{"product_id":"debussy-preludes-i-ii-by-eric-heidsieck-2026-remastered-paris-2002-2007","title":"Debussy: Préludes I \u0026 II by Éric Heidsieck (2026 Remastered, Paris 2002-2007)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDebussy: Préludes I \u0026amp; II\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÉric Heidsieck (2026 Remastered, Paris 2002-2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)\u003cbr\u003eTotal length: 01:19:58\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Claude Debussy’s pianistic masterpiece. Gathered into two books — the first composed very quickly during the winter of 1909–1910, the second over the course of two additional years — the 24 Préludes belong to a tradition that includes Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. Yet for Debussy, the aim was not to present the 24 major and minor keys. Indeed, he had already moved beyond such concerns, with his symmetrical scales and pseudo-ancient modes that dissolve tonal foundations. The culmination of the creative path begun with \u003cem\u003eEstampes\u003c\/em\u003e and continued with \u003cem\u003eImages\u003c\/em\u003e, these \u003cem\u003ePréludes\u003c\/em\u003e are less depictions of landscapes than evocations of atmospheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces seek a piano capable of being fluid or motionless, of sketching and drawing — but without underlining; they require a miniaturist imagination for color, but at times also for virtuosity; they call for that undoubtedly “impressionistic” art which nevertheless knows, at a sudden turn, how to cast unexpected colors in order to illuminate a particular inflection; they also require an intimacy with silence and a natural openness to mystery; they demand a keen sense of the architecture of dreams; they require the purest poetry, the purest sound, the most self-evident beauty — and then all these “requirements” must be forgotten so that these \u003cem\u003ePréludes\u003c\/em\u003e may arise as naturally as daybreak follows the night. Éric Heidsieck, in the lineage of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, creates a succession of microcosms sealed off from one another. Sublime piano playing — and more than that: Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-subtitle\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eEnjoy your listening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording","offers":[{"title":"Download digital files","offer_id":53025280655626,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/9693\/1850\/files\/CoverIDebussy_PreludesIandIIbyEricHeidsieck_2026Remastered_Paris2002-07.png?v=1778513750","url":"https:\/\/classicalmusicreference.com\/products\/debussy-preludes-i-ii-by-eric-heidsieck-2026-remastered-paris-2002-2007","provider":"CMRR Music Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}