Composer: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Philippot
Performer: Local Brass Quintet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Klarthe
Release: 2022
Size: 646 MB
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01. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117 (Arr. Huug Steketee for Brass Quintet)
02. Ravel: Quatuor à cordes in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif, très rythmé (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
03. Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121 (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
04. Ravel: Concerto pour piano in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio Assai (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet & Piano)
05. Philippot: Trois danses pour quintette de cuivres: I. Danse mélancolique
06. Philippot: Trois danses pour quintette de cuivres: II. Danse langoureuse
07. Philippot: Trois danses pour quintette de cuivres: III. Danse hystérique
08. Debussy: Clair de Lune, L. 75 (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
09. Debussy: Danse, L. 69 “Tarentelle et Styrienne” (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
10. Debussy: Quatuor à cordes in G Major, Op. 10, L. 113: III. Andantino, doucement expressif (Arr. Javier Rossetto for Brass Quintet)
11. Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: Chanson romanesque (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
12. Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: Chanson épique (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
13. Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: Chanson à boire (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet)
14. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86 (Arr. Gabriel Philippot for Brass Quintet & Piano)
During a concert given in Matignon for the Fête de la Musique in 2018, we performed Debussy’s La Fille aux cheveux de lin. Gabriel Philippot, who had come to hear his arrangement of Granados’ Valses poéticos, fell under the spell, amazed that Debussy renders so well in brass quintet. So the idea came to him to offer us his own transcription of Debussy’s La plus que lente. When, a year later, we presented this piece on stage in Paris, it was a real trigger, as much for us as for the public – and for Gabriel himself who, once again present at this concert, found that the formation brought a new light and a formidable added value in terms of chordal support, richness of timbre, contrast, etc.
And so, little by little, the idea for this second album was born. After our first recording, “Stay Tuned”, which explored the Hispanic and French musical universes, choosing the identity of the program was indeed easy thanks to the feedback from the public, colleagues and Gabriel: it was obvious that this new recording had to honor French music. But, rather than starting with a very vast repertoire as for the previous recording, we decided to concentrate on two quasi-contemporary composers: Ravel and Debussy, two emblematic figures of the French music of the beginning of the 20th century. This choice also seemed interesting to us because it is not often defended and explored by our group and by our family of instruments.