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Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer

Vannina Santoni

Classical - Released June 9, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Casual buyers and browsers should note that the vocal works on this album, accompanied by orchestra, are not the original works of Debussy. They were made in 2012 by composer Robin Holloway at the request of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. They were performed at that time by Renée Fleming but have not been recorded until now. The settings are unorthodox and never boring, and they will probably strike different listeners in different ways. Holloway reorders the songs, believing that they were not intended as a sequenced set (probably debatable), inserts some of the composer's Verlaine settings in the new ordering, adds transitions between most of them, and tacks on a high-powered epilogue of his own. The end result, perhaps, is Debussy for the 21st century, amped up and intense, with hidden psychological themes and ideas wrung out and brought to the fore by the orchestration. There will be little disagreement, however, about two of the main attractions: soprano Vannina Santoni is a talented newcomer from whom one wants to hear more, and Mikko Franck, heard at the end in La Mer, is an excellent Debussy conductor; his rendition of this well-trodden work is full of detail and entirely absorbing. Santoni has a big voice that stands up to these orchestrations, and Alpha's sound from the Radio France auditorium keeps everything in balance. Nothing if not an intriguing Debussy release. © James Manheim /TiVo
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Debussy: Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer (transc. Debussy)

Alexander Melnikov

Classical - Released June 29, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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Released as one of nine new albums dedicated to Debussy by harmonia mundi to mark the centenary of the French composer's birth, this volume offers the Second Book of the Preludes played by Alexander Melnikov on an Erard piano. The world of Debussyan piano relied so heavily on timbre that pianists and editors alike often prefer one or another make so as to get a grip on the specificities of the music. Alexander Melnikov is one of those rare Russian artists to take an interest in ancient instruments. This student of Sviatoslav Richter was quickly captivated by this kind of work, working with Andreas Staier and Alexey Lubimov and playing with specialised ensembles like the Concerto Köln or the Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik. His performance of the Preludes by Debussy at London's Wigmore Hall was particularly well received by critics who described the Russian pianist as a "sorcerer" who is highlighting "ravishing", "violent", "terrifying" music. An iridescent orchestral masterpiece, La Mer is difficult to boil down to a four-handed piano piece, and Debussy disowned his transcription, leaving it to André Caplet to prepare another one for two four-handed pianos. Alexandre Melnikov and Olga Pashchenko have taken up the challenge to prove that the auteur's transcription is not at all "unplayable". © François Hudry/Qobuz
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La perdue

Bertrand Belin

French Music - Released March 5, 2007 | Sterne

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Les Frangines

Les Frangines

Pop - Released December 4, 2020 | Jo&Co

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Tété

Alternative & Indie - Released November 4, 2022 | RCA Group

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Mahler : Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" - Debussy : La Mer

Claudio Abbado

Classical - Released January 1, 2004 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Debussy: La Mer, Le Martyre de saint Sébastien

Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphonies - Released June 22, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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There hasn't exactly been a flood of recordings marking the centenary of Debussy's death in 1918, but here's a fitting observance from Pablo Heras-Casado, featuring a Philharmonia Orchestra that's absolutely at the top of its game and able to follow the Spanish conductor through his low-volume but intense Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. The program is an intelligent one for general listeners, pairing distinctive readings of two standards with the more unusual Fragments Symphoniques from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (1912), extracts from a five-hour set of incidental music for a play by Gabriele d'Annunzio. This work, perhaps because it was partially orchestrated by Debussy's friend André Caplet and thus violates the myth of the solitary genius, is not much played, but it has dramatic ideas not found elsewhere in Debussy's output and is as close as he came to an instrumental counterpart to Pélleas et Mélisande. Sample Heras-Casado's masterly way with the opening of La Mer: he gives himself room to develop the movement and to reveal small details while remaining true to the majesty of the subject. This album makes a fine place for the general listener to start with Debussy, containing his two most famous orchestral works plus a hint of what else is out there. The booklet for the CD version, with footnoted (and interestingly footnoted, at that) text by Denis Herlin, is a fine slice of Debussy's world, and the sound from London's Henry Wood Hall, a place the musicians know well, is top-notch. There is plenty of competition out there when it comes to the big Debussy works, but this is an excellent choice. © TiVo
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 / Debussy: La Mer / Ibert: Escales

