Composers during the Great War – part 7
This is the seventh episode in a series on chamber music by composers who were drafted or enlisted to fight in World War I. Today we will focus in on music by French composers Joseph-Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) en Jean Emile Paul Cras (1879-1932).
Playlist
1. Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano no 2 M.77 in G major
a. Allegretto
b. Blues. Moderato
c. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
– Duo Milstein
2. Maurice Ravel: 5 Mélodies populaires grecques
a. Chanson de la mariée. Moderé
b. Là-bas, vers l’église. Andante
c. Quel galant m’est comparable. Allegro
d. Chanson des ceuilleuses de lentiques. Lento
e. Tout gai ! Allegro
– Duo Milstein
3. Jean Cras : Âmes des enfants
a. Pures
b. Naïves
c. Mystérieuses
– Laurent Boukobza and Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano
4. Jean Cras: La flûte de Pan, for voice, flute, violin, ciola and cello
a. Invention de la flûte
b. Don de la flûte
c. Le signal de la flûte
d. Le retour de la flûte
– Catherine Estourelle, soprano, Simion Stanciu, panpipes, Jean-Marc Philips, violin, Pierre Lenert, viola and Henri Demarquette, cello
