Edition Schott

In January 1964 Bernd Alois Zimmermann interrupted the completion of his opera Die Soldaten [The Soldiers] in order to rearrange his orchestral work Dialoge for two pianos. Monologe resulting therefrom takes up the original material but develops it towards a different direction : Zimmermann's collage technique based on quotations extends over the entire musical setting so that it is not only Mozart (Piano Concerto in C major KV 467) who has his say but Beethoven, Messiaen and Bach as well.
'Monologe - this is a piece for two pianists ; real monologues of these pianists who, though simultaneously, [... ] do not always play at the same 'time' ; [... ] losing themselves in their 'own thoughts', as it were. ' (Zimmermann) Instrumentation : 2 pianos (4 hands)