Ralph Rousseau - Silence on CD
Ralph Rousseau - Silence
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
Simon & Garfunkel: The sound of silence; Bridge over troubled water
+String: Fragile
+Jacques Brel: La chanson des vieux amants
+K. F. Abel: Intro
+Serge Reggiano: Vivre / Laat me
+The Beatles: Let it be; Hey Jude
+Traditional: Scarborough Fair
+Louis de Caix d'Hervelois: Plainte
+Leo Ferre: Avec le temps tout s'en va
+Freddy Birset: La ballade des gens heureux
+Marin Marais: Les voix humaines
- Artists:
- Ralph Rousseau (Viola da Gamba), Peter Tiehuis (Gitarren), Jeroen Vierdag (Kontrabass), Bart Fermie (Percussion), Eric Vloeimans (Trompete), Bart Schneemann (Oboe d'Amore), Tim Welvaars (Harmonica), Thijmen Jacobse (Hammond-Orgel)
- Label:
- Challenge
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2011
- Item number:
- 1490260
- UPC/EAN:
- 0608917333121
- Release date:
- 19.10.2011
Product Information
Ralph Rousseau. He knows his classics, he champions the music of 18th-century gamba virtuoso Forquerais. No-one performs the baroque repertoire of Marin Marais with greater enthusiasm and devotion, but a French chanson or one of Sting’s hits are treasures to him too. Rousseau: “You can’t put me in a pigeonhole. I don’t fit into the standard compartments. For me, music has to do with freedom. This new cd is not only about freedom, it is also about the pure joy of making music together with friends!
“I wanted this CD to be personal”, says Ralph. “Almost all the tracks have something to do with my life: you could even call Silence a musical autobiography.
He knows his classics, he champions the music of 18th-century gamba virtuoso Forquerais. No-one performs the baroque repertoire of Marin Marais with greater enthusiasm and devotion, but a French chanson or one of Sting’s hits are treasures to him too. Rousseau: “You can’t put me in a pigeonhole. I don’t fit into the standard compartments. For me, music has to do with freedom. This is the idea behind my last two CDs.”
“Now the role of the voice has been taken over completely by the gamba. The gamba sings! If there is a string instrument that can truly sing, it is the gamba. Its colour comes very close to the human voice." The gamba may be a baroque instrument, but adaptations of The Sounds of Silence or Bridge over Troubled Water show how readily at home the instrument is in contemporary repertoire. Rousseau: “This undoubtedly has to do with the instrument’s pure sound. Unlike the cello, the gamba’s sound is not associated with the full and romantic sound of the 19th century. It is precisely the natural, fragile sound of the gamba that makes it so exceptional, so multifunctional.” (from the linernotes written by Oswin Schneeweisz)
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Ralph Rousseau: The Sound Of Silence
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2 Ralph Rousseau: Fragile
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3 Ralph Rousseau: La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
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4 Ralph Rousseau: Intro
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5 Ralph Rousseau: Vivre/Laat Me (feat. Eric Vloeimans)
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6 Ralph Rousseau: Let It Be (feat. Thijmen Jacobse)
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7 Ralph Rousseau: Bridge Over Troubled Water
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8 Ralph Rousseau: Scarborough Fair (feat. Bart Schneemann)
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9 Ralph Rousseau: Plainte (feat. Bart Schneemann)
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10 Ralph Rousseau: Avec Le Temps Tout S'en Va (feat. Eric Vloeimans)
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11 Ralph Rousseau: La Ballade Des Gens Hereux (feat. Tim Welvaars)
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12 Ralph Rousseau: Les Voix Humaines
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13 Ralph Rousseau: Hey Jude encore (feat. Tim Welvaars & Thijmen Jacobse)
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