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Topic: Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?  (Read 3795 times)

Offline vsrinivasa

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Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?
on: December 02, 2012, 07:42:24 PM
Just a general comparison. Which is your favourite piece from each, which is you favourite overall, and which suite do you like better overall?

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Re: Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?
Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 08:45:40 PM
From Images my favorite is Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, and from Miroirs my favorite piece is La Vallée des cloches. However between the two suites  I prefer the Images.

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Re: Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?
Reply #2 on: December 03, 2012, 01:01:12 AM
My personal favourite from Images is Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles, and I like Une Barque Sur L'Ocean from Miroirs. I prefer the Images as well.

Offline chopin2015

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Re: Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?
Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 03:15:12 AM
I am more drawn to Ravel than Debussy. And I prefer the difficulty of Ravel's  music because to me it is more rewarding, musically. But I do like Debussy. I simply do not prefer him.
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Re: Ravel's Miroirs or Debussy's Images?
Reply #4 on: December 09, 2012, 03:08:30 AM
I haven't listened enough yet to have favorites within each set, but on the whole I prefer Ravel over Debussy. The one exception is Suite Bergamasque (the WHOLE thing, not just Clare De Lune)
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