DEBUSSY; RAVEL String Quartets
‘Period’ strings of the Eroicas for a classic quartet pairing
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Composer or Director: Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Resonus Classics
Magazine Review Date: 05/2012
Media Format: Download
Media Runtime: 54
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: RES10107
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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String Quartet |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Eroica Quartet Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Author: Harriet Smith
If the Dante are the most straightforwardly genial among my comparisons and the Hagen the most stringently neo-classical, for the Eroica tonal colour is a particular priority. Their Debussy Andantino, taken daringly slow, is intensified by muted colours and expressive portamentos, while the finale of the Ravel is shot through with a feverishness more pronounced than in the Dante’s reading. Their pizzicato, such a vital component in the second movements of both quartets, is lithe and telling too.
But turn to the Ebène and suddenly you’re thrown into a different world, a blast of Hockney vibrancy that makes you re-evaluate the musical landscape before you. No one compares with them when it comes to disclosing the revolutionary qualities in this music. And after that, anything less out of the ordinary, or merely tasteful, can seem rather inadequate.
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