With Two Marimbas in Berlin, award-winning duo DoubleBeats presents world premiere recordings of four pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire and two modern classics in their own remarkable arrangements for marimbas and percussion. Soft, resonant tones and high drama emerge through the duo’s exceptional dexterity and control in works by Chopin and Rachmaninov, as well as in Bach’s iconic Goldberg Variations. Haydn’s lighthearted Variations contrast with the thrills of Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango, and the album finishes with Minoru Miki’s poignant Marimba Spiritual.
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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations (wariacje goldbergowskie), BWV988
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Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique'
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Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major
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Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
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Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 4 in A minor
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Haydn: Arietta con 12 variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII/2
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Miki: Marimba Spiritual
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Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango
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Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango: Bordel 1900
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Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango: Café 1930
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Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango: Concert d'aujourd'hui
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Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango: Nightclub 1960
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Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor