Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / 3 Nocturnes / Chansons de Bilitis / Jeux

Album by Claude Debussy & Lëtzebuerger philharmoneschen Orchester & Louis de Froment & Marie Thérèse Escribano & Ensemble "die reihe" & Friedrich Cerha

This compilation album presents orchestral and vocal works by French composer Claude Debussy, drawn from pieces composed between 1894 and 1913. It showcases Debussy's Impressionist harmonic language, innovative orchestration, delicate textures and modal inflections, marking a central phase in his career in which he refined an atmospheric, colouristic approach that helped shape early 20th-century orchestral music.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Nocturnes, L. 91: Nuages
    8:12
  2. 2.
    Nocturnes, L. 91: Fëtes
    6:26
  3. 3.
    Nocturnes, L. 91: Sirènes
    10:31
  4. 4.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: I. Chant Pastoral
    1:46
  5. 5.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: II. Les comparaisons
    0:40
  6. 6.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: III. Les contes
    0:50
  7. 7.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: IV. Chanson
    1:30
  8. 8.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: V. La partie d'osselets
    0:50
  9. 9.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: VI. Bilitis
    1:17
  10. 10.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: VII. Le tombeau sans nom
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: VIII. Les courtisanes égyptiennes
    0:37
  12. 12.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: IX. Eau pure du bassin
    1:04
  13. 13.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: X. La danseuse aux crotales
    1:26
  14. 14.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: XI. Le souvenir e Mnasidika
    1:02
  15. 15.
    Chansons de Bilitis, L. 96: XII. La pluie au matin
    2:23
  16. 16.
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
    9:32
  17. 17.
    Jeux, L. 126
    16:37

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