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So well done. Really refreshing and beautiful.
Submitted by mlindeblad1 on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 19:21.
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So well done. Really refreshing and beautiful.
Classical Music | Piano Music
Claude Debussy
Estampes Play
Recorded on 04/10/2004, uploaded on 01/13/2009
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Estampes (Engravings) Claude Debussy
Debussy's Estampes from 1903 are musical "stamps" from exotic locales around the world. Pagodes was inspired by Javanese gamelan orchestras which Debussy heard at the Paris International Exposition. Pentatonic themes help to capture the shimmer of oriental gongs. La Soirée dans Grenade pictures a warm night in Grenada; a habanera rhythm is heard throughout the movement. Jardins sous la pluie begins in the middle of a rain shower in Paris. When the rain subsides, a French nursery song is heard, and the sun emerges at the end. Miyuki Otani
More music by Claude Debussy
Poissons d’or, from Images, Book II
La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Beau Soir
Reflets dans l’eau, from Images, Book 1
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
Bruyères, from Préludes Book 2, No. 5
Pagodes, from Estampes
General Lavine – eccentric, from Préludes Book II
Performances by same musician(s)
12 Variations in C Major on “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” K. 265
Jeux d’eau (Fountains)
L’Isle Joyeuse (The Island of Joy)
Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain), from Estampes
La Soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Grenada), from Estampes
Pagodes, from Estampes
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