On ‘An Early Evening Stroll’, the final episode of a trilogy on Debussy’s revolutionary piano preludes. We start with a piece of Wagner parody in ‘Golliwogg’s Cakewalk. Debussy’s way of kicking fervent Wagnerians in the shin. Next, we continue our journey through his colourful prelude landscape. We will be listening to fairies dancing with elegance, we go out on the moors, get a portrait of a clown, visit a deserted city at night, meet a treacherously beautiful water nymph, meet Samuel Pickwick from Dickens’ novel ‘The Pickwick Papers’, move to Egypt for a short while, listen to a watery etude and finish with fireworks.
Claude Debussy: From Children’s Corner: ‘Golliwogg’s Cakewalk’
Steven Osborne, piano
Claude Debussy: From Children’s Corner: ‘Golliwogg’s Cakewalk’
The composer, piano
Claude Debussy: 4th prelude from book II, ‘Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 5th prelude from book II, ‘Bruyères’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 6th prelude from book II ‘General Lavine – excentric’
Steven Osborne, piano
Claude Debussy: 7th prelude from book II, ‘La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 8th prelude from book II ‘Ondine’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 9th prelude from book II ‘Hommage à S.Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 10th prelude from book II ‘Canope’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 11th prelude from book II ‘Les tierces alternées’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Claude Debussy: 12th prelude from book II ‘Feux d’artifice’
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Idem. (arr.)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle
Claude Debussy: The little negro.
François-Joël Thiollier, piano
