Gemini CD Classics



Release of New CD by Richard & John Contiguglia Click on the audio icons below to hear sound clips from the recordings
	2012 Grand Prix du Disque Liszt Society of Hungary
Gemini CD Classics GC-104	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



Gemini CD Classics GC-103	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 *Read full article*



Gemini CD Classics GC-102	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*



Gemini CD Classics GC-101	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.



Gemini CD Classics GC-100	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.