Emma Abbate, Julian Perkins – Tournament for Twenty Fingers (2022) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Emma Abbate, Julian Perkins – Tournament for Twenty Fingers (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:27 minutes | 974 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © BIS

Initially enjoying popularity first in Germany-speaking lands and then in France, the genre of the piano duet (four hands, one piano) went on to blossom in England during the 20th century. On this album Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins present the complete works for piano duet by each of the composers selected. Palm Court Waltz, the Sonatina and Theme and Variations from Lennox Berkeley display Gallic traits, the consequence no doubt of his studies in France and his keen interest in the music of Satie, Ravel and Poulenc. While showing an evolution in the composer’s approach to tonality, every hint of seriousness is constantly balanced by elegant playfulness and diaphanous textures.Less well-known than Berkeley, Richard Arnell and Stephen Dodgson nevertheless contribute to the general atmosphere with their unabashedly tonal music that shows the neoclassical influence of Hindemith, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Dodgson’s suite Tournament for Twenty Fingers, which gives its title to this disc, is especially full of fun while ending with a homage to the Czech composers Dvořák and Janáček. An outstanding talent, Constant Lambert held jazz in high esteem and his Trois Pièces – written to be played entirely on the piano’s white keys – form a high-spirited and heartfelt tribute to its rhythmical vitality and inventiveness.

Tracklist:

01. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Berkeley: Palm Court Waltz, Op. 81 No. 2a (04:11)
02. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Berkeley: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands in E-Flat Major, Op. 39: I. Allegro moderato (03:08)
03. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Berkeley: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands in E-Flat Major, Op. 39: II. Andante (02:55)
04. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Berkeley: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands in E-Flat Major, Op. 39: III. Allegro (03:07)
05. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Berkeley: Theme & Variations for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 73 (07:49)
06. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Arnell: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 61: I. Andante e maestoso (00:58)
07. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Arnell: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 61: II. Allegro (02:17)
08. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Arnell: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 61: III. Andante (02:26)
09. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Arnell: Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 61: IV. Poco presto (02:41)
10. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 1: No. 1, Gavotte (01:25)
11. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 1: No. 2, Romance (02:58)
12. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 1: No. 3, Fantasia in C Minor (02:42)
13. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 1: No. 4, Cradle Song (01:31)
14. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 1: No. 5, Hill-Billy (02:00)
15. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 2: No. 1, Allegretto in F Major (01:45)
16. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 2: No. 2, Cradle Song (Extended Version) (02:05)
17. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 2: No. 3, A Bohemian Entertainment (07:26)
18. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Dodgson: Sonata for 2 Pianos (08:52)
19. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Lambert: 3 Pièces nègres pour les touches blanches: No. 1, Aubade (02:23)
20. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Lambert: 3 Pièces nègres pour les touches blanches: No. 2, Siesta (03:39)
21. Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins – Lambert: 3 Pièces nègres pour les touches blanches: No. 3, Nocturne (02:58)

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