Cyprien Katsaris & Hélène Mercier – Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances & 16 Waltzes for Piano Four (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:19 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics
“Exceedingly satisfied with our musical collaboration on our Brahms/Schumann recording, I suggested to Helene Mercier that we take on the complete cycles of Brahms’s 21 Hungarian Dances and 16 Waltzes, Op.39, which, unlike me, she had already played in concert.
It was extremely important to both of us that the gypsy spirit was to the fore in the Hungarian Dances, likewise Viennese elegance in the Waltzes. I must humbly acknowledge how impressed I was by my Quebecoise partner’s level of understanding of this very distinctive music. All her musical suggestions that broke with the usual rules made sense, and we tried never to lose sight of the improvisatory character symbolising the freedom of the Gypsies.” (Cyprien Katsaris)
Tracklist:
1. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor 01:13
2. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 5 in E Major 01:18
3. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 6 in C-Sharp Major 01:02
4. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 3 in F Major 02:24
5. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 4 in F Minor 04:15
6. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor 02:07
7. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 6 in D-Flat Major 03:05
8. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 7 in A Major 01:34
9. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 8 in A Minor 02:38
10. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor 02:18
11. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 8 in B-Flat Major 01:09
12. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 14 in A Minor 01:30
13. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 4 in E Minor 01:16
14. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 9 in E Minor 01:50
15. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 9 in D Minor 01:14
16. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 10 in G Major 00:36
17. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 10 in E Major 01:51
18. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A Major 01:28
19. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 1 in B Major 00:52
20. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor 02:39
21. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 2 in D Minor 03:20
22. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 16 in D Minor 01:11
23. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 11 in D Minor 03:07
24. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 12 in D Minor 02:24
25. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 13 in D Major 01:32
26. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 14 in D Minor 01:46
27. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 15 in B-Flat Major 02:20
28. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 16 in F Minor 02:19
29. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor 03:09
30. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 18 in D Major 01:27
31. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 11 in B Minor 01:33
32. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 12 in E Major 01:42
33. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 13 in C Major 00:46
34. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 19 in B Minor 01:50
35. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 2 in E Major 01:32
36. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 20 in E Minor 02:37
37. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 21 in E Minor 01:25
Personnel:
Hélène Mercier, piano
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
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