Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Est: Debussy, Ibert, Otaka

Featuring

Ryutaro Suzuki
Claude Debussy
Jacques Ibert
Hisatada Otaka

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Performer Biography

Ryutaro Suzuki, the pianist on this album, was born in Kamakura, Japan in 1990 and moved to Paris in 2008 to study at the Conservatory of Paris.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Claude Debussy's Preludes suggest images rather than imposing them, placing the music's intrinsic suggestive capacity before the meaning conveyed by words.

Compositional Technique

The Preludes by Claude Debussy feature a unique metrical liberty and a rich, contrasting harmonic and melodic vocabulary, using complex chromaticisms, popular songs, exotic and medieval scales, and sophisticated harmonic clusters.

Composer Biography

Jacques Ibert, composer of the Histoires, created a collection of ten pieces in 1922, similar to Debussy's Preludes and Children's Corner, by portraying various descriptive scenes.

Composition History

Debussy's L'Isle joyeuse, a virtuosic work from 1904, is considered by some musicologists and performers to be an allegory of carnal love, inspired by Debussy's secret vacation with his future wife, Emma Bardac.

Composer Biography

Claude Debussy, the composer of the Preludes and L'Isle joyeuse, was already considered a master of the piano by 1909.

Composer Biography

Hisatada Otaka, a Japanese composer and conductor, offers a musical portrayal of his own country in his Japan Suite, using a Western musical language learned during his training in Vienna.