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Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020)
Three for Two, Op: 145 (Triptych) for two pianos, four hands (2012)
The Fedorova & Takser Piano Duo show their eclecticism in this single release of the first official recording of a work by the late Russian composer and pianist Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020), known for his fusion of jazz and classical forms. Three for Two. Triptych for Two Pianos, Op. 145, was composed in 2012 but not published until 2024 by the renowned Schott publishing house.
The music is typical Kapustin: a captivating and foot-tapping mix of jazz and classical modernism, which comes across as effortlessly light as if improvised, although it is meticulously notated down to the last musical rest.
5-star review
★★★★★
[...] The first movement stands out for its virtuosity, its driving rhythm and its long, extremely free ornamental lines, as if it were truly improvised.
The duettists are incredibly precise in their attacks, and wonderfully recreate the constant swaying effect that is so typical of jazz [...]
LaScena Musicale, issue June 2025
XIX: The Golden Duets
Four hands, 88 black-and-white keys: The internationally acclaimed Fedorova & Takser Piano Duo revitalizes the grand tradition of the piano duet on their new GENUIN album. The music spans from Romantic salon pieces to grand concert hall works by masters such as Debussy, Bach, and Brahms, along with exciting discoveries by David L. McIntyre and Edward McDowell. This exceptional duo, known for their elegant and multifaceted performances, includes two of their original transcriptions on this album – a tribute to the piano duet's history, long shaped by transcriptions of orchestral and vocal music.
5-star review
★★★★★
[...] Debussy’s Petite Suite, in all its freshness, reveals not only the duo’s excellent chemistry, but also the delicacy and vivacity of their phrasing. Pure delight!"
"A real success, both conceptually and musically![...]
LaScena Musicale, issue June 2025
[…] an original selection from this era […]. The introduction is atmospheric with the tone-painting Three poems op. 20 by the American late Romantic composer Edward MacDowell; painted in cheerful colours, with permeable elegance: Debussy's early Petite Suite, followed by Franz Schubert's rhythmically sharply contoured Four Polonaises D 599 [...]
Review by Stephan Schwarz-Peters,
PIANIST, issue 1/2025
[...] What could have been a standard four-hand program turned into a master class of artistry and ensemble playing—confirming the oh-so-famous adage: it is not what you play, but how you play it [...]
LaScena Musicale, issue March 2025
ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPTIONS BY FEDOROVA&TAKSER PIANO DUO
