Images inédites (3), for piano, L. 87: Lent (Mélancolique et doux)
Images inédites (3), for piano, L. 87: Dans le mouvement d'une 'Sarabande'
Images inédites (3), for piano, L. 87: Quelques aspects de 'Nous n'irons plus au bois'
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 1. Reflets dans l'eau
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 1. Hommage à Rameau
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 1. Mouvement
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 2. Cloches à travers les feuilles
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111: Series 2. Poissons d'or
Morceau de Concours (Pièce), for piano, L. 108
Elégie, for piano, L. 138
La plus que lente, waltz for piano (or orchestra), L. 121
Berceuse héroïque for piano (or orchestra), L. 132
Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon, album leaf for piano
Page d'album (Pièce pour l'oeuvre du 'Vêtement du blessé'), for piano, L. 133
Hommage à Joseph Haydn, for piano, L. 115
Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95: Prélude
Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95: Sarabande
Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95: Toccata
American pianist Bennett Lerner s highly praised Complete Debussy series continues with this newly recorded disc. The triptych was Debussy s favored form for his larger works, usually consisting of two slow pieces followed... more » by a fast one. In addition to seven short, mostly late, pieces, this CD presents four such triptychs. The earliest is is the Images (oubli es) (Forgotten Images), composed in 1894 and long forgotten. The manuscript was in the collection of Alfred Cortot, and was not published until 1977. Images, Series 1 begins with one of Debussy s great masterpieces, "Reflets dans l eau", given a masterful reading here by Lerner. Bennett Lerner is well known as a performer of new music and has premiered piano works by composers including Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Irving Fine, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, Roy Harris, Samuel Barber and Virgil Thomson. A student of Claudio Arrau, he has lived in Thailand since 1990 and is currently a lecturer in the Music Department of Payap University in Chiang Mai, where he recently produced a two-year-long Debussy Festival. Also available The Complete Debussy Piano Music, Vol. 1, BRIDGE 9186 The Complete Debussy Piano Music, Vol. 2, BRIDGE 9211A/B« less
American pianist Bennett Lerner s highly praised Complete Debussy series continues with this newly recorded disc. The triptych was Debussy s favored form for his larger works, usually consisting of two slow pieces followed by a fast one. In addition to seven short, mostly late, pieces, this CD presents four such triptychs. The earliest is is the Images (oubli es) (Forgotten Images), composed in 1894 and long forgotten. The manuscript was in the collection of Alfred Cortot, and was not published until 1977. Images, Series 1 begins with one of Debussy s great masterpieces, "Reflets dans l eau", given a masterful reading here by Lerner. Bennett Lerner is well known as a performer of new music and has premiered piano works by composers including Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Irving Fine, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, Roy Harris, Samuel Barber and Virgil Thomson. A student of Claudio Arrau, he has lived in Thailand since 1990 and is currently a lecturer in the Music Department of Payap University in Chiang Mai, where he recently produced a two-year-long Debussy Festival. Also available The Complete Debussy Piano Music, Vol. 1, BRIDGE 9186 The Complete Debussy Piano Music, Vol. 2, BRIDGE 9211A/B