Listen & tracks
15 works · 55:59
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1 Danseuses de Delphes Claude Debussy 3:43
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2 Voiles Claude Debussy 5:06
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3 Le vent dans la plaine Claude Debussy 2:29
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4 Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir Claude Debussy 4:26
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5 Les collines d'Anacapri Claude Debussy 3:39
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6 Des pas sur la neige Claude Debussy 4:24
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7 Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest Claude Debussy 4:07
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8 La fille aux cheveux de lin Claude Debussy 2:50
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9 La sérénade interrompue Claude Debussy 2:40
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10 La cathédrale engloutie Claude Debussy 6:09
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11 La danse de Puck Claude Debussy 3:17
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12 Minstrels Claude Debussy 2:40
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13 Brouillards Claude Debussy 3:35
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14 Feuilles mortes Claude Debussy 3:14
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15 La puerta del Vino Claude Debussy 3:40
Debussy took the art of composing a giant leap beyond Chopin, from whom he drew most inspiration. The Preludes, written between 1910 and 1913, have been likened to a vast palette of the composer’s every musical mood.
This recording presents all twelve preludes from Book One (first released in 1986), with three from Book Two held in the vault until this remastered re-issue.
In the artist’s words
Music is a sum of scattered forces. You make an abstract ballad of them! I prefer the simple notes of an Egyptian shepherd’s pipe: for he collaborates with the landscape and hears harmonies unknown to your treatises. Musicians listen only to the music written by cunning hands, never to that which is in Nature’s script. To see the sun rise is more profitable than to hear the Pastoral Symphony.
Reviews
Ronald Farren-Price’s reading is of a world-class standard. The Preludes obviously are close to the heart of Farren-Price and his love for them can be gauged in this recording. Just listen to the way he caresses the Steinway’s keys in “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”. There is mystery in “Delphic Dancers”, caricature in “Minstrels”, raging, hallucinatory vision in “What the west wind has seen”. On every count, Farren-Price meets the demands of what ranks among the peaks of piano music.
Artists
Ronald Farren-Price
piano
Ronald Farren-Price is an Australian concert pianist of rare artistry, sensitivity and virtuosity. Clarity of expression and firmness of touch are the hallmarks of his style, which brings bold nobility to each performance.
Claude Debussy
composer
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) was a French composer whose harmony, colour and flexible sense of key reshaped European music at the turn of the twentieth century. Piano, orchestral and chamber works from his maturity remain central to the repertoire.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Ronald Farren-Price · piano
Technical credits
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Contributor
Ateş Orga
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Melba Hall
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Credit
Claude Monet
Details
- List price
- $20.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 55 minutes 59 seconds
- Release date
- 30 Jun 1986
- Category
- Classical
- Musical work copyright
- © 1986 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1986, 2016 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3067
- EAN
- 9314574306729
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