The début album of the PianoDuo Takahashi|Lehmann marks the beginning of the cooperation between the brilliant duo and audite. This and the following album, scheduled for release in spring 2015, explore the multifaceted cosmos of transcriptions for piano duet. In Part I, the musicians focus on three orchestral and ensemble masterpieces, arranged for piano duet by their own composers: Beethoven’s Great Fugue, Schumann’s Second Symphony and Schoenberg’s First Chamber Symphony. The virtuoso pianists combine their passionate expressivity with an intellectual programmatic conception. Their equally intelligent and touching playing makes even seemingly abstract works accessible to the listener.
