La Damoiselle élue

Album by Claude Debussy & Véronique Dietschy & Philippe Cassard & Doris Lamprecht & Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon & Bernard Tétu

La Damoiselle élue is a cantata by French composer Claude Debussy, composed in 1888. The work sets a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and uses rich orchestral colour, modal and chromatic harmonies and intimate vocal writing that point towards Debussy's later impressionist techniques, marking an early exploration of atmosphere and orchestral texture in his career.

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  1. 1.
    Chansons de Bilitis: no. 1, La flûte de Pan
    2:44
  2. 2.
    Chansons de Bilitis: no. 2, La chevelure
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Chansons de Bilitis: no. 3, Le tombeau des Naïades
    2:58
  4. 4.
    Beau soir
    2:11
  5. 5.
    Mandoline
    1:50
  6. 6.
    Romance
    1:52
  7. 7.
    Les cloches
    2:01
  8. 8.
    Apparition
    3:40
  9. 9.
    Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: no. 1, Soupir
    2:44
  10. 10.
    Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: no. 2, Placet futile
    2:16
  11. 11.
    Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: no. 3, Eventail
    2:35
  12. 12.
    Nuit d'étoiles
    3:12
  13. 13.
    Paysage sentimental
    3:08
  14. 14.
    La Damoiselle Élue
    19:06

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