Katia & Marielle Labèque – Amoria (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Katia & Marielle Labèque – Amoria (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:33 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Katia and Marielle Labque’s attachment to their homeland is no secret. They decide to pay tribute to their roots interpreting a repertoire gathering works by Basque composers, dating from the Renaissance to the present day.

The album Amoria (“love” in Euskara) dives at the heart of Basque culture with composers who managed to blend popular folklore to academic music. Alongside the ensemble Hegiak, the countertenor Carlos Mena or the Escolana Easo Araoz Gazte choir, the two pianists reassess five centuries of music with Euskara, the Basque tongue, as a watermark — and culminating with a jubilant Bolro.

“There are talks about my heart’s stiffness. This isn’t true. Though I am Basque and Basque people seldom confide, and in few people only. You would not believe with what regrets I left Saint-Jean-de Luz. I really felt this nostalgic impression only when I saw the ocean disappear first, then the Pyreneans. My country truly is one of the finest, the most beautiful I’d say! The sea is bordered by acacia trees! And soft green hills from the top of which fall the small balls of oaks trimmed la Basque. And on the top of it all, the Pyreneans, magically mauve. Besides, there is the light. It is not the relentless sky of the other southern country. Here, its shine is delicate. It makes the folks agile, elegant and their joy isn’t vulgar. Dances are light, voluptuous without excess. Although very practiced, religion itself intertwines with a hint of skepticism.” Maurice Ravel

Tracklist:
1. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Con amores, la mi madre – Arr for fortepianos by Carlos Mena (05:00)
2. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Sarabanda – Arr. for fortepianos and viola da gamba by Francisco Ibáñez Irribarria (03:29)
3. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Tono al nacimiento de nuestro Señor Jesus (04:01)
4. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Agota – Arr. for fortepianos by Francisco Ibáñez Irribarria (08:08)
5. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Prière, op. 17 – With lyrics adapted from ‘Ezkonduien koplak’ (03:29)
6. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Oñazez (02:40)
7. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Deskalabratua naiz (Elegiaca) (02:23)
8. Katia & Marielle Labèque – 2 Mélodies hébraïques, M.22: 1. Kaddisch (05:49)
9. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Boléro, M.81 – Arr. for piano duet and percussions (15:54)
10. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Haurtxoa seaskan (03:18)
11. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Haika mutil (05:15)
12. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Elurra iruñan (03:31)
13. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Bateran (03:23)
14. Katia & Marielle Labèque – Discret charme aux arbres (07:06)

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