Debussy Orchestrated Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire & Pascal Rophé

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra):
• 1 Debussy: Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): I. En bateau 04:17
• 2 Debussy: Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): II. Cortège 03:29
• 3 Debussy: Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): III. Menuet 03:16
• 4 Debussy: Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): IV. Ballet 03:15
• La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra):
• 5 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): Prélude 02:02
• 6 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 1, Le magasin de jouets 11:06
• 7 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 2, Le champ de bataille 09:00
• 8 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 3, La bergerie à vendre 06:19
• 9 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 4, Après fortune faite 01:47
• 10 Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): Épilogue 01:20
• Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra):
• 11 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 02:36
• 12 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): II. Jimbo's Lullaby 03:48
• 13 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): III. Serenade for the Doll 02:47
• 14 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): IV. The Snow Is Dancing 02:46
• 15 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): V. The Little Shepherd 02:33
• 16 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): VI. Golliwog's Cake-Walk 03:06
• Total Runtime 01:03:27

Info for Debussy Orchestrated

"With the present disc, Pascal Rophé and his Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire pay tribute to their great countryman, Claude Debussy – but not with the standard orchestral fare. Debussy Orchestrated paints a portrait of a light-hearted composer, seen through the eyes of two of his collaborators, Henri Büsser and André Caplet, who transferred the works recorded here from the keyboard to the orchestra. In Petite Suite, composed for piano four hands in 1899, Debussy makes allusions to Fêtes galantes by Paul Verlaine, the poet who so often inspired him. Büsser’s orchestration of this light and pleasant suite was made in 1907, and obviously pleased Debussy, as he later entrusted him with making an orchestral version of Printemps. As for Children’s Corner and La Boîte à joujoux, it is probably fair to say that the composer’s main inspiration was his own daughter, Claude-Emma, born in 1905. Both works are dedicated to her, and it is easy to imagine that some of the characters that appear in Children’s Corner had their counterparts among her toys. Letting toys come alive in a ballet was the idea that illustrator André Hellé a few years later presented to Debussy with La Boîte à joujoux. The piano version of the piece was published, with Hellé’s illustrations, in time for Christmas in 1913 and Debussy began orchestrating it the following year, but died before he could complete the task. His friend André Caplet –who had already orchestrated Children’s Corner – took over and the ballet was finally premièred in December 1919."

Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Pascal Rophe, conductor

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