Only the persistent tape hiss indicates their vintage. If you only buy one album of debussy orchestral music, this is a very good bet. Eloquence is one of the most criticallyclaimed classical reissue series in the world. Claude debussy scribd read books, audiobooks, and more. This generous disc brings together all of pierre monteuxs debussy recordings for decca and philips. List of books and articles about claude debussy online. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. Topics debussy, sarabande, pierre monteux, dwtkeninny. Claude achille debussy, french composer and pianist in paul dukas library at eragny after pelleas premiere, may 1902. I cannot recommend these recordings too highly for both ansermet and monteux.
This page lists all recordings conducted by pierre monteux. This generous disc brings together all of pierre monteux s debussy recordings for decca and philips. About you have to have the score in your head, not your head in the score. Debussy may have contributed the last important evolution to the prelude. Listen to the interview with pierrelaurent aimard on his debussy album celebrating the pioneering french composers. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems.
Robert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. London symphony orchestra, conducted by pierre monteux cd label decca eloquence 480 6567. At the premiere of the concert version of the rite of spring which he conducted, saintsaens told monteux s mother, that the work is crazy, crazy. He can galvanize the orchestra into euphoric flights no less thrilling than munchs, yet he can suddenly still the turmoil and reveal dark happenings below the surface. London symphony orchestrapierre monteux premiere rapsodie 190911 8. Apr 27, 2018 this is an absolutely wonderful box sets. The question is whether a recording can be the definitive recording. The 168 best classical music recordings the telegraph. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. The series presents music for the casual buyer and connoisseur. Debussy chausson brahms franck haydn dindy berlioz.
Here at, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Debussy, images for orchestra, 1,5, monteux, cond youtube. This collection brings together all the major chamber works debussy wrote, apart from the string quartet and includes an especially luminous chamber transcription by benno sachs, itself the. The monteux family was descended from sephardic jews who settled in the south of france. Claude debussy, pierre monteux, boston symphony orchestra, san francisco symphony orchestra debussy. Debussys teenage and adult love life was so packed with incident that we must skim over his childhood, which, according to dietschy was fraught with instability, lack of money, rebellion, hunger, fear, delusion, shame and defeat. Music vinyl records todays deals new releases best sellers canadian artists classical browse genres recommendations musique. Pierre monteuxs debussy disc makes a welcome return to the catalog in this eloquence reissue. Provided to youtube by universal music group debussy. His criticisms of the academies of his day and the music that poured forth with and withal are always tempered by an inner confidence that what his own contributions were were of a sum value, better than much of what was available.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sep 07, 2009 t his selection of the finest classical recordings available, which first appeared in 2009, is the most authoritative and entertaining guide of its kind. Pierre monteux april 4, 1875 july 1, 1964 was an orchestra conductor. As with most decca discs of the era, the superb recorded sound can be taken as read. For recording purposes few composers are more thoroughly practicable than claude debussy, the french impressionist, whose music is transparent, and whose orchestral virtuosity lends itself to. Home browse music and performing arts music history of music modern era in music 1900 claude debussy. Monteux said debussy composed very slowly until he got it right. Encompassing some of debussys major orchestral works, these performances have a fluidity and atmosphere about them in recordings that have worn their years lightly. Encompassing some of debussy s major orchestral works, these performances have a fluidity and atmosphere about them in recordings that have worn their years lightly. Pierre monteux is the ideal interpreter of ravel that great teaser and lover of mystification. Debussy, scriabin, liszt, pierre monteux, boston symphony orchestra debussy. Born less than a month apart in 1875, the two men were bound to come together in prewar paris which was such fertile ground for artistic novelty. Discover librarianselected research resources on claude debussy from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
Dutoits debussy, monteuxs ravel soar on cd deseret. Debussys volatile and domineering mother victorine nee manoury, was. Orchestral works by pierre monteux, eduard van beinum, bernard haitink from amazons classical music store. Legendary conductor pierre monteux musical director of numerous world premieres and influential mentor for many influential bandmasters of the 20th and 21st century is best known for. Debussy, london symphony orchestra, pierre monteux. Best sellers new releases home electronics gift ideas help computers gift cards sell registry books. Debussy boston symphony orchestra, pierre monteux discogs. Incredibly sensitive interpretation, and for every disc available in this french box set, monteux s set the benchmark time and time again. Hes recorded all the music for solo piano for tall poppies, written one of the seminal books on the composer debussy in proportion, and together with pierre boulez and others was one of the. With early influences including russian and fareastern music, debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring. He wrote many different types of music which is still regarded by many as great pieces of work. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Acquista online da unampia selezione nel negozio musica digitale. Earlier this year, ansermets recording of almost an hours worth of the music was reissued decca eloquence 480 0 and pierre monteux recorded the fragments with the london symphony orchestra only available as part of a very tempting 7 cd set, decca 000797902.
