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Debussy: Etudes for Piano, Books I & II; En blanc et noir
Claude Debussy, Gilbert Kalish, Paul Jacobs
Debussy: Etudes for Piano, Books I & II; En blanc et noir
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All Artists: Claude Debussy, Gilbert Kalish, Paul Jacobs
Title: Debussy: Etudes for Piano, Books I & II; En blanc et noir
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nonesuch
Release Date: 5/28/1992
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Etudes, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 075597916126, 075597916126
 

CD Reviews

Definitive "etudes"
N. Miller | 05/06/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The late Paul Jacobs made the best recordings of Debussy including the Etudes and the Preludes. His rich, warm, dark sound and infinite sensitivity make this a beautiful album."
Not as good as Uchida
Leif Thorsted | Los Angeles, CA USA | 02/28/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)

"It's too bad. Paul Jacobs' interpretations of Debussy's Preludes and Images are the very best I've ever heard. For some reason though, his approach to the Etudes are not. I prefer Mitsuko Uchida's Etudes. She makes them sing more and the piano on which she plays gives them more energy and life. The Etudes performed by Jacobs are stiff and dull in comparison. Buy Jacobs' Preludes and Images, but then buy Uchida's Etudes."
A revelation!
N. Miller | Kansas | 03/29/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've loved these etudes for years, but all the performances I heard all sounded so alike, so....safe. I think people are to intimidated by the word "etude", they treat it as though they're being held hostage to a metronome.



Then I stumbled across this recording. Wow! I've never heard the 5th etude played with such insistance-dynamic tempo fluctuations, a beautiful tone from the piano.



Perhaps not the best cd for beginners, but for the initiated, invaluable."