Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg present a program of arrangements of French orchestral works for two harpsichords: "This was common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries so that the popular melodies heard in the opera could also be played at home or in salons." Among other things, Jean-Philippe Rameau's famous Les Sauvages, a hit of the time that was initially composed for solo harpsichord and later adapted by the composer for Les Indes galantes orchestras, will be played
orchestrated by the composer for Les Indes galantes. Here you can hear a version for two harpsichords that is closer to the orchestral version. The program also includes works by Marin Marais, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin and Nicolas Lebègue. Long-time musical partners Fortin and Frankenberg chose instruments whose timbres are particularly suited to the French style and clearly took great pleasure in taking this musical journey
"We researched intensively, experimented, explored a huge repertoire and freely tried out many possibilities on the instrument to find out what sounds best for the two of us ... It's true that one harpsichord sounds like one harpsichord - but two harpsichords sound like four! Together we can go much further in terms of sound."