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Contents: This latest album features Martha Argerich and Theodosia N'Tkou performing Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony in a four-hand piano arrangement. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Martha Argerich, a leading contemporary music performer, collaborates with Greek pianist Theodosia N'Tkou on a four-hand piano arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral," based on an arrangement (transcription) by German organist and musicologist Selmer Bagge (1823-1896). The album also includes N'Tkou's Sonata "Tempest," which she praises as "passion, power, and fire." [Contents] Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Transcription for piano four hands by Bagge) 1. Movement 1: Allegro ma non troppo "The awakening of joyful feelings upon arriving in the countryside" 2. Movement 2: Andante molto mosso "Scene by the stream" 3. Movement 3: Allegro "A joyful gathering of country folk" 4. Movement 4: Allegro "Thunderstorm, storm" 5. Movement 5: Allegretto "Pastoral, joyful gratitude after the storm" Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31-2 "Tempest" 6. Movement 1: Largo-Allegro 7. Movement 2: Adagio 8. Movement 3: Allegretto Media reviews and more Martha Argerich, a leading contemporary master of musical performance, is both a comprehensive mentor and colleague of young pianists. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, this latest album features a four-hand piano arrangement of Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" by German organist and musicologist Selmer Bagge (1823-1896), performed with Greek pianist Theodosia N'Tkou. The album also includes N'Tkou's Sonata "Tempest," which she praises as "passion, power, and fire." (C)RS
