How do I play this chord? (Debussy)

[zwiebackdk]

Hello!

I’m playing the beautiful ”Images Oubliée” by Debussy, but I just can’t figure out how to play this chord? On the recordings I’ve heard, the whole chord is played on the beat. Are they cheating by omitting a note, or is there some kind of secret trick I don’t know? Or have they just got insanely long fingers?

Help me, please. 

[richard black]

Since the note C-sharp is sounded in three adjacent octaves, I would just leave out the one at the top of the LH. I can't imagine many people could stretch that with the middle notes in place too, in either hand.

[quantum]

Some possibilities.

Roll the chord.

Play the C# with the RH as a rolled chord.

Play the LH two bottom notes as a grace note to the two top notes.

Play the top LH C# with the RH as a grace note to the RH chord.

Any combination of the above.


Play the LH top C# with your nose 

[renatog]

I guess you can play it as a fast glissando/rolled chord like quantum mentioned.