...
Another scherzo follows, echoing "Les fées," as we glimpse the water-sprite
Ondine in and out of evanescent motives. She evades us in the keyboard's higher
register just when it seemed she was going to make a clear appearance in the
general area of middle C. Rippling figurations suggest her watery home. The
legends of underwater spirits are often ominous; for example, the ancient Greek
sirens who lured sailors to their deaths. This spirit, however, isn't very
threatening; she's just mischievous.
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Claude Debussy
Ondine, from Préludes Book II Play
Recorded on 08/26/2006, uploaded on 02/09/2009
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... Another scherzo follows, echoing "Les fées," as we glimpse the water-sprite Ondine in and out of evanescent motives. She evades us in the keyboard's higher register just when it seemed she was going to make a clear appearance in the general area of middle C. Rippling figurations suggest her watery home. The legends of underwater spirits are often ominous; for example, the ancient Greek sirens who lured sailors to their deaths. This spirit, however, isn't very threatening; she's just mischievous.
Notes by Andrea Lamoreaux
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