French Impressionism
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Almost anyone who ever took a piano lesson (or lived in a house with someone who did) has "Clair de Lune" — from Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque — etched into his or her DNA. Chances are, you (or your sibling) didn't play it quite this well. Guided by Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Erik Satie, your journey into Impressionism begins here. The reaction to 19th-century Romanticism continues, in Next Steps.
£19.56 The Basics
Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
One of the most gracefully beautiful pieces Maurice Ravel ever wrote was the Mother Goose suite (Ma Mère l'Oye). It started life as a piano suite for four hands (that's two pianists) and was subsequently orchestrated for a ballet, giving the original composition a more complex and expressive shape. Here, Franco-American pianist Francois-Joël Thiollier performs. Enjoy the movement's second-tier composers, in Deep Cuts.
£20.35 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Gymnopédie No. 3 (Orchestrated by Claude Debussy as No.2) Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Préludes, Book 1: 6. Des pas sur la neige Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 4:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2: I. Lever du jour Daniel Barenboim & Orchestre de Paris 5:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Preludes - Book 1: No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie Claudio Arrau 6:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2: III. Danse générale Daniel Barenboim & Orchestre de Paris 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Divertissement Opus 6 Hexagon Ensemble 6:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Miroirs: I. Noctuelles Jean-Yves Thibaudet 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Trio for Piano, Cello and Violin, Op. 120, I. Allegro ma non troppo Akira Eguchi, Brinton Smith & Gil Shaham 6:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux Mischa Maisky, Orchestre de Paris & Semyon Bychkov 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Gnossiennes: No. 1 - Lent Pascal Rogé 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Preludes, Book 2 : Feuilles Mortes: Lent Et Melancolique Yukie Nagai 3:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Rhapsodie Espagnole: Prélude à la nuit Kyril Kondraschin & London Symphony Orchestra 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Nocturne Michel Béroff 6:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Le tombeau de Couperin: III. Menuet Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra 4:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Sonatine Hugh Sung & Jeffrey Khaner 8:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Massenet - Meditation (from Thais) Eun-Sun Lee and Fabio Parrini 5:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Preludes - Book 1: No. 1. Danseuses de Delphes Claudio Arrau 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Ma Mère l'Oye: Ballet: IV. Petit Poucet. Très Modéré André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Deux Valses: Je Te Veux Anne Queffélec 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Préludes, Book 1: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 In Memoriam Gabriel Fauré: 2. Scherzo Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Le Fils des Etoiles: Prélude du 1er Acte - La vocation Pascal Rogé 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit, Scarbo Mei Yi Foo 9:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 L'isle joyeuse Simon Trpceski 5:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Bolero Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch 13:49 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Much of the music you have heard thus far is from the Big Three of French Impressionism: Ravel, Debussy, and Satie. But don't stop there: many lesser-known gems await, such as Jacques Ibert's "La cage de cristal" (played by Korea's Hae Won Chang) and Gabriel Fauré's majestic Requiem ("Scherzo") rendered by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Close your eyes and enjoy these musical "paintings".
£19.95 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes Jean-Yves Thibaudet 4:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Chansons de Bilitis: I. La flûte de Pan Dawn Upshaw & Gilbert Kalish 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Premiere Rapsodie : Premiere Rhapsodie Andre Moisan & Louise-Andree Baril 7:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Reverie du Pauvre John White 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Children's Corner Suite: I. The Snow Is Dancing Francois-Joël Thiollier 2:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Children's Corner. III. Serenade for the Doll. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo, Léger Et Gracieux Alain Planès 2:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 D'un Jardin Clair Trio George Sand 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 1: I. Nocturne Jahja Ling & Florida Orchestra 7:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Escales: I. Rome - Palermo (Calme) Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 6:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Estampes: 1. Pagodes Zoltán Kocsis 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Histoires: VIII la Cage de Cristal Toke Lund Christiansen, Per Jacobsen, Per Jensen, Mikael Beier, Bjørn Carl Nielsen, Ingolf Olsen, Tine Rehling, Per Salo, Asger Svendsen, Anne Søe Hansen, Niels Thomsen, Niels Ullnetr & Ketil Christensen 1:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Ma mère l'oye: Apothéose: Le jardin féerique Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Images, Book 1, No. 2: Hommage a Rameau Francois-Joël Thiollier 7:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer London Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 7:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 La Péri - Fanfare Roberto Benzi & Orchestre de Bordeaux-Aquitaine 2:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches Jean-Yves Thibaudet 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Preludes, Book 2 : La Puerta del Vino: Mouvt de Habanera Yukie Nagai 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The last sleep of the Virgin) Raymond Agoult & The New Symphony Orchestra Of London 4:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Masques Et Bergamasques, Op. 112: IV. Pastorale: Andantino Tranquillo BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Yan Pascal Tortelier 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Valse romantique Michel Béroff 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Children's Corner Suite: Golliwogg's Cake-Walk Idil Biret 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte CSR Symphony Orchestra & Keith Clark 7:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 6 Preludes (Très Souple) David Korevaar 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Rapsodie espagnole: IV. Feria Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa 6:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Embarquement Pour Cythère Alexandre Tharaud & Isabelle Faust 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
Most people have at least a passing acquaintance with French Impressionism as an art movement. After all, who hasn't seen a Monet or a Renoir? Right around the same time, a group of French composers was doing the same thing with music: using notes to "paint" an impressionistic aural canvas, setting a scene. Much like their painterly comrades (even though Debussy scorned those who applied the term impressionism to his music), these works were considered radical at first and are now among the most beloved in Western culture. Experience the compositional daring of Impressionist greats with these handpicked Essentials.
