Marco Schiavo & Sergio Marchegiani – Mozart for Two – Sonata for Piano 4 Hands K. 497, Variations K. 501, Fantasia K. 594, Sonata K. 357 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Marco Schiavo & Sergio Marchegiani – Mozart for Two – Sonata for Piano 4 Hands K. 497, Variations K. 501, Fantasia K. 594, Sonata K. 357 (2023)
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The Sonata in F major for piano duet was written in 1786. Mozart often played four hand literature with his sister, Nannerl. There were occasions where they were called upon to perform this type of literature. This work is a substantial sonata with an Adagio introduction and frequent use of contrapuntal textures instead of the more often used homophonic accompaniments. This arrangement for two pianos, four hands is loosely based on a turn of the century version arranged by Carl Reinecke for C. F. Peters, Leipzig. It was typical during this time for arrangers like Reinecke to double melody parts, fill in chords, add low bass notes, dynamic and articulation markings, and expressive indications. Many of these markings have been removed and some of the parts redistributed to make the work more like Mozart and less like a romanticized replica. Some of the additions to chords were necessary for the resolutions of various lines, but these were kept subtle. The third movement presents some technical difficulty which is eased somewhat by having the two pianos.

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Marco Schiavo & Sergio Marchegiani – Mozart For Two – Piano Sonatas Four Hands KV 521, 381, 19D, 358 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Marco Schiavo & Sergio Marchegiani – Mozart For Two – Piano Sonatas Four Hands KV 521, 381, 19D, 358 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:05 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Classical
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A brilliant Italian pianist, Marco Schiavohas a calm connection with music. He does not like competitions and admires those who are capable of transmitting any emotion, even a small one. He has been acclaimed for his mastery, variety and control of the sonorities of the piano. Attracted by nature, he is simple and spontaneous, loves life and tries to give importance to people less fortunate than himself. He loves “mozzarella”, good wine and, like a true Mediterranean, beautiful girls.

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Marco Schiavo, Sergio Marchegiani – Brahms: Hungarian Dances – Waltzes Op. 39 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Marco Schiavo, Sergio Marchegiani – Brahms: Hungarian Dances – Waltzes Op. 39 (2018)
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Brahms showed an early interest in Hungarian gypsy music, to which he had been introduced by his early acquaintance with Remenyi and his continuing friendship with Joseph Joachim, whose background was similar. In the 1850 she played gypsy melodies on the piano, some of which were never written down. The group of ten Hungarian Dances for solo piano was published in 1872, after earlier rejection of a smaller group of dances by a less acute publisher than Simrock, who issued the first set of dances in a piano duet version in 1869. It is thought that the original version was for solo piano, a form in which they had clearly long been known to those in Brahms’s circle of friends. To the composer these dances were arrangements of what was then thought to be Hungarian folk music, although later research, in particular by Bela Bartók and Zoltan Kodaly was to establish this kind of music as simply part of popular Hungarian art music. Whatever the derivation of their rhythmic and melodic material, some of it remembered from the playing of Remenyi or heard in casual cafe performance, the Hungarian Dances are unmistakably stamped with the musical personality of Brahms.

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