Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel
Performer: The Ruysdael Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1185
Release: 2020
Size: 461 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Ravel: String Quartet in F major
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II Assez vif: très rhythmé
03. III. Très lent
04. IV. Vif et agité
Dutilleux: String Quartet ‘Ainsi la nuit’
05. Libre et souple – I. Nocturne
06. Parenthèse 1 – II. Miroir d’espace
07. Parenthèse 2 – III. Litanies
08. Parenthèse 3 – IV. Litanies 2
09. Parenthèse 4 – V. Constellations
10. VI. Nocturne 2
11. VII. Temps suspendu
Debussy: Suite bergamasque
12. III. Clair de lune (arr. for string quartet by Tony Kime)
Not only are the Ruysdael unfailingly musical, they’ve honed a formidable technique since their formation in The Hague in 1996 – intonation is spoton, ensemble razor-sharp and their diaphanous, meticulously balanced sound illuminates every musical strand, even in the most elaborate passages of Ainsi la nuit.