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Debussy – Rameau

Víkingur Ólafsson

Classical - Released March 27, 2020 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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This program brings together two great French composers, separated by almost two centuries, that we would not think of bringing together spontaneously. But the freedom of mind of the Icelandic pianist looks at it otherwise, who, for his third album with Deutsche Grammophon, wanted to highlight their affinities as their contrasts in the light of their innovative contribution to the musical thought of their time. "I scratch my head wondering why Rameau's music is not played more. Between quality, inventiveness and unpredictability, there is never any element of formula in these pieces”, says Víkingur Ólafsson. By instinctively associating these style characteristics with those specific to Debussy, he decided to make an album of them: "I want to show Rameau as a futurist and underline the deep roots of Debussy in French baroque — and in Rameau's music in particular. The idea is that the listener almost forgets who is who by listening to the album." Debussy, who never stopped defending the French tradition by opposing it to German music, liked the decorative and complex lines of this Baroque composer with a French spirit like his own.An initial idea in the development of this skillfully constructed program, the transcription for piano of Debussy from Prélude to his Cantata La Damoiselle introduces it. Like the album's visual, Víkingur Ólafsson aims to be suggestive even in the accent he gives in Rameau to polyphonic voices supported by a flawless rhythmic impulse, which contrasts with Debussy, whose among other things the beautiful tumultuous Jardins sous la pluie which is played with a large breath in the image of wind load until the light returns. © Qobuz / GG
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Debussy : Suite bergamasque

Nikolai Lugansky

Solo Piano - Released October 5, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great 'colourist' and father of modern music. After Rachmaninoff's Preludes, Nikolai Lugansky wanted to present a finely nuanced portrait of this composer so fond of travelling! Whether it ranges over time (Hommage à Haydn) or the most vividly imagined open spaces, this freely composed programme is concerned above all with light and colour, in works we can never tire of. © harmonia mundi
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Debussy

Jean-Paul Gasparian

Classical - Released May 5, 2023 | naïve

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Debussy: Images; Children's Corner; Estampes etc.

Steven Osborne

Classical - Released September 29, 2017 | Hyperion

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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 : Préludes du 1er Livre - Estampes

Javier Perianes

Solo Piano - Released November 30, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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On the dawn of his fortieth birthday, the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes should be more than proud of his dazzling career. Among the places that regularly welcome him we find Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Philharmonie de Paris, Gewandhaus in Leipzig and La Roque d'Anthéron. Barenboim and Larrocha were his masters. He is particularly fond of the great French repertoire of Debussy and Ravel, though he never focuses solely on them - his previous recordings have taken him to Beethoven, Mompou, Schubert or Granados. Here, he remains in the French world with Debussy's Book I from Preludes and his three Estampes, the composer’s piano masterpiece, which Perianes distils with immense instrumental colour, breathing, contrasts and a magnificent violence that counterbalances a crystal clearness at every moment, as requested by the score. © SM/Qobuz
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Debussy: Arabesques, Estampes, Images, Children´s Corner - Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ilja Hurník

Classical - Released November 23, 2012 | Supraphon a.s.

After recently terminating his career as a pianist, Ilja Hurník has gained more scope for devoting to composing and writing. Hurník studied the piano with pedagogues of such renown as V. Kurz, I. Štěpánová-Kurzová and V. Novák and has given numerous concerts abroad (including a four-hand performance with Pavel Štěpán), with his interpretations of Debussy and Janáček being particularly captivating. He has given back to Janáček the earthiness and crispness resulting from the Lachian dialect and purged Debussy of the "Impressionistic mist" and accumulated layers of brush strokes, turning the audience's attention to the compositions' subtle drawing and structure. When listening to the presented recordings, one will be hard pressed indeed to believe that they were made a full half-century ago. Hurník's ninetieth birthday is an appropriate opportunity to recall them: this reissue in a carefully remastered version will certainly be welcomed not only by his contemporaries. © Supraphon
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Debussy in Resonance

Joanna Goodale

Classical - Released May 27, 2022 | Paraty

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Conceived in the spring of 2020, "Debussy in Resonance" wishes to offer a space to nourish the wonder and the sensory imagination of Nature while questioning the place of humans within it. Faced with the fast extinction of species, the scarcity of water sources and the palpable uneasiness in modern societies, Joanna Goodale feels the desire to cultivate this feeling of belonging to Nature, inspiring gratitude, joy and the desire to take care of the living. By listening to the ecosystem, by observing its elements and its cycles, a source of wisdom rich in metaphors resonates deep within her. © Paraty
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Debussy: Estampes, Pour le piano, Piano Works

Alain Planès

Classical - Released February 22, 2007 | harmonia mundi

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Claude Debussy : Estampes - Etudes Book II - Images Book I - L'isle joyeuse