He was friendly with ravel, massenet, stravinsky, dindy, whose work he championed, like beecham with delius. With the publication of hartmanns memoir claude debussy as i knew him, along with the twentytwo known letters from claude debussy and the thirtynine letters from emma debussy to hartmann and his wife, the richness and importance of their relationship can be appreciated for the first time. Claude achille debussy bewitching in music, bastard in love. Given their recordings of berlioz, stravinsky and the complete orchestral works of ravel, one would have thought debussy a natural subject for charles dutoit and the montreal symphony. Complete your debussy boston symphony orchestra, pierre monteux collection. Its remarkable, then, that pierre monteuxs 1963 account of the images for orchestra decca eloquence 480 6567 remains unsurpassed, not only. Twentiethcentury masterpieces by eduard van beinum. I created this video from the lp depicted above, debussy piano music. Orchestral works import edition by debussy, monteux jetzt kaufen. Pierre monteux conductor page 1 of 17 presto classical.
Father of claude monteux born in paris, france, he began conducting at the very early age of twelve. Kingsway hall, london, december 1961 prelude, nocturnes, london 1963 images. Best sellers help new releases coupons gift ideas gift cards home books sell computers electronics registry. Jan 06, 2011 debussy even went as far as to include a part of this image on the cover of the 1st edition of the score below. Excellent sound from eloquence that does a generally fine job with the.
Music go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. This collection brings together all the major chamber works debussy wrote, apart from the string quartet and includes an especially luminous chamber transcription by benno sachs, itself the subject of a comprehensive dissertation in the booklet. Pierre monteux s debussy disc makes a welcome return to the catalog in this eloquence reissue. The piano works of claude debussy da capo press music reprint series by schmitz, e. Nocturnes, images monteux by victor carr jr on april 9, 2006 in pierre monteux s debussy disc makes a welcome return to the catalog in this eloquence reissue. Orchestral works by monteux london sym orch 20121120. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The most important early example of the prelude being exemplified in the forty eight preludes and fugues of books i and ii of the well tempered clavier of bach, where the prelude served to establish the tonal center of the fugue that followed it. Ernest ansermet and the ballets russes decca eloquence. Orch, claude debussy, pierre monteux, london sym orch debussy. Debussy orchestral works philips eloquence 4768502 mc. Sep 03, 2012 debussys preludes masterfully captured with brilliant interpretations.
The orchestra play beautifully but the music often hangs fire images as well as the expected orchestral refinement there is an overall sweep the clouds passing steadily overhead and the. In this 1955 recording, robert casadesus performs hommage a rameau, from book i of debussy s images. Debussys fascination with the east, particularly japan and indonesia, seems to be of a different sort than the exoticized thrill that surrounded much of the 19th centurys engagement with the orient. Our knowledge of debussy s life and music has increased considerably during the last decade or so, largely through the efforts of those working on the long overdue complete edition of his music. Debussy, scriabin, liszt, pierre monteux, boston symphony. The name of pierre monteux evokes recollections of the man who conducted the ballets russes for serge diaghilev, and the notorious scandal surrounding the first performance of stravinskys le sacre du printemps in paris in 19, as well as for scrupulous attention to style that he brought to bear on french masterpieces of the turn of the twentieth century, from chausson via debussy. Yet, as far as i can determine, this is their first cd of any of that masters music, a coupling of the. Claude debussy 18621918 the music show abc radio national. Whatever, these recordings are not to be missed by any genuine stravinsky monteux admirer. Detailed discussion of performance styles draws on current recordings, and two analytical chapters trace the growth of ideas through the work. Avec ces deux cds decca eloquence australie, nous avons. Monteux was the principal conductor of the french repertoire at the metropolitan opera in new york. Debussys orchestral works include prelude a lapresmidi dun faune 1894, nocturnes 18971899 and images 19051912. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift cards.