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Debussy, Gieseking
Preludes Books 1 & 2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Book 1: I. Danseuses de Delphes
2. Book 1: II. Voiles
3. Book 1: III. Le vent dans la plaine
4. Book 1: IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
5. Book 1: V: Les collines d'Anacapri
6. Book 1: VI. Des pas sur la neige
7. Book 1: VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
8. Book 1: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
9. Book 1: IX. La serenade interrompue
10. Book 1: X. La cathedrale engloutie
11. Book 1: XI. La danse de Puck
12. Book 1: XII. Minstrels
13. Book 2: I. Brouillard
14. Book 2: II. Feuilles mortes
15. Book 2: III. La puerta del vino
16. Book 2: IV. Les fees sont d'exquises daneuses
17. Book 2: V. Bruyeres
18. Book 2: VI. General Lavine-eccentric
19. Book 2: VII. La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune
20. Book 2: VIII. Ondine
21. Book 2: IX. Hommage a S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C
22. Book 2: X. Canope
23. Book 2: XI. Les tierces alternees
24. Book 2: XII. Freux d'artifice

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CD Details

All Artists: Debussy, Gieseking
Title: Preludes Books 1 & 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Angel Records
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 077776100425

Synopsis

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Gieseking was an extraordinary stylist and perhaps the century's greatest sonorist. His interpretations of Debussy were justly celebrated. Unhappily, the technology EMI possessed at the time these renditions of the Preludes were captured, in 1953 and 1954, does only marginal justice to him. At least the recordings were made in a reverberent acoustic well suited to the music, and the tone that comes through, while thin at the top, is solid. --Ted Libbey

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CD Reviews

Legendary

04/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gieseking paints these little gems in the most subtle colors with no excessive lingering over textures here and no fuss. Even if other artists have brought more pianistic refinement, Gieseking is still revelatory in terms of naturalness and spontaneity. The relative lack of immediacy in the (mono) sound only seems to enhance the mystery. This complete set certainly is legendary--something of a reference point, in fact--and fits on one mid-priced CD, too."

Sublime performance by a master

George Fabian | Mountainside, USA | 12/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gieseking had no peer in his performances of Debussy's piano works. While there are a number of fine performances of these miniatures; Gieseking reaches the heights of sublimity in nuance, tonal quality, interpretation. A first choice for these works."