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 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.
1 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro Moderato - TRÈS Doux
2 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez Vif - TRÈS Rythmé
3 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: III. TRÈS Lent
4 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: IV. Vif Et Agité
5 Ravel: Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet By Alain Brunier): I. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant (Lent)
6 Ravel: Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet By Alain Brunier): II. Petit Poucet (TRÈS Modéré)
7 Ravel: Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet By Alain Brunier): III. Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes (Mouvement de Marche)
8 Ravel: 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)
9 Ravel: Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Arr. for String Quartet By Alain Brunier): V. Le Jardin Féérique (Lent Et Grave)
10 Tortiller: Les Danses de Ravel (After Le Tombeau de Couperin): I. Prélude
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
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 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.
