- Chamber Music
Better known for his works for orchestra or solo piano, Claude Debussy also composed a wealth of beautiful chamber music.
This CD, featuring the Prazák Quartet and the Kinsky Trio Prague, offers a selection of six works, ranging from the Piano Trio No. 1 of 1879, a fascinating chamber arrangement of the always popular ‘Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune’, and his last work, the Cello Sonata written in 1915.
The six selections are:
Debussy:
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Cello Sonata
Rêverie
Violin Sonata
Préludes – Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
Piano Trio in G major
Performed by Jana Brozkova, Václav Kunt, Jirina Maresova-Dvoráková, Milan Polák, Frantisek Soucek, Lukás Verner and Václav Roubal.
The International Record Review, May 2014, wrote:
“an attractive program … The playing is of a very high standard from start to finish.”
Here is violinist Janine Jansen performing Debussy’s ‘Beau Soir’:
And next here is the legendary David Oistrakh – Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor:
Finally, here’s Debussy ‘Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’, as originally scored for orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein:
Tags: Claude Debussy, Cello Sonata, violin sonata, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’, Prazák Quartet, Kinsky Trio Prague