| 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. As well as the French composer’s famous Quartet, they have recorded a transcription by Alain Brunier of Ma mère 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.
01. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato – Très doux
02. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif – très rythmé
03. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: III. Très lent
04. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: IV. Vif et agité
05. Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant. Lent
06. Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): II. Petit Poucet. Très modéré
07. Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes. Mouvement de Marche
08. Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): IV. Les entretiens de la Balle et de la Bête. Mouvement de Valse très modéré
09. Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet by Alain Brunier): V. Le jardin féérique. Lent et grave
10. Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): I. Prélude
11. Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): II. Forlane
12. Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): III. Menuet
13. Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): IV. Comme la fugue
14. Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): V. Rigaudon |