Nelson Goerner

Classical - Released September 16, 2013 | Zig-Zag Territoires

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Argentine pianist Nelson Goerner isn't known for French music, although he does perform Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse in recital sometimes. This beautifully recorded release from the Linn label, however, gives the lie to the idea that pianists necessarily have a specialty, like vocalists, outside which they don't perform well. The album was recorded at the Teldex studios in Berlin, which have rarely if ever been better exploited than by Linn's engineers here. They capture the delicacy of Goerner's mists, the full resonance of the bacchanalian finale of L'Isle Joyeuse. Nearly equally good are the performances themselves. Goerner has lots of competition in these familiar Debussy works, but his versions are worth considering not only for their lovely, subtle palette of textures but also for the unique sound world he coaxes out of each work. Try the rather pan-Asian concept of Pagodes, from the Estampes set at the beginning: the title is East Asian, but the musical inspiration is Indonesian, and the work has rarely sounded more like the cyclical layers of a gamelan echoing in a Javanese night. Each of the Etudes comes to life in its own technical-poetic space. Goerner's program is not organized chronologically nor by complete set; instead it follows an internal poetic logic, and by the end it has become profoundly hypnotic. Very, very fine playing.© TiVo
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Debussy – Rameau

Víkingur Ólafsson

Classical - Released March 27, 2020 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

This program brings together two great French composers, separated by almost two centuries, that we would not think of bringing together spontaneously. But the freedom of mind of the Icelandic pianist looks at it otherwise, who, for his third album with Deutsche Grammophon, wanted to highlight their affinities as their contrasts in the light of their innovative contribution to the musical thought of their time. "I scratch my head wondering why Rameau's music is not played more. Between quality, inventiveness and unpredictability, there is never any element of formula in these pieces”, says Víkingur Ólafsson. By instinctively associating these style characteristics with those specific to Debussy, he decided to make an album of them: "I want to show Rameau as a futurist and underline the deep roots of Debussy in French baroque — and in Rameau's music in particular. The idea is that the listener almost forgets who is who by listening to the album." Debussy, who never stopped defending the French tradition by opposing it to German music, liked the decorative and complex lines of this Baroque composer with a French spirit like his own.An initial idea in the development of this skillfully constructed program, the transcription for piano of Debussy from Prélude to his Cantata La Damoiselle introduces it. Like the album's visual, Víkingur Ólafsson aims to be suggestive even in the accent he gives in Rameau to polyphonic voices supported by a flawless rhythmic impulse, which contrasts with Debussy, whose among other things the beautiful tumultuous Jardins sous la pluie which is played with a large breath in the image of wind load until the light returns. © Qobuz / GG
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Debussy: L'isle joyeuse, Images Livre I, Études Livre II & Estampes

Nelson Goerner

Classical - Released September 16, 2013 | Alpha Classics

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Argentine pianist Nelson Goerner isn't known for French music, although he does perform Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse in recital sometimes. This beautifully recorded release from the Linn label, however, gives the lie to the idea that pianists necessarily have a specialty, like vocalists, outside which they don't perform well. The album was recorded at the Teldex studios in Berlin, which have rarely if ever been better exploited than by Linn's engineers here. They capture the delicacy of Goerner's mists, the full resonance of the bacchanalian finale of L'Isle Joyeuse. Nearly equally good are the performances themselves. Goerner has lots of competition in these familiar Debussy works, but his versions are worth considering not only for their lovely, subtle palette of textures but also for the unique sound world he coaxes out of each work. Try the rather pan-Asian concept of Pagodes, from the Estampes set at the beginning: the title is East Asian, but the musical inspiration is Indonesian, and the work has rarely sounded more like the cyclical layers of a gamelan echoing in a Javanese night. Each of the Etudes comes to life in its own technical-poetic space. Goerner's program is not organized chronologically nor by complete set; instead it follows an internal poetic logic, and by the end it has become profoundly hypnotic. Very, very fine playing.© TiVo
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Debussy: Preludes; Images; Estampes

Claudio Arrau

Classical - Released January 1, 1991 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Debussy: Préludes, Berceuse héroïque & Estampes

Walter Gieseking

Classical - Released November 25, 2022 | Warner Classics

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Claude Debussy

Daniel Barenboim

Classical - Released January 12, 2018 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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This is not exactly a new Debussy release by Daniel Barenboim; the Préludes come from a 1998 DVD that has fallen into obscurity. Probably the reason for its resurrection was to grab market share for the 2018 centenary of Debussy's death. The sound shifts noticeably between the earlier set and the newer studio recordings, made in 2017 when the Argentine pianist was well into his eighth decade. Whether because the Préludes performances were made with a multimedia presentation in mind or for some other reason, they lack focus as a group. That said, there's much here to remind one of why Barenboim still commands a strong following as a pianist. He has a gift for the arresting gesture. Sample the well-worn Clair de lune: Barenboim's rhythmically subtle opening makes it into moonlight dancing on the water. There are other such moments, and for Barenboim fans this may well be a desirable find in this centenary year.© TiVo

Debussy: Clair de lune et d'autres favoris

François-Joel Thiollier

Classical - Released May 1, 2004 | Naxos Special Projects - France

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Chopin & Debussy: Piano Works

Ivan Moravec

Classical - Released January 1, 1993 | Vox Box

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Debussy: Clair de Lune; Piano Works

Alexis Weissenberg

Classical - Released January 1, 1986 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)