P.M. Davies - Jongleur de Notre Dame / String Quartet - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. Album Tracks 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

Album Tracks 1. I. Maestoso 2. II. Relentlessly Driven, Sustained 3. III. Adagio, Cantabile 4. I. Moderato E Triste 5. II. Presto Giocoso 6. III. Cantabile E Sostenuto 7. I. Misterioso E Cantabile 8. II. Presto 9. III. Adagietto, Simply Flowing 10. IV. Lento, Solemn and Prayerful - Hila Plitmann/Delray String Quartet

Album Tracks 1. 100 MPH (In 2nd Gear) 2. Snuck a Peek 3. Tough Love 4. Fist of a Flower 5. 1952 6. (You Got Me in a) Death Roll 7. Goody Hoo 8. No Water 9. Dig Me a River 10. If You Want to Rock and Roll 11. Something Shifted 12. So Do I