Bryce Dessner: El Chan
Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos)
Orchestre de Paris, Matthias Pintscher
The Labèque sisters are excellent throughout but it is Dessner’s colourful post-minimal style that is making all the waves here.
Bryce Dessner: El Chan
Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos)
Orchestre de Paris, Matthias Pintscher
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The Labèque sisters are excellent throughout but it is Dessner’s colourful post-minimal style that is making all the waves here.
About
• The Labeque Sisters are back with an album dedicated entirely to American composer Bryce Dessner, founder and guitarist of the rock band The National.
• Following in the steps of minimalist composers such as Philip Glass, John Adams and Steve Reich, Bryce Dessner has composed the Concerto for two pianos for the sisters. It was recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2018 with Orchestre de Paris conducted by Matthias Pintscher.
• The album also includes the work El Chan for two pianos, and Haven for two guitars and two pianos.
• The album is dedicated to the film director Alejandro Gonzales Iñarittú (The Revenant, Babel...), who created the album cover artwork
Contents and tracklist
- Katia & Marielle Labèque (piano duet)
- Orchestre de Paris
- Matthias Pintscher
- Recorded: 2019-10-19
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie de Paris
- David Chalmin (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Katia & Marielle Labèque (piano duet)
- Recorded: 2019-01-28
- Recording Venue: La Fabrique des Ondes
- Katia & Marielle Labèque (piano duet)
- Recorded: 2018-06
- Recording Venue: KML Studio, Rome
Awards and reviews
August 2019
The Labèque sisters are excellent throughout but it is Dessner’s colourful post-minimal style that is making all the waves here.
