Debussy / Lortie / Mercier Piano Duets CD

Regular duet and two-piano partners H?l?ne Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy program. The album features duets written by the composer himself -such as the Petite Suite, the Six ?pigraphes antiques and the Marche ?cossaise sur un th?me Populaire; as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Premi?re Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin and the Ballade slave). The album ends with Andr? Caplet's monumental arrangement of Debussy's best known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripped of it's 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 B?sendorfer 280 VC grand pianos.