[Coll]: Anderson, Gregg and Roe, Elizabeth (Piano Duo) / When Words Fade
Label: Steinway and Sons, 2011


Duo pianists Gregg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe have earned a devoted following with their creative, eclectic, romantic, energetic, artistic concerts, performing on two Steinway Concert D pianos. This disc reached #2 rank on the Billboard Traditional Classical charts. Here, they start with a Michael Jackson hit, move to Vivaldi crying and Mozart laughing, then to rapid-paced, fiery seduction by Georges Bizet’s Carmen, a terrifying Schubert portrait of death pursuing a child, the heart-rending, wordless song of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, unrequited love as told by Jacques Brel, Schumann in a strange state, seduction and mystery in a lovely Aria by Villa-Lobos, the nightmare of Radiohead’s Paranoid Android, a new day with Arne’s Glitt’ring Sun, and ending with a Coldplay song, Viva la Vida, inspired by paintings of Frida Kahlo.

1. (4:46) Michael Jackson (1958-2009): Billie Jean
2. (4:07) Antonio Vivaldi (1678-174): I Feel Within a Rain of Tears
3. (3:59) Mozart: Papageno! (from The Magic Flute)
4. (13:08) Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Carmen Fantasy
5. (4:10) Franz Schubert (1797-1828): The Erlking, Op. 1, D. 328
6. (6:29) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
7. (13:00) Jacques Brel (1928-1987): Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine
8. (4:05) Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Lo, at Midnight, from Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5
9. (9:03) Radiohead: “Paranoid Android” from OK Computer
10. (3:38) Thomas Arne (1710-1778): The Glitt’ring Sun
11. (4:41) Coldplay: Viva la Vida (Long Live Life)