Latest News: Classical, Debussy (composer)
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Interview,
Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva on the art of the piano duo 27th December 2023The curators of the London Piano Festival reflect on what makes the perfect partner on the piano-bench, and discuss their new album of music by Poulenc, Milhaud and Debussy (released on Orchid Classics last month).
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss and Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra 24th March 2023The LSO and their Principal Guest Conductor present sumptuous, radiant performances of two virtuosic orchestral showpieces: Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Debussy's Jeux.
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Recording of the Week,
Pélleas et Mélisande from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siėcles 11th March 2022Period instruments provide revelations aplenty in Debussy's opera - and the central love-triangle is cast in an intriguing new light...
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Interview,
Vanessa Benelli Mosell on Debussy 16th December 2021The Italian pianist and conductor talks to Katherine about her new recording of the Second Book of Préludes, why she now considers the composer to be 'the father of contemporary music', and plans for her parallel career on the podium...
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Recording of the Week,
Debussy from Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich and friends 11th June 2021Daniel and Michael Barenboim, Martha Argerich and Kian Soltani join forces for an all-Debussy programme, including the rarely-performed early Fantaisie for piano and orchestra.
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Interview,
Sir Mark Elder on Debussy 16th July 2020In the wake of his recording of Images and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune with the Hallé, the conductor talks to Katherine about his relationship with Debussy's music, and Colin Matthews's evocative orchestrations of the piano Préludes.
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Debussy and Rameau 27th March 2020The Icelandic pianist releases his third album on Deutsche Grammophon: an exquisitely-performed programme of music by Debussy and Rameau.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau 23rd March 2020James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Interview,
Robin Ticciati on Duruflé and Debussy 12th September 2019The conductor talks to Katherine about his third recording of French repertoire with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, which pairs the Duruflé Requiem with Debussy's Nocturnes.
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Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth conducts orchestral works by Debussy 7th December 2018James listens to a captivating account of three orchestral works by Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, performed on authentic instruments.
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Recording of the Week,
Late Debussy sonatas from Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov and friends 16th November 2018Harmonia Mundi's ten-album series commemorating the centenary of Debussy's death continues with the Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, and Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp.
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Recording of the Week,
String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel from the Jerusalem Quartet 18th May 2018The Jerusalem Quartet offer masterfully controlled and impressively dynamic accounts of the String Quartets by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
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Recording of the Week,
Simon Rattle conducts Debussy's Pélleas et Mélisande 13th October 2017Katherine enjoys a live account of Debussy's Pélleas et Mélisande from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, with Magdalena Kožená and Christian Gerhaher in the title roles.
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Favourites,
Claude Debussy David selects some of the best recordings of the French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy.
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Recording of the Week,
Debussy and the Prix de Rome 8th February 2010Hervé Niquet and the Brussels Philharmonic explore the young Debussy’s numerous attempts to win the prestigious prize, including Le Gladiateur, Le printemps, La Damoiselle élue and L’Enfant prodigue.
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Recording of the Week,
Debussy's new champion 14th May 2007The French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet begins a new Debussy cycle with arresting performances of the Préludes and Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon.