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Debussy: Great Composers in Words & Music
Naxos

Debussy: Great Composers in Words & Music

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Composer
Claude Debussy
Artist
Lucy Scott
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jun 10, 2022
Catalog #
8578364
UPC
747313836475

About

Claude Debussy is regarded by many as the quintessential French composer, with music that invited both warm applause and frosty criticism in his day. While our ears no longer hear him as controversial, his works heralded the dawn of an artistic period founded on innovation and experiment, and a desire to break with the past in search of new expressive means. With never a dull moment, Debussy went from being a musical misfit at the Paris Conservatoire to bohemian life amongst the Symbolist poets with involvement in some scandalous love affairs. The transformative effect of pieces such as the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune eventually saw him awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneurin 1903. The narrative is illustrated with musical excerpts from Children’s Corner, String Quartet in G minor, Images, Nocturnes and Pelléas et Mélisande, among many others. Actor Lucy Scott delivers musicologist Dr. Davinia Caddy's words with conviction and warmth.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction 00:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction
    Duration
    00:08
  2. 2 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: bars 1-5 00:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: bars 1-5
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  3. 3 For the 20th-century composer and conductor Pierre Boulez… 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    For the 20th-century composer and conductor Pierre Boulez…
    Duration
    04:12
  4. 4 Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk (excerpt) 00:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Paavali Jumppanen
  5. 5 That was an extract from Debussy's six-movement piano suite… 03:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    That was an extract from Debussy's six-movement piano suite…
    Duration
    03:56
  6. 6 Nuit d'étoiles (excerpt) 01:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nuit d'étoiles (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Lorna Windsor, Antonio Ballista
  7. 7 The extent to which Debussy's love affair with Mme Vasnier… 02:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    The extent to which Debussy's love affair with Mme Vasnier…
    Duration
    02:31
  8. 8 L'enfant prodigue: Cortège et Air de danse (excerpt) 01:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    L'enfant prodigue: Cortège et Air de danse (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  9. 9 Though he had gained the highest honours for The Prodigal Son… 03:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Though he had gained the highest honours for The Prodigal Son…
    Duration
    03:30
  10. 10 Printemps: II. Modéré (arr. H. Büsser for orchestra) (excerpt) 01:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    Printemps: II. Modéré (arr. H. Büsser for orchestra) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  11. 11 Back in Paris, Debussy's relationship with Mme Vasnier gradually fizzled out 03:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Back in Paris, Debussy's relationship with Mme Vasnier gradually fizzled out
    Duration
    03:39
  12. 12 5 Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire: No. 2. Harmonie du soir (excerpt) 01:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    5 Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire: No. 2. Harmonie du soir (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  13. 13 If his old musical comrades seem to have deserted him… 01:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    If his old musical comrades seem to have deserted him…
    Duration
    01:19
  14. 14 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: bars 51-64 00:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: bars 51-64
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  15. 15 Faune was first performed, with Debussy at the piano… 02:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    Faune was first performed, with Debussy at the piano…
    Duration
    02:11
  16. 16 String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10: II. Assez vif et bien rythmé (excerpt) 01:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10: II. Assez vif et bien rythmé (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Kodály Quartet
  17. 17 During this time, Debussy was also busy composing two large-scale works… 01:55
    Track
    17
    Title
    During this time, Debussy was also busy composing two large-scale works…
    Duration
    01:55
  18. 18 Nocturnes: No. 3. Sirènes (excerpt) 01:58
    Track
    18
    Title
    Nocturnes: No. 3. Sirènes (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  19. 19 Debussy's Nocturnes received both warm applause and frosty criticism 03:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    Debussy's Nocturnes received both warm applause and frosty criticism
    Duration
    03:22
  20. 20 Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelleas and Melisande), Act I Scene 1: Une forèt (excerpt) 01:26
    Track
    20
    Title
    Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelleas and Melisande), Act I Scene 1: Une forèt (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lille
    Conductor
    Jean-Claude Casadesus
  21. 21 That was an extract from the beginning of Debussy's first and only completed opera… 01:10
    Track
    21
    Title
    That was an extract from the beginning of Debussy's first and only completed opera…
    Duration
    01:10
  22. 22 2 Danses, "Danses sacrée et profane": No. 2. Danse profane (version for harp and solo strings) (excerpt) 01:30
    Track
    22
    Title
    2 Danses, "Danses sacrée et profane": No. 2. Danse profane (version for harp and solo strings) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ellen Bødtker, Sjur Bjaerke
    Ensemble
    Vertavo String Quartet
  23. 23 It was also during this post-Pelléas period that Debussy was decorated… 03:40
    Track
    23
    Title
    It was also during this post-Pelléas period that Debussy was decorated…
    Duration
    03:40
  24. 24 Images, Book 1: No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau (excerpt) 01:46
    Track
    24
    Title
    Images, Book 1: No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Klára Körmendi
  25. 25 Also about water is the third movement… 00:43
    Track
    25
    Title
    Also about water is the third movement…
    Duration
    00:43
  26. 26 Images, Book 2: No. 3. Poissons d'or (excerpt) 01:39
    Track
    26
    Title
    Images, Book 2: No. 3. Poissons d'or (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Klára Körmendi
  27. 27 A new period of Debussy's life was soon to begin… 03:25
    Track
    27
    Title
    A new period of Debussy's life was soon to begin…
    Duration
    03:25
  28. 28 Images: No. 2. Ibéria: Par les rues et par les chemins (excerpt) 02:04
    Track
    28
    Title
    Images: No. 2. Ibéria: Par les rues et par les chemins (excerpt)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  29. 29 In 1909 a group of artists and musicians from Russia arrived… 03:29
    Track
    29
    Title
    In 1909 a group of artists and musicians from Russia arrived…
    Duration
    03:29
  30. 30 Jeux (excerpt) 01:13
    Track
    30
    Title
    Jeux (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  31. 31 Interestingly, Faune and Jeux were not the only theatrical works… 01:58
    Track
    31
    Title
    Interestingly, Faune and Jeux were not the only theatrical works…
    Duration
    01:58
  32. 32 Syrinx (excerpt) 01:12
    Track
    32
    Title
    Syrinx (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Patrick Gallois
  33. 33 In 1914, having returned to Paris… 01:29
    Track
    33
    Title
    In 1914, having returned to Paris…
    Duration
    01:29
  34. 34 12 Etudes: No. 3. Pour les quartes (For fourths) (excerpt) 01:10
    Track
    34
    Title
    12 Etudes: No. 3. Pour les quartes (For fourths) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    François-Joël Thiollier
  35. 35 In 1915, Debussy once again departed Paris… 02:41
    Track
    35
    Title
    In 1915, Debussy once again departed Paris…
    Duration
    02:41
  36. 36 Préludes, Book 2: No. 10. Canope (excerpt) 01:05
    Track
    36
    Title
    Préludes, Book 2: No. 10. Canope (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chengzong Yin