Katya Apekisheva: Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva - COMPACT DISCS

Katya Apekisheva: Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva

Artist:

Katya Apekisheva

Label:

Orchid Classics

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5060189562701

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2023-11-17

Number of Discs:

1

Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva perform a stunning selection of French 20th-century music for piano four hands. Both Milhaud and Poulenc were members of Les Six, a band of composers who specialised in producing colourful, quirky and highly original scores. Milhaud's Scaramouche epitomises the wit and joie de vivre of this approach and has become one of his most popular works - although at the time the composer nearly forbade it's publication. Poulenc combined grace and sparkling humour with a nobility that reflected his desire for a 'return to simplicity'. His Élégie was written 'as if improvising with a cigar in your mouth and a glass of cognac on the table', while the Sonata for Four Hands is full of finger-crossing intricacies, and at the heart of the Sonata for Two Pianos is an Andantino described by the composer as 'a lyrical, profound outburst... It is piano without pretence, real piano where each instrument converses with the other in perfect understanding and without interrupting.' Debussy's evocative Nocturnes arranged by Ravel conclude the release.

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