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Saturday, February 21, 2015 Permalink

The Debussy-Chopin Connection

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Claude Debussy & Frederic Chopin

Claude Debussy had a deep love for the music of a composer who, a half-century before, had blazed a new path with his utterly individual style and keyboard sound.

“Chopin is the greatest of all,” Debussy said. “For with the piano alone he discovered everything.”

In this hour, Chopin’s influence on Debussy as he developed his own, utterly individual style.

Playlist

4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Children's Corner: The Snow Is Dancing BUY from Debussy: Piano Works; composed by Claude Debussy Decca 443021
4:00 p.m.	Chopin: Ballade for piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 38, CT. 3 BUY (disc 13) Decca Records 443738
4:02 p.m.	Chopin: Barcarolle for piano in F sharp major, Op. 60, CT. 6 BUY from Chopin: Solo Piano Works; composed by Chopin Decca Records 443738
4:05 p.m.	Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Etudes: No. 3 In A Flat Major BUY from Etudes / Trois Nouvelles Etudes; composed by Chopin Chandos CHAN 8482
4:08 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Ballade (Ballade Slave) BUY from Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos 10443
4:10 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Deux Arabesque No. 1 BUY from Debussy: Complete Works For Piano, Vol. 3; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos CHAN 10467
4:14 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarentelle Styrienne) BUY from Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos 10443
4:19 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune BUY from Debussy: Piano Works; composed by Claude Debussy Decca 443021
4:25 p.m.	Chopin: D Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 BUY from Nocturnes; composed by Chopin Nonesuch 979233-2
4:29 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Reverie BUY from Debussy: Complete Works For Piano, Vol. 3; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos CHAN 10467
4:30 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Pour le piano: Sarabande BUY from Debussy: Piano Works; composed by Claude Debussy Decca 443021
4:35 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Estampes: La Soirée dans Grenade BUY from Debussy: Piano Works; composed by Claude Debussy Decca 443021
4:41 p.m.	Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59 No. 3 In F-Sharp Minor BUY from The Chopin Collection; composed by Chopin RCA Victor Europe / BMG 77388
4:43 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Jardins Sans La Pluie. Net Et Vif BUY from Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos 10443
4:47 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Préludes - Premier Livre: La Fille aux cheveux de lin BUY from Debussy: Piano Works; composed by Claude Debussy Decca 443021
4:49 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Reverie BUY from Debussy: Complete Works For Piano, Vol. 3; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos CHAN 10467
4:54 p.m.	Claude Debussy: Etude No. 1 - pour les cinq doigts BUY Jean-Efflem Bavouzet Chandos CHAN 10497
4:57 p.m.	Claude Debussy: La plus que lente BUY from Debussy: Complete Works For Piano, Vol. 3; composed by Claude Debussy Chandos CHAN 10467