Debussy – The Submerged Cathedral – Grimaud, Piano

La Cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral) is a prelude written by the French composer Claude Debussy for solo piano. It was published in 1910 as the tenth prelude in Debussy’s first of two volumes of twelve piano preludes each. It is characteristic of Debussy in its form, harmony, and content. The piece is based on an ancient Breton myth in which a cathedral, submerged underwater off the coast of the Island of Ys, rises up from the sea on clear mornings when the water is transparent. Sounds can be heard of priests chanting, bells chiming, and the organ playing, from across the sea. – Hélène Grimaud

Debussy by Grimaud

Moonlight

Suite Bergamasque No. 3, Clair de Lune in D-Flat Major

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

La Plus que Lente

Waltz for piano

Debussy - La Plus que Lente - Grimaud, Piano

More French Music by Grimaud

Ravel: Water Games

Jeux d’Eau for piano in E Major

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

Ravel: Concerto

Piano Concerto in G Major

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major - Grimaud, Piano

The Submerged Cathedral: Other Performance

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Prelude No. 10, Book 1