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XM 8172
Opera Explained: Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande (Smillie)
Label Catalogue Number:
8.558172
8.558172
ISBN: 9781843793298
Download Size: 66 Mb
Running Time: 01:18:43
Download Size: 66 Mb
Running Time: 01:18:43
Digital UPC: 9781843793298
Release Date: April 2005
Originally recorded in 2005
Release Date: April 2005
Originally recorded in 2005
Author
Thomson Smillie
Thomson Smillie
Composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Reader
David Timson
David Timson
Genre:
Spoken Word
Spoken Word
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Opera Explained: Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande (Smillie)
Read by David Timson
Dating from the last decade of the nineteenth century, Pelléas et Mélisande points the way into the twentieth century. The score is hauntingly beautiful, but there is more to the work than shifting panels of elusive, impressionistic sound. Debussy retains the text of Maeterlinck's play, and the linguistic subtleties of the French text are matched perfectly by the musical detail. Taking a little time to explore the romantic, elusive world of this opera is particularly rewarding.
