Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918), known since the 1890s as Claude-Achille Debussy or Claude Debussy, was a French composer. He and Maurice Ravel were the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though Debussy disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.

Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of nontraditional tonalities. The prominent French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.

Debussy

DESORMIERE Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (1941) - PACO063

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DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande

Recorded in Paris in 1941
Total duration: 2hr 34:23

Irene Joachim
Jacques Jansen
Chorus Yvonne Gouverne
Orchestre Symphonique
Roger Désormière, conductor

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DRAGON conducts French and Italian Classics (1956/57) - PASC185

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French music by Lisle, Debussy, Thomas, Delibes, Offenbach, Padilla, Gounod, Saint-Saëns
Italian music by Denza, Mascagni, Paganini, Wolf-Ferrari, Tchaikovsky, Bohn, Curtis

Recorded in 1956 and 1957
Total duration: 68:50

The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
The Capitol Symphony Orchestra
arranged and conducted by Carmen Dragon

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