Miku Omine & Takako Takahashi - Rachmaninoff - Tchaikovsky (2024)

This album is a Rachmaninoff piano duo album by Miku Omine, who has made Rachmaninoff his life's work and whose performances and album are highly acclaimed, and Takako Takahashi, who won 5th place at the 12th International Chopin Piano Competition. In a live recording held at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on October 20, 2023, two suites by Rachmaninoff, which can be said to be the pinnacle of two-piano works, and a suite of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" arranged by Rachmaninoff for duet were recorded.

Tracklist
01. Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": I. Barcarolle
02. Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": II. La nuit … L'amour
03. Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": III. Les larmes
04. Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": IV. Pâques
05. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a, TH 234 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff): I. Introduction
06. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a, TH 234 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff): II. Adagio
07. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a, TH 234 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff): III. Pas de caractère
08. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a, TH 234 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff): IV. Panorama
09. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a, TH 234 (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff): V. Waltz
10. Suite No. 2, Op. 17: I. Introduction
11. Suite No. 2, Op. 17: II. Valse
12. Suite No. 2, Op. 17: III. Romance
13. Suite No. 2, Op. 17: IV. Tarantelle
14. 5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2, Prélude (Version for 2 Pianos)