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Cocteau trilogy


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Presto classical

2024

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"Katia et Marielle Labèque, the famous pianist sister duo with a career spanning more than fifty years, release their new album dedicated to the music of Philip Glass, completing his operatic triptych composed between 1993 and 1996, based on the films by Jean Cocteau. After their much-acclaimed recording of Les Enfants Terribles in 2020, the pianists now present the remaining two works in the Cocteau Trilogy: Orphée and La Belle et la Bête, arranged by Glass' music director Michael Riesman for Katia and Marielle Labèque".


BBC music magazine

2024 May

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Geoff Brown (musikanmelder)

2024 May

"As soon as the Orphée selection begins, it's obvious that the Labèques' relish for Glass's romping arpeggios, motoric rhythms and common or tricky harmonic shifts is undimmed ... Whether the music adapted from 'Orphée' and 'La belle et la bête' has the power of the score for 'Les enfants terribles' is another matter ... Still, the Labèques don't differentiate, and give every arpeggio and twirling phrase exactly the same sparkle and love".


Fono Forum

2024 September

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Michael Kube

2024 September