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Debussy: His First Performers

Technology and artistes alike took time adjusting to Debussy’s language: witness especially a 1922 account of Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, seemingly recorded in thick fog. Yet these misfits... — The Times, 15th June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th May 2018
Catalogue No: 9029566542
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Diapason d’Or

June 2018

Réédition

Debussy: Estampe No. 2 - La soirée dans Grenade

Work length5:43

$1.30

$1.70

Claude Debussy (piano)

Debussy: Ricardo Viñes speaks about Claude Debussy

Work length3:38

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Ricardo Viñes (narrator)

Debussy: Images, Book 2, L. 120: III. Poissons d'or

Work length3:22

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Ricardo Viñes (piano)

Debussy: Estampe No. 2 - La soirée dans Grenade

Work length4:03

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Ricardo Viñes (piano)

Debussy: Préludes, Book 1, L. 125

Work length3:21

$2.60

$3.40

Alfred Cortot (piano)

VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin

Track length1:33

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$1.70

XII. Minstrels

Track length1:48

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$1.70

Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie (from Préludes - Book 1)

Work length4:31

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$1.70

Alfred Cortot (piano)

Debussy: Children's Corner

Work length13:42

$7.80

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Alfred Cortot (piano)

I. Docteur Gradus ad Parnassum

Track length2:10

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II. Jimbo's Lullaby

Track length2:35

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III. Serenade for the Doll

Track length1:54

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IV. The Snow is Dancing

Track length2:26

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V. The Little Shepherd

Track length1:53

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VI. Golliwogg's cake-walk

Track length2:44

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Debussy: Deux arabesques, L. 66

Work length6:23

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Marguerite Long (piano)

I. Andantino con moto

Track length3:16

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II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length3:07

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Debussy: Estampes, L. 108a

Work length3:09

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Marguerite Long (piano)

III. Jardins sous la pluie

Track length3:09

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Debussy: Préludes, Book 1, L. 125

Work length32:52

$15.60

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Walter Gieseking (piano)

I. Danseuses de Delphes

Track length2:52

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II. Voiles

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III. Le vent dans la plaine

Track length1:58

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IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans I'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

Track length1:53

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Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

Work length15:06

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Walter Gieseking (piano)

I. Prélude

Track length3:38

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II. Menuet

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III. Clair de lune

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IV. Passepied

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Debussy: Images, Book 1, L. 105

Work length13:31

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Walter Gieseking (piano)

I. Reflets dans l'eau

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II. Hommage à Rameau

Track length6:01

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III. Mouvement

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Debussy: Images pour piano - Book 2

Work length11:12

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Walter Gieseking (piano)

I. Cloches à travers les feuilles

Track length3:25

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II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut

Track length4:41

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III. Poissons d'or

Track length3:06

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Debussy: Préludes, Book 2, L. 131

Work length34:43

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Marcelle Meyer (piano)

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. General Lavine - excentric

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VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

Track length4:08

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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

Track length2:42

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XII. Feux d'artifice

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Debussy: L'isle joyeuse

Work length5:06

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Marcelle Meyer (piano)

Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Work length25:23

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Quatuor Calvet (string quartet)

I. Animé et très décidé

Track length6:09

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II. Assez vif et bien rythmé

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III. Andantino doucement expressif

Track length8:28

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IV. Très modéré - Très mouvementé et avec passion

Track length7:02

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Debussy: Cello Sonata

Work length10:07

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Maurice Maréchal (cello), Robert Casadesus (piano)

I. Prologue

Track length4:08

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II. Sérénade

Track length2:48

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III. Finale

Track length3:11

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Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp

Work length16:42

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Marcel Moyse (flute), Lily Laskine (harp), Eugène Ginot (viola)

I. Pastorale

Track length6:28

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II. Interlude

Track length5:41

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III. Finale

Track length4:33

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Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor

Work length11:39

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Jacques Thibaud (violin), Alfred Cortot (piano)

I. Allegro vivo

Track length3:58

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II. Intermède

Track length3:59

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III. Finale

Track length3:42

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Debussy: Debussy / Arr Debussy: Préludes, Book 1, L. 125b: XII. Minstrels (Arr. Debussy for Violin & Piano)

Work length2:13

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Jacques Thibaud (violin), Alfred Cortot (piano)

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Work length7:07

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Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Camille Chevillard

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Work length9:04

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Marcel Moyse (flute)
Orchestre des Concerts Straram
Walther Straram

Debussy: Trois Nocturnes

Work length31:37

Album only

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre des Festivals Debussy, Unknown Chorus
Philippe Gaubert, Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht

