Debussy: Etudes; Children's Corner / Karis

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
January 3, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
    • PERFORMER
      Aleck Karis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 03, 2020
    • UPC
      090404952920
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9529
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Pour les cinq doigts (For the five fingers)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    2. No. 2. Pour les tierces (For thirds)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    3. No. 3. Pour les quartes (For fourths)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    4. No. 4. Pour les sixtes (For sixths)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    5. No. 5. Pour les octaves (For octaves)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    6. No. 6. Pour les huit doigts (For eight fingers)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    7. No. 7. Pour les degrés chromatiques (For chromatic steps)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    8. No. 8. Pour les agréments (For ornaments)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    9. No. 9. Pour les notes répétées (For repeated notes)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    10. No. 10. Pour les sonorités opposées (For opposing sonorities)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    11. No. 11. Pour les arpèges composés (For written arpeggios)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    12. No. 12. Pour les accords (For chords)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    13. I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    14. II. Jimbo's Lullaby

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    15. III. Serenade for a Doll

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    16. IV. The Snow is Dancing

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    17. V. The Little Shepherd

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis

    18. VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Aleck Karis


This recording presents two of Claude Debussy's enduring masterpieces- the Children's Corner suite (1908), and his brilliant- Études (Books 1 & 2) (1915), played by the American pianist, Aleck Karis. Aleck Karis has performed recitals, chamber music, and concertos across the Americas, Europe and in China. As the pianist of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae he has participated in over a hundred premieres and performed at major American and European festivals. His appearances with orchestra have ranged from concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to those of Stravinsky, Messiaen and Carter. His five solo discs on Bridge Records include Aleck Karis performs Schumann, Carter, Chopin; Aleck Karis: Mozart Recital; Stravinsky: Music for Piano 1911-1942; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes; and Karis Plays Webern, Wolpe & Feldman. His two albums on Romeo Records are Piano Music of Philip Glass and Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin. He is a Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego, and Associate Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities.