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Debussy: Complete Works for Piano

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Classical - Released October 1, 2012 | Chandos

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Praised for his meticulous fidelity to the composer's intentions, as well as for his rich tonal palette and the warmth of his expressions, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has won many admirers for his five albums of the complete solo piano music of Claude Debussy. These recordings were produced by Chandos between 2007 and 2009, and they have now been gathered into a handsome box set; each disc is presented with its own cardboard sleeve and the original liner notes that accompanied each release. The roster of artists who have recorded Debussy's keyboard music is a long and distinguished one, though Bavouzet is easily ranked in the upper echelons, equal in stature among such luminaries as Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Krystian Zimerman, Maurizio Pollini, Angela Hewitt, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and Pascal Rogé. Experienced listeners will already have favorite recordings of the Préludes, Images, Estampes, and Études, as well as the perennially popular Suite bergamasque, Children's Corner, and other picturesque pieces. However, many will be won over by the consistency of Bavouzet's playing, and newcomers will find that his disciplined yet gorgeous readings are a great way to begin appreciating these charming classics. Chandos provides excellent sound that gives the piano a clear presence yet takes nothing away from Bavouzet's atmospheric colors or the radiant acoustics. Highly recommended.© TiVo
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Indépendance

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Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 10, 2021 | D'Or et de Platine

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Debussy: Nocturnes

Halle

Classical - Released November 1, 2019 | Halle Concerts Society

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The Hallé Orchestra has played Debussy well for a long time, and the group's recent recordings under Sir Mark Elder have attracted critical notice. Those interested would do very well to start with this release, which joins the familiar Nocturnes for orchestra (perhaps a bit less familiar in the 1999 edition by Denis Herlin heard here) with some fascinating lesser-performed works. The latter group includes two unique later works, the highly evocative Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon, L. 150 (from a recently discovered piano work orchestrated by Colin Matthews), and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, L. 77. The Marche écossaise was commissioned, and if the idea of Debussy writing a Scottish march sounds odd, well, it's probably odder than it sounds: it sounds for all the world like a folk song setting, except then it doesn't. La Damoiselle elue, L. 62 is a very early piece, written by Debussy in connection with his Prix de Rome award. It's conventional, but the restless spirit that was soon to surface is easy to hear; it features strong, operatic performances by Anna Stéphany and Sophie Bevan. The Première Rapsodie, L. 116, is a difficult clarinet piece written for exams at the Paris Conservatory. As for the Nocturnes themselves, Elder has a precise yet dreamy way with this music, especially in the wordless chorus of Sirènes that rewards multiple hearings.© TiVo
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Kaiju Eats Cheeseburgers

Sylvain Darrifourcq

Contemporary Jazz - Released September 18, 2020 | Full Rhizome

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Assassine(s)

Celeste

Rock - Released January 28, 2022 | Nuclear Blast

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French Piano Rarities

Ralph Van Raat

Classical - Released May 22, 2020 | Naxos

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This album of French piano rarities features seldom-heard and recently discovered works by composers who had an influence on Pierre Boulez, as well as the premiere recording of Boulez’s Prélude, Toccata et Scherzo. This large-scale early work looks back on virtuosic Romantic music, while at the same time exploring the new compositional styles that Boulez would subsequently embrace. Among the rarities is a posthumously discovered piano study by Debussy, a reconstructed birdsong work by Messiaen, and a tiny masterpiece by Ravel found in a notebook. © Naxos
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Une couleur de plus au drapeau

KDD

Soul/Funk/R&B - Released January 10, 2000 | Columbia

Une Couleur de Plus au Drapeau features the members of French rap duo KDD collaborating on 14 tracks, a few of them featuring outside rappers collaborating with duo members Diesel and Dadou. For the most part, however, all of these tracks feature Diesel and Dadou working as a pair. Don't let the album cover of Une Couleur de Plus au Drapeau mislead you; KDD is essentially a two-man effort.© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Libre

Sidi Wacho

Alternative & Indie - Released March 11, 2016 | BLUE LINE

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Debussy: Etudes, Martyre de saint Sébastien

Philippe Bianconi

Classical - Released September 25, 2020 | La Dolce Volta

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According to Philippe Bianconi, Claude Debussy’s twelve Études are more compositional studies than studies and represent the culmination and pinnacle of his artistry. The French pianist has long shied away from the extreme difficulty in executing these pieces, but with this latest offering he completes his recordings of these piano works by Debussy. In addition to this most beautiful interpretation of the Études, Philippe Bianconi has chosen to include some contemporary pieces so as to give a stylistic coherence to his project presenting a late Debussy, wearied by war, pessimism and cancer which ultimately led to his death at the age of 56. Debussy’s faithful friend, André Caplet orchestrated several of his works and realised a pianistic version for orchestra including these extracts of the Martyre de Saint-Sébastien composed for the dancer Ida Rubinstein on a text by Gabriele d’Annunzio. The piano arrangement still reinforces the austerity found within the original work and includes the passages Debussy ignored in his symphonic fragments. Written in homage to Chopin who Debussy revered, the Études and their complex harmonies open the door to a music of the future. Philippe Bianconi’s light touch is marvellous in the same way as his work on textures and the difficult polyphony in the striking miniatures. Such technique enables him to brave every nuance and endlessly vary colour and atmosphere. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Debussy: Images

Denis Pascal

Classical - Released November 22, 2008 | Eloquentia

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Nero nemesis

Booba

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 4, 2015 | Universal Music Distribution Deal

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100 visages

Leto

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released August 28, 2020 | Rec. 118

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On est fait pour ça

Naps

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released June 28, 2019 | 13ème Art Music

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Renaissance

Remy

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released January 20, 2022 | Universal Music Division Island Def Jam

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Vie d'artiste

4Keus

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released January 3, 2020 | Wati-B

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Malo

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released June 23, 2022 | Stranger Lab - Bendo Music - Capitol

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L'odeur du charbon

Dosseh

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released June 28, 2019 | SPKTAQLR

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Charbon

Scylla & Sofiane Pamart

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released January 26, 2018 | Urban

Période d'essai

kobo

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released May 24, 2019 | Universal Music Division Carthage Music

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Night Stories

Jenny Lin

Classical - Released May 6, 2014 | haenssler CLASSIC

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Taiwanese-Austrian-American pianist Jenny Lin has a flair for unusual programs, and so it is here even though the material at first seems conventional. Yes, this is one collection of nocturnes or night pieces among many on the market. But Lin titles the album Night Stories, and she delivers not a collection of mood pieces but a survey of what the idea of night has meant musically. As if to emphasize her intention, Lin frames the program with perhaps the two most familiar night pieces of all, Debussy's Clair de lune and Liszt's Nocturne No. 3 ("Liebestraum"). After the Debussy come Romantic pieces of various kinds, with Chopin effectively placed in the middle so as to show just how radical his treatment of this salon form really was. The second half of the program features music from the early 20th century and carries psychological overtones, bringing some delighful and largely forgotten pieces like Arthur Lourié's A Phoenix Park Nocturne and Charles Tomlinson Griffes' The Night Winds. A contemporary piece might have added zest to the program, but Lin deserves plenty of credit for defining a musical space and then filling it up. Her tone is initially more forceful than expected for this kind of music, but this is a performer with a vision original enough to bring listeners along for the ride. Hänssler Classics' engineering work, at Virginia's Sono Luminus studio, supports the artist's aims beautifully. © TiVo