Claude Debussy: Images Pour Piano

various artists

Claude Debussy (1862-1906)
In Memoriam

Collection of historic recordings of Debussy works
by:

Ricardo Vines (1875-1943)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Marcelle Meyer (1897-1958)
Marius François Gaillard (1900-1973)
Claudio Arrau (1903-1991)
Jean Doyen (1907-1982)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995)

The question arises as to whether there exists a true tradition in the interpretation of Debussy's works for piano. My personal feeling is that most pianists are unwilling to build on the pre-existing model, often refusing even to listen to other interpretations than their own. However, speaking for myself as a composer, I learned a great deal from listening closely to the various interpretations of these works.
Yet how much easier, I feel, would it be to compose, if one did not have to commit one's ideas to a written score.
Betsy jolas
French composer

This CD is a collection of historic recordings of the works of Claude Debussy, reproduced from originals made in the first half of the 20th century on wax cylinders, 78 rpm and long-playing records. These recordings are the work of a generation of pianists some of whom were contemporaries of Debussy.

Price: $19.98