TWO4PIANO - Hommage à Victor Babin (2022)

The year 1972 saw the death of Victor Babin, one half of the legendary Vronsky & Babin, arguably the most brilliant piano duo of the 20th century and a worldwide sensation for over three decades. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Babin’s death Katerina Moskaleva and Alexey Pudinov, themselves two musical forces of nature, come together as Two4Ppiano, a duo perfectly suited for breathing new life into Victor Babin’s appealing and colourful repertoire. Including newly rediscovered scores, this special programme takes us from Rachmaninov’s unmistakably Romantic style via Borodin’s rousing folkloric rhythms and Tchaikovsky’s balletic waltzes to Babin’s own remarkable evocations of a bygone era.

TRACKLIST

1. TWO4PIANO - II. Valse. Moderato (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
2. TWO4PIANO - Entr'acte and Waltz (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
3. TWO4PIANO - Valse. Tempo di Valse (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
4. TWO4PIANO - Waltz of the Flowers (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
5. TWO4PIANO - Son pa bereshku hadil (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
6. TWO4PIANO - Dance of the Skomorokhi (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
7. TWO4PIANO - No. 7, Zdes′ khorosho (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
8. TWO4PIANO - No. 11, Vesenniye vody (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
9. TWO4PIANO - No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
10. TWO4PIANO - Polovtsian Dances (Arr. V. Babin for 2 Pianos)
11. TWO4PIANO - No. 1, The Piper of Polmood
12. TWO4PIANO - No. 2, Hebrew Slumber Song
13. TWO4PIANO - No. 3, Russian Village