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New. Katia & Marielle Labèque - 55

Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (piano)

Katia & Marielle Labèque - 55
In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming.

Gramophone Magazine, August 2026

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Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (piano)

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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming.

Gramophone Magazine, August 2026

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Fifty-five years after the release of their first recording, Katia and Marielle Labèque celebrate an extraordinary artistic journey with “55”, a landmark 3-CD boxed set bringing together new recordings and curated archive treasures spanning more than half a century. First released in 1970 under the artistic guidance of Olivier Messiaen, the Labèque sisters’ debut album marked the beginning of one of the most singular careers in contemporary music. “Visions de l’Amen was our very first recording. We were 17 and 19. Olivier Messiaen himself asked us to record it”, as they recall.

Contents and tracklist

Tiomkin: Wild is the Wind (Transcribed for two Pianos by Michael Blasky after Nina Simone's version)
Work length6:11
Bonds: Spiritual Suite
Work length3:59
III. Troubled Water (Arr. for two Pianos by Clémentin Bonjour)
Track length3:59
Guèbrou: Ballad of the Spirits
Work length5:11
Chalmin: Valse noire for M.
Work length2:44
Bacewicz: Ten Concert Etudes
Work length1:33
IV.
Track length1:33
Bacewicz: Trois pièces Caractéristiques
Work length1:37
I. Allegretto
Track length1:37
Pejačević: 2 Nocturnes, Op. 50
Work length2:57
No. 2 Leicht bewegt und verträumt
Track length2:57
Glass, P: Helen's Theme from Candyman (Arr. for Piano by Michael Riesman)
Work length2:54
Chalmin: Star-Cross'd Lovers
Work length1:20
Act V: Romeo's Poison
Track length1:20
Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes
Work length2:56
No. 12
Track length2:56
Evans, B: We Will Meet Again
Work length4:38
Excerpt,Bernstein: West Side Story
Work length3:06
Somewhere (Arr. for two Pianos by Irwin Kostal)
Track length3:06
Lucia, P de: Canción De Amor (Arr. for two Pianos by Joan Albert Amargós)
Work length5:21
Falla: La vida breve - Transc. Samazeuilh / Act 2
Work length2:53
Spanish Dance No. 1
Track length2:53
Johnson, J P: Carolina Shout (Arr. for two Pianos by François Jeanneau)
Work length3:27
Excerpt,Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Work length5:50
3. Allegro agitato
Track length5:50
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Vier Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 8
Work length4:19
I. Allegro moderato (Arr. for two Pianos by Isabelle et Florence Lafitte)
Track length4:19
Mendelssohn, Fanny: 3 Mélodies, Op. 4
Work length1:40
No. 2 Allegretto
Track length1:40
Excerpt,Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 5 (6), Op. 62
Work length2:21
I. Andante espressivo, MWV U185 "May Breeze" (Arr. for Piano 4-hands by Robin Langley)
Track length2:21
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte VI, Op. 67
Work length2:29
I. Andante, MWV U180 (Arr. for Piano 4-hands by Robin Langley)
Track length2:29
Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82
Work length4:44
III. Clair de lune (Arr. for two Pianos by Henri Dutilleux)
Track length4:44
Boulanger, L: Trois Morceaux
Work length4:34
I. D’un vieux jardin
Track length2:41
II. D’un jardin clair
Track length1:53
Bostdorp: Hommage à Marie Jaëll
Work length2:15
Jaëll, M: 12 Valses and Finale for Piano four-hands, Op. 8
Work length2:40
VIII. Allegretto cantabile
Track length2:40
Albéniz: Pavana-Capricho Op. 12
Work length3:11
Montgeroult: Cours complet pour l'Enseignement du Forté Piano
Work length4:56
Etude No. 110 in A Major
Track length4:56
Excerpt,Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56
Work length2:39
III. Le jardin de Dolly
Track length2:39
Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M. 60 - For Piano Duet
Work length3:16
V. Le jardin féerique
Track length3:16
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19 (Transcr. for Piano duet)
Work length6:19
Debussy: Nocturnes, L.91 - Transcr. Ravel
Work length5:45
2. Fêtes
Track length5:45
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B. 78
Work length2:57
No. 5 in A Major. Skocná. Allegro vivace
Track length2:57
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite), Op. 22
Work length3:59
No. 3, La poupée
Track length2:21
No. 12, Le bal
Track length1:38
Excerpt,Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56
Work length2:56
I. Berceuse
Track length2:56
Excerpt,Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Work length2:14
No. 12 in D Minor. Presto
Track length2:14
Berio: Memory
Work length9:50
Pärt: Für Alina
Work length3:06
Pärt: Pari intervallo
Work length5:09
Dessner: Goiza Larrunen
Work length3:18
Glass, P: Orphée / Act 1
Work length1:59
III. La chambre d'Orphée (Version for Piano duet)
Track length1:59
Glass, P: La Belle et la Bête
Work length1:22
II. Les soeurs (Version for Piano duet)
Track length1:22
Excerpt,Glass, P: Les Enfants Terribles
Work length3:50
III. The Somnambulist (Version for Piano duet)
Track length3:50
Dessner: El Chan
Work length4:31
II. Points of light
Track length2:50
V. Coyote
Track length1:41
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Pt. 1: L'Adoration de la terre
Work length1:11
Danse de la terre (Version for two Pianos)
Track length1:11
Pärt: Hymn to a Great City for two pianos
Work length3:16
Skempton: Images
Work length4:16
Prelude 7
Track length2:29
Postlude
Track length1:47
Cage: Experiences No. 1
Work length2:19
Satie: Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire
Work length2:37
En plus
Track length2:37
Excerpt,Satie: Avant Dernières Pensées
Work length1:03
I. Idylle, à Debussy
Track length1:03
Stravinsky: Les cinq doigts - Eight Very Easy Pieces on Five Notes
Work length1:25
IV. Larghetto
Track length1:25
Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements for Piano Duet
Work length2:28
Russian Dance
Track length2:28
Excerpt,Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos
Work length7:21
No. 7. Amen de la Consommation
Track length7:21

Awards and reviews

August 2026

In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming.

11th June 2026

Katia and Marielle Labèque’s musical curiosity is undimmed as this handsome three-disc tribute set demonstrates. A mix of new recordings and classics, it reveals the extent of their omnivorous appetites, from 20th-century modernism to minimalism and jazz.
4 out of 5 stars
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