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Debussy: Evening in Granada
Signum Classics

Debussy: Evening in Granada

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Details

Composer
BUSSER, HENRI
Artist
Simon
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Sep 20, 2019
Catalog #
SIGCD2093
UPC
635212209325

About

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.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Estampes: No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra) 06:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Estampes: No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  2. 2 Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra) 05:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra)
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  3. 3 Estampes: No. 1. Pagodes (arr. P. Grainger for orchestra) 05:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    Estampes: No. 1. Pagodes (arr. P. Grainger for orchestra)
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  4. 4 Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. W. Gleichmann for orchestra) 03:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. W. Gleichmann for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  5. 5 No. 1. Nuages 08:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Nuages
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  6. 6 No. 2. Fêtes 06:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Fêtes
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  7. 7 No. 3. Sirènes 10:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Sirènes
    Duration
    10:18
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  8. 8 Première rapsodie (version for clarinet and orchestra) 08:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Première rapsodie (version for clarinet and orchestra)
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    James Campbell
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  9. 9 I. En bateau 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. En bateau
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  10. 10 II. Cortège 02:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Cortège
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  11. 11 III. Menuet 02:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon
  12. 12 IV. Ballet 03:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Ballet
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Geoffrey Simon