by Debussy, Walter Gieseking · EMI · CD · EAN 5099976100420
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«Préludes, Livres I & II» is the compilation by Claude Debussy with Walter Gieseking on piano, released in 2001 by EMI Classics on CD.
The CD brings together the two books of preludes that Claude Debussy composed for piano: twenty-four short pieces with very different atmospheres, from landscapes and dances to musical portraits. Walter Gieseking is at the piano in works such as «La fille aux cheveux de lin», «La cathédrale engloutie» and «Feux d'artifice».
Monaural recording made in Studio 3 at Abbey Road in 1963 and 1964, digitally remastered by Keith Hardwicke. Edition from the Great Recordings of the Century series, with 69:45 of music.
For collectors of great classical recordings and admirers of Walter Gieseking's piano playing.
