Debussy's
Images Book II was
composed in 1907, two years after the first book of Images. The third of the three movements, Poissons
d'or, was inspired by a Japanese lacquer panel, owned by Debussy,
displaying two large golden fish frolicking in a stream. The music paints this very picture, from the
calm waters of the opening to the agitated motions of the fish displayed in the
shimmering arpeggios throughout.
Debussy hated the term "impressionism", but the vivid images his music
evokes lead us naturally to associate it with the visual art of the same era. Spencer Myer
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Claude Debussy
Poissons d’or, from Images, Book II Play
Recorded on 10/05/2005, uploaded on 02/27/2009
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Poissons d'or from Images, Book II Claude Debussy
Debussy's Images Book II was composed in 1907, two years after the first book of Images. The third of the three movements, Poissons d'or, was inspired by a Japanese lacquer panel, owned by Debussy, displaying two large golden fish frolicking in a stream. The music paints this very picture, from the calm waters of the opening to the agitated motions of the fish displayed in the shimmering arpeggios throughout. Debussy hated the term "impressionism", but the vivid images his music evokes lead us naturally to associate it with the visual art of the same era. Spencer Myer
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La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Arabesque in C sharp major
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Beau Soir
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
La Cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Books 1, No.10
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Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
General Lavine – eccentric, from Préludes Book II
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Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Piano and Cello
Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1029
Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Caprice Espagnol, Op. 37
Noctuelle, from Miroirs
Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs
Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs
Sea-Snatch, from Hermit Songs, Op. 29
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