Debussy: 24 Préludes (arr. C. Matthews)

Featuring

Jun Märkl
Orchestre National de Lyon
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

Jun Märkl, the conductor, studied with notable figures like Sergiu Celibidache, Gustav Meier, Leonard Bernstein, and Seiji Ozawa.

Interpretation

Colin Matthews, the orchestrator, did not look at any of Debussy's orchestral scores while working on the project to avoid creating a pastiche of Debussy's style.

Composer Biography

At eighteen, Debussy was employed by Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's patroness, as a tutor for her children and a house-musician.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Debussy's Préludes are often seen as an homage to Chopin's 24 Préludes, but their elusive world of color and fantasy is closer to Schumann and Liszt.

Composer Biography

Claude Debussy, the composer, began piano lessons at age seven and later studied with Verlaine's mother-in-law, who was allegedly a pupil of Chopin.

Composition History

Debussy's 24 Préludes were composed in two books between 1909 and 1913, with the composer placing the titles at the end and in brackets.

Recording & Production

The Orchestre National de Lyon, founded in 1905, became a permanent orchestra in 1969 and has been run and financially supported by the City of Lyon since then.