Early in 1915, disheartened by the approach of World War I and gravely ill with cancer, Claude Debussy still managed to compose. His 12 Etudes would be his last important works for solo piano, and considered his crowning achievement. Pour les arpèges composés (For Composed, or Written-out, Arpeggios), is easily the best-known of all the etudes, and redefines the arpeggio to include a variety of non-harmonic tones.Notes by Jiyeon Shin
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Claude Debussy
Etude No.11 "Pour les arpèges composés” Play
Recorded on 04/05/2017, uploaded on 12/04/2017
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Early in 1915, disheartened by the approach of World War I and gravely ill with cancer, Claude Debussy still managed to compose. His 12 Etudes would be his last important works for solo piano, and considered his crowning achievement. Pour les arpèges composés (For Composed, or Written-out, Arpeggios), is easily the best-known of all the etudes, and redefines the arpeggio to include a variety of non-harmonic tones. Notes by Jiyeon Shin
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La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, from Préludes, Book I
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
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Estampes
Performances by same musician(s)
Keyboard Sonata in B-flat Major, Hob.XVI:41
Sonata in G Minor, K. 426
Sonata in G Major, K. 455
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
Hungarian rhapsody n. 12
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