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JOSÉ ANTONIO BOTTIROLI’s protégé and greatest champion, Fabio Banegas, presents this fourth volume of his mentor’s complete piano works. In this wide-ranging collection we hear works with orchestra and with chamber ensemble, as well as pieces for piano solo and duo. Symphonic Impressions for piano and orchestra offers lyricism and virtuosity, while the remainder of the programme focuses on Bottiroli’s contrapuntal mastery, the creative refashioning and expansion of earlier works, and his use of Argentine folk dances such as the chamamé. Together they present musical mementos of his own life experience.
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José Antonio BOTTIROLI (1920–1990)
Suite for 2 Pianos in B Flat Major, B24 ‘Argentina’ (c. 1980)
II. Aire de Triste (‘Air of Triste’): Andantino
Performers
Antón & Maite Piano Duo
Antón Dolgov, Piano
Maite León, Piano
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JOSÉ ANTONIO BOTTIROLI’s protégé and greatest champion, Fabio Banegas, presents this fourth volume of his mentor’s complete piano works. In this wide-ranging collection we hear works with orchestra and with chamber ensemble, as well as pieces for piano solo and duo. Symphonic Impressions for piano and orchestra offers lyricism and virtuosity, while the remainder of the programme focuses on Bottiroli’s contrapuntal mastery, the creative refashioning and expansion of earlier works, and his use of Argentine folk dances such as the chamamé. Together they present musical mementos of his own life experience.
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José Antonio BOTTIROLI (1920–1990)
Suite for 2 Pianos in B Flat Major, B24 ‘Argentina’ (c. 1980)
II. Aire de Triste (‘Air of Triste’): Andantino
Performers
Antón & Maite Piano Duo
Antón Dolgov, Piano
Maite León, Piano
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![The Real Rococo Variations: Gabriel Schwabe & Christopher Ward on Tchaikovsky’s hidden versions [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypUOfKUnoXQ/mqdefault.jpg "The Real Rococo Variations: Gabriel Schwabe & Christopher Ward on Tchaikovsky’s hidden versions [CC]
Naxos artist Gabriel Schwabe and conductor Christopher Ward share their excitement about their new recording of Tchaikovsky’s cello works, featuring the Rococo Variations. In this vivid programme of Variations on a Rococo Theme and Pezzo capriccioso, the composer’s original intentions are restored after decades of altered editions.
Tchaikovsky wrote the Rococo Variations quickly, and Fitzenhagen gave the premiere in Moscow on 30 November 1877. The Rococo theme is by Tchaikovsky himself, though it was consciously written in the style of his beloved Mozart, with a classical orchestration featuring strings, winds, and horns. The cello theme showcases Romantic qualities, particularly in the Andante of the third variation, with flowing triplets in the first and a discussion of the motif in the second.
The album concludes with the rarely heard second version of the Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture, highlighting Schwabe’s rich tone and confident dialogue with the orchestra, performed by the Sinfonieorchester Aachen under Wards direction.
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00:00 Introduction
00:27 Tchaikovsky’s connection to Aachen
00:36 Album programme overview
00:45 The Rococo Variations and the controversy over the version performed
01:47 Fitzenhagen’s alterations and how the familiar version came about
03:33 Why the original version matters
05:17 The piece’s success and Tchaikovsky in Aachen
06:52 Tchaikovsky’s love of Mozart and its influence on the sound world
07:01 About Pezzo capriccioso
08:16 Comparing the pieces
12:35 Three shorter Tchaikovsky pieces in the programme
12:42 Nocturne and its origins as a piano piece
13:22 Valse sentimentale and the new string-orchestra arrangement
15:03 A personal arrangement: Violin Concertos slow movement
16:52 Why the programme works together
17:01 Romeo and Juliet, second version
17:34 Conclusion
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