{"product_id":"2256034","title":"Vincenzo Giura \u0026 Babak Babaie - Altus [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdradek Records presents 'Altus', music by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert in nuanced and idiomatic transcriptions for two guitars, arranged and performed by Babak Babaie and Vincenzo Giura.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guitarists, from Iran and Italy, met while studying in Austria, and have made their own historically-informed transcriptions of this well-established piano repertoire, breathing new life into the familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with a guitar duo version of Mozart's Piano Sonata in F, No. 15, K. 533. Dating from 1788, the work begins with a good-humoured Allegro and ends with a charming yet subtle Rondo, framing a central Andante of profound tenderness, possibly a veiled tribute to the composer's father, Leopold, who had recently died. We then hear the second of Schubert's Drei Klavierstucke, D. 946 of 1828, a lilting piece with the rocking motion of a barcarolle. The album concludes with Haydn's Andante and variations in F, Hob. XVII\/6, also known as the Sonata 'Un piccolo divertimento', dating from 1793. The work is virtuosic and deeply felt, written partly as a response to the sudden death of Haydn's friend, Viennese amateur musician Maria Anna (Marianne) von Genzinger. Haydn was also inspired by a gifted living pianist, Barbara ('Babette') von Ployer, for whom Mozart had composed two of his piano concertos. The variations are in fact a set of 'double variations', a remarkable instance of Haydn's skill in which two themes, one in F minor and one in F major, are alternated and varied, culminating in a deeply moving coda.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing historical sources and original transcriptions, Babak Babaie andVincenzo Giura have aimed to evoke, rather than reproduce, the sound of the piano on two guitars, creating arrangements that allow listeners to enjoy this repertoire through the prism of their interpretations: with new colour and freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfgang Amadeus Mozart_Piano Sonata No. 15, KV 533\/494. Guitar duo arrangement from the original in F major. I. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfgang Amadeus Mozart_Piano Sonata No. 15, KV 533\/494. Guitar duo arrangement from the original in F major. II. Andante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfgang Amadeus Mozart_Piano Sonata No. 15, KV 533\/494. Guitar duo arrangement from the original in F major. III. Rondo: Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Schubert_Klavierstuck No. 2, from Drei Klavierstucke, D. 946. Guitar duo arrangement from the original in E-flat major. I. Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Joseph Haydn_Andante and Variations in F, Hob. XVII:6. Guitar duo arrangement from the original in F major\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420733198721,"sku":"2256034","price":13.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0810042704121.jpg?v=1750620708","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2256034","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}