Recordings
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
(Boosey & Hawkes, 2018)
◇ Facsimile Edition (ed. Felix Meyer)
◇ Historical Recording with Béla Bartók and Ditta Pásztory
◇ New Recording of the Sonata in its “original” form with the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, Christian Dierstein, and Matthias Würsch.
IGOR STRAVINSKY: PETRUSHKA
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
(Wergo, 2018)
Arrangements for piano duet and two pianos by the composer (vol. 2 - see Stravinsky in Black & White below)
◇ Petrushka
◇ Concertino
◇ Agon
◇ Scherzo à la russe
“A better performance of these works on the piano is difficult to imagine”
“...we have the impression that the performers innately have the ‘mother tongue’ which is needed for conjuring up this remote musical world.”
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: JÁTÉKOK - GAMES
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
(Wergo, 2015)
Complete works for piano duo and selected transcriptions
◇ Játékok - Games I
◇ Játékok - Games III
◇ Játékok - Games IV
◇ Játékok - Games VIII
◇ Selected Transcriptions (Machaut, Lasso, Frescobaldi, Schütz, Purcell, and J.S.Bach)
◇ Suite
“The performances are just stunning.”
AMY WILLIAMS: CROSSINGS
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, Amy Williams, JACK Quartet, and Jeffrey Jacob
(Albany, 2013)
◇ Abstracted Art I and II
◇ Brigid's Flame
◇ Crossings
◇ Richer Textures
◇ Astoria
◇ Cineshape 2
◇ Falling
“The best music of any composer living today.”
CONLON NANCARROW: AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with Amy Briggs and Ingrid Karlen, Rex Lawson with Ensemble Modern, Kasper de Roo (conductor), WDR Sinfonieorchester Koeln, Stefan Asbury (conductor)
(Wergo, 2011)
◇ Suite for Orchestra
◇ Studies for Player Piano Nr. 16, 20, 26, 32, 44
◇ Three Movements for Chamber Orchestra
◇ Septet (fragment)
◇ Concerto for Pianola and Chamber Orchestra, version from Paul Usher
“…as the performances under Stefan Asbury show, the music is both distinctive and distinguished.”
ALBERTO GINASTERA
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koeln, Rayanne Dupuis (soprano), Ensemble S, Schlagzeugensemble der Musikhochschule Koeln, Stefan Asbury (conductor)
(Neos, 2009)
◇ Popol Vuh
◇ Cantata para América Mágica
“The CD is a pleasure from beginning to end!”
VARÈSE/FELDMAN
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with Amy Briggs, Benjamin Engeli, and Stefan Wirth
(Wergo, 2009)
◇ Morton Feldman: Four Pianos
◇ Edgard Varèse: Amériques (world premiere recording of the composer's arrangement for two pianos, eight hands)
◇ Morton Feldman: Five Pianos
“It’s a triumphant record, one of the year’s best and most inspiring in any genre.”
STRAVINSKY IN BLACK & WHITE
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
(Wergo, 2007)
Arrangements for piano duet and two pianos by the composer (vol. 1 - see Petrushka above)
◇ The Rite of Spring
◇ Three Pieces for String Quartet
◇ Dumbarton Oaks
◇ Septet (world premiere recording)
◇ Movements (world premiere recording)
◇ Dance (world premiere recording)
“A dichotomy between emotional freedom and structural restraint: a productive field of tension that Oña has explored to its imaginary limits.”
ERIK OÑA: PORTRAIT
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with Amy Briggs, Cellotrio Blu, Thuermchen Ensemble, Truike van der Poel (mezzo-soprano)
(Wergo, 2007)
All world-premiere recordings
◇ Andere Stimmen
◇ Tiger und Patriarch
◇ Fuenf Lieder
◇ Alles Nahe werde fern
◇ Jodeln
◇ Euler Sonaten
“[They] play the living hell out of it.”
JORGE LIDERMAN: WIND-UP TOYS
The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo and Gloria Cheng (piano), Sonia Rubinsky (piano)
(Albany, 2005)
All world-premiere recordings
◇ Wind-Up Toys
◇ Tropes
◇ That is Already...
“These pianists are stunning.... Don’t listen to this CD straight through, however. Your mouth may get locked in place, wide open.”
CONLON NANCARROW: STUDIES & SOLOS
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
(Wergo, 2004)
◇ Eleven Studies for Player Piano (world premiere recordings)
◇ Three Canons for Ursula
◇ Tango?
◇ Three Two-Part Studies
◇ Prelude and Blues
◇ Sonatina