| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000800 002100 002700 001600 000507 002700 002400 001108 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Digital classics
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Digital classics.
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| Note |
Philips: 446 557-2 (446 558-2--446 559-2). |
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Title from container. |
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The 8th work originally for orchestra. |
| Performer |
Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich (1st, 4th and 6th works), Nelson Freire (2nd-3rd, 5th, 7th-8th works), piano(s); assisting instrumentalists (in the 3rd, 6th-7th works); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor (3rd work). |
| Event |
Recorded May 1977 in the United Kingdom (1st, 4th and 6th works); Aug. 1982 in Switzerland (2nd, 5th and 8th works); Apr. 1985 in Germany (7th work); and Aug. 1985 in the Netherlands (3rd work). |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by John C.G. Waterhouse (7 p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Andante with 5 variations, K. 501 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (8:00) -- Suite no. 2, op. 17 for two pianos / Serge Rachmaninoff (21:00) -- Concerto for 2 pianos, percussion and orchestra / Béla Bartók (Jan Labordus, Jan Pustjens, percussion) (27:00) -- En blanc et noir / Claude Debussy (16:00) -- Variations on a theme by Paganini : for 2 pianos / Witold Lutosławski (5:07) -- Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion / Béla Bartók (Willy Goudswaard, Michael de Roo, percussion) (27:00) -- Le carnaval des animaux : grande fantaisie zoologique. Introduction et marche royale du lion ; Poules et coqs ; Hémiones : (animaux véloces) ; Tortues ; L'éléphant ; Kangouruos ; Aquarium ; Personnages à longues oreilles ; Le coucou au fond des bois ; Volières [i.e. Volière] ; Pianistes ; Fossiles ; Le cygne ; Final / Camille Saint-Saëns (Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen, violins; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Mischa Maisky, violoncello; Georg Hörtnagel, double bass; Irena Grafenauer, flute; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Markus Steckeler, xylophone; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel) (24:00) -- La valse : transcription for 2 pianos / Maurice Ravel (11:08). |
| Subject |
Variations (Piano, 4 hands)
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Variations (Piano, 4 hands) |
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Concertos (Pianos (2), percussion)
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Concertos (Pianos (2), percussion) |
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Piano music (Pianos (2))
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Piano music (Pianos (2)) |
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Variations (Pianos (2))
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Variations (Pianos (2)) |
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Quartets (Pianos (2), percussion)
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Quartets (Pianos (2), percussion) |
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Suites (Pianos (2))
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Suites (Pianos (2)) |
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Suites (Pianos (2) with instrumental ensemble)
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Suites (Pianos (2) with instrumental ensemble) |
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Animals -- Songs and music.
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Animals -- Songs and music. |
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Piano music (Pianos (2)), Arranged.
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Piano music (Pianos (2)), Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Music.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Kovacevich, Stephen, 1940- performer.
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Freire, Nelson, performer.
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Zinman, David, conductor.
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Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840.
Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 24.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Variations, piano, 4 hands, K. 501, G major.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
Suites, pianos (2), no. 2, op. 17.
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
Concertos, pianos (2), percussion, orchestra.
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Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
En blanc et noir.
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Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994.
Wariacje na temat Paganiniego.
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
Sonatas, pianos (2), percussion.
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Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Carnaval des animaux.
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Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
Valse; arranged.
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Concertgebouworkest, performer.
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| Added Title |
Variations on a theme by Paganini.
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Grande fantaisie zoologique.
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| Music No. |
446 557-2 Philips |
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446 558-2 Philips |
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446 559-2 Philips |
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