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Debussy: Clair de Lune, Deux Arabesques and Other Works

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Composer
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Artist
Ilia Kim
Format
CD
Label
Dynamic
Released
Jul 17, 2020
Catalog #
DYN-CDS7881
UPC
8007144078812

About

Claude Debussy is considered by today's critics as one of the artists who mark the turning point between two great periods in the history of music: the romantic heritage of the 19th century and the modernity of the 20th. At the beginning of his career Debussy was defined an impressionist, the musical equivalent of impressionism in figurative arts. This label fell upon him quite obviously, but because of his connections with Mallarmé and Maeterlinck it didn't' quite suit him, so much that later on he would rather be defined a symbolist artist. Generally speaking, the symbolist movement is what best describes Debussy's art. But the composer had created his first masterpiece, the cantata La Damoiselle élue on a text written by Dante Gabriele Rossetti, the most eminent figure of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and his last works had been contemporary, from both the chronological and spiritual point of view, to the beginning of the abstract movement initiated by Mondrian. In Debussy's piano works we can find the signs of his evolution which allow us to understand the several phases of his poetics, not only as an artist but as a music conveyor, carried in parallel with all the artistic fields from the 19th to the 20th century. The extraordinary bravura of pianist Ilia Kim is the strong point of this release which features works that Debussy composed over several periods of his career, thus providing an accurate and complete insight of the composer's evolution.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in E Major: Andantino con moto 04:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in E Major: Andantino con moto
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  2. 2 No. 2 in G Major: Allegretto scherzando 03:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in G Major: Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  3. 3 Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune 05:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  4. 4 Danse, "Tarantelle styrienne" 05:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Danse, "Tarantelle styrienne"
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  5. 5 Estampes: No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) 05:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Estampes: No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  6. 6 L'isle joyeuse 07:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    L'isle joyeuse
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  7. 7 Préludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige 04:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    Préludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  8. 8 Préludes, Book 2: No. 8. Ondine 03:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Préludes, Book 2: No. 8. Ondine
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  9. 9 No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie 05:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  10. 10 No. 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest 03:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  11. 11 No. 7. Pour les degrés chromatiques (For chromatic steps) 02:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 7. Pour les degrés chromatiques (For chromatic steps)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim
  12. 12 No. 5. Pour les octaves (For octaves) 03:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 5. Pour les octaves (For octaves)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ilia Kim