Kapustin - Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) Paraphrase for Two Pianos, Op. 129

Here is Nikolai Kapustin's Paraphrase on Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca for two pianos, Op. 129. This is taken from Asuka Matsumoto's Piano Espressivo II album. It is not the greatest performance, and it seems to have been mixed in an odd way. They also play it slower than Kapustin says to. The Kawakami/Nakanishi performance extract on YouTube is much better played, but that is incomplete. I uploaded this just so people know what the whole piece sounds like.

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[jre58591]

There is another recording of this work with Ludmil Angelov and Daniel del Pino playing, and it puts this recording to shame in every way possible. I have yet to hear the new Kawakami recording, though.

[richthirdedition]

I just purchased the Angelov and del Pino recording. It is wonderful. I myself enjoy either a virtuoso performance like theirs or one like this, a bit slower, where you can really hear the interplay , really feel the piece being made.

Kapustin just blows me away with his talent and his prolific output.

[flamingspinach]

For those who are looking for it, it's at watch?v=ko_WZpU_59I . This (Matsumoto's) performance has been uploaded with video at watch?v=aekikXOxkC0 as well, by the way :) And here's another one by William Villaverde and Fabiana Claure: watch?v=nyEuOgu1F8g

[jre58591]

@flamingspinach Oh, I see. Either way, it sounds better than this one, I'm sure!

[flamingspinach]

@jre58591 see nkwebmaster's reply on the other recording of this piece on youtube :)

[jre58591]

@flamingspinach Actually, I think he plays it with his wife on that CD, not overdubbed. Either way, it has to be better than this terrible recording!

[flamingspinach]

@flamingspinach Sorry, correction - Kawakami Masahiro plays both primo and secondo (overdubbed) on the new CD.

[flamingspinach]

Thanks! At a slower speed it's easier to notice the interplay of the two parts, which I guess at a normal speed would be a pleasure mainly intended for the performers rather than the listeners. Seems like it would be quite a pleasure, at that. Perhaps I shall purchase the piece - Prhythm Edition is selling it for a quite reasonable ~US$18.

By the way, Kawakami has just released a CD with a recording of this piece on it, performed by him and his wife. Amazon JP has it (out of stock though).

[amusicalnutcase]

Thanks for the post of this, its nice to hear the piece in its entirety. I think I'll purchase it so my professor and I can play it in a recital next year.