Mozart-Grieg: Works for Two Pianos, Vol. II [Blu-ray]

Enjoy this wonderful music for two pianos from two of history's greatest composers. Mozart was without a doubt one of Grieg’s first and foremost musical inspirations. What is special about Grieg’s adaptation of the Mozart Fantasia in C minor is that he has not reworked it in the traditional manner. Grieg’s unusual achievement lies in the fact that he has retained Mozart's text unchanged, adding an entirely new part which is to be performed together with the original. When both parts are played, they interweave and become something entirely new.

The Mozart/Grieg Fantasia for two pianos in C minor is on this album surrounded by Mozart’s famous Sonata in D for two pianos and Grieg’s only original work for two pianos, the lesser known masterpiece Old Norwegian Melody with variations.

Соната Моцарта была использована для эксперимента в 90-е гг., в котором выяснилось, что после ее прослушивания испытуемые дали высокие результаты в тестах на интеллект, требующих пространственного мышления, и это назвали «эффектом Моцарта».

Треклист:
W.A.Mozart Sonate in D-Dur fur zwei Klaviere KV 448 (Wien 1781)
1 Allegro con spirito 08:30
2 Andante 08:30
3 Allegro molto 06:34

W.A.Mozart Fantasie in c-moll KV 475 (Wien 1775) mit frei hinzukomponierter Begleitung eines zweiten Klaviers von Evdard Grieg (версия Э.Грига)
4 Adagio 04:38
5 Allegro 01:32
6 Andantino 02:16
7 Piu Allegro 01:31
8 Tempo primo 01:59

E.Grieg
9 Altnorwegische Romanze mit Variationen fur zwei Klaviere op.51 (Troldhaugen 1890)