Debussy: Images/Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune/La Mer
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1997-01-14
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: 1. Gigues
- Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: 2. Ibéria. Par les rues et par les chemins
- Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: 2. Ibéria. Les Parfums de la nuit
- Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: 2. Ibéria. Le Matin d'un jour de fête
- Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: 3. Rondes de printemps
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
- La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, L. 109: 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
- La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, L. 109: 2. Jeux de vagues
- La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, L. 109: 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Free Music Notes for Debussy: Images/Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune/La Mer
Free Music Review: Debussy Perfected
Hit: 5 Stars
In the 1997 DVD "In Rehearsal with The Los Angeles Philharmonic", Esa-Pekka Salonen states; "I think that Debussy is the most important composer of the century." He later says that the future of music has more to do with Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky than any other composers. And finally, Salonen regards La Mer as "one of The greatest masterpeieces of all time." This regard for Debussy is no doubt the reason Salonen has taken the time and effort to coax every aspect and every note of these orchestral pieces into their fullest expression.
On this cd, Images Pour Orcestre take on a 4-dimensional quality (like reading a well-written novel where you are transported to the place the writer is describing), ripe with atmosphere that seems to appeal to all five of the senses. The textures are complex, the melodies are exotic, the harmonies are daring. There is wonderful tension and exciting expectation present in all of these.
Prelude A L'apres-Midi D'un Faune has never been more intoxicating. Salonen lets the listener savor the crescendo and release where other conductors seem to be in a hurry to get past them, not wanting to be sentimental in any way. God forbid music should ever be romantic, emotional or uplifting. This Prelude, the Salonen Prelude, is the only one to which I will listen. It is better than Boulez, Dutoit, Karajan, anyone.
Finally, La Mer where Salonen states that a conductor has endless possibiilies to work with, is presented here as big, detailed, expansive and nuanced all at the same time. There are broad, sweeping soundscapes as well as delicate, intimate moments. It is the sea - majestic, powerful, beautiful, mysterious. It is all of these things and more, and all without trying to be. Salonen's La Mer is also more relentless, turbulant and forceful than other interpretations. He stated the Debussy was one of the first to fully understand what Stravinsky was doing musically. This sensibility is certainly present here. Other reviewers have excellently noted that many conductors approach Debussy as if his music should only be hung like wallpaper, not getting in anyone's way. Salonen does not short change the enormous impact Debussy has had.
I purchased this disk when it first came out and I like it and listen to it even more today, 13 years later. Such is the way with Debussy and with Salonen. Images, Prelude and La Mer fit very nicely together on this generous CD. I think everyone should have two copies of this, just in case.
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