Brittany and Normandy

Brittany: Magic Forest / Huelgoat: Mare aux sangliers, Chaos du Moulin, La Menagerie, Grotte et Camp d'Artus / Paintings by Rousseau, Cabanel, Bouguereau and Degas

Brittany: The Church at Locronan / Normandy: Skies and Coast, Etretat / Painting by Courbet

Normandy: Bayeux Tapestry / Brittany: Concarneau Harbour

Brittany: Saint-Malo / Normandy: Honfleur / Paintings by Cabanel and Bouguereau

Brittany and Normandy

Brittany: Carved Rocks, Rotheneuf, Pointe de Beuzec, Ushant Island, Le Sentier des Douaniers (The Customs-Officers' Path), Tregastel Harbour at low tide, Trebeurden / Normandy: Etretat

Brittany: Reserve du Sizun, Quiberon Cliffs / Normandy: Chausey Islands, Seascape at Granville / Paris: Parc du Luxembourg

Brittany: Cre'ch Lighthouse, Ushant Island / Ships' Graveyard, Lanester / Normandy: Seascape, Etretat / Mont Saint-Michel: Paintings by Aivasovsky

Date of Production: 2009-05-29

Playing Time: 01:05:20

Catalogue Number: 2.110514

UPC: 747313551453

The Places

Brittany and Normandy, one Celtic in origin, culture and language, the other taking its name from the conquering Norsemen, have an enchantment all their own. The landscape, tinged by the magic of history, the ancient buildings and, above all, the sea, combine to
offer an unforgettable panorama of the two regions.

The Music

The French composer Claude Debussy suggested new paths for the future, introducing innovations in harmony, structure and orchestral colouring, the last often with a large orchestra delicately used. The music used here includes the evocative Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, later transformed into a ballet by Nijinsky, the three Nocturnes, orchestral pieces that again suggest the beauty and variety of the landscapes and views of the sea that they here accompany, and finally La mer, in all its changes from dawn to dusk.