Notes and Editorial Reviews
Like Chopin, Claude Debussy merely asks the pianist to give him everything, from steely strength and lightning quickness to the most delicate poetic utterance, to be observant of structure yet appear to be free of it. Jean-Yves Thibaudet is one of the choice few who can deliver all these items, and now, following up on the considerable achievement of his Ravel recordings, he completes his survey of Debussy piano works.
This installment makes for a wonderfully varied program, including the popular 'Suite Bergamasque' and 'Children1s Corner' as well the two great sets of 'Images,' among Debussy1s most potent and poetically descriptive pieces, and the somewhat neglected Etudes, late works of visionary abstraction. Throughout, Thibaudet
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shows great control of color and shading while remaining more than equal to the considerable technical challenges. He seems to have digested the music thoroughly and recreates it with an air of spontaneity. If he falls short anywhere, it would be in matters of sentiment, as his 'La plus que lent,' for example, is not the most affecting, but elsewhere he reigns supreme. Not since the legendary Walter Gieseking has anyone played so much of this music so well. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Images for Piano, Set 1 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905; France
Date of Recording: 01/1997
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 16 Minutes 54 Secs.
2.
Images for Piano, Set 2 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
Date of Recording: 10/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 13 Minutes 48 Secs.
3.
Children's Corner by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; France
Date of Recording: 10/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 14 Minutes 35 Secs.
4.
La plus que lente by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; France
Date of Recording: 12/08/1995
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs.
5.
Valse romantique by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890; France
Date of Recording: 12/08/1995
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
6.
Tarentelle styrienne "Danse" by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: circa 1890; France
Date of Recording: 01/1997
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs.
7.
Mazurka for Piano by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: circa 1890; France
Date of Recording: 12/08/1995
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
8.
Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890/1905; France
Date of Recording: 01/1997
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 17 Minutes 13 Secs.
9.
Hommage à Haydn by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909; France
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
10.
Elégie by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs.
11.
Berceuse heroïque by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; France
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
12.
Page d'album by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 1 Minutes 9 Secs.
13.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Book 1 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
Date of Recording: 07/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 20 Minutes 42 Secs.
14.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Book 2 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
Date of Recording: 07/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 26 Minutes 37 Secs.
15.
Etude retrouvée by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: France
Date of Recording: 10/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
16.
Le petit nègre by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909; France
Date of Recording: 10/1998
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs.
17.
Ballade slave by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890/1903; France
Date of Recording: 12/08/1995
Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Length: 7 Minutes 52 Secs.
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