Nocturnes

Album by Claude Debussy & Erik Satie & Gabriel Fauré & Abel Decaux & Maurice Ravel & Natacha Kudritskaya

Nocturnes is an orchestral suite by French composer Claude Debussy, completed in 1899. The three-movement work employs impressionistic orchestration, emphasising colour, modal harmonies and fluid rhythms to create shifting atmospheric textures, and it represents a step in Debussy's move from piano-focused compositions to larger-scale orchestral forms at the turn of the century.

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  1. 1.
    Suite bergamasque: Clair de Lune
    5:43
  2. 2.
    Gymnopédie no. 1
    3:11
  3. 3.
    Gnossienne no. 4
    2:31
  4. 4.
    Gnossienne no. 3
    3:04
  5. 5.
    Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon
    2:46
  6. 6.
    Feux d’artifice
    4:41
  7. 7.
    Clairs de Lune: Minuit passe
    4:32
  8. 8.
    Clairs de Lune: La ruelle
    3:53
  9. 9.
    Clairs de Lune: Le cimetière
    5:52
  10. 10.
    Clairs de Lune: La mer
    5:16
  11. 11.
    Nocturne no. 7
    8:44
  12. 12.
    Nocturne no. 8
    2:08
  13. 13.
    Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine
    7:06
  14. 14.
    Gaspard de la nuit: Le gibet
    6:39
  15. 15.
    Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo
    9:41

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