also bring its percussive, dynamic side into play, allowing the musical intentions, sometimes somewhat hidden in certain pieces, to be fully expressed. This may be the case in “Francesca da Rimini”, a piece that has rarely been attempted by orchestras, where two pianos can highlight the incredible dynamics of the whirlwinds of Hell and the intersecting melodic lines of the heroine’s themes. »

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini & The Nutcracker Suite (arr. for 2 pianos)

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