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Debussy, Claude: Piano Music Vol. 5

Year recorded

[P] 2018

Year published

2018

Composer

Claude Debussy

Artists

Michael Korstick

Tracks

Claude Debussy: Pour les cinq doigts – Sagement

Claude Debussy: Pour les Tierces – Moderato, ma non troppo

Claude Debussy: Pour les Quartes – Andantino con moto

Claude Debussy: Pour les Sixtes – Lento

Claude Debussy: Pour les Octaves – Joyeux et emporté, librement rythmé

Claude Debussy: Pour les huit doigts – Vivamente, molto leggiero e legato

Claude Debussy: Pour les degrés chromatiques – Scherzando, animato assai

Claude Debussy: Pour les agréments – Lento, rubato e leggiero

Claude Debussy: Pour les notes répétées – Scherzando

Claude Debussy: Pour les Sonorités opposées – Modéré, sans lenteur

Claude Debussy: Pour les Arpèges composés

Claude Debussy: Pour les accords – Décidé, rythmé, sans lourdeur

Claude Debussy: Étude retrouvée – Modéré

Claude Debussy: Masques (Très vif et fantasque)

Claude Debussy: D'un cahier d'esquisses (Très lent)

Claude Debussy: L' Isle joyeuse

Claude Debussy: Nocturne (Lent)

Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarentelle styrienne)

The fifth and final installment of Debussy’s complete piano works with pianist Michael Korstick. The first four volumes were highly acclaimed by critics worldwide for their new perspectives on Debussy's works. Michael Korstick is one of the most distinguished German pianists of our day. Booklet text by Debussy expert, Robert Orledge.

Once again, Michael Korstick shows us that the primary requirement for Debussy’s challenging piano music to be heard to best advantage is to stick exactly to what the composer wrote, even in his untidiest sketches which reveal great precision in detail.

People may have doubted Debussy’s ability to play all of his Etudes in 1915, but his knowledge of what the piano could and should achieve in the early twentieth century was second to none, with the possible exception of Ravel.

This is reflected in Michael Korstick's latest installment in his Debussy cycle. Over the last four years, Korstick has enchanted audiences worldwide. With this final volume, Korstick sets an expert, musical and interpretive seal on his performances.

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