Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets – Jerusalem Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet – String Quartet

A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great colourist and father of modern music. The musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet offer a new reading of his only String Quartet, in the logical coupling with its Ravelian counterpart: in some respects, the two works might seem like twins and yet what differences there are between them!

Claude Debussy [1862-1918]

Quatuor cordes op. 10
sol mineur / G minor / g-moll

1I. Anim et trs dcid 6’35
2II. Assez vif et bien rythm 3’56
3III. Andantino, doucement expressif 7’47
4IV. Trs modr 7’09
Maurice Ravel [1875-1937]

Quatuor cordes
Fa majeur / F Major / F-Dur

5I. Allegro moderato 8’18
6II. Assez vif, trs rythm 5’57
7III. Trs lent 8’08
8IV. Vif et agit 5’34