Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire & Pascal Rophé — Debussy Orchestrated (2022) [Hi-Res]

FLAC (tracks), Lossless[24bit-96kHz] +Booklet | 1:04:47 | 1,05 GbClassical, Instrumental

With the present release, 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 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.
Tracklist
01. Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): I. En bateau
02. Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): II. Cortège
03. Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): III. Menuet
04. Petite suite, L. 65 (Arr. H. Büsser for Orchestra): IV. Ballet
05. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): Prélude
06. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 1, Le magasin de jouets
07. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 2, Le champ de bataille
08. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 3, La bergerie à vendre
09. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): No. 4, Après fortune faite
10. La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): Épilogue
11. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
12. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): II. Jimbo\’s Lullaby
13. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): III. Serenade for the Doll
14. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): IV. The Snow Is Dancing
15. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): V. The Little Shepherd
16. Children\’s Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orchestra): VI. Golliwog\’s Cake-Walk