Debussy: Evening in Granada

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
September 20, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BUSSER, HENRI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Simon
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 20, 2019
    • UPC
      635212209325
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD2093
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Estampes: No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    2. Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    3. Estampes: No. 1. Pagodes (arr. P. Grainger for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    4. Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. W. Gleichmann for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    5. No. 1. Nuages

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    6. No. 2. Fêtes

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    7. No. 3. Sirènes

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    8. Première rapsodie (version for clarinet and orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: James Campbell

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    9. I. En bateau

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    10. II. Cortège

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    11. III. Menuet

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon

    12. IV. Ballet

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Geoffrey Simon


The present release is one of a pair of distinctive Debussy recordings, made with the Philharmonia Orchestra and remastered here. Geoffrey Simon's programme expands several of Debussy's piano works into lavish orchestrations, including arrangements here from Stokowski, Grainger, Gleichmann and Büsser. Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon is resident in London and has appeared there with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, and English Chamber Orchestra. Internationally he ahs appeared with the Adelaide, Atlanta, Israel, Moscow, and American Symphonies, among others. He is Music Director Emeritus of the Northwest Mahler Orchestra in Seattle, with which he has conducted the Mahler symphonic cycle and Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. He is Consultant for Classical Special Projects for Arts Global, and has served as a jury member for Young Concert Artists, PianoTexas, Australian Cello Awards and Royal Over-Seas League.