Debussy / Korstick - Piano Works 5 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This CD completes the CD series InchWorks for PianoInch by Claude Debussy played by the American pianist Nina Tichman. This fifth CD focusses on the second book of InchPréludesInch. Themes which moved Debussy in a human way are encircled and appear again and again, for example portraits. In the second volume of the InchPréludesInch the personalities portrayed are of a particularaly scurrilous type General Edward Lavine was a famous personality in the revue theaters around 1910; half general, half clown, he appeared in a grotesque uniform and represented the clown-like side of military life. Samuel Pickwick Esquire, Perpetual President, Member of the Pickwick Club is a character from Charles Dickens' novel InchThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubInch, which Debussy pays loving homage to. Festive occasions is another theme that recurs again and again in Debussy's work. The brilliant closing work of the InchPrèludesInch (InchFeux d'artificeInch) describes the fireworks on the French national holiday. With a loving dedication Debussy presented his little daughter Chouchou with his InchChildren's CornerInch. Each of the six miniatures he wrote as a present for her is a confession and a treasure. Album Tracks 1. Brouillards 2. Feuilles Mortes 3. La Puerta Del Vino 4. Les Fées Sont D'exquises Danseuses 5. Bruyères 6. General Lavine - Eccentric 7. La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune 8. Ondine 9. Hommage À S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C 10. Canope 11. Les Tierces Alternées 12. Feux D'artifice 13. Elégie (FÜR Klavier) 14. Le Petit Nègre (Cake-Walk) 15. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum 16. Jimbo's Lullaby 17. Serenade for the Doll 18. The Snow Is Dancing 19. The Little Shepherd 20. Golliwog's Cake-Walk

Album Tracks 1. Prelude 2. Reflets Dans L'eau 3. Hommage a Rameau 4. Mouvement 5. Cloches a Travers Les Feuilles 6. Et la Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut 7. Poissons D'or 8. Lent (Mélancolique Et Doux) 9. Dans Le Mouvement D'une 'Sarabande' 10. Quelques Aspects de Nous N'irons Plus Au Bois 11. Pour Invoquer Pan, Dieu Du Vent D'ÉTÉ 12. Pour Un Tombeau Sans Nom 13. Pour Que la Nuit Soit Propice 14. Pour la Danseuse Aux Crotales 15. Pour L'egyptienne 16. Pour Remercier la Pluie Au Matin 17. Morceau de Concours 18. Hommage a Haydn 19. La Plus Que Lente 20. Ballade

For his fourth CD recording on SWR, pianist Michael Korstick turns his focus and attention toward Claude Debussy and his journey toward artistic maturity, from the French composer's earliest piano pieces, the Deux Arabesques, the Mazurka, ca. 1890/91, and perhaps most conspicuously the Suite Bergamasque (1890, rev. 1905), it's third movement being the famous InchClair de LuneInch, to the birth of what become known as musical InchimpressionismInch, most notably foreshadowed with the Estampes of 1903. Numerous award winning CDs have won Michael Korstick a reputation as one of Germany's leading pianists. Album Tracks 1. Pagodes 2. La Soirée Dans Grenade 3. Jardins Sous la Pluie 4. Prelude 5. Menuet 6. Clair de Lune 7. Passepied 8. Prelude 9. Sarabande 10. Toccata 11. Première Arabesque 12. Deuxième Arabesque 13. Reverie 14. Danse Bohémienne 15. Mazurka 16. Valse Romantique 17. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum 18. Jimbo's Lullaby 19. Serenade for the Doll 20. The Snow Is Dancing 21. The Little Shepherd 22. Golliwogg's Cakewalk