Tessa Uys & Ben Schoeman Piano Duo - Beethoven Symphonies, Vol. 4 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

SOMM Recordings is happy to present the fourth release in the planned First Recordings of the complete Beethoven Symphonies in the legendary edition for piano duet by Xaver Scharwenka, continuing a direct connection to Beethoven via his teacher Franz Kullak who studied with Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny, played by the ‘wholly exceptional’ duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman. This new CD couples Beethoven’s Symphonies 1 & 6 ‘Pastoral’ together with Busoni’s brilliant Concertino BV88 on a theme of Mozart K459, for Two Pianos.

Extract from the Duo’s recent Gramophone Blog: We would like to highlight our personal historical connection to this music – particularly the Zeitgeist of Berlin, the city where Scharwenka lived and worked. Tessa’s mother Helga Bassel was a concert pianist who also hailed from Berlin, and in the 1930s had to seek refuge in Cape Town. She was indeed fortunate to be able to leave Germany accompanied by her Blüthner grand piano and her collection of piano music which included Scharwenka’s duo transcriptions of the nine Beethoven symphonies.”

Tracklist:
01. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
02. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): II. Andante cantabile con moto
03. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): III. Minuet. Allegro molto e vivace
04. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
05. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
06. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): II. Scene am Bach. Andante molto moto
07. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
08. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): IV. Gewitter. Sturm. Allegro
09. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka): V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto
10. Duettino concertante nach Mozart, BV B 88


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