This release is a true rarity- featuring pianists Angela Lazzaroni and Chiara Nicora, it showcases piano music for four hands from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Angela Lazzaroni graduated with a degree in piano from the Civic School of Music in Milan, and with a degree in harpsichord from the Conservatory G. Verdi. She's won international and national competitions, has held many concerts both as a soloist and in duo, trio and various chamber ensembles, and has played for important institutions including the Mozart International Festival, Serate Musicali, and Gioventu Musicale d'Italia. She is the director of the Accademia Ambrosiana music school in Milan where she teaches piano, and is accompanist in the singing class of soprano Patrizia Zanardi at the American University IES Abroad. Chiara Nicora graduated with degrees in piano and harpsichord before going on to study fortepiano, cembalo, and chamber music in master classes and seminars across Europe. She performs regularly as both a pianist and a harpsichordist, collaborating with various chamber groups and orchestras. She has also performed in various Italian and foreign cities as a soloist.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Duo In F Major: I. Adagio - Allegro
Keyboard Duo In F Major: II. Rondò
Sonata For Piano 4 Hands In G Minor, Ben. 5203: I. Allegro
Sonata For Piano 4 Hands In G Minor, Ben. 5203: II. Largo Espressivo
Sonata For Piano 4 Hands In G Minor, Ben. 5203: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
Keyboard Sonata In C Major: I. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata In C Major: II. Andante
Keyboard Sonata In C Major: III. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata In A Major, Op. 17 No. 5, W. A11: I. Allegretto
Keyboard Sonata In A Major, Op. 17 No. 5, W. A11: II. Tempo Di Menuetto
Introduction Et Polonaise, Op. 175
Geschwind Walzer
Troisième Collection De Dances, Op. 10: Polonaise
Introduzione Ed Allegro Agitato À 4 Mani, Op. 264
3 Duets, Op. 461: No. 1, Rondino. Non Più Andrai De Figaro De Mozart

UPC: 8051773570438
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 11.2.18
Format: CD

J Bach C / Lazzaroni / Nicora - Pour Connaisseurs Et Amateurs (CD)