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IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC


Martha Argerich plays Ravel's Jeux d'eau
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano

Ravel – Water Games – Argerich, Piano

Jeux d’eau is a piece in E Major for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. The title is often translated as “Fountains”, “Playing water” or literally “Water Games”.

Debussy - Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Argerich & Kovacevich
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano

Debussy – Prelude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune – Argerich & Kovacevich

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in the year 1894, the same year that the piece was first performed.


Debussy - Arabesque No 1 in E Major - Wang, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Arabesque / Piano

Debussy – Arabesque No. 1 – Yuja Wang, Piano

Although quite an early work, the Arabesques contain hints of Claude Debussy’s developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form.

Debussy - Clair de Lune (Moonlight)- Grimaud, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Suite

Debussy – Clair de Lune (Moonlight) – Grimaud, Piano

Clair de Lune (Moonlight) in D-Flat Major is the third and most famous movement from Claude Debussy’s Suite bergamasque. Its name comes from Verlaine’s poem “Clair de lune”, which means “moonlight” in French.

Debussy - Jardin Sous la Pluie (Estampes) - Argerich, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano

Debussy – Jardins Sous la Pluie (Estampes) – Argerich, Piano

Jardins sous la pluie, the third ans last piece from Estampes, a composition for piano written by Claude Debussy, describes a garden in the Normandy town of Orbec during an extremely violent rainstorm.

Debussy - Arabesque No. 1 - Grimaud, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Arabesque / Piano

Debussy – Arabesque No. 1 – Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Although quite an early work, the Arabesques contain hints of Claude Debussy’s developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form.

Ravel - Jeux d'Eau in E Major - Grimaud, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano

Ravel – Jeux d’Eau (Water Games) – Grimaud, Piano

Jeux d’eau is a piece in E Major for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. The title is often translated as “Fountains”, “Playing water” or literally “Water Games”.


Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye - Argerich & Buniatishvili, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / Suite

Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye – Argerich & Buniatishvili, Piano

Ma mère l’Oye is a suite of “cinq pièces enfantines” (five children’s pieces) by French composer Maurice Ravel. Ravel originally wrote Ma mère l’Oye as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7.

Ravel - Sonatine - Martha Argerich, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Ravel – Sonatine – Martha Argerich, Piano

Sonatine is a piano work written by Maurice Ravel. Although Ravel wrote in his autobiography that he wrote the sonatina after his piano suite Miroirs, it seems to have been written between 1903 and 1905.

Debussy - Clair de Lune (Moonlight) - Buniatishvili, Piano
IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Suite

Debussy – Moonlight – Buniatishvili, Piano

Clair de Lune (Moonlight) in D-Flat Major is the third and most famous movement from Claude Debussy’s Suite bergamasque. Its name comes from Verlaine’s poem “Clair de lune”, which means “moonlight” in French.

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