Debussy: Noctures; Images; La Mer


Debussy: Noctures; Images; La Mer
Eduard van Beinum
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4646362
Barcode
00028946463628
Format
1-CD
About

These performances of three of Debussy’s major orchestral works are simply staggering. Rarely have the half-lights and luminosity of these three works – generously offered on a single CD – been better captured in performance. Ephemeral is the word for van Beinum’s interpretations and the CD also boasts one of the sexiest ‘Sirènes’ on record!

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Trois Nocturnes:
Nuages
Fetes
Sirenes

La Mer:
De l’aube a midi sur la mer
Jeux de vagues
Dialogue du vent et de la mer

Images pour orchestre:
Gigues
Iberia
Rondes de printemps

Women’s Voices of the Collegium Musicum
Chorus master: Toon Vranken
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum

Reviews

‘crystalline purity of expression… extraordinarily noble’ ClassicsToday.com

‘unruffled serenity… the sirens sing as seductively as any on disc… a valuable reissue’ International Record Review