Russian Ballet Transcriptions
) | Label: P21 Catalog: P21 056 Format: CD KATSARIS HIROSECyprien Katsaris invites the great Japanese pianis tEtsuko Hirse to shed new light on excerpts from the most famous Russian ballets arranged here for four hands and two pianos. The masterpieces recorded here resonate with everyone (or almost everyone): The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, gayaneh by Khachaturian, borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor and, as a world premiere, Stravinsky's Firebird, played here with brio and passion by the two pianists. These pearls of the Russian musical canon came inevitably to be arranged in various forms for the piano, allowing pianists, amateur an dprofessional alike, to enjoy them to the fullest.  Price: $25.98 |