DEBUSSY: ORCHESTRAL WORKS - PIERRE MONTEUX, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

This generous disc brings together all of Pierre Monteux’s Debussy recordings for Decca and Philips. Encompassing some of Debussy’s major orchestral works, these performances have a fluidity and atmosphere about them in recordings that have worn their years lightly. Monteux omits ‘Sirènes’ in his recording of the Nocturnes – a practice not atypical of recordings of the work in the 1950s and 1960s.

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1 Gigues

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2 Par Les Rues Et Par Les Chemins
3 Les Parfums de la Nuit
4 Le Matin D'un Jour de Fete

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5 Rondes de Printemps

Excerpts from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
6 La Cour Des Lys
7 Danse Extatique Et Final Du 1Er Acte
8 La Passion
9 Le Bon Pasteur
10 Prelude De L'apre-Midi D'un Faune

Trois Nocturnes
11 Nuages
12 Fetes