Debussy, Claude: Piano Music Vol. 1
2011
2012
Claude Debussy
Michael Korstick
Tr. 1 Claude Debussy: Danseuses de Delphes (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Lent et grave
Tr. 2 Claude Debussy: Voiles (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Modéré
Tr. 3 Claude Debussy: Le vent dans la plaine (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Animé
Tr. 4 Claude Debussy: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Modéré
Tr. 5 Claude Debussy: Les collines d'Anacapri (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Très modéré
Tr. 6 Claude Debussy: Des pas sur la neige (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Triste et lent
Tr. 7 Claude Debussy: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Animé et tumultueux
Tr. 8 Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Très calme et doucement expressif
Tr. 9 Claude Debussy: La sérénade interrompue (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Modérément animé
Tr. 10 Claude Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Profondément calme
Tr. 11 Claude Debussy: La danse de Puck (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Capricieux et léger
Tr. 12 Claude Debussy: Minstrels (from: 12 Préludes (Livre I)) – Modéré
Tr. 13 Claude Debussy: Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon L 150 (1917)
Tr. 14 Claude Debussy: Khamma (Symphonic poem after the novel by Charles Dollfus)
Tr. 15 Claude Debussy: Intermède
Tr. 16 Claude Debussy: Toomai des Eléphantes
Tr. 17 Claude Debussy: Petite valse
This recording offers an exciting mix of known and unknown piano works by Debussy. The featured work is the well-known first Book of 'Preludes' together with rarities like 'Toomai des Eléphants' (completed by Debussy and Satie expert Robert Orledge)- originally intended by Debussy for the second Book of 'Préludes' but later discarded. Also featured is another Debussy discovery, the 'Petite Valse,' dating from 1915. Even the piano score of 'Khamma' is not among the composer’s more frequently recorded works.
This is the first volume of Michael Korstick's recording of the complete piano works of Claude Debussy. Korstick's extraordinary sensitivity and stylistic mastery of 20th century French piano literature have earned him and his recordings of the piano music of Charles Koechlin considerable critical praise. His delicate touch and idiomatic approach to every nuance of these suggestive scores will no doubt bring an exciting dimension to interpreting Debussy in the 21st century.
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