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Anthony & Joseph Paratore
12+ albums
pianoClassicalAmerican classical pianist
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Anthony & Joseph Paratore is an internationally known classical piano duo, formed by the brothers Anthony Paratore (born 17 June 1944) and Joseph Paratore (born 19 March 1948). The pianists have performed and recorded most of the classical repertoire for two pianos and four-hand piano, including works with orchestra and arrangements of works for orchestra. In the field of jazz they have collaborated with Dave Brubeck. Anthony and Joseph Paratore were born in Boston in a musical family of Italian origin.[1] They studied on scholarships at both the Boston University and the Juilliard School, with Rosina Lhévinne.[2] Anthony graduated from the Boston University's School of Music in 1966, Joseph in 1970.[3] Each began performing as a soloist. Joseph had his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, aged 17. Anthony toured South America.[2] Their teacher at Juillard had urged them to play as a duo, because she had observed that they "gave the impression of breathing together".[1] In 1974, they won first prize at the ARD International Music Competition,[1][2] as the first piano duo to do so.[3] In 1987, they premiered Alban Berg's transcription of Arnold Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony, Op. 9, which had been "considered too difficult" when it was written. They recorded it along with Berg's transcriptions of his own string quartet, Op. 3.[4] In 1988, they played one of the 19 concerts of the first season of the Rheingau Musik Festival at Schloss Johannisberg. On 27 August they played
top songs
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Debussy: Petite Suite ~ En Bateau
1622Brahms: Waltz in A Major Op.39 No.15
873Brahms: Waltz In A Minor, Op. 39, No. 15
534Faure: Pavane Op.50
465Saint Saens: "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals
346Rachmaninoff: A Night For Love
327Brahms: Waltz In E Major, Op. 39, No. 2
318Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
279Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
2510Debussy: Petite Suite ~ Cortege
22albums
French Romance
Classic Romance
Classic Romance III
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"Timeless Kiss" ~ The Best Romantic Piano Music from Four Winds "Kiss" and "Classic Romance" Series
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"1001 Ways To Be Romanic ~ The Music" - The Most Romantic Classical Piano Music Of All Time
Anthony & Joseph Paratore Play Brahms
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Timeless Kiss, The Best Romantic Piano Music From Four Winds, Kiss And Classic Romance Series
Franz Schubert: Piano Masterworks for Four Hands
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Transcriptions & Paraphrases Vol. 1
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Points On Jazz
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Transcriptions & Paraphrases: Live Recordings (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 9)
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John Tesh Presents: Classical Music for a Stress-free World