Album

This disc has everything going for it: fascinating repertoire, terrific performances, and tremendous sound. The repertoire consists entirely of orchestrations by diverse arrangers of Debussy piano works, some for two hands, some for four hands, some well known, some barely heard of. The program opens with André Caplet's evanescent Children's Corner and closes with his luminous Clair de lune and in between it includes Ernest Ansermet's precise Six Épigraphes antiques, Ravel's radiant Sarabande and Danse, Henri Busser's romantic Petite Suite and Le Soirée dans Grenade, plus Leopold Stokowski's heavily atmospheric Clair de lune. The performances are uniformly excellent. Yoav Talmi is sensitive to Debussy's particular style of phrasing and textures, and he leads the Orchestre symphonique de Québec in a performance full of glowing colors, buoyant rhythms, and irresistible lyrical charm. And the sound is unvaryingly outstanding. Recorded in super audio surround sound, these performances are completely enveloping yet utterly clean and amazingly natural. Anyone interested in unusual Debussy, superb performances, and superlative recordings need not hesitate.

© James Leonard, Rovi

CD 1
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Children's Corner, L.113...Children's Corner, L.113 (arr. orchestra) Work 17:06 Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
1	1.Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum	2:33			$0.99
2	2.Jimbo's Lullaby ('Berceuse des elephants')	3:24			$0.99
3	3.Serenade for the Doll	2:50			$0.99
4	4.The Snow is Dancing	2:35			$0.99
5	5.The Little Shepherd	2:48			$0.99
6	6.Golliwog's Cakewalk	2:56			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer 6 Épigraphes antiques, for piano 4-hands, L.131 Work 15:56 Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra, Philippe Magnan Oboe
7	1.Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été	2:38			$0.99
8	2.Pour un tombeau sans nom	3:27			$0.99
9	3.Pour que la nuit soit propice	2:06			$0.99
10	4.Pour la denseuse aux crotales	2:37			$0.99
11	5.Pour l'Egyptienne	2:57			$0.99
12	6.Pour remercier la pluie au matin	2:11			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Suite Bergamasque, L.75 (includes 'Clair de lune')...Suite Bergamasque, L.75 (arr. orchestra) Work Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
13	3.Clair de lune	5:09			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Images inédites, L.87 Work Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
14	2.Très vite: Souvenir de Louvre	4:43			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Tarantelle styrienne, L.69 Work Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
15	Tarantelle styrienne, L.69	5:41			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Estampes, L.100...Estampes, L.100 (arr. orchestra) Work Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
16	2.La soirée dans Grenade	5:12			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Petite suite, for piano 4-hands, L.65...Petite suite, for piano 4-hands, L.65 (arr. orchestra) Work 14:46 Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
17	1.En bâteau	4:12			$0.99
18	2.Cortège	3:42			$0.99
19	3.Menuet	3:35			$0.99
20	4.Ballet	3:17			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Suite Bergamasque, L.75 (includes 'Clair de lune')...Suite Bergamasque, L.75 (arr. orchestra) Work Yoav Talmi Conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Orchestra
21	3.Clair de lune	4:57			$0.99