£59.86 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Clair de Lune Claude Debussy 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Gymnopédie No. 1 Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 2:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Anthony Paratore & Joseph Paratore 9:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Pavane, Op. 50 Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Oliver, Seiji Ozawa & Tanglewood Festival Chorus 6:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Deux Arabesques: No. 1 Andante Con Moto Zoltán Kocsis 3:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Gnossienne nº 5 Patrick Cohen 3:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and Strings Jean Martinon & Chicago Symphony Orchestra 9:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa 2:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Gaspard de la Nuit: Le gibet Vladimir Ashkenazy 5:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Gymnopédie nº 2 Patrick Cohen 3:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Images, Book 1: 1. Reflets dans l'eau Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 4:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Trois Romances Sans Paroles, Op. 17: 3. Andante moderato Kun-Woo Paik 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Petite Suite: 1. En Bateau Detroit Symphony Orchestra & Paul Paray 3:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Images for Orchestra - Iberia, L. 122: III. Le matin d'un jour de fête Leonard Bernstein & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Nocturnes: I. Nuages BRT Philharmonic, A. Rahbari, Gerard Schwarz, Debussy Un Peu 7:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 La Mer: II. Play of the Waves (Jeux de vagues) Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 6:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Gnossienne No.4: Lent Kun Woo Paik 2:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Nocturnes: III. Sirènes London Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 9:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Acte I: Prelude - l'avez-vous Vue Dans Le Carrosse? BBC Symphony Orchestra & Leon Botstein 5:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Images, Book 2: 1. Clochesà travers les feuilles Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Dolly Op. 56: 1. Berceuse Bruno Rigutto & Jean-Philippe Collard 2:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Nocturnes: II. Fêtes Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 6:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Jeux d'eau Martha Argerich 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Gymnopédie No. 3 (Orchestrated by Claude Debussy as No.2) Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Préludes, Book 1: 6. Des pas sur la neige Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 4:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2: I. Lever du jour Daniel Barenboim & Orchestre de Paris 5:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Preludes - Book 1: No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie Claudio Arrau 6:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2: III. Danse générale Daniel Barenboim & Orchestre de Paris 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 Divertissement Opus 6 Hexagon Ensemble 6:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Miroirs: I. Noctuelles Jean-Yves Thibaudet 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Trio for Piano, Cello and Violin, Op. 120, I. Allegro ma non troppo Akira Eguchi, Brinton Smith & Gil Shaham 6:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux Mischa Maisky, Orchestre de Paris & Semyon Bychkov 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Gnossiennes: No. 1 - Lent Pascal Rogé 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Preludes, Book 2 : Feuilles Mortes: Lent Et Melancolique Yukie Nagai 3:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Rhapsodie Espagnole: Prélude à la nuit Kyril Kondraschin & London Symphony Orchestra 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Nocturne Michel Béroff 6:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Le tombeau de Couperin: III. Menuet Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra 4:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Sonatine Hugh Sung & Jeffrey Khaner 8:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Massenet - Meditation (from Thais) Eun-Sun Lee and Fabio Parrini 5:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Preludes - Book 1: No. 1. Danseuses de Delphes Claudio Arrau 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Ma Mère l'Oye: Ballet: IV. Petit Poucet. Très Modéré André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Deux Valses: Je Te Veux Anne Queffélec 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 44 Préludes, Book 1: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 In Memoriam Gabriel Fauré: 2. Scherzo Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Le Fils des Etoiles: Prélude du 1er Acte - La vocation Pascal Rogé 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit, Scarbo Mei Yi Foo 9:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 L'isle joyeuse Simon Trpceski 5:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 49 Bolero Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch 13:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes Jean-Yves Thibaudet 4:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Chansons de Bilitis: I. La flûte de Pan Dawn Upshaw & Gilbert Kalish 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Premiere Rapsodie : Premiere Rhapsodie Andre Moisan & Louise-Andree Baril 7:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Reverie du Pauvre John White 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Children's Corner Suite: I. The Snow Is Dancing Francois-Joël Thiollier 2:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Children's Corner. III. Serenade for the Doll. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo, Léger Et Gracieux Alain Planès 2:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 D'un Jardin Clair Trio George Sand 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 1: I. Nocturne Jahja Ling & Florida Orchestra 7:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Escales: I. Rome - Palermo (Calme) Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 6:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Estampes: 1. Pagodes Zoltán Kocsis 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Histoires: VIII la Cage de Cristal Toke Lund Christiansen, Per Jacobsen, Per Jensen, Mikael Beier, Bjørn Carl Nielsen, Ingolf Olsen, Tine Rehling, Per Salo, Asger Svendsen, Anne Søe Hansen, Niels Thomsen, Niels Ullnetr & Ketil Christensen 1:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 Ma mère l'oye: Apothéose: Le jardin féerique Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Images, Book 1, No. 2: Hommage a Rameau Francois-Joël Thiollier 7:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer London Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 7:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 La Péri - Fanfare Roberto Benzi & Orchestre de Bordeaux-Aquitaine 2:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches Jean-Yves Thibaudet 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Preludes, Book 2 : La Puerta del Vino: Mouvt de Habanera Yukie Nagai 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The last sleep of the Virgin) Raymond Agoult & The New Symphony Orchestra Of London 4:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Masques Et Bergamasques, Op. 112: IV. Pastorale: Andantino Tranquillo BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Yan Pascal Tortelier 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Valse romantique Michel Béroff 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Children's Corner Suite: Golliwogg's Cake-Walk Idil Biret 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 71 Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte CSR Symphony Orchestra & Keith Clark 7:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 72 6 Preludes (Très Souple) David Korevaar 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 73 Rapsodie espagnole: IV. Feria Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa 6:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 74 Embarquement Pour Cythère Alexandre Tharaud & Isabelle Faust 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 74 Songs
