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  • Mark Elder and the Hallé give a dramatic and fresh interpretation of Debussy's well loved tone poem, coupled with world premiere recordings of Colin Matthews' stunning orchestrations of the Debussy Preludes.
  • 'The fact is,' Debussy once remarked, 'that the beauty of the work of art will always be a mystery, that is to say that one will never be able to work out "how it's done".' The distinction of Colin Matthews's orchestral arrangements of the 24 Preludes is that he seems to have worked out exactly 'how it's done'.
  • Far from writing note-for-note transcription, Matthews has discovered the secret of each piece and in most cases translated it faithfully, which does not mean literally, into orchestral terms.
Name: Debussy - Preludes
 

       

ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)   La Mer (trois esquisses symphoniques)   The Hallé - Mark Elder
Debussy, Claude   De l'aube à midi sur la mer  
Debussy, Claude   Jeux de vagues  
Debussy, Claude   Dialogue du vent et de la mer  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Preludes  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Brouillards (Book II, No.1)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest (Book I, No.7)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Minstrels (Book 1, No.12)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Canope (Book II, No.10)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir (Book I, No.4)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   La Puerta del Vino (Book II, No.3)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Général Lavine - excentric (Book II, No.6)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Feuilles mortes (Book II, No.2)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Les tierces alternées (Book II, No.11)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   La danse de Puck (Book I, No.11)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   Le vent dans la plaine (Book I, No.3)  
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews   La fille aux cheveux de lin (Book I, No.8)  
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