ARGUMENTA by Philippe Manoury - performed by Reumert/Elten percussion duo 

ARGUMENTA (2021) is a brand new work for percussion duo by the French composer Philippe Manoury.
Written for, and dedicated to, Anders Elten and Mathias Reumert, the work is scored for two marimbas, two vibraphones, two octaves of crotales and two sets of maracas and claves.
Philippe Manoury describes the work as follows:
"The title "Argumenta" is quite abstract but implicitly evokes a kind of joust or conversation in which the two musicians exchange ideas and proposals that will serve as a basis for confrontations. Sometimes, the two protagonists 'talk' about the same thing in the same voice; sometimes, they continue to talk about the same thing, but in more individual ways; and sometimes, they oppose, pursue, interrupt, or influence each other."
Argumenta is the title piece on a new album by Reumert/Elten percussion duo released on the Danish label 'Ekkozone'. The album features works by Philippe Manoury alongside Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin". For more information about the album, please visit: ekkozone.com/
Reumert-Elten percussion duo is comprised of the two Danish percussionists Mathias Reumert and Anders Elten. For more information about their collaboration, please visit: www.Reumert-Elten.dk
Recording engineer: Alma Hede
24-bit mastering: Torsten Jessen
Video: Christopher Askmann
Press photo: Thomas Rockall Muus