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The Debussy Music Mix

Claude Debussy was a musical modernist who composed atmospheric melodies and left behind a trail of broken hearts. Listen and hear his and his musical peers' most memorable works.

An unfaithful lover and pioneer of musical modernism, Claude Debussy paved the way for music that painted and evoked atmospheres.

From the turbulent waves of the sea to the calm of moonlight, this playlist explores the evocative musical landscape of Debussy and his fellow composers – Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, as well as his admiration for Chopin. Discover the music of Lili Boulanger, who at 19 was the first woman to win France’s prestigious Prix de Rome composition prize, and Germaine Tailleferre, the only woman to be a member of ‘Les Six’, a group of leading French composers.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: André Caplet. Performer: Gustave Cloëz. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a: I. Prélude

    Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 3. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir, L. 6 (L. 84) (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Lili Boulanger

    La Source

    Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Conductor: Michael Alber.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer, L. 109: II. Jeux de vagues - Live

    Performer: Les Siècles. Performer: François‐Xavier Roth.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-Flat Major. Molto vivace Minute

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse, L. 69 Tarantelle styrienne (Orch. by Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Québec. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve: Danse Espagnole

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner, CD 119: VI. Cakewalk

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60: III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes

    Composer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse lente

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs: Méditation

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Giancarlo Guerrero.
  • Claude Debussy

    La mer, CD 111: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.