Philippe Thuriot

RAVEL – COUPERIN

Philippe THURIOT, accordion

1CD Warner Classics 5054197 012549 (CD) – 0190296 912580 (Dig)

RELEASE: 22/06/2018

 

Until now, I thought it would be impossible to play Maurice Ravel’s work on the accordion due to the “short reverb” of my instrument. I only recently found the key to unravel and adapt certain works. To me, the fact that Ravel often adapted his own piano pieces for the orchestra was decisive.Le Tombeau de Couperin was inspired by the baroque suite. Given that baroque music is not unexplored territory for accordionists, I tackled this suite first, and the works of Couperin naturally followed. That is how I built a bridge to the Menuet antique and Pavane. The decision to play La valse only came much later because it was very difficult to adapt the work to my “knee-orchestra”. It was initially far from certain that I would be able to crack all the codes, but my instrument gradually started to recognize the three-quarter time through that other French connection, the valse-musette. (Philippe Thuriot)

 

The Belgian accordionist Philippe Thuriot has been playing on the international stages for 25 years. As a musician, Phillipe diverse interests, ranging from jazz to improvisation and classical music.

In 2015, he recorded the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach for the Warner Classics / Klara label to international critical acclaim.

For this new solo album featuring works by Maurice Ravel and François Couperin, Philippe made arrangements of La Valse, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Alborada del Gracioso and the Menuet Antique.

 

Listen to Prélude from le Tombeau de Couperin https://open.spotify.com/album/2oRNZO8sgXTZ788bRpGtzH?si=-RdbKf1MS06ZeITDZe8pxw

 

Tracklisting : M. RAVEL : Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68 (1917) : 01 – I. Prélude. A la mémoire du lieutenant Jacques Charlot / 02 – II. Fugue. A la mémoire du sous-lieutenant Jean Cruppi / 03 – III. Forlane. A la mémoire du lieutenant Gabriel Deluc / 04 – IV. Rigaudon. A la mémoire de Pierre et Pascal Gaudin / 05 – V. Menuet. A la mémoire de Jean Dreyfus / 06 – VI. Toccata. A la mémoire du capitaine Joseph de Marliave // F. COUPERIN : 07 – La Couperin (Ordre XXI, Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, 1730) // M. RAVEL: 08 – Menuet antique, M. 7 (1895) Dedicated to Ricardo Viñes // F. COUPERIN : 09 – La muse-Plantine (Ordre XIX, Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, 1722) // M. RAVEL : 10 – Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs, M. 43 (1905) Dedicated to Michel D. Calvocoressi // 11 – Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (1899) Dedicated to Madame la Princesse Edmond de Polignac // F. COUPERIN : 12 – Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (Ordre XVIII, Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, 1722) // 13 – Les barricades mistérieuses (Ordre VI, Second livre de pièces de clavecin, 1717) // M. RAVEL: La valse, Poème chorégraphique, M. 72 (1920)