Les Sons et les Parfums
Debussy meets Chopin
Chopin:
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major
Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Debussy:
L'isle joyeuse
Préludes - Book 2: No. 7, La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune
Préludes - Book 1: No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes
La plus que lente
Préludes - Book 1: No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Études pour piano No. 11 - Pour les arpeges composes
Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Javier Perianes (piano)
Chopin and Debussy: the connections between them are as numerous as they are subtle, never obvious, yet so very profound. The achievement of Javier Perianes here is to have teased out the artistic thread linking two geniuses who soar high above their respective centuries.
