Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien — Symphonic Fragments; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
CML call number: CD/CLASSICAL/Debussy
Artists: Günter Wand conducting the NDR-Sinfonieorchester, recorded live September 20, 1982.
From the notes by Wolfgang Seifert, trans. by Graham Lack: "[After conducting Jeux in 1959, Günter Wand discovered] another early work by Debussy, one that since its famous premiere in May 1911 had hardly been performed again in its entirety: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, a kind of mystery play cast as a musical revue for the famous dancer Ida Rubinstein. To a text by the Italian symbolist Gabriele d'Annunzio, Debussy wrote an unusually rich work for the stage, complete with soloists and choruses. By intentionally commingling elements of a Christ figure with those surrounding the Adonis cult … the composer caused a major scandal, leading to the work being banned by the Church. This is however one of the most beautiful and stylistically most mature of Debussy's creations. … The prelude and the interludes — these four symphonic fragments — give the impression of an extreme but strange beauty, admit an unique aesthetic. …"
Released 2000, new to our collection. Our thanks to the anonymous donor!
Artists: Günter Wand conducting the NDR-Sinfonieorchester, recorded live September 20, 1982.
From the notes by Wolfgang Seifert, trans. by Graham Lack: "[After conducting Jeux in 1959, Günter Wand discovered] another early work by Debussy, one that since its famous premiere in May 1911 had hardly been performed again in its entirety: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, a kind of mystery play cast as a musical revue for the famous dancer Ida Rubinstein. To a text by the Italian symbolist Gabriele d'Annunzio, Debussy wrote an unusually rich work for the stage, complete with soloists and choruses. By intentionally commingling elements of a Christ figure with those surrounding the Adonis cult … the composer caused a major scandal, leading to the work being banned by the Church. This is however one of the most beautiful and stylistically most mature of Debussy's creations. … The prelude and the interludes — these four symphonic fragments — give the impression of an extreme but strange beauty, admit an unique aesthetic. …"
Released 2000, new to our collection. Our thanks to the anonymous donor!
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