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
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
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
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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