Album guide
Impressions - A Tribute To Debussy And Ravel
- Released
- 2008
- Label
- Found You Recordings
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Peter Knudsen piano, Fredrik Nilsson double bass, Daniel Olsson drums
Ravel had already sought out jazz on his 1928 American tour, spending nights with George Gershwin at Harlem venues including the Savoy Ballroom and Cotton Club.
His presence on a jazz-trio album is therefore less unlikely than it may first seem.
Knudsen spent several years preparing the arrangements and chose miniatures such as Debussy’s “The Little Shepherd” and Ravel’s brief A-minor Prelude rather than relying on the obvious showpieces.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Menuet (From Sonatine)Maurice Ravel: Sonatine, second movement
- Prélude (From Le Trombeau De Couperin)Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, first movement
- The Little Shepherd (From Children’s Corner)Claude Debussy: Children’s Corner, fifth movement
- Serenade For The Doll (From Children’s Corner)Debussy: Children’s Corner, third movement
- Forlane (From Le Tombeau De Couperinl)Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, third movement
- Prélude À L’après-midi D’un FauneDebussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86
- PréludeRavel: Prélude in A minor, M. 65