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Composer of the Week: Claude Debussy (1862-1918))

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Roger Nichols surveys the music of Debussy's last ten years. He starts by looking at the years 1908 to 1910.

Suite: Children's Corner (excerpts) - Alfred Cortot (piano)

Premiere Rapsodie - Gaston Hamelin (clarinet), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Piero Coppola

Preludes (Book 1): Danseuses de Delphes; Voiles - Walter Gieseking (piano)

Les Sons et les Parfums; Les Collines d'Anacapri - Krystian Zimerman

Ce qu'a Vu le Vent d'Ouest; La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Jean-Yves Thibaudet

La Serenade Interrompue; La Cathedrale Engloutie - Walter Gieseking (piano)

Le Promenoir des Deux Amants - Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)

(Repeated next Monday 12 midnight)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger Nichols
Producer:
Steve Portnoi
Source: Radio Times

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