Spectacular Classics

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Bach
2▶CD: Berlioz
3▶CD: Chopin
4▶CD: Grieg
5▶CD: Mahler
6▶CD: Mussorgsky
7▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov
8▶CD: Strauss
9▶CD: Vivaldi I
10▶CD: Relax With the Classics, Volume 1
11▶CD: Baroque
12▶CD: Bizet
13▼CD: Debussy
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1Clair de Lune
piano:
Nicholas York (pianist)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:11
2Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une Faune
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Claude Estrier (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:07
3The Girl With the Flaxen Hair
piano:
Nicholas York (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy2:30
4La mer (Symphonic Sketches in Three Movements)
orchestra:
New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Claude Estrier (conductor)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903-08 until 1905-03-05)
dedicated to:
Jacques Durand
premiered at:
[concert] (1905-10-15)
publisher:
A. Durand et Fils (1891–1909) (in 1905-07)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 12), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 109) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 111)
Claude Debussy24:02
5Golliwog's Cake Walk
conductor:
Richard Tilling
recording of:
Children’s Corner: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake‐Walk (André Caplet orchestration)
orchestrator:
André Caplet (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
orchestration of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake‐Walk (original piano version)
part of:
Children’s Corner (André Caplet orchestration)
Claude Debussy2:54
6Nocturnes for Orchestra: Nuages
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Claude Estrier (conductor)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : I. Nuages
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy7:57
14▶CD: Händel
15▶CD: Mendelssohn
16▶CD: Orff
17▶CD: Saint-Saëns
18▶CD: Tchaikovsky I
19▶CD: Wagner
20▶CD: Relax With the Classics, Volume 2
21▶CD: Beethoven I
22▶CD: Bizet / Mendelssohn
23▶CD: Dvořák
24▶CD: Haydn
25▶CD: Mozart I
26▶CD: Rachmaninoff
27▶CD: Schubert
28▶CD: Tchaikovsky II
29▶CD: Romantic Classics, Volume 1
30▶CD: Tranquil Classics, Volume 1
31▶CD: Beethoven II
32▶CD: Brahms
33▶CD: Elgar
34▶CD: Holst: The Planets
35▶CD: Mozart II
36▶CD: Ravel
37▶CD: Schumann
38▶CD: Vivaldi II
39▶CD: Romantic Classics, Volume 2
40▶CD: Tranquil Classics, Volume 2