Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 & 2

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Angela Brownridge has moments that could provide a masterclass with careful control of nuance, the chords in ‘Canope’ seemingly emerging without attack. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: CC72727
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 77 minutes

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Debussy: Préludes - Book 1

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Angela Brownridge

I. Danseuses de Delphes

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II. Voiles

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III. Le vent dans la plaine

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IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir

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V. Les collines d’Anacapri

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VI. Des pas sur la neige

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VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest

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VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin

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IX. La sérénade interrompue

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X. La cathédrale engloutie

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XI. La danse de Puck

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XII. Minstrels

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Debussy: Préludes - Book 2

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I. Brouillards

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II. Feuilles mortes

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III. La Puerta del Vino

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IV. “Les Fées sont d’exquises danseuses”

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V. Bruyères

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VI. Général Lavine - eccentric

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VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

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VIII. Ondine

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IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.

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X. Canope

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XI. Les tierces alternées

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XII. Feux d’artifice

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Debussy: L'isle joyeuse

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Angela Brownridge

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Critically acclaimed pianist Angela Brownridge explores the Debussy Preludes Books 1 and 2 for her third recording on Challenge Classics.

Angela has appeared in all the major London concert halls, and has visited Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, Canada, the Far East and Australia, as well as performing extensively in the UK. She has been a soloist with many leading orchestras and conductors, and Festival engagements include Bath, Edinburgh, Warwick, Newport Rhode Island, Bratislava, Brno, Hong Kong, and Maastricht. Her recorded repertoire is very varied, including some first ever collections of the complete piano music of Barber, Gershwin, Kenneth Leighton and the complete piano concertos of Saint-Saëns.

Debussy had been planning Préludes for two or three years before the first book was published in 1910, with the second book following in 1913. Each Prelude has a different descriptive title which indicates what was going through the composer's mind when he was writing them, from Shakespearean dances to underwater cathedrals.

…."one of the world's finest pianists…." New York Times

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February 2018

Angela Brownridge has moments that could provide a masterclass with careful control of nuance, the chords in ‘Canope’ seemingly emerging without attack.

May 2018

There is power in ‘La cathédrale engloutie’ and delicacy in ‘La fille aux cheveux de lin’and ‘Feuilles mortes’. Tempi are on the swift side (although Gieseking, remastered on Warner Classics, is faster overall); yet she lingers where she feels fit. Challenge Classics’ recording, made in Westvest Church, Schiedam, is clear and natural, if a little recessed.

Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 & 2

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