Composer: Claude Achille Debussy
Performer: Lucy Parham, Alex Jennings
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1174
Release: 2017
Size: 277 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Another man’s soul …
02. Rêverie, L 68
03. I too am at war …
04. Danse bohémienne, L 9
05. Well, it was the best …
06. Deux Arabesques, L 66: I. Andantino con moto
07. I left my parental home …
08. Estampes, L. 100: II. VIII. La soirée dans Grenade
09. It was at around this time …
10. Estampes, L. 100: I. Pagodes
11. Music was responsible …
12. Préludes, Book 1, L 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
13. Ernest Chausson and I …
14. Estampes, L. 100: III. Jardins sous la pluie
15. After that fateful day …
16. Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: VI. Des pas sur la neige
17. When I wrote …
18. Images, Set 1, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l’eau
19. We were happy …
20. Images, Set 2, L. 111: III. Poissons d’or
21. The better known …
22. Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
23. In early 1910 …
24. Suite bergamesque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
25. From the moment …
26. Études, L. 136, Livre I: VI. Pour les huit doigts
27. My publisher Durand …
28. L’isle joyeuse, L 106
Acknowledged as one of Britain’s finest pianists, Lucy Parham applies her sensitivity and imagination not only to concertos and recitals, but also to portraits in words and music of such composers as Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy.
She came to public attention as the Piano Winner of the 1984 BBC Young Musician of the Year. Since her Royal Festival Hall concerto debut at age 16, she has played throughout the UK and around the globe. Lucy is also a regular contributor to BBC Music Magazine, Pianist Magazine and the Guardian and appears frequently on BBC Radio 3 and 4, as a jury member for the final of Young Musician of the Year. Lucy is a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London.
Lucy compiled this programme first and foremost to reflect the mood of Debussy’s letters (so not in strict cholonological order) and features popular piano works, ‘L’isle joyeuse,’ ‘Clair de lune’ and ‘Golliwog’s Cakewalk’ from the Childrens’ Corner Suite written for his beloved daughter, Claude-Emma (or Chouchou as he affectionately called her).
Debussy’s contribution to the piano repertoire and its development is immense but it was his also his masterpieces such as the Violin and Cello Sonatas, the Quartet, songs, orchestral works Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune and La Mer and the opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, that proved him to be so influential through his complex harmonic palettes and exploration of harmonic structure.