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德布西:春天/薩克斯風及管弦樂狂想曲/蘇格蘭進行曲/英雄搖籃曲 水藍 指揮 新加坡交響樂團

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui conductor

The works on this recording were written at various periods
in Claude Debussy’s life, and reflect different aspects of him:
from a young man stylistically unsure of himself to the
confident maître, from a jobbing composer struggling to
fulfill sometimes incongruous commissions to a man worn
down by illness and outer events. The disc opens with
Printemps – a work originally for choir, piano and orchestra
written in 1887 during Debussy’s stay in Italy as a winner of
the Prix de Rome, but only published 25 years later in an
orchestration made by Henri Büsser under the composer’s
supervision. Three of the works that follow were
commissions – the Rapsodie from a lady saxophonist, the
Marche ecossaise from an American general of Scottish
descent and the DeuxDances from the instrument-maker
Pleyel wanting to market a new model for a chromatic harp.
Chronologically the last work on the programme, Berceuse
heroique is Debussy's contribution to a tribute to the king of
Belgium at the beginning of the Great War. Having rejected
the idea of writing a heroic march in the safety of his own
home he instead opted for a lullaby for piano, which he
orchestrated the following year. The closing work on the
disc, however, is Nocturnes, for which Debussy borrowed the
title from a series of atmospheric paintings by James
Whistler. Made up of three equally atmospheric movements,
it is today one of Debussy’s best-loved compositions for
orchestra. Nocturnes also forms the end of a trilogy of
Debussy albums from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
and Lan Shui. Critical acclaim for the team range from
‘superb’ (BBC Music Magazine, about La mer) and
‘unquestionably world-class’ (Klassik-Heute.de, about the
orchestra) to ‘a magnificent disc’ – the French magazine
Classica’s verdict on the three ballet scores Jeux, Khamma
and La Boîteà joujoux.

Claude Debussy (1862– 1918)
1–2 ) Printemps , L 68/(61) 16'32
3 ) Rapsodie pour orchestre
et saxophone, L 104/(98) 10'24
Claude Delangle alto saxophone
4 ) Marche ecossaise sur un
thème populaire, L 83/(77) 7'07
5 ) Berceuse heroïque, L 140/(132) 5'38
6–7 ) Deux Danses, L 113/(103) 10'07
Danse sacree · Danse profane
Gulnara Mashurova harp
8–10 ) Nocturnes, L 98/(91) 24'35
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir of Europe

TT: 75'37