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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review
(Deutsche Grammophon) The pianist sisters’ celebration of their 55 years of recording is a thoughtfully curated compilation that reveals the extent of their omnivorous musical appetites
TL;DR
- Katia and Marielle Labèque celebrate 55 years of recording with a new three-disc tribute set.
- The set features a diverse mix of genres, including 20th-century modernism, minimalism, and jazz.
- Highlights include four-hands repertoire, French music (Debussy, Ravel), and works by female composers (Mendelssohn, Boulanger, Bacewicz, Pejačević, Bonds).
- The compilation also features new music from composers such as Berio, Cage, Pärt, Glass, and Dessner.
- The set concludes with Messiaen's 'Amen de la Consommation', referencing their early work.