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Release Date: 19 June 2026
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0095115239520
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Claude Debussy
Description
Alongside their respective solo careers, Helene Mercier and Louis Lortie regularly meet to perform as a highly sought-after piano duo. Both born and raised in Montreal, they have formed a musical partnership that goes back to the 1980s, developing a musical intimacy present throughout their wide-ranging repertoire. Their complicity has been strengthened over decades of playing concerts and recording together. This, their nineth album for Chandos, continues their exploration of works by Debussy. The programme features transcriptions by Ravel, Dutilleux, Woollett, Durand, Roques, and the composer of some of his best-known orchestral works (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Nocturnes) and solo piano pieces (Clair de lune, La Soiree dans Grenade, La plus que lente, Reverie). These sit alongside Lindaraja and En blanc et noir, original compositions for two pianos. Mercier and Lortie alternate the first and second player responsibilities in this mixture of works for two pianos and piano duet.
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
Barry Douglas
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Eva Ollikainen
Madeleine Dring; Julius Drake
Neave Trio
Julien Van Mellaerts, Dylan Perez
Aisslinn Nosky and Yiheng Yang
Valentina Danelon/Cristina Santin
Rautio Piano Trio
Luca Sanzo/Maurizio Paciariello
Erik Bosgraaf & filoBarocco
Ensemble Symposium/Ensemble il Demetrio/Stefano Parrino/Francesco Parrino
Tibor Bisztriczky; Wolfgang Schneiderhan
