Debussy / Machnik - Images I Suite Bergamasque & Pour Le Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Halle and Sir Mark Elder follow their previous highly acclaimed DeBussy albums, with a stunning orchestral collection including a world premiere recording. This collection features works from across the composer's career, from his early winning of the Prix de Rome, as a result of which he composed the delicate cantata La Demoiselle elue in 1887. Recorded following the highly acclaimed Proms performance and featuring stand-out soloists Anna Stephany and Sophie Bevan, hailed by reviewers. The enigmatic Nocturnes date from 1897-9 and show the composer at the height of his orchestral powers, in music that is highly evocative of mood and which displays deft instrumental writing. Mastery of instrumental writing is further evidenced in the technically demanding Premiere Rhapsodie, which calls upon the full range of emotions from the soloist; here the Halle's Principal Clarinet, Sergio Castello Lopez. The album features a world premiere recording of Colin Matthew's orchestration of the piano piece Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon, unknown until it's discovery in 2001. This arrangement follows Matthews' universally acclaimed orchestrations of the DeBussy Preludes. Album Tracks 1. Nocturnes L. 91 2. 4- Première Rapsodie, L. 116 3. 5- Marche Écossaise Sur Un Thème Populaire, L. 77 4. 6- Les Soirs Illuminés Par L'ardeur Du Charbon, L.150 5. 7- la Damoiselle Élue, L. 62

Album Tracks 1. Pagodes 2. La Soiree Dans Grenade 3. Jardins Sous la Pluie 4. Les Naiades Et Le Faune Indiscret 5. Baigneuses Au Soleil (Souvenir de Banyuls-Sur-Mer) 6. Promenade 7. Gnomus 8. Promenade 9. Old Castle 10. Promenade 11. Tuileries 12. Bydlo 13. Promenade 14. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells 15. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 16. Promenade 17. The Market-Place at Limoges 18. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) 19. Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua 20. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) 21. The Great Gate at Kiev

Album Tracks 1. Images Gigues 2. Images Iberia 3. Images Rondes de Printemps 4. Le Martrye de Saint Sebastien 5. Marche Ecossaise Sur Un Theme Populaire 6. Berceuse Heroique