Various Artists - Impressions: The Sound of Debussy

"Music would take over at the point at which words become powerless, with the one and only object of expressing that which nothing but music could express... I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it... There is no theory. You only have to listen. Pleasure is the law." — Claude Debussy

This LP  gathers together some of Debussy's best-loved masterpieces. All the works included in the set are performed by top-class musicians: Pierre-Laurent Aimard · Michel Béroff · Renaud Capuçon · Philippe Cassard · Bertrand Chamayou · Aldo Ciccolini · André Cluytens · Michel Debost · Claude Debussy · Natalie Dessay · Yuri Egorov · Samson François · Carlo Maria Giulini · Lily Laskine and others.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Side A:

1. Suite bergamasque, L 82 (1890, rev. 1905): III. Clair de lune

2. Arabesques, L 74 (1890-91): I.

3. Pour le piano, L 95 (1901): III. Toccata

Preludes (First Book), L 125 (1909-10)

4. VI. (... des pas sur la neige)

5. VIII. (... la fille aux cheveux de lin)

6. Children's Corner, L 119a: VI. Golliwogg's cake-walk (1908)

7. Estampes, L 108a (1903): II. La Soiree dans Grenade

Side B:

1. Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, for orchestra, L 87a (1892-94)

2. Petite suite, L 71b (1888-89, orchestration Henri Busser 1907): I. En bateau

3. Nocturnes, triptyque symphonique, for orchestra and female choir, L 98a (1897-99): Fetes (Anime et tres rythme - Modere mais toujours tres rythme)

4. La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques, for orchestra, L 111a (1903-05): II. Jeux de vagues (Allegro, dans un rythme tres souple)

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