Debussy / Krier: Images / Masques 34 - VINYL LP

Debussy / Krier: Images / Masques 34 - VINYL LPTitle: Images Masques 34 Artist: Debussy Krier Label: Avi Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 4260085533923 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2018 04 13 Number of Discs: 1 In this new album, Cathy Krier takes an original step and goes entirely against the grain of her previous programmatic approach. In her two most recent albums she had juxtaposed the apparently divergent styles of Rameau and Ligeti, or Liszt vs. Berg Shoenberg, uncovering astounding new

Title: Images / Masques 34
Artist: Debussy / Krier
Label: Avi
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 4260085533923
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-04-13
Number of Discs: 1

In this new album, Cathy Krier takes an original step and goes entirely against the grain of her previous programmatic approach. In her two most recent albums she had juxtaposed the apparently divergent styles of Rameau and Ligeti, or Liszt vs. Berg/Shoenberg, uncovering astounding new connections among them. The current release now takes the opposite path. At first glance, Claude Debussy- the inventor of musical Impressionism- and Karol Szymanowski- often called the 'Polish Impressionist'- would seem to have much in common. Both composers even use the same title in French: Masques (masks). Cathy Krier affirms, nevertheless, that she is much more interested in the differences one can observe between these two works written roughly during the same period. This listening experience is thus enriched thanks to a new, fascinating aesthetical perspective. "Krier steers her own path between sentimental and spiky, with a bright, forthright tone and an approach that underlines the music's depth to Schumann and Brahms." (Boston Globe)

Tracks:
1.1 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 (1904/05) - I. Reflets Dans L'eau
1.2 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 (1904/05) - II. Hommage À Rameau
1.3 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 (1904/05) - III. Mouvement
1.4 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 (1907) - I. Cloches À Travers Les Feuilles
1.5 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 (1907) - II. Et la Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui FÛT
1.6 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 (1907) - III. Poissons D'or
1.7 Debussy: Masques L. 105
1.8 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 (1915) - I. Sheherazade
1.9 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 (1915) - II. Tantris Le Bouffon
1.10 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 (1915) - III. Serenade de Don Juan