Xavier De Maistre -Preludes Book 1 & 2 -CHALLENGE CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Danseuses de Delphes"

02. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Voiles"

03. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Le vent dans la plaine"

04. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir"

05. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Les collines d'Anacapri"

06. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Des pas sur la neige"

07. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest"

08. "Pr?ludes Book 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin"

09. "Pr?ludes Book 1 La s?r?nade interrompue"

10. "Pr?ludes Book 1 La Cath?drale engloutie"

11. "Pr?ludes Book 1 La danse de Puck"

12. "Pr?ludes Book 1 Minstrels"

13. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Brouillards"

14. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Feuilles mortes"

15. "Pr?ludes Book 2 La Puerta del Vino"

16. "Pr?ludes Book 2 'Les F?es sont d'exquises danseuses'"

17. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Bruyeres"

18. "Pr?ludes Book 2 G?n?ral Lavine - eccentric"

19. "Pr?ludes Book 2 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"

20. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Ondine"

21. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Hommage ? S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C."

22. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Canope"

23. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Les tierces altern?es"

24. "Pr?ludes Book 2 Feux d'artifice"

25. "L'Isle joyeuse"

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Debussy had been planning PrÃ©ludes for two or three years before the first book was published in 1910. He seems to have been at work on the second book by the end of 1911 and the volume was published in 1913. Whereas Bach and Chopin used their Preludes as something of a technical exercise, composing one for each musical key, Debussy's were free-form and full of his signature expressive indulgences. Each one has a different descriptive title that gives clues about what was going through the composer's mind when he was writing them, from Shakespearean dances to underwater cathedrals. What Debussy did in the PrÃ©ludes and earlier works with a similar inspiration was composing with sounds rather than notes. It is that, rather than their picturesque qualities, that changed history. Debussy did nothing less than liberate music from the domination by functional harmony which had prevailed for three centuries. Tonality becomes colour. - ANGELA BROWNRIDGE

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05712119

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