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Impressions parisiennes

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Composer
Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Baptiste Trotignon
Artist
Quatuor Van Kuijk
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 06, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1067
UPC
3701624510674

About

Having recorded the 'great' French quartets of Debussy and Ravel (ALPHA295), the Van Kuijk Quartet now takes another path and explores treasures by Faure, Debussy, Satie, Ravel and Poulenc that were originally composed for piano or voice. The mark of the string quartet is secretly apparent in this programme, which includes Debussy's Petite Suite pour piano à quatre mains, Ravel's famous Pavane pour une infante defunte and well-known songs by Poulenc, Faure and Satie in transcriptions made especially for this recording by Emmanuel Francois, the Quartet's violist, and by Jean-Christophe Masson and Gildas Guillon. The Quartet also asked the jazz pianist and composer Baptiste Trotignon to create a work that would freely resonate alongside the styles of the composers whose works had been transcribed. An entire universe has now been re-created without any nostalgia or pastiche behind the first names of these composers, Ces Messieurs. The Van Kuijks have woven their instruments in and around these miniatures and here unfold a programme that is all lightness and delight.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. C 02:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. C
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  2. 2 No. 2. Fêtes galantes 00:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Fêtes galantes
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  3. 3 Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101: No. 6. Fleurs (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet) 02:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101: No. 6. Fleurs (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  4. 4 Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet) 02:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  5. 5 Banalités, FP 107: No. 2. Hôtel (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet) 01:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    Banalités, FP 107: No. 2. Hôtel (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  6. 6 Fancy, FP 174 (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet) 01:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fancy, FP 174 (arr. J.-C. Masson for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  7. 7 Ces Messieurs: I. Francis 04:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ces Messieurs: I. Francis
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Baptiste Trotignon
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  8. 8 Pavane pour une infante défunte (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 05:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pavane pour une infante défunte (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  9. 9 Ces Messieurs: III. Maurice 05:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ces Messieurs: III. Maurice
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Baptiste Trotignon
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  10. 10 Je te veux (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 01:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Je te veux (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  11. 11 Ces Messieurs: IV. Erik 03:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ces Messieurs: IV. Erik
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Baptiste Trotignon
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  12. 12 I. En bateau 03:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. En bateau
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  13. 13 II. Cortège 03:05
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Cortège
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  14. 14 III. Menuet 03:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  15. 15 IV. Ballet 03:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Ballet
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  16. 16 Ces Messieurs: V. Claude 04:47
    Track
    16
    Title
    Ces Messieurs: V. Claude
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Baptiste Trotignon
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  17. 17 Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 03:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  18. 18 Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 02:47
    Track
    18
    Title
    Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  19. 19 Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 03:03
    Track
    19
    Title
    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  20. 20 5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet) 01:52
    Track
    20
    Title
    5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline (arr. G. Guillon for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk
  21. 21 Ces Messieurs: II. Gabriel 04:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    Ces Messieurs: II. Gabriel
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Baptiste Trotignon
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Van Kuijk