Louis-Victor Bak - Debussy - chaminade (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Images, L.110: No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau
02. Images, L.110: No. 2, Hommage à Rameau
03. Images, L.110: No. 3, Mouvement
04. Images, L.111: No. 1, Cloches à travers les feuilles
05. Images, L.111: No. 2, Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
06. Images, L.111: No. 3, Poissons d'or
07. Sonate pour piano in C Minor, Op. 21: I. Allegro appassionato
08. Sonate pour piano in C Minor, Op. 21: II. Andante
09. Sonate pour piano in C Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro
10. Six études de concert, Op. 35: No. 5, Impromptu. Andante

Claude Debussy, a composer of genius, paved the way for modernity, rejecting conventional codes. Although he divided the press in his early days (too modern for some), he quickly established his reputation throughout the world, from circles of Parisian connoisseurs to tribute evenings in St Petersburg. A lover of poetry, literature and painting, but also open to Eastern cultures, he freed himself from strict forms and developed a unique and rich language, tinged with harmonic colours and new sonorities. A representative of French music par excellence, he initiated a veritable revolution and inspired a whole generation of musicians and composers.

On the other hand, Cécile Chaminade, the star pianist and composer of her time, identified with the Romantic school. Nicknamed “my little Mozart” by Georges Bizet, and a close friend of Emmanuel Chabrier, she composed no fewer than 400 works (including 200 pieces for piano) and toured the world, as evidenced by her American tour in 1908, during which she was invited to meet Theodore Roosevelt. An inspiring feminine figure, she gave her name to the “Chaminade Clubs”: places where artists, musicians and composers could meet and share ideas (there were over a hundred of them in the United States at the time). She also cultivated a special bond with the United Kingdom and its English public, premiering many of her pieces in London, counting Queen Victoria among her fans. Much appreciated in France too, she embodied a certain form of tradition and perpetuated the legacy of Romantic music.

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