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Piano Duo

Scholtes & Janssens

Label: Quattro Live
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917410129
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Catalog number: QL 201002
Releasedate: 26-11-10
Their 2009 Carnegie Hall debut, as part of the IBLA Grand Prize winners USA tour, was praised as ‘it could well have been 25 or 30 fingers, so big and well integrated was the sound. Terrific duo in top form'. The Scholtes & Janssens duo is well known for their brilliant sound and marvellous technical skills, presenting very intense and energetic performances. On this extraordinary CD the duo presents some lovely four hand pieces and works for two piano's. We will be hearing a lot more of this piano duo in future!
  • A debut-production of Quattro Live a label of the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre
  • A young and extremely talented pianoduo
  • Won the " Radio 4 Talent Of The Year 2010" Award in the Netherlands
  • In May 2010, the Scholtes-Janssens Piano Duo won the very prestigious Vriendenkrans Competition of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam
  • In December 2010 Lestari & Gwylim made their debut in South America. From December 1 to December 20 they went on tour through Chile and Bolivia
Exhibiting very changeable characters, the "Six Duets" is the most important work for piano four hands that Rachmaninov wrote, but unfortunately, it is not often performed.
Claude Debussy composed "En blanc et noir" - for two pianos - in 1915. It was one of his last works. The title makes reference to the white and black keys of the piano, some passages played entirely on the white or black keys. Yet Debussy was also alluding to the respective characters of the movements. The open and energetic first movement and the sparkling third movement (dedicated to Stravinsky) correlate with the notion of blanc, while the dark middle movement represents noir, Debussy having dedicated it to his friend Jacques Charlot who was killed in the First World War. The French composer Maurice Ravel is, like Debussy, also considered one of the most important impressionists in classical music. He often reverted to traditional classical forms, combining these with influences from other musical styles such as jazz and blues and various kinds of dances like the waltz, habanera and bolero. "La valse" is unique and compelling from the very first tremolo to the virtuoso, almost chaotic, end. Renowned for his orchestrations and piano transcriptions, Ravel arranged his original orchestral version for two pianos.

The Scholtes & Janssens duo is well known for their brilliant sound and marvellous technical skills, presenting very intense and energetic performances. They do this with the beautiful works of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel on this Quattro Live debut!