Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel) (2006)
violin and piano or violin, cello, and piano | 18 mins | Score (after the jump)
Arrangements of Ravel's orchestra version of Le Tombeau de Couperin
First performed by Jannina Barefield, Laura Metcalf & Monica Chung
Weill Recital Hall, New York, 5 November 2006
PROGRAM NOTE
Created during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' casts a longing look at the past while at the same time being full to the brim with traces of modern music. Each of the six movements is dedicated to friends who died in battle. In 1919 Ravel arranged four of these movements for large orchestra by skilfully borrowing melodic lines and colors from the piano setting.
In the present new arrangement, these elements were adjusted to the instrumentation and their relationship within the ensemble. As in Ravel's orchestration, each note is taken into account, even if the cello is sometimes given a melody which is an octave lower than the original.
Arrangement for Violin and Piano (2007) Schott Music | VLB 126 |
Arrangement for Violin, Cello and Piano (2006) Schott Music | ED 20217 |
