Exciting perceptual shifts await the listener, presented here on the new Genuin CD by the Duo Lontano: Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, suspended in a reverie, and the youthful-bubbly String Octet, which the composer himself arranged for black and white keys and four hands. The colorful images become transformed into dramatic black-and-white pictures and the structures emerge differently and more contoured than in the original version - particularly in the way the sensitive and excellently matched pianists Babette Hierholzer and JÃ¼rgen Appell - the Duo Lontano - embrace the tender romanticism of the works. Highly fascinating insights into the composer's workshop!

Tracklist:

Octet In E-Flat Major, Op. 20, Mwv R20 (Version For Piano Duet): I. Allegro Moderato Ma Con Fuoco
Octet In E-Flat Major, Op. 20, Mwv R20 (Version For Piano Duet): II. Andante
Octet In E-Flat Major, Op. 20, Mwv R20 (Version For Piano Duet): III. Scherzo: Allegro Leggiero
Octet In E-Flat Major, Op. 20, Mwv R20 (Version For Piano Duet): IV. Presto
The Hebrides In D Major, Op. 26, Mwv P7, "Fingal's Cave" (Version For Piano Duet)
Sonata Movement In G Minor, Mwv S2
Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Book 6, Op. 67 (Version For Piano Duet): Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Book

UPC: 4260036253597
Label: Genuin
Release Date: 2.10.15
Format: CD

Mendelssohn / Duo Lontano / Hierholzer / Appell - Works for Pno Duo (CD)