Images (1894) / Estampes / Images Series I & II

Album by Claude Debussy & Paul Jacobs

Images (1894) / Estampes / Images Series I & II is a collection of solo piano works by the French composer Claude Debussy, composed between 1894 and 1907. The music exemplifies Impressionist harmonic language and a focus on pianistic colour and texture, ranging from luminous, atmospheric passages to more rhythmic, evocative vignettes, and it marks Debussy's development from late-Romantic influences toward his mature early-20th-century style.
First released: 1979

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Images: I. Lent (melancolique et doux)
    4:23
  2. 2.
    Images: II. Dans le mouvement d’une Sarabande...
    4:54
  3. 3.
    Images: III. Quelques aspects de Nous n’irons plus au bois...
    3:31
  4. 4.
    Estampes: I. Pagodes
    4:01
  5. 5.
    Estampes: II. La Soirée dans Grenade
    6:10
  6. 6.
    Estampes: III. Jardins sous la pluie
    3:27
  7. 7.
    Images, Series I: I. Reflets dans l’eau
    5:12
  8. 8.
    Images, Series II: Hommage à Rameau
    8:07
  9. 9.
    Images, Series III: Mouvement
    3:25
  10. 10.
    Images, Series II: I. Cloches à travers les feuilles
    4:11
  11. 11.
    Images, Series II: II. Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fút
    6:08
  12. 12.
    Images, Series II: III. Poissons d’or
    3:39

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