Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1.01 | Book I: Danseuses de Delphes | 3:33 |
| 1.02 | Book I: Voiles | 3:56 |
| 1.03 | Book I: Le Vent dans la plaine | 1:57 |
| 1.04 | Book I: "Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir" | 4:31 |
| 1.05 | Book I: Les Collines d'Anacapri | 3:09 |
| 1.06 | Book I: Des pas sur la neige | 5:20 |
| 1.07 | Book I: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest | 3:01 |
| 1.08 | Book I: La Fille aux cheveux de lin | 2:33 |
| 1.09 | Book I: La Sérénade interrompue | 2:20 |
| 1.10 | Book I: La Cathédrale engloutie | 6:07 |
| 1.11 | Book I: La Danse de Puck | 2:52 |
| 1.12 | Book I: Minstrels | 2:04 |
| 2.01 | Book II: Brouillards | 3:33 |
| 2.02 | Book II: Feuilles mortes | 3:32 |
| 2.03 | Book II: La Puerta del Vino | 3:34 |
| 2.04 | Book II: "Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses" | 2:46 |
| 2.05 | Book II: Bruyéres | 2:46 |
| 2.06 | Book II: "General Lavine"—eccentric | 3:02 |
| 2.07 | Book II: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune | 5:23 |
| 2.08 | Book II: Ondine | 2:54 |
| 2.09 | Book II: Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. | 2:28 |
| 2.10 | Book II: Canope | 3:14 |
| 2.11 | Book II: Les Tierces alternées | 2:33 |
| 2.12 | Book II: Feux d'artifice | 4:22 |
News & Reviews
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009
NPR Dubs Paul Jacobs's "Quite Remarkable" Debussy Preludes Essential Listening
Paul Jacobs's 1970s recordings of Debussy's Preludes for Nonesuch have been added to The NPR Classical 50 list of essential recordings. On the show, critic Ted Libbey calls them "quite remarkable" and dubs Jacobs "the gold standard for the piano music of Debussy." Says Libbey of the Preludes: "What you hear is so extraordinary."
About this Album
Often regarded as the epitome of Impressionism, Debussy’s Preludes for Piano were written at the midpoint of the composer’s career, displaying an evolution in both musical technique and outlook between the two books. Both books are included here in performances by Paul Jacobs described by the New York Times as “absorbing,” and “sensuous in the most refined way.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Paul Jacobs, piano
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Engineering and musical supervision: Marc J. Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz (Elite Recordings, Inc.)
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Design and art direction: Paula Biasacca
Cover art: Arthur Rackham, The Fairies Are Exquisite Dancers
