Debussy, Claude: Piano Music Vol. 2
2012
2013
Claude Debussy
Michael Korstick
Tr. 1 Claude Debussy: Brouillards (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Modéré
Tr. 2 Claude Debussy: Feuilles mortes (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Lent et mélancolique
Tr. 3 Claude Debussy: La puerta del vino (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Mouvement de Habanera
Tr. 4 Claude Debussy: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Rapide et léger
Tr. 5 Claude Debussy: Bruyères (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Calme
Tr. 6 Claude Debussy: General Lavine – excentric (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Dans le style et le Mouvement d'un Cake-Walk
Tr. 7 Claude Debussy: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Lent
Tr. 8 Claude Debussy: Ondine (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Scherzando
Tr. 9 Claude Debussy: Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Grave
Tr. 10 Claude Debussy: Canope (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Très calme et doucement triste
Tr. 11 Claude Debussy: Les tierces alternées (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Modérément animé
Tr. 12 Claude Debussy: Feux d'artifice (from: Préludes (Livre II)) – Modérément animé
Tr. 13 Claude Debussy: The little negro
Tr. 14 Claude Debussy: La Boîte à joujoux
Tr. 17 Claude Debussy: Berceuse héroïque L 132
Tr. 18 Claude Debussy: Albumblatt
Tr. 19 Claude Debussy: Elégie L 138
The first volume of the complete recording of Debussy's piano works by Michael Korstick has been compared favorably with those of the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. The second volume presents Book Two of the Preludes played with impeccable musicality as well as the rarely performed and recorded 'La boite a Joujoux', better known in Debussy's orchestral version of this work. Added to this are some smaller works, including DebussyÕs two last piano scores discovered just in the past ten years: 'Elégie' and 'Page d'Album' originally composed for the Vêtement du Blessé charity. Exemplary booklet notes by the distinguished English Debussy scholar Robert Orledge round out the release.
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