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  1. Mar 7, 2022 · Both Ravel and Debussy were innovators. Debussy’s harmonic language pushed the confines of an already stretched tonal system further, whilst Ravel re-defined the piano as an instrument. Each of the composers wrote music that was delicately detailed and highly evocative; expertly orchestrated and uniquely formed.

  2. Mar 23, 2018 · August 24, 2010 • The versatile French quartet plays Ravel and Debussy as if born to do it, but the group also delights in surf-rock and jazz. Hear the Ebene Quartet play it all in the WNYC ...

  3. Jul 20, 1995 · Ravel plays Debussy: From a concert last weekend at the Round Top Festival in Texas, the Ravel Quartet plays the String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, by Claude Debussy. (Greg Klinginsmith Recordings)

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  5. Mar 13, 2019 · Debussy, Ravel, and the Battle of the Harps. In 1904, Pleyel, the Parisian instrument manufacturing company, commissioned Claude Debussy to write a piece showcasing what they hoped to be a revolutionary new kind of harp. The harpe chromatique, invented in 1894 by Pleyel’s director, Gustave Lyon, was a cross-string harp designed without need ...

  6. Oct 5, 2023 · Debussy and Impressionism: The Shaping Of Modern Classical Music. One of the central reasons for aligning Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, in particular, with the art movement called Impressionism is that it was felt that their music mirrored the work of the impressionist artists. Maurice Ravel. As a student at school, I recall my teacher ...

  7. Step into the enchanting realm of impressionistic piano mastery with Walter Gieseking Plays Ravel & Debussy, a mesmerizing album released by Warner Classics.This exquisite collection features the unparalleled artistry of Walter Gieseking, as he interprets the evocative compositions of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

  8. Feb 21, 2018 · Despite their descriptive, imaginal titles, Claude Debussy’s three orchestral Nocturnes transcend the concrete and the literal. Instead, they inhabit a colorful, atmospheric dreamscape in which senses blend together in the ultimate synesthesia. Debussy’s resplendent sonic world almost allows us to “feel” colors and “hear” light.