Debussy & L.P. Woolf: Vagues et ombres / Collectif9

$15.99
Label
Alpha
Release Date
May 27, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Claude Debussy, Luna Pearl Woolf
    • PERFORMER
      Collectif9
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 27, 2022
    • UPC
      3760014198588
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA858
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

Collectif9, well-known for its innovative programming and its unique arrangements of the classical repertory, here tackles the music of Debussy, following a first recording devoted to Mahler (ALPHA770). With Clair de lune, La Mer and Des pas sur la neige, the Montreal collective invites us into a sumptuous theatre of shadows and waves: ‘Could we, as nine string players, perform Claude Debussy’s La Mer and do it justice? In a musical style where timbre and color are paramount, attempting to interpret this emblematic work seemed outrageous; but come to think of it, we like a challenge. This is certainly a reinterpretation. Being fewer in number allows us to otherwise reveal a rich rhythmic interplay already present in the work while shedding new light on the balance of voices and harmonies.’ A work by composer Luna Pearl Woolf completes the program: Contact, ‘a sonic view into the underwater world of beluga whales in the St Lawrence Estuary’.