Artist: Roger Benedict, Simon Tedeschi
Album: Debussy – Ravel
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:02:51
Total Tracks: 13
Total Size: 1,00 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Roger Benedict – 4 Préludes: I. La puerta del vino, L. 123 No. 3 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (04:07)
1-02. Roger Benedict – 4 Préludes: II. Des pas sur la neige, L. 117 No. 6 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (04:22)
1-03. Roger Benedict – 4 Préludes: III. La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117 No. 8 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (02:47)
1-04. Roger Benedict – 4 Préludes: IV. Général Lavine – eccentric, L. 123 No. 6 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (02:51)
1-05. Roger Benedict – Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 8 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Paul-Louis Neuberth) (03:35)
1-06. Roger Benedict – Deux mélodies hébraïques, M. 22: I. Kaddisch (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (05:19)
1-07. Simon Tedeschi – Sonatine pour le piano, M. 40: I. Modéré (05:00)
1-08. Simon Tedeschi – Sonatine pour le piano, M. 40: II. Mouvement de menuet (03:48)
1-09. Simon Tedeschi – Sonatine pour le piano, M. 40: III. Animé (04:03)
1-10. Roger Benedict – Sonate posthume, M. 12 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (15:27)
1-11. Roger Benedict – Cello Sonata, L. 135: I. Prologue (Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto) (Arr. for viola and piano by Roger Benedict) (04:31)
1-12. Roger Benedict – Cello Sonata, L. 135: II. Sérénade (Modérément animé) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (03:19)
1-13. Roger Benedict – Cello Sonata, L. 135: III. Finale (Animé, léger et nerveux) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Roger Benedict) (03:33)

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Following on from their highly successful disc ‘A Winter’s Tale’, viola virtuoso Roger Benedict and renowned pianist Simon Tedeschi present a new studio album reimagining masterpieces by Debussy and Ravel for the rich, mellow tone of the viola – the ‘melancholy dreamer’, as Berlioz described it. With its wistful sound, the viola gives a new and fresh character to these pieces, which, even now, seem radical in their conception.The album opens with Benedict’s arrangements of four of Debussy’s evocative Préludes, and closes with the composer’s kaleidoscopic Cello Sonata. In between, we hear viola arrangements of Ravel’s lyrical Violin Sonata – a youthful work, left unpublished at his death – as well as his sensual Piece in the form of a Habanera and the soulful, melancholy Kaddisch, with the viola singing the hauntingly beautiful melodic line. The album also features Ravel’s radiant Sonatine in its original version for solo piano.