Impressionist music moved away from traditional major and minor scales, adopting less common scales like pentatonic, whole-tone, and church modes to create atmosphere and mood.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The works on this album are representative of Claude Debussy's significant influence on many composers, extending far beyond France.
Performer Biography
Sào Soulez Larivière, the violist on this album, was awarded the Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreis in 2021, which enabled him to realize this recording project.
Composer Biography
Claude Debussy, a central figure in musical Impressionism, revolutionized French music by introducing unprecedented rhythmic flexibility and unusual tonalities, despite rejecting the 'Impressionist' label himself.
Album & Artwork
The album's title, 'Impression', and its concept were inspired by Claude Monet's 1872 painting 'Impression, Soleil Levant', which inadvertently launched the Impressionist art movement.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in May 2021 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg-Harburg, with Udo Potratz serving as both recording producer and for editing/mastering.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Impressionist painters, writers, and musicians shared a common theme: evoking meaning through personal perceptions, memories, and emotions rather than direct references to reality.
