{"id":45975,"date":"2024-08-18T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bf388811-fa25-4fe5-bd47-af7e89156e39"},"modified":"2024-08-18T15:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:07:16","slug":"best-of-debussy-nine-of-the-most-inspirational-works-by-the-trailblazing-french-composer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/best-of-debussy-nine-of-the-most-inspirational-works-by-the-trailblazing-french-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Debussy: nine of the most inspirational works by the trailblazing French composer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Sunday, 18 August 2024 at 11:43 AM<\/p>

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He was a sonic adventurer whose visionary ideas about sound and atmosphere helped to transform the landscape of late 19th and early 20th-century music. We asked nine leading classical music performers to name their favourite work by Claude Debussy<\/a><\/strong>. So here it is: a carefully curated best of Debussy.<\/p>

Best of Debussy, chosen by Michael Tilson Thomas, Natalie Dessay and others<\/h2>

We begin with Debussy choices from conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, soprano Natalie Dessay and others. <\/p>

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor<\/strong> chooses En blanc et noir<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

When I was a boy, playing the piano Arabesques<\/em> and La cath\u00e9drale engloutie<\/em> were life-changing experiences \u2013 they transported me to different worlds from the arid Napa Valley I lived in. The Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune<\/a><\/strong><\/em> was another milestone, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli\u2019s last recording of pieces from Images<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is revelatory.<\/p>