Various Artists - Sound Of Claude Debussy (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Claude Debussy's taste for the arts, and for painting in particular, is well known. His wide-ranging interests ran from the Italian paintings of the Renaissance to the masterpieces of Symbolism and Art Nouveau, by way of Japanese prints and Impressionism. This specially-priced collection aims to show how music and painting inspired his compositions. Featured performances include Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud in Cello Sonata No.1 and Jean-Claude Casadesus leading the Orchestre National de Lille in La Mer. Album Tracks 1. La Mer, Trois Esquisses Symphoniques (1905) 2. De L'aube À Midi Sur la Mer 8'28 3. Jeux de Vagues 6'24 4. Dialogue Du Vent Et de la Mer 7'43 5. Sonate N° 1 Pour Violoncelle Et Piano 6. En RÉ Mineur / D minor 7. I. Prologue 4'07 8. II. Sérénade 3'18 9. III. Finale 3'16 10. Images. Livre I 11. I. Reflets Dans L'eau 4'56 12. Sonate Pour Flûte, Alto Et Harpe (1915) 13. I. Pastorale. Lento, Dolce Rubato 7'04 14. II. Interlude. Tempo Di Minuetto 6'01 15. III. Final. Allegro Moderato Ma Risoluto 4'41 16. Le Petit Nègre 1'13 17. Préludes 18. Livre I 1. Danseuses de Delphes. Lent Et Grave 3'26 19. Livre II 7. La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune. Lent 4'42 20. En Blanc Et Noir I - II - III 14'43 1. Disque 2 Deux Arabesques 2. I. Andantino Con Moto 3'50 3. II. Allegretto Scherzando 3'44 4. Suite Bergamasque 5. Clair de Lune. Andante TRÈS Expressif 4'39 6. Quatuor À Cordes Op.10 7. En Sol Mineur / G minor 8. I. Animé Et TRÈS Décidé 6'17 9. II. Assez Vif Et Bien Rythmé 4'00 10. III. Andantino, Doucement Expressif 7'16 11. IV. TRÈS Modéré - TRÈS Mouvementé Et Avec Passion 7'03 12. Rêverie 3'53 13. Estampes 14. Pagodes. Modérément Animé 6'08 15. La Soirée Dans Grenade 5'25 16. Jardins Sous la Pluie 3'52 17. Images Inédites (1894) 18. Lent, Doux Et Mélancolique 4'11

The great Yevgeny Svetlanov frequently conducted Debussy. His interpretation of Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune in the Philharmonia concert recorded here in 2001 has an almost operatically vocal style, coupled with spacious tempo. He achieves a most remarkable response from the Philharmonia both in this piece and La Mer, in which the dramatically assertive style of brass playing contributes to a particularly powerful approach to the French composer's music.Svetlanov's conducting of Respighi's orchestration of two of Rachmaninov's Etudes-Tableaux, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in October 1999, is typically atmospheric in the first tableaux - La Mer et les Mouettes (The Sea and the Gulls) following Debussy's La Mer, while the second, La Foire (The Fair) demonstrates the conductor's wonderful ear for colour.Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes was composed for sextet in 1919 while in the USA, but was re-scored for orchestra in 1934. Svetlanov's concert with the LSO from October 1979 is a rarity since his only recording dates back to an early Melodiya account. Album Tracks 1. The Queen of Spades Op. 68 Overture 2. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune CD 87 3. Mer CD 111~I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer 4. Mer CD 111~II. Jeux de vagues 5. Mer CD 111~III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 6. 5 Études-Tableaux P.160~La Mer et les Mouettes 7. 5 Études-Tableaux P.160~La Foire 8. Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34

Le Tombeau de Debussy' a fascinating compilation of works composed in 1920 by Bartók, Dukas, Falla, Goossens, Malipiero, Roussel, Satie and Schmitt as a tribute to Debussy who had died 2 years earlier, together with Ravel's Duo for Violin and Cello and Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments. This album will also be released physically in early 2021. Album Tracks 1. Le Tombeua de Claude Debussy (1920) - Ten Compositions for Piano, Instruments and Voice Written for and Dedicated to the Memory of Debussy 2. La Plainte, Au Loin, Du Faune, 3. Homenaja (Version for Piano) 4. À la Memoire de Claude Debussy Et Pan, Au Fond Des BLÉS Lunaires, S'accouda (No. 1 from Mirages, Op. 70) 5. À la Memoire de Claude Debussy - en Souvenir D'une Admirative Et Douce Amitié de Trente Ans Que Me Font Ces Vallons 6. Hommage À Claude Debussy Lento 7. Fragment Des Symphonies D'instrument À Vent À la Memoire de Claude Debussy 8. Hommage À Debussy, Op. 28 9. Sostenuto, Rubato (No. 7 from Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, BB 83) 10. L'accueil Des Muses 'In Memoriam Debussy' 11. Sonata for Violin and Cello 12. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920/1947) 13. Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy - Homenaja (Version for Guitar) (1920)