Chopin & Liszt Sonatas (arr. Saint-Saens)
The Parnassius Piano Duo (Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi) perform extracts from sonatas by Chopin and Liszt in two-piano arrangements by Saint-Saëns, works which make up their new CD on the Nimbus label. Video includes footage taken during a session…
Sherwood: ‘Scherzo’ from Suite for Two Pianos
The Parnassius Piano Duo (Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi) plays the Scherzo from Percy Sherwood's Suite for Two Pianos, during a recording session in Wyastone Concert Hall for their 2019 disc of music for two pianos by Sherwood and Parry.
Rachmaninov: ‘Adagio’ from Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
The Parnassius Piano Duo (Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi) performs the third movement from their own arrangement of Sergei Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, live at St John's Smith Square in February 2017.
Three: Delius or Barber with Mozart and Schubert
Parnassius Piano Duo - Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in F major, K. 497 |
| Samuel Barber - Souvenirs, op. 28 OR Frederick Delius, arr. Peter Warlock - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring followed by Dance Rhapsody no.1 |
| Interval |
| Franz Schubert - Sonata in C major, D. 812, Grand Duo |
Two: Schubert, Ravel and Rubinstein
Parnassius Piano Duo - Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi
| Franz Schubert - Variations in A flat major, D. 813 |
| Maurice Ravel - Ma mère l'oye |
| Interval |
| Anton Rubinstein - Sonata, op. 89 |
One: Composers' Own Arrangements
Parnassius Piano Duo - Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi
| Edward Elgar, arr. Elgar - Serenade in E minor, op. 20 |
| Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat major, op. 20 |
| Interval |
| Sergey Rachmaninov, arr. Rachmaninov - The Rock, op. 7 |
| Nikolai Kapustin, arr. Kapustin - Sinfonietta op. 49 |
