Bryce Dessner of The National announces new classical album

11 March 2019, 13:46 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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The National's Bryce Dessner has announced a new classical album, El Chan, with Katia and Marielle Labèque, and David Chalmin.

The new album features three pieces composed by Dessner, with the title-track dedicated to The Revenant director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu.

"Concerto for Two Pianos", and "Haven" are the other two pieces by Dessner, with a snippet of "Haven" featuring on the short clip for the Labèque sisters' Minimalist Dream House Quartet concert below.

The Labèque sisters will also reveal a Thom Yorke composition next month, which he initially announced in January.

Last week The National announced their eighth album, I Am Easy To Find.

Tracklist:

Concerto for Two Pianos: First Movement
Concerto for Two Pianos: Second Movement
Concerto for Two Pianos: Third Movement
Haven
El Chan: El Charco del Ingenio
El Chan: Points of Light
El Chan: Four Winds
El Chan: Ballade d’Allende
El Chan: Coyote
El Chan: Pool of El Chan
El Chan: Mountain

El Chan is released 5 April via Deutsche Grammophon. Bryce Dessner will perform the new work with the Labèque sisters, Thom Yorke, and David Chalmin on 9 April at London's Barbican. Find out more.