Composer of the Week: Debussy is an Entertainment programme.

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Composer of the Week: Debussy: Double-Dealing

Series 1, episode 2

Donald Macleod considers Debussy's life as he approaches his thirties. Today, Debussy finds a partner to ease the burden of poverty and enjoys the cafes and brasseries of Paris. Debussy: Images (1894); II: Souvenir de Louvre. Dans le movement d'un Sarabande. Alain Planès (piano); Trois Mélodies de Verlaine; I: La mer est plus belle que les cathedrals; II: Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois; III: L'échelonnement des haies moutonne à l'infin. Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Fazil Say (piano); Pour le piano; Prelude; Sarabande; Toccata. Zoltan Kocsis (piano); String quartet in G minor, op 10; II: Assez vif et bien rythme. Ebène Quartet; Proses Lyriques; IV: De soir. Sandrine Piau (soprano), Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano); 6 Epigraphes Antiques. Patrick Gallois (flute), Pierre-Henry Xuereb (viola), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Francis Pierre (harp)

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Donald Macleod