Charles Munch

Classical - Released January 1, 1959 | Living Stereo

Distinctions The Qobuz Ideal Discography - Stereophile: Record To Die For
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Vagues et ombres

collectif9

Classical - Released May 27, 2022 | Alpha Classics

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collectif9, well-known for its innovative programming and its unique arrangements of the classical repertory, here tackles the music of Debussy, following a first recording devoted to Mahler. With Clair de lune, La Mer and Des pas sur la neige, the Montreal collective invites us into a sumptuous theatre of shadows and waves: "Could we, as nine string players, perform Claude Debussy’s La Mer and do it justice? In a musical style where timbre and colour are paramount, attempting to interpret this emblematic work seemed outrageous; but come to think of it, we like a challenge. This is certainly a re-interpretation. Being fewer in number allows us to otherwise reveal a rich rhythmic interplay already present in the work while shedding new light on the balance of voices and harmonies". A work by composer Luna Pearl Woolf completes the programme: Contact, "a sonic view into the underwater world of beluga whales in the St Lawrence Estuary". © Alpha Classics
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French Music (Remastered 2022)

Hans Rosbaud

Classical - Released August 12, 2022 | SWR Classic

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Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival 2021

Saito Kinen Orchestra

Classical - Released December 29, 2021 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC

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Chante Brassens

Renaud

French Music - Released February 1, 2019 | Parlophone (France)

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Ici & là, en concert au Dôme de Paris (Live, 2022)

Alain Souchon

French Music - Released November 11, 2022 | Parlophone (France)

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Persona (Nouvelle édition)

Bertrand Belin

French Music - Released February 1, 2019 | Wagram Music - Cinq 7

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Pitt Ocha et le vélo à propulsion phonique

Les Ogres De Barback

Pop - Released October 21, 2022 | Irfan, le label

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Même pas sommeil

CharlElie Couture

French Music - Released January 25, 2019 | Rue bleue

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Live At 25

Huey Lewis And The News

Pop - Released May 17, 2005 | Rhino

Looking at the cover of Huey Lewis & the News' Live at 25, it's hard not to think, "Wow! I had no idea that the News had 25 members!" Of course, the middle-aged men crowding the cover of this 2005 release number a mere nine, which means the one-time sextet has been expanded with a full horn section (original guitarist Chris Hayes has been replaced by Stef Burns and bassist Mario Cipollina has been replaced by John Pierce, as well). New members and a horn section don't change the basic nature of the band, which hasn't changed since the beginning of its career -- no matter what they do, Huey Lewis & the News are a good-time, good-natured, unabashedly fun party band. That served them well at the height of their fame in the mid-'80s, and it serves them well 20 years later, as they do those big hits -- "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "I Want a New Drug," "If This Is It," "Do You Believe in Love," "Hip to Be Square" (subtly changed to "(Too) Hip to Be Square," although the lyrics haven't been altered) -- balanced with covers and newer tunes that sound as if they could have been good album tracks on Picture This. Although the liner notes don't mention the date or location of the recording of Live at 25, the specifics don't really matter since the album is designed to be less a historical document than a nostalgic souvenir for longtime fans, capturing the group at a quarter-century mark. In that respect, it works well: the song selection is good, the band sounds tight and professional, the production is clean and punchy, and while it's never especially engaging, it is an enjoyable performance. Not essential, and certainly not nearly as energetic as the original LPs, Live at 25 is warm, friendly, and fun nonetheless, a perfectly respectable way to celebrate the group's anniversary.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (Bande originale du film)

Michel Legrand

Film Soundtracks - Released March 3, 1970 | EMI Music Publishing France

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#LIC Give a Fuck (feat. Maz G & Tenkay)

etern1

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released March 30, 2023 | 4336641 Records DK