Works for two pianos by SAINT-SAËNS, MASSENET, BONIS, CHAMINADE, DEBUSSY and CHABRIER.

Concert programme :
00:00:50 Camille SAINT-SAËNS
La Princesse jaune op. 30: Ouverture
(transcription by Gabriel Fauré)

00:07:05 Jules MASSENET
Le Roi de Lahore: Ouverture
(transcription by Renaud de Vilbac)

00:14:26 Mel BONIS
Le Songe de Cléopâtre op. 180/1

00:23:07 Camille SAINT-SAËNS
Caprice arabe op. 96

00:31:15 Cécile CHAMINADE
La Sévillane op. 19: Ouverture
(transcription by the composer)

00:36:40 Claude DEBUSSY
Lindaraja

00:43:11 Emmanuel CHABRIER
España
(transcription by the composer)

Ismaël Margain and Guillaume Bellom take us on a musical journey rich in rare tones, thanks to the somewhat unusual combination of two grand pianos on the same stage.
Drawing on the repertoire of the Belle Époque – compositions by Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Bonis, Chaminade, Debussy, Chabrier and Ravel – they travel the world from east to west, starting in Japan, then, after crossing the Suez Canal, heading for the sunny roads of Spain. The rare experience of hearing pieces for two pianos is combined here with the pleasure of listening to French composers of the turn of the twentieth century taking inspiration from traditional melodies to express their modernity.

Recorded in Venice at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista, on 24 September 2023.

Video: Maco Film

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