For Piano and Orchestra. Par GRIEG EDVARD. This new edition of one of the most famous of piano concertos is based on an in-depth revision of the existing (and tried and trusted) Edition Peters version (EP2164). The piano part of the orchestra reduction has been revised, optimized (including page turns), had instrument references added and collated with the score of the Grieg Complete Edition. The solo part has been reviewed and corrected with reference to the two main sources./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Les deux pianos introduisent le motif bass un après l'autre. Chaque nouvelle entrée apporte une augmentation de tempo. Seulement quand ils jouent ensemble, cependant, est le véritable ' Vivace unleashed. Dès lors, c'est seulement dans les sections ' largamente ' et une section du milieu lyrique (cantabile) que la basse de course figure pauses pendant un certain temps. Le motif tisse son chemin à travers le cours de la ' Toccata ' comme un ' perpetuum mobile ', ce qui porte la superposition de plus en plus complexe à la structure du mouvement. Le compositeur letton Peteris Vasks a lui-même décrit comme ' un musicien de la périphérie ' en raison de ses origines géographiques et culturelles. Sa musique pleine de rigueur émotionnelle continue de lui apporter vers le centre de la composition contemporaine, comme est évident dans ses oeuvres de chambre instrumentale. / 2 Pianos

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This new Urtext edition, by the leading Ravel scholar, Roger Nichols, is based on all available manuscript and printed sources, and the first recording (1932), made under Ravel’s supervision. It includes a historical preface, in which Roger Nichols considers the origins or the work and early public reaction, and a critical commentary./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. This large four-movement work, written in 1893, was premiered by Rachmaninoff and Pavel Pabst in Moscow. It is dedicated to Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. A few lines of poetry by Romantic poets preface each movement. The theme of love in the first two movements is brought to life by the two pianos with colorful, passionate writing. The final two movements feature the sound of bells---the third movement inspired by cathedrals bells that Rachmaninoff heard as a youngster, and the fourth movement capturing the jubilant sound of Easter carillon./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos