Two Marimbas in Berlin DoubleBeats

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): 12 Etudes, Op. 10 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas):
• 1 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): No. 11 in E-Flat Major, B. 42 "Arpeggio" 02:02
• 2 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): No. 4 in A Minor, B. 78 "Paganini" 01:47
• 3 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): No. 2 in A Minor, B. 59 "Chromatique" 01:19
• 4 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): No. 1 in A Minor, B. 104 "Aeolian Harp" 02:16
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): 10 Preludes, Op. 23:
• 5 Rachmaninoff: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor (Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas) 04:05
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas):
• 6 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Aria 02:08
• 7 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 1 00:57
• 8 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 7 01:01
• 9 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 5 00:46
• 10 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 10, Fughetta 00:50
• 11 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 28 01:10
• 12 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 17 00:54
• 13 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 21, Canone alla settima 01:21
• 14 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 14 01:01
• 15 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 16, Ouverture 01:24
• 16 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 20 01:01
• 17 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 23 01:07
• 18 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 18, Canone alla sexta 00:48
• 19 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 26 01:08
• 20 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): Var. 29 01:04
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Histoire du tango (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas):
• 21 Piazzolla: Histoire du tango (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): I. Bordel 1900 03:18
• 22 Piazzolla: Histoire du tango (Excerpts Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas): III. Nightclub 1960 04:58
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Variations in A Major, Hob. XVII:
• 23 Haydn: Variations in A Major, Hob. XVII:2 (Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas) 15:11
• Minoru Miki (1930 - 2011): Marimba Spiritual (Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas & Percussion):
• 24 Miki: Marimba Spiritual (Arr. L. Böhm & N. Fan for 2 Marimbas & Percussion) 10:46
• Total Runtime 01:02:22

Info for Two Marimbas in Berlin

With Two Marimbas in Berlin, award-winning duo DoubleBeats presents world premiere recordings of four pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire and two modern classics in their own remarkable arrangements for marimbas and percussion. Soft, resonant tones and high drama emerge through the duo’s exceptional dexterity and control in works by Chopin and Rachmaninov, as well as in Bach’s iconic Goldberg Variations. Haydn’s lighthearted Variations contrast with the thrills of Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango, and the album finishes with Minoru Miki’s poignant Marimba Spiritual.

DoubleBeats:
Ni Fan, marimba, percussion
Lukas Böhm, marimba, percussion

DoubleBeats
Founded in 2012 by Ni Fan (China) and Lukas Böhm (Deutschland) during their studies at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, the DoubleBeats percussion duo has established itself rapidly on the international concert scene.

The duo made its domestic début with Jacob ter Veldhuis’ Goldrush Concerto under the direction of Sean Edwards at the Konzerthaus in Berlin and its international début at the International Percussion Ensemble Week in Croatia. At the International Mercedes-Benz Music Festival in China, they were named Young Artists of the Year 2012.

Since then, regular concert tours and guest professorships have seen them travel Europe and Asia widely.

In 2018, DoubleBeats won first prize and two special awards at the OSAKA International Music Competition in Japan and first prize at the Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium the previous year. They were awarded the Ritter prize by the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation for “exceptional achievement in the field of interpretation”.

The duo performs music both old and new. Their repertoire ranges from Bach to Piazzolla to Bartok, and includes numerous adaptations and commissions for both traditional and modern instruments.

A beneficiary of Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now scheme, DoubleBeats is active in the field of music outreach in social institutions. They are supplied by Yamaha and Sabian Cymbals in their role as official endorsers.

Since the summer semester of 2019, DoubleBeats has been teaching at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin.

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