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George Crumb – Complete works for one piano (recordings AD 1991), available via Attacca Records

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      Five Pieces for Piano (1962), 10’49
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Makroksmos, Volume I (1972)
Twelve fantasy pieces after the Zodiac

      Makrokosmos Volume I, Part One, 10'44
  1. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) Cancer [G.R.]
  2. Proteus Pisces [W.R.C.]
  3. Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 B.C.) Taurus [J.B.]
  4. Crucifixus [SYMBOL] Capricorn [R.L.F.]
      Makrokosmos Volume I, Part Two, 10’43
  1. The Phantom Gondolier Scorpio [G.H.C.]
  2. Night-Spell I Sagittarius [A.W.]
  3. Music of Shadows (for Aeolian Harp) Libra [P.Z.]
  4. The Magic Circle of Infinity (Moto perpetuo) [SYMBOL] Leo [C.D.]
      Makrokosmos Volume I, Part Three, 11’28
  1. The Abyss of Time Virgo [A.S.]
  2. Spring-Fire Aries [D.R.B.]
  3. Dream Images (Love-Death Music) Gemini [F.G.L.]
  4. Spiral Galaxy [SYMBOL] Aquarius [B.W.]

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A CHOICE OF STUDIO AND LIVE RECORDINGS

PIANO SOLO

      George Antheil: Airplane Sonate (1922), 3’41
      Boris Pasternak: Prelude in g# (1906), 5’10
      Nikolai Roslavets: 2 Poèmes (1919/1922), 4'

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PIANO AND SOUNDTRACKS

      Ton Bruynèl: Toccare (1979), 10'25
      Luc-Ferrari-selection-of-36-Enfilades-1985-2707

ORGELLA QUARTET (2 pianos 8 hands)

Orgella Kwartet

Studio recordings from 1985 and 1986:

      Emmanuel Chabrier/Camille Chevillard: España for 2 pianos 8 hands, 6'13
      Bedrich Smetana: Rondo (1849) for 2 pianos 8 hands, 3'49
      Bedrich Smetana: Sonate (1849) for 2 pianos 8 hands, 7'56

Rachmaninov jong

      Sergei Rachmaninow: Romance (1891) for 1 piano 6 hands, 4'36
      Sergei Rachmaninov: Waltz (1891) for 1 piano 6-hands, 1'15

Orgella Kwartet in Galop-Marche van Albert Lavignac

Live recording 1983 Concertgebouw Amsterdam:

      Albert Lavignac: Galop-Marche for 1 piano 8 hands, 3'28

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DUTCH PIANISTS’ QUARTET (2 pianos 8 hands) available via Attacca Records

      Theo Loevendie: Voor Jan, Piet en Klaas (1979), 5’53
  1. Voor Jan , 2’06
  2. Piet , 0’38
  3. En Klaas , 3’03
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Ton Bruynèl

      Ton Bruynèl: Rain (1982) for 2 pianos 8 hands & sounds, 9’29
      François-Bernard Mâche: Styx ( 1984), 11’05
      François-Bernard Mâche: Lethe ( 1985), 12’26
      Graham Fitkin: Untitled II (1987), 6’36
      Graham Fitkin, Sciosophy (1986), 4’25
Dutch Pianists’ Quartet: Niek de Vente, Robert Nasveld, Corien van den Berg, Marian Bolt Photo ©Marco Borggreve

Dutch Pianists’ Quartet

SPEAKING VOICE AND PIANO
A choice of melodramas with singer Lieuwe Visser (studio recording 1995):

      Franz Schubert: Abschied von der Erde, 2'39
      Robert Schumann: Ballade vom Haideknaben, 5'22
      Ferdinand Hummel: Die Mette von Marienburg, 18'25
      Arthur Lourié: Our March (1918), 4'26