According to his biographer René Peter, and perhaps not unexpectedly, with what we have now learnt about his eclectic tastes, Debussy was an avid reader of Dickens, for whom "Spleen could be cured by a swift dose of Pickwick." His 'Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.', (Perpetual President and Member of the Pickwick Club) from the second book of 'Préludes', opens with the British national anthem in the bass and continues with a delightful mixture of rather pompous solemnity and high-spirited frivolity.
This arrangement was specially made for the album 'Preludes, Rags and Cakewalks' (MPR 005), performed by The Symphonic Brass of London conducted by Eric Crees. All of the transcriptions are new and original, making this a world premiere recording.
- ISMN: 9790570661732 (M570661732)
