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12 Arabesques, L. 66 : No. 1, Andante con moto
piano:
Claude Helffer (French pianist)
recording of:
Deux arabesques, L. 66, CD 74 : No. 1. Andantino con moto (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1891)
part of:
Deux arabesques, L. 66, CD 74 (for piano)
4:09
2Préludes / Livre 1, L. 117 : 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
2:22
3Children's Corner, L. 113 : 1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Live au Festival de musique de Montreux-Vevey / 1988)
piano:
Nikita Magaloff (pianist)
live recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (original piano version)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113, CD 119 (original piano version)
1:59
4Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
flute:
Lucien Lavaillotte (flautist)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
9:47
5Suite bergamasque, L. 75 : 3. Clair de lune
piano:
Jacques Février (pianist)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
5:11
6Pour le piano, L. 95 - Orch. Ravel : 2. Sarabande
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Pour le piano: Sarabande (orchestrated by Ravel)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1894 until 1901)
orchestration of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95: II. Sarabande. À Madame E. Rouart (née Y. Lerolle). Avec une élégance grave et lente
5:12
7Images oubliées, L. 87 : 3. Quelques aspects de "Nous n'irons plus au bois" parce qu'il fait un temps insupportable
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist)
recording of:
Images oubliées, L. 87, CD 94 : III. Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’irons plus au bois’ parce qu’il fait un temps insupportable (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Images oubliées, L. 87, CD 94 (for piano)
3:58
8Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans, L. 62 : 1. Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon regarder !
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner)
recording of:
Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans, L. 92, CD 99: I. “Dieu ! Qu’il la fait bon regarder !”
lyricist:
Charles duc d’Orléans
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1898-04)
part of:
Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans, L. 92, CD 99 (for 4-part mixed choir)
2:28
9La mer, L. 109 : 2. Jeux de vagues
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: II. “Jeux de vagues”
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
5:30
103 pièces de 1904 : 3. L'isle joyeuse, L. 106
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist)
recording of:
L’Isle joyeuse, L. 106, CD 109 (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1904-08)
premiered at:
[concert] (1905-02-10)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 106) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 109)
6:07
11Nocturnes, L. 91 : 1. Nuages
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
performer:
Étienne Baudo (oboist)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : I. Nuages
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
7:23
12Petite suite pour piano (Quatre mains), L. 65 : 1. En bateau
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist) and François Chaplin (pianist)
recording of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b : I. En bateau (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor) (in 1907)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1888 until 1889)
orchestration of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a : I. En bateau (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b (for orchestra)
3:25
13Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe, L. 137 : 1. Pastorale
flute:
Doriot Anthony Dwyer (US flautist)
harp:
Ann Hobson Pilot (harpist)
viola:
Burton Fine (violist)
recording of:
Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe, L. 137 : I. Pastorale (Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137: I. Pastorale)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1915)
part of:
Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe, L. 137, CD 145 (Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137)
6:38
14Estampes, L. 100 : 1. Pagodes
piano:
Jacques Février (pianist)
recording of:
Estampes, L. 100: I. Pagodes. Modérément animé (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1903-07)
part of:
Estampes, L. 100, CD 108 (for piano)
3:47
15Children's Corner, L. 113 : 6. Golliwogg's Cakewalk
piano:
Jacques Février (pianist)
recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake‐Walk (original piano version)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113, CD 119 (original piano version)
3:00
16Trois chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 : 2. La chevelure
piano:
John Wustman (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Régine Crespin (soprano)
recording of:
Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90, CD 97: No. 2. La Chevelure «Il m’a dit «Cette nuit d’ai rêvé»»
lyricist:
Pierre Louÿs
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-06 until 1898-08)
part of:
Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90, CD 97 (for voice and piano)
3:59
17Rêverie, L. 68
piano:
Werner Haas (classical pianist, NOT the 50s schlager singer Werner Hass)
recording of:
Rêverie, L. 68, CD 76 (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1890)
premiered at:
[concert] (1899-02-27)
publisher:
Choudens (in 1891) and Eugène Fromont (in 1905)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 68) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 76)
3:44
18Nocturnes, L. 91 : 2. Fêtes
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : II. Fêtes
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
6:22
19Le petit nègre, L. 114
piano:
Werner Haas (classical pianist, NOT the 50s schlager singer Werner Hass)
recording of:
Le Petit Nègre, L. 114, CD 122 (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Éditions Alphonse Leduc (in 1909)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 114) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 122)
1:35
20Syrinx (pour flûte seule), L. 129
flute:
Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist)
recording of:
Syrinx, L. 129, CD 137 (for solo flute)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1913)
dedicated to:
Louis Fleury (French flutist)
premiered at:
[concert] (1913-12-01)
publisher:
Editions Jobert (in 1927-08)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 129) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 137)
2:21
21Préludes / Livre 1, L. 117 : 10. La cathédrale engloutie
piano:
Jean-Joël Barbier (writer and pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: X. La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
arranger:
György Vukán
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-05-25)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
5:33
22Images pour orchestre, L. 122 / II. Ibéria : 1. Par les rues et par les chemins
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Images pour orchestre, L 122: IIa. Ibéria - Par les rues et par les chemins
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1905 until 1908)
part of:
Images pour orchestre, L. 122, CD 118: II. Ibéria
7:17
23Pour le piano, L. 95 : 3. Toccata
piano:
Jacques Février (pianist)
recording of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95: III. Toccata. À N.G. Coronio. Vif
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1894 until 1901)
dedicated to:
Nicolas G. Coronio
part of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95
4:03
24Tarantelle styrienne, L. 69 - Orch. Ravel
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Tarantelle styrienne, L. 69, CD 77b (orch. Ravel)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1890)
orchestration of:
Tarantelle styrienne, L. 69, CD 77a (for piano)
5:07
25Préludes / Livre 1, L. 117 : 5. Les collines d'Anacapri
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: V. Les collines d'Anacapri. Très modéré
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1911-01-14)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
3:01
26Quatuor pour cordes en sol mineur, Op.10, L. 85 : 2. Scherzo (Assez vif et bien rythmé)
string quartet:
Quartetto Italiano (Italian Quartet, 1945—1980)
recording of:
Quatuor à cordes en sol mineur, op. 10, L. 85, CD 91 : II. Assez vif et bien rythmé (String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10: II. Assez vif et bien rythmé)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1892 until 1893)
part of:
Quatuor à cordes en sol mineur, op. 10, L. 85, CD 91 (String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85, CD 91)
3:56
27Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 : No. 4, Chevaux de bois
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Véronique Dietschy (soprano)
recording of:
Ariettes oubliées, L. 60, CD 63a : IV. Paysages belges. Chevaux de bois "Tournez, tournez, bons chevaux de bois" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Paul Verlaine (French poet)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1885-01-06 until 1885-01-10)
part of:
Ariettes oubliées, L. 60, CD 63a (for voice and piano)
2:52
28Danse bohémienne, L. 9
piano:
Werner Haas (classical pianist, NOT the 50s schlager singer Werner Hass)
recording of:
Danse bohémienne, L. 9, CD 4 (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1880-06 until 1880-09)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1932)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 4) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 9)
1:53
29Petite suite pour piano (Quatre mains), L. 65 : 3. Menuet
piano:
Philippe Cassard (pianist) and François Chaplin (pianist)
recording of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a : III. Menuet (for piano 4-hands)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1888 until 1889)
part of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a (for piano 4-hands)
2:43
30Nocturnes, L. 91 : 3. Sirènes
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : III. Sirènes
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1901-10-27)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
8:48