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Claude Debussy
The Claude Debussy Collection

Album GB 2012 on Sony Classical label
Classical (Impressionist, Opera, Romantic)

CD1: Tracks 1 to 3: Recordings: Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, December 9, 1956; (P) 1959 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 7 & 8: Recordings: EMI Studios, London, Great Britain, December 1, 1968; (P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 4 to 6 & 9: Recordings: EMI Studios, London, Great Britain, December 1968; (P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment. CD2: Track 1: Recordings: Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, March 13, 1962; (P) 1962 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 2: Recordings: Barking Town Hall, London, Great Britain, December 19, 1966; (P) 1969 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 3 to 9: Recordings: Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA, November 17, 1967; (P) 1969 Sony Music Entertainment. CD3: Tracks 1 to 6: Recordings: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London, Great Britain, February 18, 1991; (P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 7 to 9: Recordings: Salle Olivier Messaiaen, Radio France, Paris, France, December 16-21, 1994; (P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 10: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, Ocotber 16, 1961; (P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 11: Recordings: New York City, USA, April 10, 1970; (P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes (ASCAP) (track 9); Durand & Co. (track 10); S.D.R.M. (track 11). CD4: Tracks 1 to 12: Recordings: Snape, Maltings, Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Great Britain, April 21, 1992; (P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 13 to 18: Recordings: Paris, France, July 11, 1963; (P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment. CD5 Tracks 1 to 15: Recordings: Snape, Maltings, Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Great Britain, April 21, 1992; (P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 16 to 21: Recordings: April 11, 1950; (P) 1951 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 22: Recordings: June 1970; (P) Sony Music Entertainment. CD6: Tracks 1 to 19: Recordings: Snape, Maltings, Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Great Britain, November 23, 1992; (P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 20: Recordings (live): Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, November 27, 1966; (P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment. CD7: Tracks 1 to 6 & 12 to 19: Recordings: Snape, Maltings, Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Great Britain, April 24/25 & November 23-27, 1992; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 7 to 9: Recordings: Paris, France, July 10, 1963; (P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 10 & 11: Recordings: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, December 1, 1959; (P) 1961 Sony Music Entertainment. CD8: Tracks 1 to 4: Recordings: France, January 1, 1959; (P) 1962 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 5 to 10: Recordings: Paris, France, Spring 1963; (P) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 11 to 13: Recordings: Paris, France, Spring 1963; (P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Theodore Presser Co. (Europe) (tracks 11 to 13). CD9: Tracks 1 to 4: Recordings: BMG Studio A, New York City, USA, September 1-3, 1992; (P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 5: Recordings: EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London, Great Britain, June 1, 1997; (P) 1998 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 6 to 9: Recordings: Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, USA, November 10/11, 1992 & January 10-13, 1994; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 10: Recordings: France; (P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment. CD10: Tracks 1 to 3: Recordings: New York City, USA, October 17/18, 1974; (P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 4 to 7: Recordings: CBS Studios, London, Great Britain, December 1984, January 1985 & December 1985; (P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 8 to 10: Recordings: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, January 4, 1960; (P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Editions Durand & Cie. (ASCAP) (tracks 1 to 3); Blue Network Music Inc. (ASCAP) (Tracks 4 to 6). CD11: Tracks 1 & 2: Recordings: New York City, USA, February 3, 1960; (P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 3 & 14: Recordings: Austrophon Studios, Vienna, Austria; (P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 4 to 13, 15 & 16: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, January 30-February 2 & November 24-26, 1995; (P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 17 to 22: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, April 29/30, 1993; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. CD12: Tracks 1 to 5: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, November 24, 1995; (P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 6 to 8: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, April 29/30, 1993; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 9 & 13: Recordings: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 10 to 12: Recordings: December 19, 1977; (P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 14: Recordings: New York City, USA, February 3, 1960; (P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 15: Recordings: June 24/25/27/28, 1966; (P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 16: Recordings: Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles, USA, February 22, 1993; (P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Durand & Co. (track 14). CD13, CD14 & CD15: Recordings: London, Great Britain; (P) 1970 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. CD16 Recordings: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, Great Britain, September 30-October 2, 1991; (P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment. CD17: Tracks 1 to 7: Recordings: CBS Studios, London, Great Britain, December 1984, January & December 1985; (P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 8: Recordings: Whitfield Studios, London, Great Britain, February 16/17 & May 6, 1999; (P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 9 to 11: Recordings: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, USA, January 10-13, 1988; (P) 1990 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 12: Recordings: Manhattan Centre, New York City, USA, June 12, 1963; (P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 13: Recordings: St. George's Church, Brandon Hill, Great Britain, January 11-13, 1991; (P) 1991 Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks 14 to 16: Recordings: RCA Studios, Hollywood, USA, April 14, 1965; (P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 17: Recordings: ORTF Studio 102, Paris, France, September 15, 1970; (P) 1970 Sony Music Entertainment. Track 18: Recordings: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Centre, USA, October 23, 1972; (P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Blue Network Music, Inc (ASCAP) (tracks 1 to 5, 7); Blue Network Music, Inc (ASCAP) / BMG Songs, Inc (track 6); EMI-Blackwood (track 12); Carl Fischer (ASCAP) (tracks 13 to 16); Theodore Presser (ASCAP) (track 18). CD18: Recordings: Casino Baumgarten, Vienna, Ustria, January 2-6, 2008; (P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment. Publishers: Henle Verlag (tracks 1 to 4, 16 to 18); Edition Peters (tracks 5 & 6); Hal Leonard Publishing Corp. (tracks 7, 9 to 13); Jobert (tracks 8); Durand S.A. Paris (tracks 14/15/19/20). This compilation (P) & (C) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment. Made in E.U. Clamshell cardboard box contain 18 CDs in cardboard wallets (with same/similar artwork) and 32-page booklet. Some copies may carry a sticker: Limited Anniversary Edition - The Complete Masterworks on 18 CDs (8691931792) (see images).

