Debussy / Tichman - Works for Piano 4 - 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

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

Claude Debussy was profoundly permeated by his French roots. However, his Ballad demonstrates that Russian influences from Tchaikovsky also played an important role in his compositions. In works such as the Danse bohemian and the Arabesques, the fusion of both French and Russian inspiration comes together for a unique aural experience. Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in E Major 2. No. 2 in G Major 3. Danse Bohemienne 4. Ballade 5. Danse, Tarantelle Styrienne 6. Nocturne 7. No. 1. Danseuses de Delphes 8. No. 2. Voiles 9. No. 3. Le Vent Dans la Plaine 10. No. 4. Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans L'air Du Soir 11. No. 5. Les Collines D'anacapri 12. No. 6. Des Pas Sur la Neige 13. No. 7. Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'ouest 14. No. 8. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin 15. No. 9. La Serenade Interrompue 16. No. 10. La Cathedrale Engloutie 17. No. 11. La Danse de Puck 18. No. 12. Minstrels