Suite bergamasque debussys intoxicating piano music. The suite has four short movements for solo piano, dripping with debussys signature sound. Images, 2 arabesques, etc zoltan kocsis with kocsis, zoltan on arkivcd. At 15 kocsis transferred to the ferenc liszt academy of music, studied composition with pal kadosa and gyorgy kurtag, and received his diploma at 19. Debussy, claude, kocsis, zoltan suite bergamasque pour. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Claude debussy still rocks the before parties nowadays. Suite bergamasque by claude debussy 18621918 collection. The suite bergamasque, composed in 1890, is one of debussy s most successful early works.
The composers inspiration was the legacy of ancient french composers, and also the imagefilled poetry of paul. Eminent hungarian pianist and composer zoltan kocsis began his studies on piano at the age of five and entered the bela bartok conservatory of music in budapest at age nine. Claude debussy s suite bergamasque was first published in 1905 by the french publisher fromont, but the suite s origins go back to the early 1890s when it was first under contract with the publisher choudens. Download the qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of claude debussys death, 2015 chopin competition winner seongjin cho explores the great french composers piano music.
The italian violinist and conductor fabio biondi, notably famous for his rendition of the four seasons by vivaldi with his ensemble europa galante, is one of the musicians who actively spurns the idea of separating and compartmentalising music. Sep 29, 2006 here are my thoughts about playing this piece. Does anyone know of a good method to learn the passepied piece. Before you buy suite bergamasque pour le piano estampes, you must to. It was first composed by debussy around 1890, at the age of 28, but was significantly revised just before its publication in 1905. Suite bergamasque, images oubliees, pour le piano, estampes kocsis by debussy, claude from amazons classical music store. Claude debussy, maurice ravel, zoltan kocsis debussy. Welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday.
Suite bergamasque by claude debussy 18621918 performance. The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. Debussys suite bergamasque is a one of the composers most famous piano collections. Debussy favourites classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest. Zoltan kocsis plays debussy suite bergamasque passepied.
Prelude suite bergemasque, 1890 1905 playing debussys. Just practise it like you would anything else, taking care over details, and deciding exactly what effect you want each passage to give, then. Claude debussy composed his suite bergamasque for solo piano in 1890, making it an early piece in his career and preceded by only a handful of other works for piano. A bergamasque is a 16thcentury italian dance, which in 1890s france would evoke an archaic form of music roberts, p. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Suite bergamasque prelude youtube the transformative power of classical music benjamin zander duration. The work could be regarded as debussys tribute to french baroque harpsichordists like rameau and couperin.
The great french impressionist, debussy, started to compose this famous piano suite, suite bergamasque, in 1890 at the age of 28, as he struggled to make ends meet in what was considered to be his more bohemian period. The contents of the disc is explained in some detail by kocsis himself in the sleeve notes which are unusually informative. One of the five great pillars of musical modernism, achilleclaude debussy august 22, 1862. By joining our community you will have access to post topics, upload content and access many other features. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. Full works claude debussy by zoltan kocsis download and listen to the album. This work represents an earlier piano style of debussy, compared to others more mature works composed at the time, like pour le piano suite or reflets dans leau, first set of images. Originally composed in 1890, the suite bergamasque was not published until 1905. Studying the consumer assessments of suite bergamasque pour le piano estampes before invest in. Born in budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the bela bartok conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition. Welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. It is unclear how much of it was revised during the fifteenyear interval. Zoltan kocsis piano, budapest festival orchestra, ivan fischer.
Yet, it was not published until fifteen years later in 1905, when publishers were eager to get their hands on a portion of debussys growing success and fame. Even so, the suite bergamasque has a more natural fluidity and stylistic elegance, a combination of strength and delicacy in an almost neoclassical style. So while one can admire the hard beauty of zoltan kocsis 1988 recording of debussys recording, it is impossible to approve of it. Please add your thoughts in the comments at the bottom. His appointment to the teaching staff of the liszt. Suite bergamasque pour le piano estampes images oubliees release by debussy. Itll give you a much richer understanding to you personally of the advantages and drawbacks of it. Naoko yoshino harp, vera badings harp, zoltan kocsis piano, henryk szeryng violin, charles reiner piano, claudio arrau piano, mitsuko uchida piano, george pieterson clarinet, collegium musicum amstelodamense chorus, detroit symphony orchestra, royal concertgebouw orchestra, paul paray. Here is a more modern one by claude debussy suite bergamasque around 8. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The piece has also been featured on many movie soundtracks with. Debussy, claude, kocsis, zoltan suite bergamasque pour le piano images oubliees estampes music. Zoltan kocsis see all versions of this release, 1 available overview. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music.
Suite bergamasque, complete urtext edition by claude debussy piano book level. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. It is a dance suite of four movements, inspired by the rich heritage of french clavecinists like rameau and couperin. Suite bergamasque debussy, claude redirected from suite bergamasque debussy, claude movementssections movtssecs. Zoltan kocsis may 30, 1952 november 6, 2016 was a hungarian virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer. Kocsis regularly writes his own sleeve notes and this disc makes the natural companion to his other debussy recital which includes the suite bergamasque, estampes and the earlier images oubliees. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of great pianists of the 20th century, volume 59. Itll give a much fuller understanding to you personally of the advantages and disadvantages of it. Before you buy suite bergamasque pour le piano images oubliees estampes, it is advisable to to. Alexandre tharaud pays a personal homage to claude debussy, for the hundredth. Zoltan kocsis recorded two acclaimed debussy recital discs in the late 80s of suite bergamasque, pour le piano, estampes, the images and arabesques these two discs originally released in 1998 didnt receive the same acclaim which is a pity as they share many of the same qualities. Zoltan kocsis plays debussy suite bergamasque menuet youtube.
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