Composer: Claude Achille Debussy
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902309
Release: 2018
Size: 678 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. L’Isle joyeuse, CD. 109
Deux Arabesques, CD. 74
02. I. Andantino con moto
03. II. Allegretto scherzando
Suite bergamasque, CD. 82
04. I. Prélude. Moderato (tempo rubato)
05. II. Menuet. Andantino
06. III. Clair de lune. Andante très expressif
07. IV. Passepied. Allegretto ma non troppo
08. La plus que lente. Valse, CD. 128
Estampes, CD. 108
09. III. Jardins sous la pluie. Net et vif
Images, 2e Série, CD. 120
10. I. Cloches à travers les feuilles. Lent
11. II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut. Lent
12. III. Poissons d’or. Animé
13. Hommage à Haydn, CD. 123
A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great ‘colourist’ and father of modern music.
After Rachmaninoff’s Preludes, Nikolai Lugansky wanted to present a finely nuanced portrait of this composer so fond of travelling. Whether it ranges over time (Hommage à Haydn) or the most vividly imagined open spaces, this freely composed programme is concerned above all with light and colour, in works we can never tire of.