The Unknown Debussy: Rare Piano Music / Horvath

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Label
Grand Piano
Release Date
March 13, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
    • PERFORMER
      Horvath, Azouley
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 2020
    • UPC
      747313982226
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GP822
    • LABEL
      Grand Piano
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. L'enfant prodigue: Prélude (version for piano)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    2. Rodrigue et Chimène: Prélude (version for piano with concert ending, ed. R. Orledge)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    3. Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (1907 first version of opening fragment in B-Flat Major)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    4. Prélude à l'histoire de Tristan (version for piano, completed R. Orledge, 2011)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    5. Préludes, Book 2: No. 5. Bruyères (1912 first version)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    6. Toomai des éléphants (reconstructed by R. Orledge, 2006) (new edition)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    7. Petite valse (completed R. Orledge, 2006)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    8. Fêtes Galantes, Tableau 1: Les Masques (commencement) (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2006)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    9. Le martyre de St. Sébastien, Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: La passion (unused first draft, completed R. Orledge for piano, 2014)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    10. No-Ja-Li (Le Palais du Silence) (completed R. Orledge for narrator and piano, 2005/2014)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Florient Azoulay, Nicolas Horvath

    11. Prélude

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    12. [autre] Fanfare

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    13. Le Sommeil de Léar

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    14. La Mort de Cordélia

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    15. Un jour affreux avec le Diable dans le Beffroi (arr. R. Orledge for narrator and piano)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Florient Azoulay, Nicolas Horvath

    16. La Chute de la Maison Usher (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2010, cadanza by N. Horvath)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath


Robert Orledge’s research into Debussy’s sketches and incomplete drafts has resulted in the unearthing and reconstruction of numerous lost masterpieces, the piano versions of which are given their première recordings here. Unknown versions of famous pieces such as La Fille aux cheveux de lin and an unused movement from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien appear alongside the ecstatic Prélude de l’Histoire de Tristan. This uniquely valuable programme also includes the life-affirming suite for No-ja-li (Le Palais du Silence) with narration. NICOLAS HORVATH began his music studies at Monaco’s Académie de Musique et de Théâtre Prince Rainier III and soon began to make an impression on a number of artists who would become his mentors. Aged 16 he caught the attention of the American conductor Lawrence Foster before coming to the notice of several distinguished international pianists, including Liszt specialist Leslie Howard. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including First Prize at both the Scriabin and the Luigi Nono International Competitions. He has become noted for hosting concerts of unusual length, sometimes lasting over twelve hours, such as the overnight performance of the complete piano music of Erik Satie at the Paris Philharmonie before a cumulative audience of 14,000 people. In 2019 he performed alongside Philip Glass at the same venue in a programme devoted to the American composer’s piano music. Nicolas is a Steinway Artist.