Debussy - Piano Duets | Chandos CHAN20228

Debussy - Piano Duets

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN20228

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 9th September 2022

Contents

Artists

Helene Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

Works

Debussy, Claude

Andante cantabile
Arabesques (2) (arr. Leon Roques)
» no.1
Ballade slave, L70 (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh)
Epigraphes antiques (6)
La Mer (arr. Andre Caplet)
Marche ecossaise
Petite Suite
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) (arr. L Roques)

Artists

Helene Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

About

Regular duet and two-piano partners Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire; as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin and the Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripped of its orchestration, this two-piano version allows the listener to more easily appreciate Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos.

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