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notturno

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Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

on: February 08, 2006, 09:49:56 PM

Can anyone recommend a recording(s) of Debussy's piano music? In particular, I'm looking for a disk that contains "Sunken Cathedral." Though I like most of his piano music, so most any recommendation would be welcome.

Joseph

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #1 on: February 08, 2006, 10:09:39 PM

My favorites are Michelangeli and Ivan Moravec; Robert Casadesus and Youri Egorov are also very good.

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #2 on: February 09, 2006, 12:04:07 AM

Greetings.

Yes I have also listened to Casadesus's recording. He playes soft and expressive, never with forcing of chords or notes.

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #3 on: February 09, 2006, 12:21:06 AM

Gieseking.

Also Francois-Joel Thiollier on Naxos. Some don't like it. I think some of his preludes are good, although there are deviations from the score. It's not bad for the price.

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #4 on: February 09, 2006, 06:33:47 AM

Gieseking, Richter, Zimerman, Dino Gianni, Michelangelli

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #5 on: February 09, 2006, 04:23:14 PM

What about Pascal Roge? He has a double disc set including Suite Bergamasque and the complete Preludes, among others.

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notturno

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #6 on: February 10, 2006, 03:11:30 PM

Thank you very much for the suggestions. The samples of these performers that I heard on Amazon are all promising, and different performers for different reasons. Well multiple versions is a good thing, right?

Thanks.

Joseph

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Re: Best recording of Debussy Sunken Cathedral

Reply #7 on: February 11, 2006, 12:00:44 AM

On a slightly related note, does anyone know how to convert an m4a file to mp3 or get around the m4a problem, because I was going to upload my recording of Sunken Cathedral for notturno but it won't allow me to upload m4as.

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