Fantasie über das Rondo aus der Klaviersonate in A-Dur KV 331 von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Par SAY FAZIL / CETINER YUDUM (Arr.). The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous piano pieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a universal piece for all piano pupils, its opening melody is now even omnipresent as an alienated sinus tone-like mobile phone ring tone. Fazil Say's arrangement, originally created as an effective encore, follows on from this popularity. After the first eight bars have been presented in original form, typical elements of jazz superimposed on the still recognisable classical foundations can be discovered, such as syncopation of the top notes and ornamentation through chromatic blue notes, embedded in the at times frenzied chains of semiquavers. In the spirit of the work's improvisatory character, Say likes to perfom his Alla Turca Jazz in different combinations, for example accompanied by jazz singers of with orchestra. It may appear strange that Fazil Say, who was born in Turkey and - when not on tour - is still resident in that country, does not bring back Mozart's interpretation of genuine Turkish music closer to its own roots, particularly as many of his compositions such as Black Earth or the Violin Sonata are characterised by a subtle amalgamation of the Classical-Romantic tradition, Turkish folk music and elements of jazz. In a further Mozart arrangement, the ballet music Patara premiered in Vienna in 2006, composed on the basis of the Rococo-like theme from the first movement of the same A-major Sonata (wich enjoys almost as great popularity as the Alla Turca theme), Say utilised the connection which was absent in Alla Turca, albeit in the opposite direction. In the ballet music, the piano symbolises Western culture and the Ney flute Oriental culture, communcated atmosperically by austere percussion instrumentation and soprano vocalisation. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Suite for orchestra (1919) arranged for 2 pianos by Achilleas Wastor (2015). Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. Igor Strawinskys Ballett Der Feuervogel gehört zweifellos zu den Meisterwerken des Komponisten und stellt eine der bedeutendsten Kompositionen des 20. Jahrhunderts dar. Kein Wunder, dass Strawinsky eine Orchestersuite aus dem Ballett erstellte, die seither in jedem Orchester regelmäßig auf dem Programm steht. Achilleas Wastor hat für den Pianisten Cyprien Katsaris eine Bearbeitung geschrieben, in der das Klangfarbenspektrum der Originalpartitur virtuos und eindrucksvoll für zwei Klaviere umgesetzt wird. / Niveau : Avancé / Ballet / Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Né en 1876 à Cadix, la ville de port historique à la pointe de la plus méridionale de Andalucia, Manuel de Falla est le plus grand compositeur espagnol de ce siècle. La danse du feu rituel du Ballet El Amor Brujo a été transcrite pour deux pianos, à quatre mains par Mario Braggiotti. / 2 Pianos 4 Mains

Commissioned by the Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2008, pianists Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa premiered Philip Glass's Four Movements for Two Pianos on July 7, 2008.