Robert Orledge’s research into Debussy’s sketches and incomplete drafts has resulted in the unearthing and reconstruction of numerous lost masterpieces, the piano versions of which are given their première recordings here. Unknown versions of famous pieces such as La Fille aux cheveux de lin and an unused movement from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien appear alongside the ecstatic Prélude de l’Histoire de Tristan. This uniquely valuable programme also includes the life-affirming suite for No-ja-li (Le Palais du Silence) with narration.
This recording was made on a period instrument: Steinway, Model C No. 248200 (1925)
Debussy, Claude
L'enfant prodigue: Prélude (version for piano)
1 L'enfant prodigue: Prélude (version for piano) 02:46
Rodrigue et Chimène: Prélude (version for piano with concert ending, ed. R. Orledge)
2 Rodrigue et Chimène: Prélude (version for piano with concert ending, ed. R. Orledge) 04:58
Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (1907 first version of opening fragment in B-Flat Major)
3 Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (1907 first version of opening fragment in B-Flat Major) 00:46
Debussy, Claude
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
Prélude à l'histoire de Tristan (version for piano, completed R. Orledge, 2011)
4 Prélude à l'histoire de Tristan (version for piano, completed R. Orledge, 2011) 04:26
Debussy, Claude
Préludes, Book 2: No. 5. Bruyères (1912 first version)
5 Préludes, Book 2: No. 5. Bruyères (1912 first version) 03:47
Debussy, Claude
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
Toomai des éléphants (reconstructed R. Orledge, 2006) (new edition)
6 Toomai des éléphants (reconstructed by R. Orledge, 2006) (new edition) 06:33
Petite valse (completed by R. Orledge, 2006)
7 Petite valse (completed R. Orledge, 2006) 02:07
Fêtes Galantes, Tableau 1: Les Masques (commencement) (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2006)
8 Fêtes Galantes, Tableau 1: Les Masques (commencement) (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2006) 07:08
Le martyre de St. Sébastien, Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: La passion (unused first draft, completed R. Orledge for piano, 2014)
9 Le martyre de St. Sébastien, Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: La passion (unused first draft, completed R. Orledge for piano, 2014) 04:28
Debussy, Claude
de Feure, George - Lyricist
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
No-Ja-Li (Le Palais du Silence) (completed R. Orledge for narrator and piano, 2005/2014)
10 No-Ja-Li (Le Palais du Silence) (completed R. Orledge for narrator and piano, 2005/2014) 17:17
Debussy, Claude
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
Le Roi Léar (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2004/2018)
11 Prélude 03:52
12 [autre] Fanfare 00:58
13 Le Sommeil de Léar 03:36
14 La Mort de Cordélia 03:36
Debussy, Claude
Wyatt, Stephen - Lyricist
Orledge, Robert - Lyricist
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
Un jour affreux avec le Diable dans le Beffroi (arr. R. Orledge for narrator and piano)
15 Un jour affreux avec le Diable dans le Beffroi (arr. R. Orledge for narrator and piano) 11:37
Debussy, Claude
Orledge, Robert - Arranger
La Chute de la Maison Usher (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2010, cadanza by N. Horvath)
16 La Chute de la Maison Usher (completed R. Orledge for piano, 2010, cadanza by N. Horvath) 06:30
Total Playing Time: 01:24:25
