Invisible Dances Viney-Grinberg Duo

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Petite Suite, L.65:
• 1 Debussy: Petite Suite, L.65: 1. En bateau 03:26
• 2 Debussy: Petite Suite, L.65: 2. Cortège 03:14
• 3 Debussy: Petite Suite, L.65: 3. Menuet 02:40
• 4 Debussy: Petite Suite, L.65: 4. Ballet 03:17
• Roy Agnew (1891 - 1944):
• 5 Agnew: Green Valley 02:03
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 6 Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor, D.940 19:08
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 7 Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina from Cantata BWV106 ‘Actus Tragicus’ 02:17
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Petrouchka - Three Movements for Piano Duet:
• 8 Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements for Piano Duet, Scene 1: 1. Russian Dance 02:31
• 9 Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements for Piano Duet, Scene 2: 2. Petrouchka's Room 04:15
• 10 Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements for Piano Duet, Scene 4: 3. The Shrovetide Fair 09:23
• Tim Dargaville (b. 1962):
• 11 Dargaville: Invisible Dance, for Piano four-hands 02:29
• Total Runtime 54:43

Info for Invisible Dances

Invisible Dances is the new album from acclaimed Australian pianists Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg, who perform as the Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo. Through scenes of fantasy and poetry, these musical tableaux highlight the sheer colour and brilliance of piano duets.

This album is permeated by the spirit of dance felt but not seen: from Debussy's archaic musings on minuet and ballet forms in his Petite Suite, through the obsessive moto perpetuos, French overture, and Austrian folk Ländler in Schubert's 'Fantasie', into the dazzling world of Stravinsky's dancing puppets and carnival acrobats.

Two Australian pieces generate interesting resonances alongside their European counterparts. Roy Agnew's Green Valley is a modest pastoral scene of exquisite beauty that echoes the outdoor scene of Debussy's En bateau. Tim Dargaville's Invisible Dance provides a counterpoint to the extroverted rhythmic display of Petrushka, a poignant postlude to an album animated by movement and motion.

Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg enjoy an international performance profile involving festivals, major series, live radio broadcasts, orchestras and CD releases.

Described as 'barnstorming' (The Australian) and 'the most compelling case for the beauty and variety of two piano repertory this reviewer has ever heard' (Los Angeles Times), the duo is committed to exploring classics of the two-piano and four-hand repertoire, but also contributes to the ongoing expansion of that literature through commissioning composers. They spent a decade in the United States before taking up their current position as Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Viney Grinberg Duo:
Liam Viney, piano
Anna Grinberg, piano

Viney-Grinberg Duo
Anna Grinberg and Liam Viney enjoy an international profile in duo piano performance. They perform traditional two-piano and four-hand repertoire, as well as contributing to the growth of that literature through commissioning composers. Fifteen new works have been written for them to date, and they have given many world and Australian premieres. Anna and Liam have collaborated with composers, artists, dancers, choreographers, and other established performing ensembles, as well as publishing book chapters and articles and giving scholarly seminars and presentations. Their performances have been described as ‘barnstorming’ (The Australian) and ‘unforgettable – the most compelling case for the beauty and variety of two piano repertory this reviewer has ever heard’ (Rick Schultz, Los Angeles Times). Anna and Liam spent a decade in the United States, first studying at Yale University, followed by five years on the performance faculty of California Institute of the Arts, before taking up their current positions as Lecturers and Ensemble-in-Residence at the School of Music, University of Queensland.

This album contains no booklet.