Stéphane Tétreault & Olivier Hébert-Bouchard - Claude Debussy: Images retrouvées (2024)

Stéphane Tétreault and Olivier Hébert-Bouchard present Images retrouvées, the second volume of works by Claude Debussy transcribed for cello and piano. The series was inaugurated in 2023 with the first volume, Images oubliées.

Images retrouvées takes us back to Debussy’s immense contribution to the piano repertoire and delves deeper into the composer’s identity — patriotic, amorous, curious, thoughtful, and intrigued by novelty. Each work on the album opens a window onto a specific moment in Debussy’s life and career, covering almost all of his creative years from the age of 22 to the year of his death.

The Scherzo, L. 39 (1882) and Intermezzo, L. 40b (1882) are the only two pieces on the album originally composed for cello and piano. Rarely-recorded pieces such as Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon (1916-17) stand alongside better-known works such as L’isle joyeuse (1904), an excerpt from Children’s corner L. 119a (1906-08), and Deux arabesques (1890-91), among many others.

Tracklist
01 - Scherzo, L. 39
02 - II. Scherzo. Intermezzo (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
03 - Intermezzo pour violoncelle et piano, L. 40b
04 - Mazurka L. 75 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
05 - Ballade, L. 78 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
06 - Arabesque No. 1 In E Minor_ Andantino con moto
07 - Arabesque No. 2 In G Major_ Allegretto scherzando
08 - Prélude (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
09 - Morceau de concours, L. 117 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
10 - Masques, L. 110 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
11 - D’un cahier d’esquisses, L.112 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
12 - L'isle joyeuse, L. 109 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
13 - Élégie, L. 146 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
14 - Children's Corner, L. 119a (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)
15 - Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon, L. 150 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Olivier Hébert-Bouchard)