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Do you think regularly playing chamber music, with its intimate dimension, is especially suitable for trying out new approaches? Danae — Yes, it’s certainly easier to try new things with two or three people than with a large orchestra, where you have to indicate a clear direction. The chamber repertory offers perhaps the most direct way of making music. Composers have often written it for themselves and their friends. That’s what makes this music so personal. In a sense it reflects an introspective approach in which you can express yourself very easily. Adrien — Compared to concertos, where your playing is necessarily more virtuosic and the powerful sound of the orchestra imposes itself naturally, chamber music has by its very essence a more private, even confidential side. When one talks to singers who are preparing a recital of opera arias, they frequently point out that it isn’t easy to get to grips with each short piece and each role.. Danae— That was also a challenge for us on this recording, with very rapid changes of character between the pieces. In a sonata from the standard repertory, you gradually construct the discourse and get into the piece. With ‘Chanson bohème’, we had to find the right character for each piece right from the very first moment if we wanted to introduce the listener into a new world immediately. 26 CHANSON BOHÈME