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Debussy, Attahir, Ravel

Quatuor Arod

Classical - Released October 27, 2023 | Warner Classics

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The Quatuor Arod has demonstrated versatility in its catalog thus far, devoting albums in a range running from Mendelssohn to the Second Viennese School. The same versatility is present on this release. True, the Debussy String Quartet, Op. 10, and the Ravel String Quartet in F major are cut from the same cloth; Ravel modeled his quartet on Debussy's, but these works require a multiplicity of voices, with Debussy striving to infuse his new coloristic thinking into an arch-classical form. Sample the intense finale of Ravel's quartet for a taste of the sharp profiles this young group brings to each movement. Perhaps the biggest draw here is a work by a composer, Benjamin Attahir, of whom most listeners outside France will be unaware. His five-movement quartet Al' Asr, he says, "is the afternoon prayer. I tried to transcribe musically the atmosphere of this specific moment of the day. Raw light, overwhelming heat, iridescence of the air in contact with the surface of the ground -- so many images that accompanied me when writing this piece." It also refers to a brief verse from the Quran. The work successfully merges these specific references with the formal quartet structure, including a final fugue that marks a new take on the Romantic usage of this form to signify spiritual transcendence. There is much to ponder on this release, which continues to promise great things from its performers.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets

Jerusalem Quartet

Classical - Released April 20, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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The French label harmonia mundi has pulled out all the stops for the 2018 commemoration of the centenary of the death of Claude Debussy, by asking their "house" artists to record the works of the great French composer. Cultural ambassadors for Israel (not always an easy job), the Jerusalem Quartet was created in 1996 and quickly became known as one of the foremost ensembles of the genre, thanks to the power of their playing, the warmth of their performances, and a particularly dense and sensual instrumental colour. Their recordings – thirteen albums for the harmonia mundi label – regularly win awards and critical acclaim in the press. This new recording of the quartets by Debussy and Ravel (a now-classic pairing which seems to have decreed that the two bodies of work will be joined at the hip, even though their authors neither wanted nor observed such a kinship) clearly towers above an already-ample discography. Velvety sounds, dreamy poetry (a marvellous Andantino from Debussy's Quartet), unbridled wildness and youthful energy are all brought into this subtly-treated party, where flowery sentiments mingle as in a novel by Marcel Proust. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Debussy - Magnard: Quatuors à cordes

Quatuor Béla

Chamber Music - Released October 2, 2020 | Le Palais des Dégustateurs

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