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Preludes-Bk. 1

~ Claude Debussy (Composer), Maurizio Pollini (Performer)

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Performer: Maurizio Pollini
Composer: Claude Debussy
Audio CD (Nov 23 1999)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Universal Music Group
Run Time: 43 minutes
ASIN: B00002R2SU

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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1. Preludes: 1st Livre: I. Danseuses de Delphes: Lent et grave

2. Preludes: 1st Livre: II. Voiles: Modere

3. Preludes: 1st Livre: III. Le vent dans la plaine: Anime

4. Preludes: 1st Livre: IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir: Modere

5. Preludes: 1st Livre: V. Les collines d'Anacapri: Tres modere

6. Preludes: 1st Livre: VI. Des pas sur la neige: Triste et lent

7. Preludes: 1st Livre: VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest: Anime et tumultueux

8. Preludes: 1st Livre: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin: Tres calme et doucement expressif

9. Preludes: 1st Livre: IX. La serenade interrompue: Moderement anime

10. Preludes: 1st Livre: X. La cathedrale engloutie: Profondement calme

11. Preludes: 1st Livre: XI. La danse de puck: Capricieux et leger

12. Preludes: 1st Livre: XII. Minstrels: Modere

13. L'ISLE JOYEUSE: L'Isle joyeuse: Modere et tress souple

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Pr�ludes (12) for piano, Book I, L. 117
Composed by Claude Debussy
with Maurizio Pollini
L'isle joyeuse, for piano, L. 106
Composed by Claude Debussy
with Maurizio Pollini

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Maurizio Pollini brings cool elegance and unflappable sheen to Debussy's Preludes Book One. He contours the dynamics with micromanaged aplomb, and achieves ravishing pedal effects in the more meditative selections. One can't find fault with the pianist's well-oiled fingerwork and beautifully modulated sonority. Yet the music's evocative, dreamlike qualities elude Pollini's protean grasp, especially compared to Arrau's robust inflections, Paul Jacobs's aching poetry, and Zaidee Parkinson's haunting rumination. Pollini dispatches the neo-Lisztian hurdles of L'Isle Joyeuse with efficient ease, holding himself aloof from the orgiastic abandon characterizing more memorable readings from Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Vladimir Horowitz, and Walter Gieseking. DG's engineering is resplendent and well-focused. --Jed Distler

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pollini is great, but this CD is not, Nov 28 2001

By	Lee M. Mcguire (Urbana, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Flat and a bit sedated, rather than dreamy or evocative as I believe Pollini is trying to attempt, lacking the crystalline quirkiness of tone or sharp contrasts of color I identify with the music of Debussy. I don't know if it is the engineering, but the sonority is way too deep and bassy, allowing much of the music to drown in itself. This is refined playing, and I adore Pollini, his recordings of Chopin's Polonaises and Liszt's B flat sonata are personal favorites, but I'm just more in the Gieseking school of playing Debussy, where a colder, impersonal interpretation that concentrates on the possibilities of the piano's coloring allows the natural vagueness of the compositions to speak for itself. I don't know much about impressionism or how Debussy preferred his music to be played, but I like my Debussy with a little more fire and clarity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new hit for the greatest living pianist, Jan 12 2000

By	Daniel ZUFFEREY (Montreux, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

Pollini's fans were gifted in 1999. After the two Brahms Piano Concertos and especially Chopin's Ballades - one of the greatest CDs ever recorded - the Maestro brings Debussy's Preludes up to a new standard of perfection. Benedetti-Michelangeli was great in Debussy. Under Pollini's fingers, these twelve intimate gems recover all their poetry. The sound is, at the same time, very pure and full of spaces, the space between the notes that is called "music". I heard these Preludes live in Amsterdam. Miracle: the recording offers the same emotion and tears. Thank you, Maestro !

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My God!, Jan 2 2000

By	Itamar Axelrod (Haifa Israel) - See all my reviews

Playing at the highest level. Pollini's playing of the preludes can be compared only with Walter Gieseking 1950's recording's. An astonishing achievment and the recording quality is clear and resonant. Now we wait for the next instalment of Debussy's works for piano (hopefully the Preludes Book II) played by Pollini.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
Pollini does it once again. The finest recording of the Debussy Preludes. Also, unlike the early years with DGG - recorded sound is perfection.

Published on Dec 31 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotizing
Great music, sensitive playing, crystal clear sound. Piano lovers, buy it

Published on Dec 23 1999 by yigala