9 Feb 2019

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite

From Music Alive, 7:30 pm on 9 February 2019
Izabella Simon & Dénes Várjon

Izabella Simon & Dénes Várjon Photo: Felvegi Andrea focuspoint

Claude Debussy's charming suite for two pianists was composed between 1886 and 1889, and was first performed by Debussy himself with pianist-publisher Jacques Durand, at a salon in Paris.

The first two movements are inspired by poems by Paul Verlaine.

  • En Bateau
  • Cortège
  • Menuet
  • Ballet

Recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ

Sound engineer: Darryl Stack