Il Dumky Trio di Dvorak nella versione per Pianoforte a quattro mani originale dell'autore (Prima assoluta Mondiale). Dvorak pubblicò la versione pianistica insieme alla nota versione per trio.
[..]The Duo Pianistico Palmas (the brother and sister duo of Cristina and Luca Palmas) is highly talented and unfailingly musical[..] Contrasts are vital to this piece, and the Duo Pianistico Plamas ensures that we are in no doubt of this. Textures are often stunningly well judged, as are tempos and agogics[...] the Duo Pianistico Palmas has issued an altogether creditable disc that will surely provide much enjoyment
These two works from thè 1890s, one written by thè Czech master at thè height of bis powers, and thè other by a stripling Bratislava-born composer, were both transcribed at thè time for piano duet to allow their wider dissemination into private homes. The Dohnànyi Piano Quintet is an astonishingly confident work for a 17-year old composer. To my ears also, its piano duet arrangement, though not by thè composer as in thè case of thè Dumky Trio, is a better fit. The brother and sister duo are an accomplished pair though thè piano sound as recorded is tinkly above thè slave. A disc worth exploring, which can be obtained from thè very good Milan web site of 'La Bottega Discantica'.
Dvorak's arrangement of his piano trio for four hands on piano stands comparison with the original, that of the quintet by Dutch composer Jan Brandts Buys less so, for all its demands for virtuosity, amply met by this brother-and-sister team
E' una interpretazione sfavillante, carica di humour ma anche di grande sensibilità timbrica
[...] Notevole lo slancio, la freschezza, la brillantezza, il vigore del pianismo dei due giovani interpreti [...] Un Duo ancora giovane ma che dimostra grande maturità interpretativa, unita a uno stile pianistico che sposa solidità tecnica a una musicalità trascinante e contagiosa
Un tocco raffinatissimo di suono, respiro interpretativo e impeccabile assieme come nei migliori duo del mondo