Aimard debussy etudes book

In book 1 he maintains the pianissimo marking of voiles bflat bass pedal point with remarkable consistency, providing a gentle anchor for the drifting wholetone chords elsewhere. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Debussy pantomimes the pedantic style of czernys exercises by placing typical figurations and passages in grotesque juxtaposition and introducing bizarre modulations. I realized that claude debussy 1862 1918 was absent from my cd library, and i ran into ads promoting pierrelaurent aimard s recent recordings. The hungarian composer gyorgy ligeti composed a cycle of 18 etudes for solo piano between. He had edited chopins etudes and was well acquainted with their dif. More than many pianists, aimard articulates mouvements rapid arpeggiated figurations so that you hear the air between the notes, yet without percussive residue. Aimard s recording of the etudes was nominated for a grammy in 2005. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans lair du soir 3. His performances of the books of etudes and images have been criticized by some as not having the blur of impressionism that extended pedal work from the sustenance piano pedal has in the hands of older artists. The preludes were so dazzling and aimard s playing was so dazzling that it was astonishing when the composer went on to write an equally dazzling second book and then a. Ligeti had gone through some relatively arid years after the completion of the opera le grand macabre in 1977, but he had spent time studying subsaharan african music and music of the caribbean, along with the music of conlon nancarrow, which he had.

Ive invested a lot of passion and faith in the future of. The french pianist pierrelaurent aimard performed the second book of debussy s preludes with his own remarkably clear and varied textures but little sensuality. In this compilation several are left out, presumably for reasons of space. Jeanyves thibaudets debussy cycle is a cornucopia of delights. Czerny is inspired by the fivefinger exercises of carl czerny. I was delighted that he has recorded debussy s preludes books 1 and 2 for dg in 2012 and decided to get them. It was an electrifying performance, and the only disappointment was that aimard didnt play book i, opting instead for robert schumanns symphonic etudes. Pierrelaurent aimard honors debussy and elliott carter at.

With unfailing brilliance, ligeti has diffracted the moods of this last halfcentury through the prism of his own originality. Pour les degres chromatiques for the chromatic scales no. For color, control, clarity, and finesse, pierrelaurent aimard s debussy images rank close to the classic michelangeli and moravec versions. There are 18 etudes arranged in three books or livres. He is a pianist of remarkable intelligence, committed to the contemporary repertoire. Somewhere toward the middle of that spectrum are claude debussy s two books of etudes, for solo piano.

Pierrelaurent aimard s style of playing is strong and firm but sensitive when he wants to be and is very well recorded by dgs engineers. Pierrelaurent aimard edinburgh international festival. His radical works of the sixties and seventies were a. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans lair du soir pierrelaurent aimard. But the etudes claude debussy composed go far beyond that. Audiences recognize pierrelaurent aimard for his expertise in twentieth century music, so its no surprise to find him recording the music of debussy.

The preludes were so dazzling and aimard s playing was so dazzling that it was astonishing when the composer went on to write an equally dazzling second book. This etude is dedicated to pianist pierrelaurent aimard. Much of the playing here is as magnificent as expected. Pierrelaurent aimard was the first pianist to record book one of ligetis preludes on an erato release from the early 90s, which also included the first recording of the composers trio for horn, violin, and piano. Pour les cinq doigtsdapres monsieur czerny for five fingersafter mr.

Rightly or wrongly, the expectation is higher for some performers than others. The 12 etudes could hardly be presented more personally or vivaciously. Pierrelaurent aimard performs two etudes from the second book by claude debussy. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e. Complete your debussy, pierrelaurent aimard collection. P ierrelaurent aimard s muchpublicised recent claim in an interview with a german newspaper that debussy is a greater composer than wagner is by no means original it was also made in an. Pianist pierre laurent aimard unfolds the layers of colorful detail in debussys etudes. Claude debussy, etudes, pierrelaurent aimard youtube. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. This disc will be of interest to all lovers of keyboard music, and to composers in particular.