A new album from Marc-Andre Hamelin is always cause for celebration. Here in his first Debussy recording for Hyperion Hamelin presents the two books of Images - Debussy's coloristic masterpiece, a bewitching compendium of scents, colors and sounds. Also recorded here is the second book of Preludes, in a poetic and evocative performance.
4 Images II L120 Cloches À Travers Les Feuilles [4'57]
5 Images II L120 Et la Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut [5'51]
6 Images II L120 Poissons D or [4'04]
7 Préludes II L131 Brouillards Modéré [3'14]
8 Préludes II L131 Feuilles Mortes Lent Et Mélancolique [3'27]
9 Préludes II L131 la Puerta Del Vino Mouvement de Habanera [3'46]
10 Préludes II L131 Les Fées Sont D Exquises Danseuses Rapide Et Léger [3'02]
11 Préludes II L131 Bruyères Calme [2'46]
12 Préludes II L131 General Lavine Excentric Dans Le Style Et Le Mouvement D Un Cake-Walk [3'05]
13 Préludes II L131 la Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune Lent [4'37]
14 Préludes II L131 Ondine Scherzando [3'05]
15 Préludes II L131 Hommage À S Pickwick Esq PPMPC Grave [2'33]
16 Préludes II L131 Canope TRÈS Calme Et Doucement Triste [3'14]
17 Préludes II L131 Les Tierces Alternées Modérément Animé [2'26]
18 Préludes II L131 Feux D' Artifice Modérément Animé [4'33]
A new album from Marc-Andre Hamelin is always cause for celebration. Here in his first Debussy recording for Hyperion Hamelin presents the two books of Images - Debussy's coloristic masterpiece, a bewitching compendium of scents, colors and sounds. Also recorded here is the second book of Preludes, in a poetic and evocative performance.