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Devoted To Debussy - Estampes, Preludes, Etc / Roberta Rust
Centaur Records

Devoted To Debussy - Estampes, Preludes, Etc / Roberta Rust

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Composer
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Artist
Roberta Rust
Format
CD
Label
Centaur Records
Released
May 01, 2003
Catalog #
CRC2867
UPC
044747286723

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DEBUSSY Estampes. Pour le piano. Suite bergamasques: Clair de lune. Préludes: Feux d’artifice. Des pas sur la neige; La puerta del vino; Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest. Etudes: pour les sonorities opposes. Berceuse héroique. Morceau de concours. Ballade. Pièce sans titre. Elégie • Roberta Rust (pn) • CENTAUR 2867 (71:18)


This is my first encounter with the playing of Roberta Rust, a pianist who has studied with John Perry and Ivan Davis, among others. She now has an active international career and her previous recordings include piano works by Haydn, Villa-Lobos, and Prokofiev. On this disc she proves herself a first-rate Debussy player, someone who listens acutely to each sound she makes, who characterizes the music in a personal way while at the same time honoring Debussy’s very detailed notation, and who has an arsenal of touches—and a beautifully recorded piano—at her disposal. The disc provides a fine cross section of Debussy piano output, from the early, ubiquitous “Clair de lune” (1890) to his great triptych Estampes (1903) and his final piano pieces, including the sad little Elegie (1915). For me, Estampes is the highlight, with the numerous fade-ins and fade-outs of ideas under superb control in all three movements: “Pagodes” and “Soirée dans Grenade” come across as wonderfully evocative improvisations—and not even a Richter has always been so successful at this; and “Jardins sous la pluie” is truly a tempest in a théière. In Pour le piano, the Prelude and Toccata are never dry—and the latter concludes with tremendous reserves of speed and color. Imagination and virtuosity are equally in the service of “Feux d’artifice” and “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest” (technically the two hardest of Debussy’s 24 Préludes ), and the hypnotic mood of “Des pas sur la neige” (the slowest and easiest of them) is captured perfectly. This is quite simply one of the finest Debussy discs I have heard in recent memory, and I hope that it won’t be long before Rust gives a complete set of the Préludes or the two sets of Images. Very highly recommended.


FANFARE: Charles Timbrell

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune 05:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  2. 2 Preludes, Book II: No. 12. Feux d'artifice (Fireworks) 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Preludes, Book II: No. 12. Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  3. 3 Preludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige 04:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Preludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  4. 4 Preludes, Book II: No. 3. La puerta del Vino (Gate of Alhamar) 03:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    Preludes, Book II: No. 3. La puerta del Vino (Gate of Alhamar)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  5. 5 Preludes, Book 1: No. 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest 03:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Preludes, Book 1: No. 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  6. 6 12 Etudes: No. 10. Pour les sonorites opposees (For opposing sonorities) 06:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    12 Etudes: No. 10. Pour les sonorites opposees (For opposing sonorities)
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  7. 7 No. 1. Pagodes 05:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Pagodes
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  8. 8 No. 2. La soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) 05:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. La soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  9. 9 No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain) 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  10. 10 Berceuse heroique 04:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Berceuse heroique
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  11. 11 Morceau de concours 00:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Morceau de concours
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  12. 12 Ballade 06:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ballade
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  13. 13 I. Prelude 04:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  14. 14 II. Sarabande 05:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Sarabande
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  15. 15 III. Toccata 04:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Toccata
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  16. 16 Piece sans titre 01:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    Piece sans titre
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  17. 17 Élégie 02:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    Élégie
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Claude Debussy