Snowflakes Are Dancing

by Claude Debussy & Tomita

Snowflakes Are Dancing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 April 1974
  • Label: RCA Red Seal
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 51:53
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Japanese electronic pioneer Isao Tomita revolutionized the interpretation of classical music with this vivid reimagining of Claude Debussy's compositions. By layering massive, custom-programmed Moog modular synthesizer banks, Tomita transformed delicate piano impressionism into expansive, otherworldly sonic landscapes, effectively creating a foundational blueprint for ambient electronic music.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, instrumental, technical, electronic, orchestral, synth, atmospheric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Children's Corner: No. 4: Snowflakes Are Dancing (2:12)
  2. Reverie (4:49)
  3. Estampes: No. 3: Gardens in the Rain (3:46)
  4. Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune, No. 3 (5:53)
  5. Arabesque No. 1 (4:03)
  6. Preludes: Book I: No. 10: The Engulfed Cathedral (6:23)
  7. Suite bergamasque: Passepied (3:23)
  8. Preludes: Book 1: No. 8: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (3:31)
  9. Children's Corner: No. 6: Golliwogg's Cakewalk (2:55)
  10. Preludes: Book I: No. 6: Footprints in the Snow (4:36)
  11. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (10:18)

Credits

  • Claude Debussy - primary artist, composed by [original]
  • David B. Hecht - artwork by [cover]
  • J. J. Stelmach - artwork by [director]

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