Images - Hommage a Marcel Tournier

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Marcel Tournier
    • PERFORMER
      Emmanuel Ceysson, Veronique Gens, Quatuor Voce
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 23, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511336
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1133
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Clair de lune sur l'étang du parc

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    2. II. Au seuil du temple

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    3. III. Lolita, la danseuse

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    4. La lettre du jardinier (version for voice, harp and string quartet)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Emmanuel Ceysson

    5. I. Les années grises sur la route d'El-Azib (Grey Donkeys on the road to El-Azib)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    6. II. Danseuse a la fontaine d'Ain-Draham (Dancer at the fountain of Ain-Draham)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    7. III. Soir de fête a Sedjenane (Evening Fete at Sedgenane)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    8. Insomnie

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Emmanuel Ceysson

    9. I. Allègrement

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    10. II. Calme et expressif

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    11. III. Fiévreusement (en souvenir de mon ami Fernand Halphen)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    12. Rêverie de Bouddha (version for voice, harp and string quartet)

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Emmanuel Ceysson

    13. I. Les enfants à la crêche de Noël

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    14. II. L'étrange cavalier

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    15. III. La marchande de frivolités

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    16. Elle est venue, elle a souri

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Emmanuel Ceysson

    17. I. La volière magique

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Ensemble: Quatuor Voce

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    18. II. Cloches sous la neige

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson

    19. III. La danse du moujik

      Composer: Marcel Tournier

      Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson


The harpist Emmanuel Ceysson is unanimously recognised for his powerful virtuoso playing. He was appointed principal harp with the Opera national de Paris at the age of 22, where he remained for fifteen years before going to the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera of New York for five years; he has been principal harpist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel since 2020. Here he pays tribute to Marcel Tournier (1879-1951), one of the greatest harpist composers in the history of the instrument. The majority of Tournier's works are for solo harp or voice and harp, but he later added other instruments to certain pieces and so transformed them into chamber works. The works recorded here date from his mature years and show the influence of Debussy, Satie, and Ravel. Emmanuel Ceysson, the Quatuor Voce and Veronique Gens draw our attention to this important composer and to several previously unpublished versions of some of his works, the manuscripts of which have only recently come to light.