Composer of the Week: Debussy: An Altered Conscience

When in 1902 Debussy met the then-married Emma Bardac, it set off events that would lead to public scandal and tragedy. Donald Macleod presents. La mer. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Berlin Philharmonic. Simon Rattle (director). Estampes: No. 1. Pagodes. Walter Gieseking (piano). Le diable dans le beffroi, completed and orchestrated by Robert Orledge (excerpt). Allez, il faut nous preparer. Un...deux...trois... (chorus). Les diable! C'est le Diable!. Le Diable mime. Michael Dries (bass: bell ringer). Virgil Hartinger, (tenor: Jean, bell ringer's son). Eugene Villanueva (baritone: Burgomaster). Göttingen Symphony Orchestra. St Jacobi Chamber Choir, Göttingen. Christoph-Mathias Mueller (conductor). Masques. Steven Osborne (piano). Fantaisie for piano and orchestra. I: Andante ma non troppo. Martha Argerich (piano). Staatskapelle Berlin. Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Pelleas et Melisande Act 5 (excerpt). Ou est-tu Mélisande - to the finale. Vannina Santoni (soprano: Mélisande). Alexandre Duhamel (baritone: Golaud). Jean Teitgen (bass: Arkel). Les Siècles. François-Xavier Roth (conductor). La mer III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Berlin Philharmonic. Simon Rattle (director)