Paris Joyeux & Triste: Piano Duets by Satie & Stravinsky

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Alexei Lubimov does not do run of the mill. Whatever the repertoire, he always manages to provide a fresh perspective founded not on gimmicks, but thoughtful integrity allied to insightful playing... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: ALPHA230
Label: Alpha
Length: 77 minutes

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Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra 'Dumbarton Oaks'

Work length14:27

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Slava Poprugin, Alexei Lubimov
Recorded: 16-18 June 2015
Recording Venue: Doppsgezind Lerk, Haarlem

I. Tempo giusto (Transcription for Two Pianos)

Track length4:43

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II. Allegretto (Transcription for Two Pianos)

Track length4:14

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III. Con moto (Transcription for Two Pianos)

Track length5:30

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Satie: Socrate

Work length28:20

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Slava Poprugin, Alexei Lubimov
Recorded: 16-18 June 2015
Recording Venue: Doppsgezind Kerk, Haarlem

I. Portrait de Socrate (Transcription for Two Pianos by John Cage)

Track length5:38

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II. Bords de l'Ilissus (Transcription for Two Pianos by John Cage)

Track length7:03

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III. Mort de Socrate (Transcription for Two Pianos by John Cage)

Track length15:39

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Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos

Work length21:03

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Slava Poprugin, Alexei Lubimov
Recorded: 16-18 June 2015
Recording Venue: Doppsgezind Kerk, Haarlem

I. Con moto

Track length6:23

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II. Notturno (Adagietto)

Track length5:10

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III. Quattro variazioni

Track length4:31

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IV. Preludio e fuga

Track length4:59

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Satie: Cinema: Entr'acte symphonique From the Ballet "Relâche" (Transcription for Piano Four Hands by Darius Milhaud) [Piano Prepared by Alexei Lubimov]

Work length13:33

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Slava Poprugin, Alexei Lubimov
Recorded: 16-18 June 2015
Recording Venue: Doppsgezind Kerk, Haarlem

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In Paris joyeux & triste, Alexei Lubimov and Viacheslav Poprugin alternate pieces by Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie, two composers who became friends in the early years of the twentieth century despite their very different musical personalities. Stravinsky made his own two-piano arrangement of the ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Concerto, while Satie’s Socrate and Cinéma are heard here in arrangements by John Cage and Darius Milhaud respectively. Pieces for two pianos, for piano four hands and for prepared piano combine on this disc which mingles music and theatre – for it is the theatrical element that unites the two composers. As Diaghilev said to Cocteau: ‘Astonish me!’ With this programme, these instruments and his extremely diverse musical experiences, Lubimov continues to make that his credo today.

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May 2016

Alexei Lubimov does not do run of the mill. Whatever the repertoire, he always manages to provide a fresh perspective founded not on gimmicks, but thoughtful integrity allied to insightful playing [and] this new exploration of Satie and Stravinsky is no exception

CD Review 20/02/2016

Terrific fun throughout

March 2016

Lubimov and Poprugin deliver a top-notch version of Stravinsky's Concerto for two pianos…but the best comes last. Darius Milhaud's four-hand transcription of Satie's 'Cinema' from Relache (1924) is sexed up by being played on a prepared piano and the chugging, Keystone Kops chase atmosphere duly invoked matches the source material unerringly. Motoric rhythms bulldoze and collide, with quickfire repeated notes ricocheting like a rapper's cadence

January 2016

Lubimov and Poprugin colour this rather remorselessly energised music very artfully, but it is the two works by Satie that really shine. John Cage’s austere transcription of Socrate is beautifully sculpted, its final moments ebbing away touchingly, and Cinéma [is played]…with tremendous wit and energy.

Classical Music August 2016

Every piece delights both mind and ear, while fine recorded sound completes an unmissable package.

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