Release of New CD by Richard & John Contiguglia
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2012 Grand Prix du Disque
Liszt Society of Hungary

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Liszt – Operatic Fantasies
Bartók – Suite for Two Pianos
Richard & John Contiguglia, Duo-Pianists

Liszt – Operatic Fantasies for Two Pianos and One Piano, Four-Hands
 1. Réminisences de Don Juan
 2. Tscherkessenmarsch from Russlan und Ludmila
     (performed on one piano)
 3. Réminisences de Norma
 4. Réminisences de La Sonnambula
     (performed on one piano)
Bartók – Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b
 5. Serenata
 6. Allegro diabolico
 7. Scena della Puszta
 8. Per finire

Early in our career as a professional duo-piano team we discovered duos of Liszt and of Bartók that had never been previously recorded and had seldom been heard in modern-day public concerts. The duos of Liszt were only available from collections in museum archives or in rare Russian editions. We were so impressed with the quality of the music that we performed much of it on our recitals in Europe and in the United States and finally made, in the early 1970s, what came to be several historic recordings for Connoisseur Society Records. The resulting LPs have long since been unavailable and were never reissued as CDs.

We are pleased to be able to offer once again the original Connoisseur Society recording of Liszt's Operatic Fantasies and a live radio broadcast recording for VARA Radio in Holland of Bartók's Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 4b.

“...the works here still have few recordings for comparison, and the ones I know of are of no competition to these.”

“The results here are spectacular.”

“...the Contiguglia brothers give a knock-out performance.”

“You owe it to yourself to seek out this recording – performances of this caliber are quite rare.”  

     - American Record Guide, July/August 2012    Read full article

"This is the most amazing recording of two-piano music that I can remember" 
(Connoisseur Society Liszt LP)

     - Gramophone, December 1975

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Beethoven / Liszt Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Richard & John Contiguglia, Duo-Pianists

1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Scherzo, molto vivace
3. Adagio molto e cantabile
4. Finale, Presto

The most popular orchestral work of all time, magnificently transcribed for two pianos by Franz Liszt, can be heard once again in the Contiguglias’ new recording for Gemini CD Classics.

"I enjoy transcriptions as much or more than most, and this is a great one, of the greatest piece, with a masterly performance, excellent recorded sound, and perceptive notes." 

- American Record Guide, January/February 2008
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Gershwin - Grainger
Richard & John Contiguglia, Duo-Pianists

1. Grainger - Country Gardens
2. Grainger - Fantasy on George Gershwin's 'Porgy & Bess'
3. Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
4. Grainger - Molly on the Shore
5. Gershwin / Grainger - Love Walked In
6. Gershwin / Grainger - The Man I Love
7. Grainger - Spoon River
8.  Grainger - Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
9. Gershwin - Cuban Overture
10. Grainger - English Waltz
11. Gershwin / Whitney / Grainger - Embraceable You

Two-piano, one-piano, four-hands, and even a few solo piano transcriptions of Gershwin and Grainger hits including Grainger's Fantasy on Gershwin's 'Porgy & Bess', the Cuban Overture and Country Gardens.

"Such are the delights on the Contiguglia brothers' new disc that the tracks almost demand repeated hearings immediately. The pairing of Gershwin and Grainger is brilliant and natural..."

- The Gramophone, March 2005    Read full article

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Live from the Holland Liszt Festival
Duos for Two Pianos and Piano, Four-Hands By Franz Liszt
Richard & John Contiguglia, Duo-Pianists

Grand Galop Chromatique
Fantaisie sur des Motifs Favoris de l'Opéra, La Sonnambula
Tscherkessenmarsch
Symphonic Poem No. 6, Mazeppa
Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree) - Selections
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Seldom heard duos of Franz Liszt for one and two pianos.  All of the Performances on this CD took place at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, Holland, during Liszt Festivals held in 1984 and 1986.  They were parts of the piano-marathon concerts that ended both festivals.

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SCHUBERT
Piano Duets - The Final Year
Richard & John Contiguglia, Duo-Pianists

Fantasy in F Minor
Duo (Lebensstürme) in A Minor
Fugue in E Minor
Rondo in A Major

The four piano duets that Schubert completed during the last year of his life.