Debussy
Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of nontraditional tonalities. The prominent French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.
Debussy
THE MAGIC KEY OF RCA
Marian Anderson - contralto
José Iturbi - conductor, solo piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles O'Connell - conductor, arranger
Eugene Ormandy - conductor
Leopold Stokowski - conductor, arranger
Recorded 1937
Total duration: 59:36
VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins
RACHMANINOV Three Preludes
CAILLIET The Birthday Fantasy
Works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Debussy and Tchaikovsky
Studio and live recordings, 1935-52
Total duration: 69:12
Werner Janssen ∙ Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles
Charles O’Connell ∙ Victor Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy ∙ Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy ∙ The Philadelphia Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler ∙ Boston “Pops” Orchestra
FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
FAURÉ Berceuse, Op. 16
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor
DEBUSSY (arr. Hartmann) - Minstrels (from Préludes - Book I)
Recorded 1927-1931
Total duration: 65:54
Alfred Cortot, piano
DEBUSSY Le Martyr de San Sébastien (excerpts)
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
DEBUSSY Images: 2. Ibèria
DEBUSSY La Damoiselle Elue
DEBUSSY La Mer
Recorded Sunday 19th April 1936
Total Duration: 1hr 50:43
Bidú Sayão, soprano
Rose Bampton, contralto
Women's Chorus of the Schola Cantorum
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
DEBUSSY Images: No. 2 - Ibéria
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
Recorded live, 25th March, 1950
Total duration: 57:53
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
DEBUSSY Ibèria
GLINKA Jota Aragnoesa
WAGNER Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Live recordings, 1950
Total duration: 1hr 39:08
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini