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In Reply to: RE: Debussy is repertoire which, I agree, was particularly suited. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 07, 2020 at 14:15:08
Philips put out a series of box sets with Arrau covering various composers. His Debussy is superb. He plays the structure and various levels really well (Debussy scored some of his piano music with 3 staffs instead of the usual 2). He also does beautifully with the more atmospheric pieces such as the middle movements in both books of the Images.
Gieseking's Debussy is interesting in that he uses pedal sparingly. It works, it just requires a different touch for the piano. The mists and illuminated fogs of Debussy's writing are not quite as palpable, but there is a crystalline clarity to the playing and notes.
Other great performers for Debussy (not in any particular order): Tamas Vasary, Monique Haas, Krystian Zimerman, Robert Casadesus, and Pascal Rogé.
More recently, Víkingur Ólafsson put out an album of Debussy and Rameau. I would love to hear him record an all Debussy album. Pollini also recently recorded the Debussy Preludes. It is great to hear Pollini in this repertoire.
Marc-Andre Hamelin and Angela Hewitt have both recorded Debussy albums for Hyperion. They each have their own approach and add their own imprint to the music. It is well served in their hands.
Seong-Jin Cho put out a Debussy album. His Images is great, but not my favorite.
As others have mentioned, Michelangeli and Richter have superb Debussy recordings. I would have to say that Michelangeli's Images I & II is my favorite. He exudes the inner light and atmosphere that Debussy's music requires.
Enjoy the music.
Follow Ups:
- but none of the Debussy tracks. The Rameau tracks seemed incredibly good - this guy has some real precision to his playing! (This was all via Qobuz BTW.)
Arrau's playing creates a sense of "atmosphere." Like Schnabel, Cortot, or Fischer, a wrong note or missing one here or there (rare, but still...) doesn't make the slightest difference to me because it's the emotion I crave, not the technical.
...if you can tolerate the subpar mono sound.
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