I. Nuages

Track length7:34

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I. Nuages

Track length6:34

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II. Fêtes

Track length6:04

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III. Sirènes

Track length11:25

Album only

Debussy: La Mer

Work length22:33

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Charles Munch

I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer

Track length8:38

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II. Jeux de vagues

Track length5:50

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III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

Track length8:05

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Debussy: Epigraphes antiques (6)

Work length15:12

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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet

I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length2:26

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II. Pour un tombeau sans nom (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length3:12

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III. Pour que la nuit soit propice (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length2:25

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IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length2:01

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V. Pour l'Égyptienne (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length2:48

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VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin (Orch. Ansermet)

Track length2:20

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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Work length8:32

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Orchestre des Concerts Colonne
Gabriel Pierné

Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane, L. 113a: No. 1, Danse sacrée

Work length3:53

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Lily Laskine (harp)
Unknown Orchestra
Piero Coppola

Debussy: Danse profane

Work length4:38

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Lily Laskine (harp)
Unknown Orchestra
Piero Coppola

Debussy: Debussy / Orch Coppola

Work length9:17

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Unknown Orchestra
Piero Coppola

Estampes, L. 108b: II. La soirée dans Grenade (Orch. Coppola)

Track length4:47

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Images, Book 2, L. 120: I. Cloches à travers les feuilles (Orch. Coppola)

Track length4:30

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Debussy: Debussy / Orch Caplet

Work length15:24

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Piero Coppola

Children's Corner, L. 119b: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:16

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Children's Corner, L. 119b: II. Jimbo's Lullaby (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:47

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Children's Corner, L. 119b: III. Serenade for the Doll (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:35

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Children's Corner, L. 119b: IV. The Snow is Dancing (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:20

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Children's Corner, L. 119b: V. The Little Shepherd (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:37

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Children's Corner, L. 119b: VI. Golliwogg's cake-walk (Orch. Caplet)

Track length2:49

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Debussy: La Mer

Work length22:29

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BBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini

I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer

Track length8:17

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II. Jeux de vagues

Track length6:33

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III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

Track length7:39

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Debussy: Petite Suite

Work length13:33

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Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Henri Büsser

I. En bateau (Orch. Büsser)

Track length3:53

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II. Cortège (Orch. Büsser)

Track length3:21

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III. Menuet (Orch. Büsser)

Track length3:20

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IV. Ballet (Orch. Büsser)

Track length2:59

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Debussy: Trois Nocturnes

Work length22:48

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$5.10

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus
Pierre Monteux

I. Nuages

Track length7:03

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II. Fêtes

Track length6:02

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III. Sirènes

Track length9:43

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Debussy: Images for orchestra, L. 122

Work length35:28

$6.50

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London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux

I. Gigues

Track length7:14

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II. Ibéria - Par les rues et par les chemins

Track length7:12

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II. Ibéria - Les parfums de la nuit

Track length8:05

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II. Iberia - Le matin d'un jour de fête

Track length4:51

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III. Rondes de printemps

Track length8:06

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Debussy: Jeux - Poème dansé

Work length17:48

Album only

Orchestre National de France
Pierre Monteux

Excerpt, Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées (6)

Work length6:21

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Mary Garden (soprano), Claude Debussy (piano)

II. Il pleure dans mon coeur (Second Version)

Track length2:14

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III. L'ombre des arbres (Second Version)

Track length2:25

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V. Aquarelles - I. Green (Second Version)

Track length1:42

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Debussy: Mandoline, L. 29

Work length1:33

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Ninon Vallin (soprano), Gustave Cloëz (piano)

Debussy: L'enfant prodigue, L. 61b: "L'année en vain chasse l'année ! ... " (Lia)

Work length4:44

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Ninon Vallin (soprano)
Grand Orchestre
Gustave Cloëz

Debussy: Ariettes oubliées, L. 63b: II. Il pleure dans mon coeur (Second Version)

Work length2:41

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Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), Francis Poulenc (piano)

Debussy: Le Jet d'eau (from Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire)

Work length4:41

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Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), George Reeves (piano)

Debussy: Trois ballades de François Villon, L. 119

Work length9:18

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Camille Maurane (baritone)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Jean Fournet

I. Ballade de Villon à s'amye (Orch. Debussy)

Track length3:42

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II. Ballade que Villon feit à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Notre-Dame (Orch. Debussy)

Track length3:34

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III. Ballade des femmes de Paris (Orch. Debussy)

Track length2:02

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Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées (6)

Work length16:00

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Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Jacqueline Blancard (piano)

I. C'est l'extase langoureuse (Second Version)

Track length3:11

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II. Il pleure dans mon coeur (Second Version)

Track length2:48

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III. L'ombre des arbres (Second Version)

Track length2:31

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IV. Paysages belges. Chevaux de bois (Second Version)

