A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many musicians and artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody, the great ‘colorist’ 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 counterpart by Maurice Ravel. In some respects, the two works might seem like twins – and yet what differences there are between them!
Listen first to the Quartet by Debussy:
And next, here is the Hagen String Quartet in a performance of the String Quartet by Maurice Ravel:
