Paganini variations for two pianos, full performance available here http://www.medici.tv/#/verbier-festival-2011-celebrates-chamber-music

Witold Lutoslawski
Paganini variations for two pianos (excerpt)

Martha Argerich piano
Evgeny Kissin piano

Recorded at Verbier Festival 2011 : Verbier Festival celebrates chamber music

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Режиссёр  

Александр Люткевич,
Юрий Бутырин,
Андрей Игнатенко
Автор сценария  

Владимир Голованов,
Сергей Иванов
Роли озвучивали  

Рудольф Панков,
Владимир Михитаров,
Юрий Саранцев,
Александр Леньков,
Валерий Баринов,
Артём Карапетян,
Венера Рахимова,
Вячеслав Баранов,
Александр Пожаров,
Ирина Бякова,
Валерий Толков,
Михаил Кононов,
Борис Шувалов,
Ян Янакиев,
Алексей Борзунов,
Александр Рыжков,
Ирина Губанова,
Клара Румянова,
Светлана Степченко,
Кристина Орбакайте,
Игорь Климов,
Светлана Харлап,
Александр Воеводин

Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) (1886)

I. Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion) [0:00]
II. Poules et coqs (Hens and Roosters) [1:58]
III. Hémiones - animaux véloces (Wild Asses - quick animals) [2:42]
IV. Tortues (Tortoises) [3:22]
V. L'éléphant (The Elephant) [5:24]
VI. Kangourous (Kangaroos) [6:55]
VII. Aquarium [7:51]
VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles (Characters with Long Ears) [9:58]
IX. Le coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods) [10:35]
X. Volière (Aviary) [12:40]
XI. Pianistes (Pianists) [13:52]
XII. Fossiles (Fossils) [15:15]
XIII. Le cygne (The Swan) [16:41]
XIV. Finale [19:40]

This is a famous musical suite by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), written while on vacation in Austria in 1886. It is scored for a chamber ensemble of flute/piccolo, clarinet (B flat and C), two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass - in this recording, a full orchestral string…