Pre-Order: Expressio Duo – Elementuak – Accordion Duo Transcriptions

ELEMENTUAK marks the debut album of Expressio Duo, the Basque accordion partnership of Maria Zubimendi and Garazi Navas. Conceived as a journey across three centuries of music, the programme explores the art of transcription as a creative dialogue between past and present, revealing the extraordinary expressive range of the modern accordion. From the refined elegance of the French Baroque to the evocative sound world of early 20th-century Basque nationalism, ELEMENTUAK highlights the instrument’s versatility in repertoire originally conceived for orchestra and keyboard. Works by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau unfold with clarity, colour and rhythmic vitality, while Jean-Fery Rebel’s visionary Le Cahos from Les elemens acquires striking modern intensity through the duo’s rich harmonic textures and dynamic control. The programme concludes with music rooted in Basque identity. Aita Donostia’s Acuarelas Vascas evoke landscapes and traditiona