Katia and Marielle Labèque, the famous piano-sister duo with a career spanning more than fifty years, are releasing their new album dedicated to the music of Philip Glass as a extensive 3-LP box set. With accompanying texts by Philip Glass and photos of the performance at the Paris Philharmonie.
His triptych, composed between 1993 and 1996 and based on the films of Jean Cocteau, is completed here. Following their highly acclaimed recording of "Les Enfants Terribles", which is included here, the pianists now also present the two remaining works of the Cocteau trilogy: "Orphée" and "La Belle et la Bête", arranged by Glass' music director Michael Riesman.
After his portrait trilogy (Einstein, Gandhi and Akhenaten), Philip Glass turned to the works of Jean Cocteau for his operas. He thus revisits the myth of "Orphée" (Orpheus) and "La Belle et la Bête" (Beauty and the Beast). He concludes his trilogy with "Les Enfants Terribles" (The Terrible Children), a novel that is as tragic as it is frighteningly light, in which two children attain an imaginary and boundless freedom within the four walls of their room. These are themes that Glass' hypnotic, infinite music conjures up beautifully under the fingers of Katia and Marielle Labèque.

Tracklist:

LP 1

Orphée (1993)
Side 1
01. I. Le café
02. II. La route
03. III. La chambre d'Orphée
04. IV. Chez Orphée
05. V. Le voyage aux enfers
06. VI. Orphée et la princesse
Side 2
01. VII. Interlude musical - Le retour chez Orphée
02. VIII. Le studio d'Orphée
03. IX. Le retour d'Orphée
04. X. La chambre d'Orphée

LP 2

La Belle et la Bête (1994)
Side 1
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Les soeurs
03. III. Le dîner
04. IV. Promenade dans le jardin
05. V. La saisie des meubles
Side 2
01. VI. La confiance de la Bête
02. VII. Le miroir
03. VIII. Le pavillon
04. IX. La métamorphose

LP 3

Les Enfants Terribles (1996)
Side 1
01. I. Overture
02. II. Paul Is Dying
03. III. The Somnambulist
04. IV. She Slapped Me
05. V. They Lived Their Dream
Side 2
01. VI. Terrible Interlude
02. VII. Cocoon Of Shawls
03. VIII. Lost
04. IX. Are You In Love, Agathe?
05. X. She Took The Path
06. XI. Paul’s End