George Lepauw – Debussy: Préludes (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:35 minutes | 612 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Orchid Classics
Franco-American pianist George Lepauw returns to Orchid Classics with the complete Preludes for piano by Claude Debussy. Lepauw has released several highly successful albums with Orchid, including Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. The ambition of those releases is matched by this recording of both books of Debussy’s Preludes, which represent some of the most colourful, intricate and finely-nuanced piano music in the repertoire. As Lepauw explains in the album booklet: “Each one of these preludes is a world unto itself and can easily stand alone. Listening to them individually or as part of the entire set is equally rewarding”.George Lepauw was named Chicagoan of the Year in 2012 by the Chicago Tribune for his visionary artistic leadership in music, art and film festival programming, and has been recognised by the New York Times for his “singing tone” and by the Chicago Tribune as a “prodigious pianist”.
Tracklist:
1. George Lepauw – No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes (03:38)
2. George Lepauw – No. 2, Voiles (04:27)
3. George Lepauw – No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine (02:11)
4. George Lepauw – No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (03:55)
5. George Lepauw – No. 5, Les collines d’Anacapri (03:01)
6. George Lepauw – No. 6, Des pas sur la neige (03:33)
7. George Lepauw – No. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (03:19)
8. George Lepauw – No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (02:27)
9. George Lepauw – No. 9, La sérénade interrompue (02:12)
10. George Lepauw – No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie (05:43)
11. George Lepauw – No. 11, La danse de Puck (02:47)
12. George Lepauw – No. 12, Minstrels (02:09)
13. George Lepauw – No. 1, Brouillards (03:08)
14. George Lepauw – No. 2, Feuilles mortes (02:58)
15. George Lepauw – No. 3, La puerta del Vino (03:25)
16. George Lepauw – No. 4, Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses (03:07)
17. George Lepauw – No. 5, Bruyères (02:50)
18. George Lepauw – No. 6, Général Lavine – Eccentric (02:36)
19. George Lepauw – No. 7, La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (04:25)
20. George Lepauw – No. 8, Ondine (03:31)
21. George Lepauw – No. 9, Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. (02:07)
22. George Lepauw – No. 10, Canope (03:32)
23. George Lepauw – No. 11, Les tierces alternées (02:49)
24. George Lepauw – No. 12, Feux d’artifice (04:34)
