Composer: Claude Achille Debussy
Performer: Majella Stockhausen
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 5580452
Release: 2005
Size: 649 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
La Mer
02. I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer
03. II. Jeux de vagues
04. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
La Boite A Joujoux
05. Prélude
06. Tableau I
07. Tableau II
08. Tableau III
09. Changement a vue…Tableau IV
Preludes (arr. Matthews)
10. Preludes, Book 1, L. 117: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
11. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123: Feuilles mortes
12. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123: Feux d’artifice
…Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, resplendently recorded, capture the languorous sensuality of L’après-midi supremely well, with the flautist Emmanuel Pahud phrasing in huge spans, and with the most refined rubati. La mer is less tempestuous than it can be… but I find it more convincing and more evocative than when it is turned into a concerto for orchestra. Once again every last touch of colour emerges in this beautifully natural recording.