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Preludes - Claude Debussy orch. Colin Matthews

Over the last seven years, Colin Matthews has created extraordinary orchestrations of all 24 of Debussy’s exquisite Préludes, originally composed for piano.  Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society, each prelude was premiered by The Hallé Orchestra.  They have all been met with great acclaim and have received further performances in London, Berlin, Vienna and across the world, under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, Kristjan Järvi and Mark Elder CBE.  As well as receiving numerous concert performances, many of the preludes have been recorded and released on two CDs, one recorded by the Hallé conducted by Mark Elder and the other on EMI Classics by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

For an information sheet about the orchestrations click here or for details of the individual preludes click on the relevant links below.

Brouillards
Bruyères
Canope
Ce qu'a vu le Vent d'Ouest
Danseuses de Delphes
Des pas sur la neige
Feuilles mortes
Feux d'artifice
Général Lavine - l'eccentrique

Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C
La cathédrale engloutie

La danse de Puck
La fille aux cheveux de lin
La puerta del vino
La Sérenade interrompue

La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Le vent dans la plaine
Les collines d'Anacapri
Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Les tierces alternées
Minstrels
Ondine
Postlude – M. Croche (M. Croche is Matthews's own homage to Debussy and derives its name from Debussy's invented alter ego)
Voiles

 

 

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