La Mer

Album by Claude Debussy & Benjamin Britten & Pierre Mercure & Yannick Nézet‐Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain

La Mer is an orchestral composition by French composer Claude Debussy, completed and first performed in 1905. The work uses Impressionistic orchestral colours, innovative harmonic language and shifting rhythms to evoke the sea, representing a mature orchestral statement in Debussy's career and an influential presence in the development of early 20th-century orchestral music.
First released: 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    La Mer, L. 109: No. 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
    9:15
  2. 2.
    La Mer, L. 109: No. 2. Jeux de vagues
    6:45
  3. 3.
    La Mer, L. 109: No. 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
    8:32
  4. 4.
    Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a: No. 1. Dawn
    3:50
  5. 5.
    Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a: No. 2. Sunday Morning
    3:46
  6. 6.
    Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a: No. 3. Moonlight
    4:57
  7. 7.
    Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a: No. 4. Storm
    4:47
  8. 8.
    Kaléidoscope
    11:01
  9. 9.
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
    11:16

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