Track length3:01

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V. Aquarelles - I. Green (Second Version)

Track length2:10

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V. Aquarelles - II. Spleen (Second version)

Track length2:19

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Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis

Work length8:20

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Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)

I. La Flûte de Pan

Track length2:31

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II. La Chevelure

Track length3:04

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III. Le Tombeau des naïades

Track length2:45

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Debussy: Le promenoir des deux amants

Work length6:25

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Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)

I. Auprès de cette grotte sombre

Track length2:20

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II. Crois mon conseil, Chère Climène

Track length2:00

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III. Je tremble en voyant ton visage

Track length2:05

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Debussy: Fêtes galantes - Set 1

Work length6:59

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Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)

I. En sourdine (Second Version)

Track length2:44

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II. Fantoches (Second Version)

Track length1:18

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III. Clair de lune (Second Version)

Track length2:57

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Debussy: Fêtes galantes - Set 2

Work length7:21

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Jane Bathori (mezzo-soprano), Unknown Piano (piano)

I. Les Ingénus

Track length1:54

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II. Le faune

Track length1:41

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III. Colloque sentimental (Second Version)

Track length3:46

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Debussy: Debussy / Orch Debussy

Work length5:52

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Charles Panzéra (baritone)
Unknown Orchestra
Piero Coppola

3 Ballades de François Villon, L. 126b: II. Ballade que Villon feit à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Notre-Dame (Orch. Debussy)

Track length3:37

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3 Ballades de François Villon, L. 126b: III. Ballade des femmes de Paris (Orch. Debussy)

Track length2:15

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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 93: Prelude

Work length1:50

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Orchestre Symphonique
Roger Désormière

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 93

Work length2:31:05

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Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano), Paul Cabanel (bass), Leïla Ben Sedira (soprano), Irène Joachim (soprano), Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (bass-baritone), Jacques Jansen (baritone), Émile Rousseau (baritone), Armand Narçon (bass)
Orchestre Symphonique, Choeurs Yvonne Gouverné
Roger Désormière

"Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length4:17

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"Qu'est-ce qui brille ainsi, au fond de l'eau ?" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length4:44

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Interlude No. 1

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"Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère Pelléas" (Geneviève)

Track length3:10

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"Je n'en dis rien" (Arkel, Geneviève)

Track length3:39

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"Grand-père, j'ai reçu en même temps que la lettre de mon frère" (Pelléas, Arkel, Geneviève)

Track length1:31

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Interlude No. 2

Track length1:59

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"Il fait sombre dans les jardins" (Mélisande, Geneviève, Pelléas)

Track length2:43

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"Hoé ! Hisse hoé ! Hoé ! Hoé !" (Chorus, Mélisande, Pelléas, Geneviève)

Track length4:09

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"Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée ?" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

Track length3:21

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"C'est au bord d'une fontaine aussi qu'il vous a trouvée ?" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

Track length2:36

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Interlude No. 3

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"Ah ! Ah ! Tout va bien, cela ne sera rien" (Golaud, Mélisande)

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"Je suis ... Je suis malade ici" (Mélisande, Golaud)

Track length3:18

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"Il est vrai que ce château est très vieux et très sombre" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length2:35

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"Tiens, où est l'anneau que je t'avais donné ?" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length2:35

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Interlude No. 4

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"Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

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"Mes longs cheveux descendent" (Mélisande, Pelléas)

Track length5:19

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"Oh ! Oh ! Mes cheveux descendent de la tour !" (Mélisande, Pelléas)

Track length3:07

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"Je les noue, je les noue aux branches du saule" (Pelléas, Mélisande, Golaud)

Track length3:21

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Interlude No. 5

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"Prenez garde ; par ici, par ici" (Golaud, Pelléas)

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Interlude No. 6

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"Ah ! Je respire enfin !" (Pelléas, Golaud)

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"À propos de Mélisande" (Golaud)

Track length1:28

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Interlude No. 7

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"Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, Yniold" (Golaud, Yniold)

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"Ah ! Ah ! Petite mère a allumé sa lampe" (Yniold, Golaud)

Track length3:36

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"Où vas-tu ? Il faut que je te parle ce soir" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

Track length2:55

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"Maintenant que le père de Pelléas est sauvé" (Arkel, Mélisande)

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"Pelléas part ce soir" (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande)

Track length2:22

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"Une grande innocence" (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande)

Track length4:52

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Interlude No. 8

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"Oh ! Cette pierre est lourde" (Yniold, Le berger)

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"C'est le dernier soir ... " (Pelléas, Mélisande)

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"On dirait que ta voix a passé sur la mer au printemps !" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

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"Quel est ce bruit ? On ferme les portes" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

Track length4:10

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"Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure qu'elle peut mourir" (Le médecin, Arkel, Golaud)

