Debussy: Mouvement (No. 3 from Images pour piano - Book 1)

An audiophile recording of some of Debussy’s favourite piano pieces plus rare and unusual works by admirers of his musical idiom. Carlo Grante is one of today’s most active and popular recording pianists and his concert repertoire is one of the largest among contemporary pianists.

Michael Studer is a remarkable pianist who, although he studied in Paris and Vienna, is not well-known outside his native Switzerland. Since 2000, he has suffered from a hearing disability which tragically caused premature retirement, and CLAVES have gathered together his best recordings, made between 1971 and 1999, into this handsome 6-disc tribute. For the unbeatable price of just one CD, here is a unique chance to discover a rare talent, placed genunely and directly at the service of each composer in turn.

The four previous releases that have been combined to form this new 7-CD boxed set were each released by Naïve to mark major exhibitions of the work of the four featured painters, Monet, Chagall, Courbet, and Picasso. Each of these releases was collections of music that was either an inspiration to that particular artist or representative of where and when they produced their greatest work.