Lucille Chung & Alessio Bax - Debussy / Ravel:For Two Pianos - Import CD

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Lucille Chung & Alessio Bax

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The third duo album from Signum Classics, the piano duo of Italian noblemen Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung, is a collection of four-hand & two-piano works by Debussy and Ravel. Italian nobleman Alessio Bax, winner of the 3rd Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 1997 and the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2000, continues to perform on the world stage. He has also received much attention for his collaboration with Daishin Kashimoto, who is the first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, and in 2023, he performed with Emmanuel Pajou on his tour of Japan to great acclaim. The third release on Signum Classics, a piano duo album by Bax and Lucille Chung, is Debussy & Ravel for four hands and two pianos. The noble and refreshing piano duo colors a captivating program that combines original works for piano duo with arrangements by Dutilleux and Ravel. (Tokyo M-Plus) Included in the program Debussy:. Moonlight (from Suite bergamasque L.75 / arranged by Henri Dutilleux for 2 pianos), Small Suite (for 4 hands piano), In Black and White (for 2 pianos), The Maiden with Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Vol. 1, for 4 hands piano, arranged by Léon Roquet), Late from Lent (arranged for 4 hands piano by Leon Roque), Prelude to the Pastor's Afternoon (arranged by Ravel for 4 hand piano), Late from Lent (arranged by Leon Roque for 4 hand piano), and Ravel: Ma mère roi Ma mère roi (for 4 hands piano), La Valse (for 2 pianos) Performers Bax & Chung Piano Duo Alessio Bax (piano), Lucille Chung (piano)] Recorded at Saffron Hall (England) in August, 2022