HYPERION / 2018
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & other works for two pianos four hands
With Marc-André Hamelin, piano
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Track Listing
1. Part 1 No 1. The Kiss of the Earth: Introduction
2. Part 1 No 2. Augurs of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls)
3. Part 1 No 3. Game of Abduction
4. Part 1 No 4. Spring Rounds
5. Part 1 No 5. Game of the Two Rival Tribes
6. Part 1 No 6. Procession of the Oldest and Wisest One
7. Part 1 No 7. The Kiss of the Earth
8. Part 1 No 8. Dancing Out of the Earth
9. Part 2 No 1. The Great Sacrifice: Introduction
10. Part 2 No 2. Mystic Circle of the Young Girls
11. Part 2 No 3. Glorification of the Chosen One
12. Part 2 No 4. Evocation of the Ancestors
13. Part 2 No 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors
14. Part 2 No 6. Sacrificial Dance
Stravinsky: Concerto for 2 Pianos
15. I. Con moto
16. II. Notturno: Adagietto
17. III. Quattro variazioni
18. IV. Preludio e fuga
19. Madrid
20. Tango
21. Circus Polka
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful… Andsnes and Hamelin are masters of modernism; they coax a prism of colours from the instruments, all of which are captured in detail via the superior sound recording.