Famous Works for Piano Duo Jeroen van Veen, Maarten van Veen & Piano Duo Van Veen

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940:
• 1 Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940: I. Allegro 04:41
• 2 Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940: II. Largo 02:49
• 3 Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940: III. Allegro Vivace 05:43
• 4 Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, D.940: IV. Tempo 1 05:15
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35:
• 5 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: I. Moderato Assai 00:42
• 6 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: II. Tempo du Minuetto 01:11
• 7 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: III. Allegro 01:12
• 8 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: IV. Poco meno Mosso 01:51
• 9 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: V. Tempo del Tema 00:50
• 10 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: VI. Molto Allegro 01:20
• 11 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: VII. Moderato Assai 01:29
• 12 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: VIII. Presto Leggierissimo 01:02
• 13 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: IX. Alla marcia Funèbre 01:18
• 14 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: X. Tempo del Tema 00:30
• 15 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: XI. Adagio 01:05
• 16 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: XII. Allegro 02:16
• 17 Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35: XIII. Presto 03:03
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): La valse, M.72:
• 18 Ravel: La valse, M.72: I. Mouvement de valse Viennoise 12:04
• Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994): Variations on a Theme by Paganini:
• 19 Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini: I. Allegro Capriccioso 05:20
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Russian Rhapsody:
• 20 Rachmaninoff: Russian Rhapsody 09:59
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Rite of Spring, K015, Part I:
• 21 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, K015, Part I 15:40
• 22 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, K015, Part II 19:31
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970): Monologue for 2 Pianos:
• 23 Zimmermann: Monologue for 2 Pianos: I. Quasi Irreale 02:21
• 24 Zimmermann: Monologue for 2 Pianos: II. 03:26
• 25 Zimmermann: Monologue for 2 Pianos: III. 03:40
• 26 Zimmermann: Monologue for 2 Pianos: IV. 02:28
• 27 Zimmermann: Monologue for 2 Pianos: V. 07:42
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992): Amen de la consommation, visions de l'amen, Part VII:
• 28 Messiaen: Amen de la consommation, visions de l'amen, Part VII 08:21
• Total Runtime 02:06:49

Info for Famous Works for Piano Duo

The pianist, composer, producer and renaissance musician Jeroen van Veen has played many concerts with both his wife Sandra and his brother Maarten, and has recorded with both of them for Brilliant Classics. The present compilation brings together a unique sequence of masterpieces for the genre in live and studio performances, made between 1992 and 2008, and given by the brothers as Piano Duo Van Veen.

This pocket history of the piano duo opens – as it must – with the F minor Fantasy of Schubert. All elements of Schubert's art can be found in the Fantasy: his gift for a sublime, gently unfolding melody; melancholy harmonic turns from major to minor; high drama within a spacious symphonic design; intricate counterpoint in the finale. Less well known but no less accomplished in its way is the set of Beethoven variations by Camille Saint-Saëns, a polished transformation of a minuet theme.

This 1992 studio recording concludes with a pair of 20th-century pieces which capitalise on the energy and momentum of the piano duo genre as a whole: La valse of Ravel and the Paganini Variations of Lutoslawski, which never fail to raise the pulse and receive here barnstorming performances.

The adrenaline level increases further with a sequence of live performances on CD2, opening with Rachmaninoff’s gorgeous Russian Rhapsody and continuing with The Rite of Spring in the version which Stravinsky first performed with his friends in Paris prior to the ballet’s notorious public premiere in 1911. In his Monologue of 1964, Zimmermann developed the thread of his Dialogue for two pianos and orchestra with a collage technique which quotes from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven in which the two pianists muse almost to themselves at times. Rounding off this collection in epic style is the apotheosis of Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen.

Piano Duo van Veen:
Jeroen van Veen, piano
Maarten van Veen, piano

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