Glinka and Tchaikovsky four hand piano works / Cyprien Katsaris, Alexander Ghindin

卡薩里斯在這張全新的專輯中找來另一名著名鋼琴家Alexander Ghindin攜手,一起演奏了50首柴可夫斯基鮮為人知的四手聯彈作品.這些小品是柴可夫斯基由俄羅斯民謠創作而成,每一首都充滿濃濃俄羅斯風情,極其夢幻與耐聽的一張四手聯彈專輯,非常適合在夜晚細細聆聽!

賽普勒斯裔的鋼琴大師卡薩里斯,被譽為當今演奏技巧最為高超的鋼琴家之一.大師在早年以贏得了季弗拉鋼琴國際大賽金牌而聲名大噪!隨後獲得了全球多數唱片大廠的合約錄製了無數張經典唱片(包含Sony Classical、EMI、Deutsche Grammophon、BMG-RCA、Decca、Teldec…等等唱片公司),其錄製的專輯曾經贏得了無數次唱片大賞.其中兩度贏得李斯特唱片大賞更是奠定大師在演奏技巧上的權威地位!另外值得一提的是.大師是第一位挑戰貝多芬九大交響曲鋼琴改編版的鋼琴家.這份錄音完成了原本被視為不可能任務而贏得了德國年度唱片大賞的殊榮!

如今卡薩里斯成立了唱片公司Piano 21發行自己的演奏專輯,除了進錄音室錄音以外,更與許多音樂廳合作,將大師這一生自認最為精采的演奏會實況發成CD.張張都是大師演奏生涯中最為絢麗的偉大演出!

Tchaikovsky:
Maiden, I have journeyed  (00:30)
Oh! My head, my little head  (00:24)
Do you remember, My Sweet  (01:05)
The eel a-writhing in the water  (00:32)
Break not your banks, Gentle Danube  (00:36)
Weave, My Weaving Girl  (00:45)
The little raw timber hut  (00:23)
Near the gate the pine-tree trembles  (00:36)
All the flowers will fade  (00:50)
Floats and drifts upon the surface  (00:18)
Oh, my white grape  (00:20)
Break not your bonds, Untameable winds  (00:58)
At dawn and the rising of the sun  (00:30)
It is not the carousing that burdens my head  (00:36)
Rise, sun, and show yourself  (00:44)
Sing no longer, nightingale  (01:08)
Andrey, like a nobleman was strolling  (00:38)
Ah, the little duck in the meadow  (00:41)
Yesterday I was at the feast  (00:23)
I shall go near to your town  (00:30)
Not a sound, all is silence  (00:41)
Coming down from the mountain  (01:08)
The little duck went swimming in the sea  (01:04)
How lovely, my sweet braid of hair  (01:27)
Beyond the yard there is a green meadow  (00:25)
We have rented this land  (00:22)
On the sea, on the blue  (00:52)
On the green meadow  (00:28)
Our wine-well  (01:04)
I shall go, I shall go, to the city of the Czar  (00:25)
No, thank you, father priest  (00:58)
Little Ivan was wearing a kaftan  (00:31)
In the fields  (00:39)
Little Katya is happy  (00:40)
Ah, my heart, my poor heart  (00:53)
Ah, my little meadow duck  (00:16)
Little girl, young maid  (00:25)
Glinka:  Valse-Fantaisie, for piano in B minor, G. vi193 (07:24)

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