Debussy: La mer, Ibéria, Images & 6 Épigraphes antiques Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg & Gustavo Gimeno

• Claude Debussy (1862 -1918): La mer, L. 109:
• 1La mer, L. 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer08:46
• 2La mer, L. 109: II. Jeux de vagues06:49
• 3La mer, L. 109: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer08:15
• : Images, L. 122:
• 4Images, L. 122: No. 2a, Ibéria. Par les rues et par les chemins07:17
• 5Images, L. 122: No. 2b, Ibéria. Les parfums de la nuit07:44
• 6Images, L. 122: No. 2c, Ibéria. Le matin d'un jour de fête04:56
• Colin Matthews (b. 1946), Claude Debussy: Images, Book 1, L. 110 (Arr. C. Matthews for Orchestra):
• 7Images, Book 1, L. 110 (Arr. C. Matthews for Orchestra): No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau06:12
• 8Images, Book 1, L. 110 (Arr. C. Matthews for Orchestra): No. 2, Hommage à Rameau08:01
• 9Images, Book 1, L. 110 (Arr. C. Matthews for Orchestra): No. 3, Mouvement04:17
• Claude Debussy, Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980): 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra):
• 106 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 1, Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été02:16
• 116 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 2, Pour un tombeau sans nom03:41
• 126 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 3, Pour que la nuit soit propice02:06
• 136 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 4, Pour la danseuse aux crotales02:32
• 146 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 5, Pour l'égyptienne02:58
• 156 Épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (Arr. R. Escher for Orchestra): No. 6, Pour remercier la pluie au matin02:14
• Total Runtime01:18:04

Info for Debussy: La mer, Ibéria, Images & 6 Épigraphes antiques

Released in the year of Claude Debussys death centenary, this album demonstrates the exceptional harmonic and coloristic richness of his music. The centerpiece of the album is La Mer (1903-1905), a musical realization of the composers sincere devotion to the sea that revolutionized orchestral composition in the early twentieth-century. Ibéria takes the listener on a trip to Spain, whereas the Six Épigraphes antiques (1914), here performed in the orchestration of Rudolf Escher, evoke ancient Greece and Egypt. The biggest novelty on this album is Colin Matthews new, lush orchestration of Images. Book 1 (1901-1905), one of Debussys most-cherished piano works. With this Debussy collection, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and its Music Director Gustavo Gimeno continue their acclaimed PENTATONE series of composer portraits that already featured monographs of Shostakovich, Bruckner, Ravel, Mahler and Stravinsky.

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor

Gustavo Gimeno
has been Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg since the 2015/16 season. He has worked as guest conductor with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Philharmonia Orchestra London and the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Born in Valencia, Gimeno began his international conducting career in 2012 as an assistant to Mariss Jansons, when he was solo percussionist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He also gained considerable experience as an assistant to Bernard Haitink and to Claudio Abbado, who mentored him intensively and moulded him in many ways.

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