Composer: Anton Arensky, Yuhao Guo, Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Anke Pan, Yuhao Guo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ARS Produktion
Release: 2021
Size: 473 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Guo: Suite for 2 Pianos, Op. 30
01. I. Introduktion
02. II. Berceuse
03. III. Walzer
04. IV. Toccata
Arensky: Suite for two pianos No. 1, Op. 15
05. I. Romance
06. II. Valse
07. III. Polonaise
Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
08. I. Introduction
09. II. Valse
10. III. Romance
11. IV. Tarantella
The three pieces on this release have one thing in common: they combine dances with contrasting musical pieces to form a large whole – the suite. This tradition goes back as far as the Baroque period, where Bach, Handel and Rameau, among others, established this form. Later, from the Romantic period on, sequences of character pieces as well as compilations of larger works were also called suites. An interesting fact: all three composers of the suites on this album were 27 years old at the time their pieces were written.