At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, fourhanded piano-playing was a common and popular form of music-making in both salons and private houses. Mel Bonis’ repertoire for four hands consists mainly of salon pieces, but once again, her music – even her so-called “light” pieces – represent “a form of elegance that seems blissfully unaware of its own depth – which only serves to bring it out all the more clearly. Behind the melodic simplicity, behind this music that one could easily imagine b...

• I – Ballabile
• II – Interlude et Valse lente
• III – Scherzo-Valse