Claude Debussy has exercised widespread influence over later generations of composers, both in his native France and elsewhere. He was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, and decided there on a career as a composer rather than as a pianist (his original intention). His highly characteristic musical language, thoroughly French in inspiration, extended the contemporary limits of harmony and form, and he had a remarkably delicate command of nuance, whether in piano writing or in the handling of a relatively large orchestra.
Operas
Debussy attempted many operas, two based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe, but he completed only one: Pelléas et Mélisande, a version of the medieval play by Maurice Maeterlinck, with its story of ideali...
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12 CELLISTS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN MOSCOW (THE) | |
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12 CELLISTS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN MOSCOW (THE)
Composers:
Ben, Jorge -- Blacher, Boris -- Casals, Pablo -- Debussy, Claude -- Faure, Gabriel -- Francaix, Jean -- Gershwin, George -- Granda, Chabuca -- Kaiser-Lindemann, Wilhelm -- Klengel -- Mancini, Henry -- Morricone, Ennio -- Piazzolla, Astor -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artist:
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Label/Producer: C Major |
12 CELLISTS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: 40th Anniversary Concert | |
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12 CELLISTS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: 40th Anniversary Concert
Composers:
Bourtayre, Henri -- Debussy, Claude -- Ellington, Duke -- Faur, Gabriel -- Francaix, Jean -- Hupfeld, Herman -- Kaiser-Lindemann, Wilhelm -- Klengel, Julius -- Legrand, Michel -- Lennon, John -- Louiguy, Louis -- McCartney, Paul -- Monk, Thelonious -- Morricone, Ennio -- Piazzolla, Astor -- Ravel, Maurice -- Scotto, Vincent -- Tizol, Juan -- Williams, Cootie
Artists:
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic -- Bronner, Till -- Dasch, Annette
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence | |
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ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Bruckner, Anton -- Debussy, Claude -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Mahler, Gustav -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Abbado, Claudio -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Lucerne Festival Orchestra -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
ART OF CONCERT PREPARATION (THE) | |
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ART OF CONCERT PREPARATION (THE)
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Chopin, Fryderyk -- Debussy, Claude -- Liszt, Franz
Artists:
Eitel, Andrew -- Golandsky, Edna -- Itin, Ilya -- Munehisa, Yuka -- Sato, Mariko -- Wickelgren, John
Label/Producer: Golandsky Institute |
BALSOM, Alison: Trumpet's Splendour (The) | |
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BALSOM, Alison: Trumpet's Splendour (The)
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Debussy, Claude -- Haydn, Franz Joseph
Artists:
Balsom, Alison -- Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra -- Goode, David -- Zhang, Xian
Label/Producer: UNITEL |
CHOPIN, F.: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Waltz No. 1, "Grande valse brillante" / Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 (Verbier Festival, 2012) (Trifonov) | |
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CHOPIN, F.: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Waltz No. 1, "Grande valse brillante" / Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 (Verbier Festival, 2012) (Trifonov)
Composers:
Chopin, Fryderyk -- Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Suzuki, Masaaki -- Trifonov, Daniil -- Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
DEBUSSY, C.: Apparition (Masterclass with Susannah Waters) (Waters, Hamaoui, Baillieu) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Apparition (Masterclass with Susannah Waters) (Waters, Hamaoui, Baillieu)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Hamaoui, Sandra -- Waters, Susannah
Label/Producer: DakApp |
DEBUSSY, C.: Aupres de cette grotte sombre / VIVALDI, A.: Orlando furioso, Act I: Costanza tu (Masterclass with Philippe Jaroussky) (Chemelle) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Aupres de cette grotte sombre / VIVALDI, A.: Orlando furioso, Act I: Costanza tu (Masterclass with Philippe Jaroussky) (Chemelle)
Composers:
Debussy, Claude -- Vivaldi, Antonio
Artists:
Chemelle, Augustin -- Jaroussky, Philippe
Label/Producer: DakApp |
DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata / BEETHOVEN, L. van: Cello Sonata No. 4 (Masterclass with Ralph Kirshbaum) (Gunnarsson, Trygstad) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata / BEETHOVEN, L. van: Cello Sonata No. 4 (Masterclass with Ralph Kirshbaum) (Gunnarsson, Trygstad)
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Gunnarsson, Claes -- Kirshbaum, Ralph -- Trygstad, Nicholas
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: I. Prologue (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: I. Prologue (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Geringas, David -- Montalvan, Ofelia -- Wysocki, Mariusz
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: I. Prologue (Masterclass with Peter Szabo) (Jambor, Homor) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: I. Prologue (Masterclass with Peter Szabo) (Jambor, Homor)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Homor, Zsuzsanna -- Jambor, Janka -- Szabo, Peter
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy |
DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: II. Serenade (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: II. Serenade (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Geringas, David -- Montalvan, Ofelia -- Wysocki, Mariusz
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: III. Finale (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Cello Sonata in D Minor: III. Finale (Masterclass with David Geringas) (Wysocki, Montalvan)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Geringas, David -- Montalvan, Ofelia -- Wysocki, Mariusz
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
DEBUSSY, C.: Danse, "Tarentelle styrienne" (Problem Solving in Action) (Golandsky) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Danse, "Tarentelle styrienne" (Problem Solving in Action) (Golandsky)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artist:
Golandsky, Edna
Label/Producer: Golandsky Institute |
DEBUSSY, C.: Estampes (Masterclass with Michel Beroff) (Beroff, Guarrera) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Estampes (Masterclass with Michel Beroff) (Beroff, Guarrera)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Beroff, Michel -- Guarrera, Giuseppe
Label/Producer: DakApp |
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 1 (Masterclass with Yevgeny Sudbin) (Sudbin, Stelzmuller) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 1 (Masterclass with Yevgeny Sudbin) (Sudbin, Stelzmuller)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Stelzmuller, Beatrice -- Sudbin, Yevgeny
Label/Producer: DakApp |
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 (Eckardstein) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 (Eckardstein)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artist:
Eckardstein, Severin von
Label/Producer: K and K Verlagsanstalt |
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi)
Composers:
Debussy, Claude -- Franck, Cesar
Artists:
Piemontesi, Francesco -- Tetzlaff, Christian
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
DEBUSSY, C.: La mer / Iberia / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye (Munch) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: La mer / Iberia / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye (Munch)
Composers:
Debussy, Claude -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists:
Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics |
DEBUSSY, C.: Martyre de Saint Sebastien Suite (Le) / La Mer (Abbado) | |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Martyre de Saint Sebastien Suite (Le) / La Mer (Abbado)
Composer:
Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Abbado, Claudio -- Gvazava, Eteri -- Harnisch, Rachel -- Lucerne Festival Orchestra -- Swiss Chamber Choir
Label/Producer: EuroArts |