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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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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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Debussy: Piano Duets

Louis Lortie

Classical - Released September 9, 2022 | Chandos

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Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The present album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite suite, the Six épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best-known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings, in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos. © Chandos
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Debussy: Estampes, Pour le piano, Piano Works

Alain Planès

Classical - Released February 22, 2007 | harmonia mundi

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Ballad in Red (Renié, Caplet, Debussy, Hindemith, Salzédo)

Emmanuel Ceysson

Chamber Music - Released April 27, 2018 | Aparté

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The harp prodigy Emmanuel Ceysson, member of the orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris and more recently of the Metropolitan Opera, is a real star. His mad rise evokes that of the French Carlos Salzedo, born in the 19th, who became in New York the greatest harpist of his time, and revolutionized the repertoire of his instrument. This new album crosses the twentieth century in a program inspired by Gothic, under the sign of mystery and fantasy. The luminous Ballade by Salzedo resonates here with the works of more famous composers: Debussy’s impressionistic atmospheres shimmer, the fantastic settings of Caplet come to life, and the beauties of Hindemith’s writing play with the incredible sound palette of this orchestra-like instrument. Powerful in the bass, crystalline in the treble, Emmanuel Ceysson’s special red harp – built after Salzedo’s – blossoms fully in virtuoso solo pieces as well as in the dialogue with the strings of the Voce Quartet in the very Argentinian Gustavo Leone’s Quinteto Rojo. This imaginary but coherent musical stroll introduces to the new and captivating universes of the harp, with a repertoire devoted to the instrument. © Aparté
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Monsieur Claude (A Travel with Claude Debussy)

Enrico Pieranunzi

Contemporary Jazz - Released March 23, 2018 | Bonsaï Music

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Ravel: Shéhérazade, Le Tombeau de Couperin / Debussy: Danses, 3 Ballades de Villon

Anne Sofie von Otter

Classical - Released January 1, 2002 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Debussy: Harmonie du soir, mélodies & songs

Alain Planès

Classical - Released August 24, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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This fine album centred on Debussy, entitled, Harmonie du soir (it is now the fashion to give classical releases titles of their own) presents a bouquet of melodies mostly dedicated to the nocturnes of which Debussy was so fond. It has a romantic opening, with the Nocturnes by John Field, and then by Chopin and Fauré. The programme is a delight for the ears , with a certain, rather precious, "je ne sais quoi" alongside the consummate articulation and diction offered by both Sophie Karthäuser and Stéphane Degout, two artists at the dazzling height of their maturity. The evocative, tender, liquid piano of both Alan Planès and Eugène Asti also provides an air of great expansiveness. The melodies emerge very subtly, helped along by performers who possess a deep knowledge of the unique world of French mélodie which Debussy renewed with the novelty of his harmonies and an often-demanding choice of lyrics, from Baudelaire or Mallarmé. This is yet another fantastic contribution from the harmonia mundi team to the year of Debussy. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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...Les sons et les parfums - Debussy meets Chopin

Javier Perianes

Classical - Released November 4, 2013 | harmonia mundi

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Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano Vol.2 - Images, Etudes

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Classical - Released January 1, 2000 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Debussy / Ravel: Recital

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Classical - Released October 28, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Chopin, Debussy & Ravel

Kim Bernard

Classical - Released June 17, 2022 | Warner Classics

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In a way, young pianist Kim Bernard sets himself a big challenge by choosing very standard repertory works for his debut album over unusual pieces. After all, to make an impression with Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel is more difficult than it is with, say, Charles-Valentin Alkan or Louise Farrenc. Furthermore, Bernard is the kind of player whose virtues come from thorough training, of the sort that can squeeze the life out of the music. He is not a subjective pianist but rather one who executes the music cleanly down to its small details. As it happens, he has the chops to impress listeners anyhow, and one wants to hear more from this artist. He is at his absolute best in Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, a neo-Baroque work whose ornaments ring brilliantly under Bernard's hands. His angular reading of Debussy's L'isle joyeuse is also memorable, even if his pieces from Book I of Images may be too dry for some tastes. There is absolutely no shortage of recordings of the Chopin works at the beginning of the program, but Bernard persuades that he has something new to say about them; consider the entrancing Berceuse, Op. 57. With excellent sound from the Studio de Meudon, this is an auspicious debut.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Ohana, M.: Tombeau De Claude Debussy / Chiffres De Clavecin / Silenciaire

Christian Ivaldi

Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released January 1, 2008 | Timpani

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Debussy & Ravel : Piano Works

Monique Haas

Classical - Released June 18, 2007 | Warner Classics International

French pianist Monique Haas recorded the piano works of Debussy and Ravel twice, once in the late '50s and early '60s for Deutsche Grammophon and again in the late '60s and early '70s for Erato. The later recordings are released here in this six disc set from Warner Classics. As on the earlier set, Haas' performances are elegantly stylish, technically impeccable, consummately musical, and quintessentially French. Pick any piece by either composer at random, and you'll see. Try her bright but sensual Suite Bergamasque with its ravishing Clair de lune or her brilliant and visionary Études with their astounding concluding Pour les accords. Or try her recklessly virtuosic Gaspard de la nuit with its frightening Scarbo or her sweetly swaying Valses nobles et sentimentales with its heartrending Épilogue. There are only two meaningful differences between Haas' recordings: in the earlier performance, she is more passionate and impetuous while in the later performances she is more measured and thoughtful. In the DG recordings, the sound is mostly monaural though still clean and clear, while in the Erato recordings, the sound is entirely stereo and thus warmer and rounder, though no less clean and clear. Anyone interested in the composers, the repertoire, or this French pianist of the twentieth century should hear Haas' Debussy and Ravel -- in either or both recordings.© TiVo
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Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1

Aldo Ciccolini

Classical - Released January 5, 2018 | Warner Classics