As the two-piano version of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps increases in popularity, finding a suitable companion piece for a program has become a necessity, especially for CD releases. Pianists Frank-Immo Zichner and Frank Gutschmidt have hit on the practical idea of recording Le Sacre with Béla Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion, a work that provides convenient instrumentation as well as serving as a suitable stylistic foil. While both of these modernist masterpieces share many similarities in their ...
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As the two-piano version of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps increases in popularity, finding a suitable companion piece for a program has become a necessity, especially for CD releases. Pianists Frank-Immo Zichner and Frank Gutschmidt have hit on the practical idea of recording Le Sacre with Béla Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion, a work that provides convenient instrumentation as well as serving as a suitable stylistic foil. While both of these modernist masterpieces share many similarities in their reliance on folk materials, angular melodies, dissonant harmonies, and rhythmic complexity, they are distinguishable because of their striking differences of approach and style. Because this version of Le Sacre is essentially a transcription of the original ballet, there are pianistic effects that mimic the orchestral score's features, such as string tremolos and bass drum rolls, whereas Bartók composed with the pianos in mind, and treated them as percussive instruments in league with...
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