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Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book 1
I. Danseuses de Delphes: Lent et grave
II. Voiles: Modere
III. Le vent dans la plaine: Anime
IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir: Modere
V. Les collines d'Anacapri: Tres modere
VI. Des pas sur la neige: Triste et lent
VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest: Anime et tumultueux
VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin: Tres calme et doucement expressif
IX. La serenade interrompue: Moderement anime
X. La cathedrale engloutie: Profondement calme
XI. La danse de Puck: Capricieux et leger
XII. Minstrels: Modere
Claude Debussy: D'un cahier d'esquisses
D'un cahier d'esquisses
Claude Debussy: Morceau de concours
Piece pour piano, "Morceau de concours"
Claude Debussy: Hommage a Haydn
Hommage a Joseph Haydn
Claude Debussy: The Little Nigar
Le petit negre
Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
II. Jimbo's Lullaby
III. Serenade of the Doll
IV. The Snow is Dancing
V. The Little Shepherd
VI. Golliwogg's Cake Walk
Claude Debussy: La plus que lente
La plus que lente
2010
“Every bar of these performances confirms Ogawa as a most elegant, scrupulously sensitive interpreter of 'music like a dream from which one draws away the veil' (Debussy). She achieves a magical transparency throughout Book 1 of the Préludes with her refined pedalling and cool command of texture and colour. In 'Voiles' she makes you readily recall Cortot's heady description of 'the flight of the white wing on the crooning sea toward the horizon bright with the setting sun' while maintaining her own individuality. Her hushed start before the start of the whirling tarantella in 'Les collines d'Anacapri' is one of many haunting touches; and her playing of 'Des pas sur la neige', the Arctic centre of Book 1 of the Préludes, suggests some ultimate desolation. In Children's Corner she never turns 'Doctor Gradus', marked modérémentanimé, into a glittering presto and finds time to convey its mix of guile and sophistication. You could hardly find a more skilful or sympathetic artist from a younger generation. BIS's demonstration sound quality crowns this superb issue.”
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