Quatuor Debussy / Tortiller,Franck – Ravels [CD]

Description

Seven years after their album, Debussy et le jazz, the artists of the Quatuor Debussy have conceived the idea of celebrating Ravel in three quite different ways. They have recorded a transcription by Alain Brunier of the French composer’s famous Quartet, Ma mre l’Oye (the Mother Goose suite), as well as inviting vibraphone virtuoso Franck Tortiller to join in the fun by combining the original score of Le Tombeau de Couperin with jazz improvisations – an approach that Ravel, from all we know of him, would have greatly relished.

Tracklist:

1. Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato – Trs doux
2. Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif – trs rythm
3. Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: III. Trs lent
4. Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: IV. Vif et agit
5. Ravel: Ma mre l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Lent)
6. Ravel: Ma mre l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): II. Petit Poucet (Trs modr)
7. Ravel: Ma mre l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): III. Laideronnette, Impratrice des Pagodes (Mouvement
8. Ravel: Ma mre l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): IV. Les entretiens de la Balle et de la Bte (Mouvemen
9. Ravel: Ma mre l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): V. Le jardin frique (Lent et grave)
10. Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): I. Prlude
11. Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): II. Forlane
12. Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): III. Menuet
13. Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): IV. Comme la fugue
14. Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): V. Rigaudon

UPC: 3149020954171
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release Date: 7.4.25
Format: CD