St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Kitchener Ontario CANADA
Clair de lune has become so familiar as an impressionistic portrait of moonlight that it is surprising to learn that in its earliest version this music had nothing to do with moonlight. In 1890 Debussy had originally titled this piece Promenade sentimentale, and the music acquired its familiar name only when it was revised in 1905. This music fully deserves its popularity--no matter how over-familiar it may have become, Debussy's fluid rhythms, haunting melodies, and delicate shading continue to work their hold on listeners (and pianists).
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Claude Debussy
Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque Play
Recorded on 09/25/2013, uploaded on 09/28/2013
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Clair de Lune ~ Debussy
Piano David-Michael Dunbar
Noon Hour Concert September 25 2013
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Kitchener Ontario CANADA
Clair de lune has become so familiar as an impressionistic portrait of moonlight that it is surprising to learn that in its earliest version this music had nothing to do with moonlight. In 1890 Debussy had originally titled this piece Promenade sentimentale, and the music acquired its familiar name only when it was revised in 1905. This music fully deserves its popularity--no matter how over-familiar it may have become, Debussy's fluid rhythms, haunting melodies, and delicate shading continue to work their hold on listeners (and pianists).
More music by Claude Debussy
La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, from Préludes, Book I
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Arabesque in C sharp major
Beau Soir
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
La Cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Books 1, No.10
Estampes
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Performances by same musician(s)
Etude Opus 10 no.5 in G Flat major "Black Key Etude"
Etude Op. 10, No. 1 in C Major
Prelude Op.34 no.5
Etude Op. 299 no.12
32 variations in C minor Wo0 80 original
Flight of the Bumble Bee (arr. Sergei Rachmaninov)
"Caprice Espagnol" Opus 37
Etude Op. 299 no.16 in G major
Prelude Op. 23 no. 2 in B Flat Major
Etude Op. 25, No. 11 in a minor
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