Darryl Coote
Darryl Coote's piano playing favours natural, unforced line and clear colour, whether alone or in the closely matched ensemble work that defines the Team of Pianists. He moves between Chopin, Schubert and Brahms and the Australian repertoire with the same plain-speaking poise.
A partner in Melbourne's Team of Pianists, he is a constant presence on their Move recordings as soloist, duettist and two-piano partner, and often as producer. With Robert Chamberlain he gives Debussy's Petite Suite a reading that simply lets the music speak; the same pair take the Australian premiere recording of Bruch's Concerto for two pianos and orchestra. He is primo in Brahms's sixteen waltzes for four hands, turns to Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau for solo colour, and joins Max Cooke in the melodious charm of Sculthorpe's smaller piano pieces. The discs range from Mozart anniversary programmes to four- and six-hand tours de force and Spanish-Australian rhapsody at New Norcia. What comes through is committed chamber musicianship rather than display: vitality, freshness of technique, and a taste for rarely heard as well as familiar scores.
Darryl Coote is featured on the following titles
Teamwork
An eminently listenable collection of piano music for four and six hands. Romantic, brilliant and companionable by turns, it is an exciting, all-stops-out tour de force from the Team of Pianists.
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Performing as Team of Pianists
The Melbourne-based Team of Pianists is acclaimed for high standards of artistry and professionalism, and has captivated audiences in Australia and overseas for nearly twenty years through solo, chamber and concerto performance.
Peter Sculthorpe: Piano Music
Thirty years of piano music by Peter Sculthorpe, one of Australia's finest composers, in exemplary performances by the Team of Pianists, Michael Hannan and the composer himself.
New Norcia: A Spanish Rhapsody
The Team of Pianists present Spanish and Spanish-tinged piano music as a tribute to New Norcia’s Benedictine heritage, from Infante and de Falla to Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole.
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Team of Pianists presents the Schimmel K 256
Australia’s Team of Pianists inaugurates Schimmel’s Artist Collection on the new K 256 concert grand, with Brahms duets, Romantic and Impressionist solos, Saint-Saëns with clarinet, and Carl Vine.
Sparkling Keys
Sparkling Keys celebrates the creative partnership of the National Trust and the Team of Pianists. Over a decade that partnership produced Twilight Chamber Music at Rippon Lea and concerts at Como, Labassa, Illawarra and Barwon Park.
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart gathers music for piano duet, two and three pianos from France and Australia. At its centre is the first Australian recording of Max Bruch’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra.
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Homage to Brahms
A handsome recital paying homage to Brahms, with two-piano variations, late Intermezzi, the G major Violin Sonata, and the complete Liebeslieder Walzer.
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Mozart at Melbourne
Mozart works for piano and violin, two pianos, piano duet and solo piano, played by members of the Team of Pianists with guest violinist Leonard Dommett. 1967 sonata performances sit beside later keyboard sessions for the bicentenary.
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Hamilton
The Team of Pianists present a programme of excellent piano works for solo, duo and two pianos, spanning popular classics and Australian repertoire.
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Pianists of Excellence
The Team of Pianists is acclaimed in Europe and Australia for vitality and freshness of technique. This recital presents solo piano works by Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Sculthorpe, played by four of its members.
Darryl Coote also appears on
Peter Sculthorpe
A retrospective compilation of favourite chamber works by the late Peter Sculthorpe, drawn from Move’s own catalogue. Torres Strait song, Kakadu landscapes and intimate string writing are heard in performances by leading Australian musicians.
Cosmosis
The album explores the many combinations throat singing can take. Dean Frenkel pairs overtone singing with a children’s choir, guitar and mandolin, Australian birds, contemporary piano, vibraphone duet, and a female vocal duo in song form.