Images; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Printemps

by Claude Debussy / Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez

Images; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Printemps cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 August 1992
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Country: France
  • Length: 59:44
  • Community rating: 4.08/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating immense precision and clarity, conductor Pierre Boulez leads the renowned American symphony through foundational works of the French Impressionist repertoire. The recording captures the lush, evocative orchestrations of Debussy with an analytical rigor that illuminates the complex harmonic structures beneath the surface. It is widely regarded as a definitive modern interpretation of the composer's orchestral masterpieces.

Genres

Descriptors: Suite, orchestral, acoustic, instrumental, atmospheric, melodic, delicate, symphonic

Tracklist

  1. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87a (8:54)
  2. Images for Orchestra, CD 118: I. Gigues (7:25)
  3. Images for Orchestra, CD 118: II. Ibéria: a. Par les rues et par les chemins (6:58)
  4. Images for Orchestra, CD 118: II. Ibéria: b. Les parfums de la nuit (7:30)
  5. Images for Orchestra, CD 118: II. Ibéria: c. Le matin d’un jour de fête (4:23)
  6. Images for Orchestra, CD 118: III. Rondes de printemps (7:43)
  7. Printemps, CD 68b (Orch. Büsser): I. Très modéré (10:24)
  8. Printemps, CD 68b (Orch. Büsser): II. Modéré (6:25)

Credits

  • Claude Debussy - primary artist, composed by
  • Pierre Boulez - primary artist, conductor
  • Andrew Wedman - edited by [editing]

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