Prélude à l'aprÚs-midi d'un faune: Half Man, Half Myth, All Debussy
Tom Service plunges into the heady sound world of the Prélude à l'aprÚs-midi d'un faune.
Tom Service plunges into the heady sound world of Debussy's Prélude à l'aprÚs-midi d'un faune.
"The flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music" according to composer Pierre Boulez - how does Debussy do it? A ten-minute piece of music that apparently broke all the existing rules of harmony and yet is as minutely detailed as any miniature.
And what do flautists make of the famous opening solo - we hear from principal flute player with the London Symphony Orchestra, Gareth Davies, who demonstrates Debussy's strange magic on a flute of the time.
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: FrançoisâXavier Roth.- LSO LIVE.
- LSO0821D.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune for voice and piano [1882] ['Chanson de jeunesse']
Performer: Natalie Dessay. Performer: Philippe Cassard.- Warner Classics.
- 190295652562.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque for piano
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN 10743.
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Claude Debussy
Fetes galantes - volume 1 for voice and piano
Performer: VĂ©ronique Gens. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- WARNER.
- 0724354536052.
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Claude Debussy
Reverie for piano
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN 10467.
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John Richard Deacon
JOHN RICHARD DEACON: I want to break free
Performer: Queen.- EMI.
- 00602527594354.
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Pierre Boulez
Pli selon pli, portrait de Mallarme
Performer: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- WARNER.
- 825646208364.
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Edgard VarĂšse
Density 21.5 for flute solo
Performer: Laurel Zucker.- CANTILENA RECORDS.
- 757166601922.
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Claude Debussy
Syrinx for flute solo
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.- ERATO.
- 0190295773960.
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