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Debussy: Piano Preludes

Claude Debussy (Composer), Jun Markl (Conductor), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra) Format: Audio CD
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 1. Danseuses de Delphes
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 2. Voiles
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 3. Le vent dans la plaine
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 4. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 5. Les collines d'Anacapri
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 6. Des pas sur la neige
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 9. La serenade interrompue
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 10. La cathedrale engloutie
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 11. La danse de Puck
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Preludes, Book 1 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 12. Minstrels
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 1. Brouillards
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 2. Feuilles mortes
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 3. La puerta del vino
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 4. Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 5. Bruyeres
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 6. General Lavine - eccentric
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 8. Ondine
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 9. Hommage a S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 10. Canope
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 11. Les tierces alternees
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Preludes, Book 2 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): No. 12. Feux d'artifice
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Product Details

  • Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Audio CD (September 25, 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B008N66KES
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsA 4th try at orchestrating all of Debussy's Preludes
By Dace Gisclard on October 16, 2012
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Prospective purchasers of this disc will probably be interested in how Breiner's orchestrations of Debussy's Préludes stack up against those of Colin Matthews. Up front, let me say that I very much enjoyed this disc, but I found that Breiner's orchestrations sound like they've been orchestrated by Breiner, whereas Matthews more often sound as if they were orchestrated by Debussy himself. This is neither good nor bad, just my impression. (Matthews' and Breiner's orchestrations of the two complete sets were preceded by those of Henkemans and Brewaeys--I'm not familiar with these.)

Several points come to mind in comparing the Breiner and Matthews sets:

1. Breiner relies a great deal more on glockenspiel, celeste, and other pitched percussion than Matthews or even the composer in his own orchestral compositions. Also, his thinner orchestrations render even the full textures of "Le cathédrale engloutie" relatively lightweight compared to Stoky or Matthews. Indeed, all of Breiner's versions sound more lightweight (i.e., less full) than Matthews'. This is NOT to say that Matthews' are unstylistically heavy. Nor am I saying there isn't room for different approaches to orchestrating these pieces. It's just that, as I said, Matthews' versions more often sound as if they were done by the composer himself. Prospective purchasers should decide for themselves what is important to them.

2. The Breiner disc preserves Debussy's original order; Matthews rearranges the ordering (if one objects to this, that's what the programming feature is for).

3. Of course, Breiner does not include Matthews' postlude, "Monsieur Croche".

4. Occasionally, Matthews extends Debussy's bar-to-bar structures with material of his own invention derived from Debussy's.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsalmost there
By Martin L. Pinsky on November 1, 2012
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These orchestrations aim high,often hitting the mark and sometimes missing it. This is professional work no doubt and this orchestrator is a talented musician.

But he is no Caplet or Ravel. Orchestration of this type of piano music is a very delicate undertaking. The purests always have problems with orchestral transciptions of chamber works--as I well know. The question of transcibing a piano work--that is piano works of this high order is a stern and forbiding task which takes skill, gall and gumption to execute it properly.

For one thing there is no better instrument for transciption to orchestra than the most orchestral of percussive instruments, the piano. They say clothes should drawn attention to the woman rather than the woman drawing attention to the clothes. Same with orchestration. The orchestration draws attention to the music rather than becoming an end in itself. The purests understandably thing transcriptions are hack efforts upsetting the balance envisioned by the music creator--here of course: Superb Debussy.

The orchestration should not become an end in itself thus competing with the original work. Piano and chamber works--however wonderful, are smaller forms--perhaps purer forms.They are compact relative to the orchestral expansion and ae small perfect stars in he tiara of the classical music pantheon

The purests with some degree of correctness do not think you can guild the lily. Thus an orchestral EXPANSION of a humble chamber or piano creature-- can be seen as a bloated example of exaggeration carried to the extreme.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsLukewarm orchestrations
By CD Maniac on October 14, 2012
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There are now at least 4 orchestrations of the complete Debussy Preludes: Henkemans (who seems to have been the first), Brewaeys, Matthews and now Breiner. The latter three have all followed very recently. In addition, there are numerous orchestrations of various movements: Stokowski, Gould, Zender, Calliet, Mouton, Caplet, Grainger, Luck, Lawson, and on and on.

This recording is of the Breiner. The problem with all of the complete orchestrations is that no one orchestrator gets all of the movements right. A few will be gems, and then others are disappointments. In this case, Breiner is definitely pleasant, but unmemorable. In comparing all of his movements against numerous others, I don't find any of his orchestrations to be the best for any particular movement.

In a few cases, there are huge disappointments: The Engulfed Cathedral, for example. Nobody comes close to touching Stokowski's orchestration of this movement, but Breiner's never reaches the excitement that should be generated in this 6 minute gem. And the ending: Breiner carelessly orchestrates high, soft chords for the woodwinds, and it is very jarring (and not at all soft). It seems to have been jarring for the players as well, as one of the woodwinds squeaks and falls of his/her note at around 4'50". (This should have been fixed in editing, by the way.) There are other disappointments: Puck's Dance never really reaches the impulsive playfulness of that character (listen to Zender's orchestration of this on how to do it).

In addition, many of the movements are played too fast--presumably so that all of the movements could fit on one CD. Several movements are ruined because of this.Read more ›
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