Debussy - Jeux - Poème dansé
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Ballet
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Stravinsky: Pétrouchka & Debussy: Jeux & Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
I was particularly impressed with the gorgeous timbres of Mäkelä’s wonderfully evocative account of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and the performance of the incredibly subtle... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Debussy - Orchestral Music
RecommendedGeorge Pieterson (clarinet), Vera Badings (harp)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
If you only buy one album of Debussy orchestral music, this is a very good bet! Comprising his best-known works at an excellent price, it's a great starting-point around which to build a library... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, November 2003, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and François-Frédéric Guy get every subtle detail in place. — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Denève still summons a sensuous bloom in the Prélude, and thanks to his influence, the RSNO proves better than the French at their own game: these are among the most seductive Debussy performances... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux & Rhapsody for clarinet
RecommendedFranklin Cohen (clarinet)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Building a Library, November 2003, First Choice
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Classical Album of the Year
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In general these are honest, respectful performances. In Dukas’s ballet music La Péri, the complex details are never allowed to swamp the logical argument, and the same goes for the second suite... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022, Debut Recording
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Debussy: Nocturnes, Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
RecommendedLes Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Both works are essentially about desire, and their sensuality is heightened here not only by their juxtaposition but by the dark warmth of Les Siècles’ period-instrument sound and the restrained... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Record Review, 22nd December 2018, Disc of the Week
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Debussy: Trois Nocturnes & Jeux
RecommendedConcertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam & Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense, Bernard Haitink
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Engineering
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Debussy - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 5
Debussy Transcriptions – 3 Ballets
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
it’s a musical adventure for everyone, and Bavouzet has more than achieved what he set out to do. Anyone familiar with Debussy’s shimmering orchestral colouration will recognise it translated... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2009, Editor's Choice
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