Steven Osborne is not a household name, but the appearance of this album of Debussy standards on sales charts' top tiers is not a surprise: audiences have come to expect fresh approaches, executed at a high technical level, from this remarkably consistent player and that's what he delivers. If you are expecting the watercolor Debussy, you'll get very little of it here: Even in the two sets of Images, Osborne, though quite evocative, traces Debussy's lines with precision. As usual, one of Osborne's strengths here lies in the ...
Read More
Steven Osborne is not a household name, but the appearance of this album of Debussy standards on sales charts' top tiers is not a surprise: audiences have come to expect fresh approaches, executed at a high technical level, from this remarkably consistent player and that's what he delivers. If you are expecting the watercolor Debussy, you'll get very little of it here: Even in the two sets of Images, Osborne, though quite evocative, traces Debussy's lines with precision. As usual, one of Osborne's strengths here lies in the organization of the program: he begins not with one of the "Impressionist" works, but with the vigorous Masques. That makes the effect of the Images all the more intense. The Children's Corner is not set off into a category of light works, and its effect is revelatory. It comes off not as a work for children, or even a work appealing to children, but as a work about children, and it makes a uniquely satisfying conclusion. Sample Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, in which the good...
Read Less
Add this copy of Debussy: Piano Music to cart. $27.22, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by HYPERION.
Add this copy of Claude Debussy: Images; L'Isle Joyeuse; Estampes; to cart. $32.07, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Hyperion.
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2024 Rovi Corporation.