Schubert: Grand Duo; Variations, D813; Three Marches militaires

Lupu and Barenboim are a dream team in Schubert’s masterpieces for piano duet. The intimate form turns truly symphonic in the Grand Duo. Jessica Duchen

 

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:33 pm

COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: Warner Apex
WORKS: Grand Duo; Variations, D813; Three Marches militaires
PERFORMER: Daniel Barenboim, Radu Lupu (piano duet)
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68070-7

Lupu and Barenboim are a dream team in Schubert’s masterpieces for piano duet. The intimate form turns truly symphonic in the Grand Duo. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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