Debussy published his first book of Preludes in 1910, which marks a turning point in his piano composition. In the 12 preludes he found new means of expression in sound, harmony and form, and created a whole new palette of colors for the keyboard.
Des pas dans la neige - In this beautiful prelude (no. 6) a repeated and unchanging rhythm is, in Debussy’s words, “the sound of melancholy and a wintry landscape”. Matan Porat
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Claude Debussy
Des pas sur la neige, from Preludes Book I Play
Recorded on 05/25/2011, uploaded on 01/05/2012
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Debussy published his first book of Preludes in 1910, which marks a turning point in his piano composition. In the 12 preludes he found new means of expression in sound, harmony and form, and created a whole new palette of colors for the keyboard.
Des pas dans la neige - In this beautiful prelude (no. 6) a repeated and unchanging rhythm is, in Debussy’s words, “the sound of melancholy and a wintry landscape”. Matan Porat
More music by Claude Debussy
La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, from Préludes, Book I
Claire de lune
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Arabesque in C sharp major
Beau Soir
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
La Cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Books 1, No.10
Estampes
Performances by same musician(s)
Gavotte and Doubles, from Suite in A minor
Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Danseuses de Delphes, from Preludes Book I
Le vent dans la plaine, from Preludes Book I
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
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