Composer: Victor Babin, Alexander Borodin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Two4Piano, Katerina Moskaleva, Alexey Pudinov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8551462
Release: 2022
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48
01. II. Valse. Moderato (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
02. Entr’acte and Waltz (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
03. Valse. Tempo di Valse (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
04. Waltz of the Flowers (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (opera)
05. Son pa bereshku hadil (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden)
06. Dance of the Skomorokhi (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 21
07. No. 7, Zdes′ khorosho (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 14
08. No. 11, Vesenniye vody (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 34
09. No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Borodin: Prince Igor
10. Polovtsian Dances (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
Babin: Fantasias on Old Themes
11. No. 1, The Piper of Polmood
12. No. 2, Hebrew Slumber Song
13. No. 3, Russian Village
The year 1972 saw the death of Victor Babin, one half of the legendary Vronsky & Babin, arguably the most brilliant piano duo of the 20th century and a worldwide sensation for over three decades. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Babin’s death Katerina Moskaleva and Alexey Pudinov, themselves two musical forces of nature, come together as Two4Ppiano, a duo perfectly suited for breathing new life into Victor Babin’s appealing and colourful repertoire. Including newly rediscovered scores, this special programme takes us from Rachmaninov’s unmistakably Romantic style via Borodin’s rousing folkloric rhythms and Tchaikovsky’s balletic waltzes to Babin’s own remarkable evocations of a bygone era.