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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Petite Suite
12:56
for Piano Duet
1.
I
En bateau. Andantino - Un peu retrnu - A tempo -
3:29
2.
II
Cortège. Moderato - A tempo scherzando -
3:02
3.
III
Menuet. Moderato
2:55
4.
IV
Ballet. Allegro giusto - Tempoo di Valse -
3:19
5.
Première Arabesque
3:57
from Deux Arabesques
for Solo Piano
Transcribed 1910 for Two Pianos by Léon Roques (1839 - 1923)
Andantino con moto - Poco mosso -
Six Épigraphes antiques
16:48
for Piano Duet
6.
I
Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d''été.
2:31
7.
II
Pour un tombeau sans nom.
3:33
8.
III
Pour que la nuit propice.
2:28
9.
IV
Pour la danseuse aux crotales.
2:25
10.
V
Pour l''Égyptienne.
3:17
11.
VI
Pour remercier la pluie au matin.
2:14
12.
La Fille aux cheveux de lin
2:12
No.8 from Préludes, Book 1
for Solo Piano
Transcribed 1910 for Piano Duet by Léon Roques
13.
Andante cantabile
6:35
for Piano Duet
Performed on Two Pianos
14.
Ballade slave
6:55
for Solo Piano
À Madame Philippe Hottinguer
Transcribed 1928 for Piano Duet by Gustave Samazeuilh (187 - 1967)
Performed on Two Pianos
15.
March écossaise sur un thème populaire
6:11
(marche des anciens comtes de Ross)
Scottish march on a Popular Theme
(March of the Old Counts of Ross)
for Piano Duet
La Mer
25:09
Trois Esquisses symphoniques
(Three Symphonic Sketches)
A Jacques Durand
Trasncribed 1909 for Two Pianos by André Caplet (1878-1925)
16.
I
De l''aube à midi sur la mer.
8:28
17.
II
Jeux de vagues.
8:13
18.
III
Dialogue du vent et de la mer.
8:18
Total time: 80:02
Notes
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. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily 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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“… The care, sensitivity, and details two world-class pianists, who have been playing together since the 1980s, give to everything here is remarkable. Just about everyone enjoys Debussy, and here are superb performances of a wide range of his music… this is a highly recommended addition to your library.”
James Harrington – American Record Guide – January/February 2023
“…and there is no denying that Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier are among the most judicious interpreters of these French masterpieces, with every detail of the pianistic soundscape caught with great felicity by the Chandos engineers. An essential disc, not least for lovers of Debussy – even if you possess other recordings of these pieces.”
Barry Forshaw – cdchoice.co.uk – 20 September 2022
Coup de Cœur *****
Alain Lompech – Classica magazine (France) – November 2022
Performance *** Recording ***
Christopher Dingle – BBC Music magazine – November 2022
“… Lortie and Mercier possess an enviable technical arsenal and rich expressive palette, allowing them to deliver a time-suspending experience replete with imagery. Intimate velvet tones, harmonic lushness and subtly graded dynamics come to the fore in interpretations that relish the music’s sensuously fragile mélodies and other-wordly phrasing.”
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