Bill starts by sharing tunes with two musical lines, where one line goes up while the other goes down to create a counter melody, to complex sonatas like Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata for violin and piano. EM will feature remarkable performances of musicians working in tandem playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. We’ll also savor the great love duets of Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner. Oh, and, don’t miss the cat duets of Rossini and Ravel!
It Takes Two to Tango
Playlist
Episode 1
Bach, JS: Inventions No. 8
Peter Serkin, piano
Inventions Sinfonias
RCA Victor Red Seal 68594
:51
Bach, JS: Inventions Nos. 6
Peter Serkin, piano
Inventions Sinfonias
RCA Victor Red Seal 68594
2:46
Bach, JS: Invention No. 6
Kennedy, violin; Harrel, violin cello
Duos for Violin & Cello
EMI 56963
3:33
Bach, JS: Invention No. 13
B. Fleck, banjo; Glennie, marimba
Perpetual Motion
Sony 89610
1:31
Telemann, GP: 6 Canonic Sonatas: Sonata No. 1 I, II, III
Schulz, flute; Schellenberger, oboe
Six Duets
Sony Classics SK 58965
4:10
Bach, JS: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
Academy of Ancient Music/ Manze; Manze & Podger, violins
Solo & Double Violin
Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907155
14:16
Bach, JS: Concerto for Violin & Oboe in D Minor, I
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Kahane; Hahn, violin; Vogel, oboe
Concertos
DG 474199
3:09
Brahms, Johannes: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, II. III
Cleveland/Szell; Oistrakh, violin; Rostropovich, violoncello
Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
His Master’s Voice SLS 786
16:37
Episode 2
Piazzola, Astro: Solana’s Movie “Sur” Regresso Al Amor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Leonardo Marconi, piano, Antonio Agri, violin
Ma Soul of the Tango
Sony: G010000935086X
00:51
Mozart, Wolfgang: Horn Duo No. 8, K. 487
Ab Koster, Knut Hasselmann horns
A Musical Joke
Sony 46702
1:23
Mozart, Wolfgang: Sonata for Bassoon & Cello, K. 292, II, III
Gary Stucka, violin cello; Bruce Grainger, bassoon
Music for Bassoon, Piano and Cello
Centaur CRC 2244
7:39
Mozart, Wolfgang: Sonata for Violin & Piano, K. 481, II
Perlman, violin; Barenboim, piano
Mozart The Violin Sonatas
DG 431673
8:58
Mozart, Wolfgang: Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365 (excerpt)
Marlboro Festival Orchestra/ Schneider; Rudolf and Peter Serkin, pianos
Mozart Concerto No.10 for Two Pianos, K365 Rudolf Serkin, Peter Serkin
Sony 46255
6:44
Mozart, Wolfgang: The Marriage of Figaro (excerpt)
Orchestra del Acadamia Nationale de Santa Cecilia/ Chung; Bartoli, soprano; Terfel, baritone
Cecilia & Bryn Duets
Decca 458 928
10:35
Mozart, Wolfgang: Cosi fan Tutti (excerpts)
Orchestra del Acadamia Nationale de Santa Cecilia/ Chung; Bartoli, soprano; Terfel, baritone
Cecilia & Bryn Duets
Decca 458 928
6:31
Mozart, Wolfgang: Don Giovanni (excerpt)
Orchestra del Acadamia Nationale de Santa Cecilia/ Chung; Bartoli, soprano; Terfel, baritone
Cecilia & Bryn Duets
Decca 458 928
3:08
Mozart, Wolfgang: Sonata for Bassoon & Cello, K. 292, III (excerpt)
Gary Stucka, violoncello; Bruce Grainger, bassoon
Music for Bassoon, Piano and Cello
Centaur CRC 2244
1:36
Episode 3
Beethoven, Ludwig: Sonata No. 9 in A Major for Violin and Piano,
“Kreutzer” I
Perlman, violin; Ashkenazy, piano
Beethoven: Sonatas “Kreutzer” & “Spring”
London 410554
11:46
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No. 1, I
P. Frank, violin; P. Serkin, piano
The Violin Sonatas /Pamela Frank & Peter Serkin
Decca 455 643
9:30
Brahms, Johannes: Sonata for Violoncello & Piano, Op. 99, I.
Yo-Yo Ma, violonchelo.; Ax, piano
Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Sony 48191
9:16
Strauss, Richard: Duet Concertino
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Members/Barenboim; Combs, clarinet; McGill, bassoon
Wind Concertos
Teldec 23913
19:47
Episode 4
Rossini, Gioachino: Cat Duet
Schwarzkopf and De Los Angeles, sopranos; Moore, piano
Le Duo Des Chats
EMI 49794
3:03
Verdi, Giuseppe: La Traviata: “Un di, felice”; “Parigi, o cara”
National Philharmonic/ Bonynge; Pavarotti & Sutherland, soloists
La Traviata
Decca 430 491
8:30
Verdi, Giuseppe: Othello: “Gianella notte densa”
Vienna Philharmonic/ Solti; Cosutta & Price, soloists
La Traviata
Decca 430 491
9:30
Verdi, Giuseppe: Don Carlos:
Act II, Scene 1 duet
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra/Solti
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Don Carlos
London 443 814
10:45
Wagner, Richard: Die Walküre (excerpt)
Vienna Philharmonic/Walter
Wagner: Die Walküre Act 1 / Walter, Melchior, Lehmann, List
EMI 61020
3:56
Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme “Chegelida manina””
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Karajan; Pavarotti & Freni, soloists
La Boheme
Decca 421 049
4:39
Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme “O suave fanciulla”
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Karajan; Pavarotti & Freni, soloists
La Boheme
Decca 421 049
4:11
Ravel, Maurice: Cat Duet
LSO/ Previn; Huttenlocher & Finnie, soloists
L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
EMI 47169
4:29
Episode 5
Debussy, Claude: Premiere Rhapsodie
Shifrin, clarinet; Watts, piano
The Complete Chamber Music of Claude Debussy
Delos 3167
8:29
Debussy, Claude: Sonata for Violoncello, I
Gary Hoffman, violoncello; David Golub, piano
The Complete Chamber Music of Claude Debussy
Delos 3167
4:19
Ravel, Maurice: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, I & II
Laredo, violin; Robinson, violoncello
Ravel: Works for Piano, Violin and Cello
Arabesque 6736
7:41
Barber, Samuel: Souvenirs (excerpts)
Slatkin, Browning, Pianos
Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto
RCA 60732
10:15
Mozart, Wolfgang: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364(excerpts from)
Vienna Phil/ Harnoncourt; Kremer, violin; Kashkashian, viola
Sinfonia Concertante K. 364 / Violin Concerto Violinkonzert No.1
DG 453043
17:32
Barber, Samuel: Souvenirs (excerpts)
Slatkin, Browning, Pianos.
Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto
RCA 60732
2:05