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

BBC Radio 3
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Donald Macleod discusses Debussy's formative years, when he fell under the spell of the symbolist poets, encountered Javanese gamelan and the English pre-Raphaelites, and first fell in love. Musique Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)
C'est /'Extase Langoureuse; Chevaux de Bois (Ariettes Oubliees) Sylvia McNair (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
La Damoiselle Elue Maria Ewing (soprano),
Brigitte Balleys (narrator), London Symphony Chorus and SO, conductor Claudio Abbado Prelude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated Sunday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
James Levine
Soprano:
Sylvia McNair
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Soprano:
Maria Ewing
Narrator:
Brigitte Balleys
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Source: Radio Times

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