SKU: HL.49005685

ISBN 9790001061254. UPC: 884088072452. 12.5x8.75x0.428 inches.

In January 1964 Bernd Alois Zimmermann interrupted the completion of his opera Die Soldaten [The Soldiers] in order to rearrange his orchestral work Dialoge for two pianos. Monologe takes up the original material but develops it towards a different direction: Zimmermann's collage technique based on quotations extends over the entire musical setting so that it is not only Mozart (Piano Concerto in C major KV 467) who has his say but Beethoven, Messiaen and Bach as well. Monologe is a piece for two pianists; real monologues of these pianists who, though simultaneously, [...] do not always play at the same time; [...] losing themselves in their own thoughts, as it were. -Zimmermann.

SKU: FG.55011-893-5

ISBN 9790550118935.

Lauri Kilpiö's (b. 1974) Six Winter Scenes for two pianos (2022) was commissioned by Joensuu Conservatory. The nostalgic memories and different impressions of winter take the technical abilities of the performers into consideration. The short, hazy movement I Blue Dusk Descends brings the winter. The other move-ments include the bright movement II Echoes in a Snowy Forest, the toccata-style movement III Ride through a Blizzard, the glitteringly impressionistic movement IV Ice Skating on the River, the enigmatic movement V Birds on the Snowdrift, and the energetic movement VI Woken Bear Rock, which brings the spring.

The suite can be performed in its entirety at a time, or it is also possible to perform only individual movements of it. The same piano duo may perform the whole work, or the performers may also change between the movements.

Duration: 14'

Osat / Movements
I Sininen hämärä laskeutuu | Blue Dusk Descends
II Kaiut lumisessa metsässä |Echoes in a Snowy Forest
III Ratsastus läpi pyryn | Ride through a Blizzard
IV Luistelu joella | Ice Skating on the River
V Linnut hangella | Birds on the Snowdrift
VI Heränneen karhun rock | Woken Bear Rock

This product includes one performance score (both piano parts in the same score).