Tessa Uys & Ben Schoeman - Beethoven Symphonies, Vol. 1 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

SOMM Recordings announces the launch of a major six-volume series of Franz Xaver Scharwenka’s transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies featuring the label debut of the Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman Piano Duo. Formed in 2010, the Duo began their in-concert exploration of Scharwenka’s four-hand Beethoven transcriptions in 2015 and now bring that experience to disc for the first time. Volume 1 includes the premiere recording of Scharwenka’s piano duet transcription of Symphony No.3, the ever-popular Eroica, and Debussy’s two-piano arrangement of Robert Schumann’s Six Studies in Canonic Form.

Tracklist:
1. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Arr. F.X. Scharwenka for Piano 4 Hands): I. Allegro con brio (18:28)
2. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Arr. F.X. Scharwenka for Piano 4 Hands): II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (15:10)
3. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Arr. F.X. Scharwenka for Piano 4 Hands): III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (05:34)
4. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Arr. F.X. Scharwenka for Piano 4 Hands): IV. Finale. Allegro molto (12:45)
5. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 1 in C Major, Nicht zu schnell (01:58)
6. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 2 in A Minor, Mit innigem Ausdruck (03:25)
7. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 3 in E Major, Andantino (01:44)
8. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Innig (03:08)
9. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 5 in B Minor, Nicht zu schnell (02:14)
10. 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No. 6 in B Major, Adagio (03:55)


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