Chick Corea and Nicolas Economou played concerts together at the Munich Summer Piano Festival in 1981 and 1982. They made just one joint recording, On Two Pianos. Corea, “the chameleon of jazz”, is renowned for his collaborations with musicians of all kinds (in the same year as this recording, 1983, he brought out two more albums where he was partnered by Friedrich Gulda and Gary Burton, respectively). He had collaborated with Burton and Herbie Hancock on similar programmes in the late 1970s, which also included pieces by Bartók. Economou, a precociously talented pianist from Cyprus, received a classical training in the rigours of the Moscow Conservatory in the late 1960s, before establishing himself in Munich. There, in addition to his concertizing, he was active as composer, arranger, conductor and organizer of musical festivals, including the Munich Summer Piano Festival, from which these recordings are taken. Each artist improvises in his own style; their interaction creates a glorious musical fusion.