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"Attention - je crois qu'elle s'éveille" (Le médecin, Mélisande, Arkel)

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"Êtes-vous seul dans la chambre, grand-père ?" (Mélisande, Arkel, Golaud)

Track length2:36

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"Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi comme j'ai pitié de toi ?" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length1:56

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"As-tu aimé Pelléas ?" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length2:58

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"Qu'avez-vous fait ? Vous allez la tuer" (Arkel, Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length2:51

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"Qu'y a-t-il ? Qu'est-ce que toutes ces femmes viennent faire ici ?" (Golaud, Le médecin, Arkel)

Track length2:40

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"Attention ... attention" (Arkel, Le médecin)

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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 93

Work length46:33

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Charles Panzéra (baritone), Marthe Nespoulos (soprano), Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Brothier (soprano), Vanni-Marcoux (baritone), Hector Dufrane (baritone), Armand Narçon (bass)
Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup, Orchestre Symphonique
Georges Truc, Piero Coppola

"Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt" (Golaud, Mélisande)

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"Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère Pelléas" (Arkel, Geneviève)

Track length7:49

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"Ah! Ah! Tout va bien" (Golaud, Mélisande)

Track length7:40

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"Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée ?" (Pelléas, Mélisande)

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Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 93, Act 3: "Ah ! Je respire enfin" (Pelléas, Golaud)

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"Une grande innocence" (Golaud)

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"Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps" (Mélisande, Pelléas)

Track length4:31

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"Quel est ce bruit ?" (Mélisande, Pelléas)

Track length4:14

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Claude Debussy, who died 100 years ago in March 1918, is one of history's greatest composers and the most influential of all French composers. A father of modern music, Debussy lived in the early days of the recording era.

All the artists who appear in this 10CD set, Debussy: His First Performers, were in some way pioneers in the performance of his music in the first half of the 20th century. All the recordings in this collection provide an authoritative and illuminating point of reference in our appreciation of Debussy.

The roster of performers is led by musicians who knew the composer personally, some of whom gave world premieres of his works. They also made some of the earliest recordings that feature on this set. Covering a period that extends from 1904 to 1963, Debussy: His First Performers also embraces landmark interpretations by artists, born during Debussy's lifetime, who have come to define our understanding of the composer's genius.

Among the most significant names in this collection - which covers piano, chamber and orchestral music, song and opera - are: pianists Ricardo Viñes, Alfred Cortot, Marcelle Meyer, Marguerite Long, Walter Gieseking - and Debussy himself (recordings made on piano rolls); violinist Jacques Thibaud; singers Mary Garden, Jane Bathori, Ninon Vallin, Claire Croiza (accompanied by Francis Poulenc at the piano), Maggie Teyte and Charles Panzéra; conductors Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Monteux, Ernest Ansermet, Roger Désormière and Charles Munch.

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Claude Debussy (piano), Ricardo Viñes (narrator, piano), Alfred Cortot (piano), Marguerite Long (piano), Walter Gieseking (piano), Marcelle Meyer (piano), Quatuor Calvet (string quartet), Maurice Maréchal (cello), Robert Casadesus (piano), Marcel Moyse (flute), Lily Laskine (harp), Eugène Ginot (viola), Jacques Thibaud (violin), Mary Garden (soprano), Ninon Vallin (soprano), Gustave Cloëz (piano), Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), Francis Poulenc (piano), George Reeves (piano), Camille Maurane (baritone), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Jacqueline Blancard (piano), Maggie Teyte (soprano), Jane Bathori (mezzo-soprano), Unknown Piano (piano), Charles Panzéra (baritone), Irène Joachim (soprano), Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano), Paul Cabanel (bass), Leïla Ben Sedira (soprano), Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (bass-baritone), Jacques Jansen (baritone), Émile Rousseau (baritone), Armand Narçon (bass), Marthe Nespoulos (soprano), Hector Dufrane (baritone), Yvonne Brothier (soprano), Vanni-Marcoux (baritone)

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre des Festivals Debussy, Unknown Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Unknown Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Grand Orchestre, Orchestre Symphonique, Choeurs Yvonne Gouverné, Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup, Camille Chevillard, Walther Straram, Philippe Gaubert, Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, Charles Munch, Ernest Ansermet, Gabriel Pierné, Piero Coppola, Arturo Toscanini, Henri Büsser, Pierre Monteux, Jean Fournet, Roger Désormière, Georges Truc

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15th June 2018

Technology and artistes alike took time adjusting to Debussy’s language: witness especially a 1922 account of Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, seemingly recorded in thick fog. Yet these misfits are never without interest and when music, acoustic and performers are in tune you feel the connection immediately.

Debussy: His First Performers

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