Oiseaux tristes. Couperin, Debussy & Ravel
Fazıl Say’s new album of French keyboard music takes its name – Oiseaux tristes (Sad birds) – from a movement of Maurice Ravel’s suite Miroirs. Additionally Debussy’s Suite bergamasque which of course contains the gently luminous ‘Clair de lune’. Closing the album is a set of five descriptively named pieces by François Couperin! ...
Composer: Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental