LITTLE BIG DEBUSSY BOX
4+ HOURS OF MUSIC
TRACK LISTING
1. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L.86
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
2. Préludes, Book 1, L.117: No. 4: Des pas sur la neige
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
3. Préludes, Book 1, L.117: No. 9: La serenade interrompue
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
4. Préludes, Book 1, L.117: No. 11: La danse de Puck
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
String Quartet in G Minor, L.85, Op.10
Galimir String Quartet
5. I. Animé et très décidé
6. II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
7. III. Andantino doucement expressif
8. IV. Très modéré
Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano and orchestra, L.61
Denver Symphony Orchestra; Phillippe Entremont, conductor
9. I. Trés modéré
10. II. 2.Modéré
Sonata for Violin and Piano, L.140
Jan Tomasow, violin; Franz Holetschek, piano
11. I. Allegro vivo
12. II. Intermède: fantasque et léger
13. III. Finale: très animé
Ariettes Oubliees, L.60
Hugues Cuenod, tenor; Jacqueline Blancard, piano
14. I. C’est l’extase langoureuse
15. II. Il pleure dans mon cœur
16. III. L’ombre des arbres
17. IV. Chevaux de bois
18. V. Aquarelles I. Green: Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles
19. VI. Aquarelles II. Spleen: Les roses étaient toutes rouges
Nocturnes, L.91
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Women of the Houston Symphony Chorale
20. I. Nuages
21. II. Fêtes
22. III. Sirènes
23. La Plus Que Lente for Piano and Violin, L.121 (arr. Leon Roques)
Jan Tomasow, violin; Franz Holetschek, piano
24. Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur (arr. Arthur Hartmann)
Jan Tomasow, violin; Franz Holetschek, piano
25.Minstrels, from Ariettes Oubliees (arr. Claude Debussy)
Jan Tomasow, violin; Franz Holetschek, piano
26.Suite bergamasque, L.75: III. Clair de Lune
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
27. 2 Arabesques, L.66: No. 1 in E Major
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
28. Suite Bergamasque, L.75: I. Prélude
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
29. Images, Premiere Serie, L.110: I. Reflets dans l'Eau
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
30. Reverie, L.68
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
31. Preludes, Book 1, L.117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl With The Flaxen Hair)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
32. Estampes, L. 100: I. Pagodes
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
33. Preludes, Book 1, L.117: 10. La cathedral engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques, L.109
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
34. I. De l'aube a midi sur la mer
35. II. Jeux de Vagues
36. III. Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer
37. 2 Arabesques, L. 66: No. 2 in G Major
Ronan O’Hora, piano
38. Suite Bergamasque, L.75: IV. Passepied
Ronan O’Hora, piano
39. Images, Premiere Serie, L.110: III. Hommage a Rameau
Ronan O’Hora, piano
40. Preludes, Book 1, L.117: II. Voiles
Ronan O’Hora, piano
41. Preludes, Book 1, L.117: IV. Les Sons et Les Parfums Tournent Dans l'air Du Soir
Ronan O’Hora, piano
42. Preludes, Book 1, L.117: XII. Minstrels
Ronan O’Hora, piano
43. Children’s Corner, L.113: V. The Little Shepherd
Ronan O’Hora, piano
44. Children’s Corner, L.113: VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Ronan O’Hora, piano
45. L'Isle Joyeuse, L.106
Ronan O’Hora, piano
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L.137
Paula Robison, flute; Scott Nickrenz, viola; Heidi Lehwalder, harp
46. I. Pastorale
47. II. Interlude
48. III. Finale
49. Trois Melodies de Verlaine, L.81: II. L'échelonnement des haies moutonne à l'infini
Hugues Cuenod, tenor; Jacqueline Blancard, pian
50. 12 Songs: I. Mandoline
Hugues Cuenod, tenor; Jacqueline Blancard, piano
51. 2 Arabesques, L.66: No. 1 in E Major
Hubert Jellinek, harp
52. Premiere Rhapsody, L.116
Jack Brymer, clarinet; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Felix Prohaska, conductor
And the Winner Is…Debussy
The online Facebook community voted in May 2015 and the winner of the first online Bach Guild poll was the “Little Big Box of Debussy”. This title has been “on the books” for a while, but recent additions of catalog to the Bach Guild have made this box bigger, and better.
Much of the Vanguard repertoire included on this boxed set is getting its digital debut with this release. In fact, the only Debussy to be widely available in digital form are the Preludes performed by Sviatoslav Richter on the Vanguard “Richter in Paris” LP release.
Debussy might not have been well-represented in the Vanguard catalog, but we were still able to put together a diverse box that touches on Debussy’s most well-known works, mixed with some of his chamber works and songs.
The other fine development is the first inclusion of a new recording in The Bach Guild. Pianist Jeffrey Biegel’s recordings of beloved Debussy solo piano works makes its debut on this playlist.
Returning from the depths of the Vanguard vaults is a recording from the marvelous Swiss tenor Hugues Cuenod and pianist Jacqueline Blancard, of “Ariettes Oubliees” and three other songs. Available only on LP and long, long out of print, this lovely performance even has a few snippets of studio talk – we couldn’t edit everything out of the master tapes we had, as the chatty vocalist seemed determined to talk endlessly through the session.
Not quite as long lost, but long out of print are the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s recordings of two of Debussy’s large orchestral works. “La Mer” and “Nocturnes” are heard here, and are available for the first time since the late 1980s. Omega, which followed Vanguard Classics, regained control of the Vanguard classical catalog and reissued many recordings, but oddly, these were not among them. So Vanguard issued CDs in the late 1980s, but Omega never made these recordings available on CD. So we’re happy to finally offer these performances, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona.
There are some lovely violin and piano performances by Jan Tomasow and Franz Holotschek, beautifully recorded, that are finally available digitally as well.
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