Release Date: 07 April 2023
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801017839
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This new release from Etcetera Records presents selected works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in arrangements for piano duo, performed here by Pianoduo Mimese.
Debussy embodied all the dreams, aspirations and ideas of a young generation of 'debussysts'. These 'debussysts' thought of themselves as artistic outcasts; The Apaches (drawing reference to the infamous Les Apaches gang 'social outcasts who terrorized Paris in the 1900s'), as the heart of that generation of iconoclasts, fervently defended his innovations.
If Claude Debussy was known as their great inspiration, Maurice Ravel was the association's passionate driving force. Renowned names such as Igor Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla, Albert Roussel, and Florent Schmitt were regular guests. Debussy himself did not join but maintained close contact with Ravel and Stravinsky.
Very little is documented about the Apaches. The only glimpse we get of their world is through letters and diaries. From 1903, for instance, the group met every Saturday evening at the studio of Debussy's neighbour, the painter Paul Sordes. Their meetings were very busy and often lasted until the early hours.
They played new compositions for each other, recited poems, discussed contemporary ideas, helped each other write out music parts - things sometimes became so rowdy that they soon had to move their wild evenings to a secluded garden pavilion.
In a fin de siècle that was on the verge of collapse, the close bond between the Apaches proved to be an extremely fertile ground for their art. Although the First World War brought an abrupt end to their meetings, the association's influence continued to resonate with its former members for a long time afterwards.
Tracklisting
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Nuno Cernadas
Amy Norrington, Piet Kuijken
Herman Jeurissen, Ensemble Capricorno, Geerten van der Wetering
Currende, Erik van Vevel
Thomas Blondelle, Filip Rathe
Marco Mantovani
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
