Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Maurice Ravel
Performer: Jerusalem Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902304
Release: 2018
Size: 956 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
01. I. Animé et très décidé
02. II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
03. III. Andantino, doucement expressif
04. IV. Très modéré
Ravel: String Quartet in F major
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Assez vif, très rythmé
07. III. Très lent
08. IV. Vif et agité
A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great ‘colourist’ and father of modern music. The musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet offer a new reading of his only String Quartet, in the logical coupling with its Ravelian counterpart: in some respects, the two works might seem like twins – and yet what differences there are between them!
