Debussy
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
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
MILHAUD Piano Concerto No. 1
MILHAUD & DEBUSSY Short pieces
Recorded in 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935 and 1952
Total duration: 72:56
Marguerite Long, piano
Symphony Orchestras
conductor Pedro de Freitas Branco
supervisor Maurice Ravel
conductor Darius Milhaud
conductor Georges Tzipine
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
music by Vivaldi, Bach, Schubert & Debussy
Studio recordings, 1937-38
Total duration: 2hr 32:06
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
conducted by Willem Mengelberg
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Excerpts
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
RAVEL La Valse
MILHAUD Prelude from Eumenides
HINDEMITH Nobilissima Visione
Live stereo recordings, 1958
Total duration: 2hr 15:06
Berl Senofsky, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BACH-RESPIGHI Passacaglia and Fugue
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
FRANCK Psyché et Eros
DEBUSSY Ibéria
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Live concert broadcast, 1937
Total duration: 76:11
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
BLOCH Schelomo
HAIEFF Symphony No. 2
Studio Recordings · 1949-58
Total duration: 79:45
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata
R. STRAUSS Violin Sonata
SUK Four Pieces
RAVEL Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera
RAVEL Tzigane
FALLA Danse Espagnole
SCĂRLĂTESCU Bagatelle
Studio recordings, 1939-1948
Total duration: 78:54
Ginette Neveu, violin
Jean Neveu, piano
Gustaf Beck, piano