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(2008) Claves Records, Switzerland: 40 Years of Passion, The Five Most Wanted Recordings

CD 2820-24 | 2008

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(2003) Weihnachten in alten und modernen Gedichten & Geschichten

CD 2304 | 2003

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(1994) Schubert: Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol. III

CD 9413 | 1994

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(1993) Original Works for Piano four Hands

CD 9316 | 1993

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(1992) French Masterpieces For Piano Four Hands

CD 9214 | 1992

(1991) Fragments & Unfinished Works For Piano, Two Pianos & Piano Four Hands

CD 9109 | 1991

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(1991) Dvorak: Complete Works for Piano 4 Hands, Vol. II

CD 9107 | 1991

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(1991) Dvorak: Complete Works for Piano 4 Hands, Vol. I

CD 9106 | 1991

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(1990) Mozart: Concertos for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365 & 242 - Fugue for Two Pianos, K. 426 - Adagio and Fugue for Strings, K. 546

CD 9022 | 1990

(1990) Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & No. 1 (Original Versions for Piano Four Hands)

CD 9012 | 1990

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(1989) J. Strauss II: Wienerwalzer for Piano Four Hands

CD 8915 | 1989

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(1989) Franz Schubert: Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol. II

CD 8901 | 1989

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(1988) Tchaikovsky: Original Works for Piano 4 hands

CD 8805 | 1988

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(1988) Franz Schubert: Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol. I

CD 8802 | 1988

(1987) Debussy: Works for Piano Four-Hands

CD 8508 | 1986

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(1987) Complete Original Works for Piano 4 Hands, Vol. 2

CD 8711 | 1987

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(1987) Complete Original Works for Piano 4 Hands Vol.1

CD 8710 | 1987

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(1986) Mozart: Sonatas K. 497 & K. 521 - Andante with Variations, K. 501 for Piano 4 Hands

CLF 8609-9 | 1986

Patrick Crommelynck was born in Brussels in 1942, Taeko Kuwata in Tokyo in 1945. Patrick studied with Stefan Askenase at the Brussels Conservatory, with Victor Merzhanov at the Moscow Conservatory, and with Dieter Weber in Vienna, where he met Taeko Kuwata, who was another of Weber's students. They married and formed their duo in 1974. They came to attention with their two-piano version of Brahms's 4th Symphony. They achieved considerable praise and recognition and were considered one of the world's leading piano duos. They toured widely and a number of composers wrote works for them. These included André Tchaikowsky's Invention 5b, dedicated to Patrick, and another André Tchaikowsky composition Tango and then Mazurka were arranged for the duo.

Duo Crommelynck made a number of recordings for the Swiss Claves label. They recorded music by Auric, Bizet, Brahms, Debussy, Dvořák, Fauré, Messager, Milhaud, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert, Smetana, Johann Strauss II, and Tchaikovsky. These included 2-piano arrangements of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony, Dvořák's New World Symphony, and Smetana's Vltava from Má vlast. Their three-disc set of the four-hand piano works of Schubert won a Grand Prix du Disque from the Académie Charles Cros. They also recorded an entire CD of fragments and unfinished pieces by Mozart.