Musicians

	Claude Debussy p, 1862-1918 FR album by, text by, poetry
	Charles Munch vn, *1891 FR conductor
	Boston Symphony Orchestra , US orchestra
	John Alldis Choir , GB chorus
	Pierre Boulez p, voc, 1925-2016 FR conductor
	New Philharmonia Orchestra , GB orchestra
	Gervase de Peyer cl, *1926 GB clarinet
	The Cleveland Orchestra , orchestra
	Alice Chalifoux hrp, 1908-2008 US harp
	Michael Tilson Thomas p, *1944 US conductor
	The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	Marek Janowski , *1939 PL conductor
	Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France , FR orchestra
	Barry Douglas p, *1960 GB piano
	Leonard Bernstein p, 1918-1990 US conductor
	The New York Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra
	Sigurd Rascher as, sax, 1907-2001 DE saxophone
	Stanley Drucker cl, *1929 US clarinet
	Leonid Hambro p, 1920-1926 US piano
	Paul Crossley p, *1944 GB piano, baby grand piano
	Charles Baudelaire , 1821-1867 FR text by, title, text by, poetry
	Philippe Entremont p, *1934 FR piano
	Robert Casadesus p, 1899-1972 FR piano
	Arthur Rubinstein p, 1887-1982 PL piano
	Vladimir Horowitz p, 1903-1989 UA piano
	Gaby Casadesus p, 1901-1999 FR piano
	Gary Hoffman vc, *1956 CA cello
	André Previn p, *1929 US piano
	Julie Rosenfeld vn, US violin
	Steven Isserlis vc, *1958 GB cello
	Thomas Adès p, hps, *1971 GB piano
	Sadao Harada vc, JP cello
	Tokyo String Quartet , 1969-2013 ensemble
	Kazuhide Isomura vl, *1945 JP viola
	Kikuei Ikeda vn, JP violin
	Peter Oundjian vn, *1955 CA violin
	Jean-Pierre Rampal fl, 1922-2000 FR flute
	Lynn Harrell vc, *1944 US cello
	James Levine p, *1943 US piano
	James Galway fl, *1939 GB flute, conductor, orchestrated by, arranged by, for flute, viola and harp, orchestrated by, flute, conductor, arranged by, for flute and harp
	Marisa Robles hrp, *1937 ES harp
	The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe , orchestra
	Graham Oppenheimer vl, GB viola
	Alexander Zakin p, 1903-1990 RU piano
	Isaac Stern vn, 1920-2001 PL violin
	George Trovillo p, piano
	Eileen Farrell voc, 1920-2002 US soprano vocals
	Paul Bourget , 1852-1935 FR text by, poetry
	André Girod , FR text by, poetry
	Friedrich Haider p, *1961 AT piano
	Edita Gruberova voc, *1946 SK soprano vocals
	Théodore De Banville , FR text by, poetry
	Dawn Upshaw voc, *1960 US soprano vocals
	Paul Verlaine , 1844-1896 FR text by, poetry
	Théophile Gautier , 1811-1872 FR text by, poetry
	Stéphane Mallarmé , 1842-1898 FR text by, poetry
	Frederica von Stade voc, *1945 US mezzo-soprano vocals
	Martin Katz p, *1944 GB piano
	Pierre Louÿs , 1870-1925 FR text by, poetry
	Francesco Molinari-Pradelli , 1911-1996 IT conductor
	RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra , orchestra
	Leontyne Price voc, *1927 US soprano vocals
	Edouard Guinand , text by, poetry
	Women Of The Los Angeles Master Chorale , chorus
	Esa-Pekka Salonen , *1958 FI conductor
	Paula Rasmussen , mezzo-soprano vocals
	Dante Gabriel Rossetti , *1828 GB text by, after
	Gabriel Sarrazin , text by, french
	Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , chorus
	Maurice Maeterlinck , 1862-1949 BE libretto by
	Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , GB orchestra
	David Ward voc, 1922-1983 GB vocals, arkel
	Yvonne Minton voc, *1938 AU vocals, geneviène
	Donald McIntyre voc, *1934 NZ vocals, golaud
	Elisabeth Söderström voc, 1927-2009 SE vocals, mélisande
	George Shirley voc, *1934 US vocals, pelléas
	Dennis Wicks voc, 1928-2003 GB vocals, un berger / un médicin
	Anthony Britten voc, GB vocals, yniold
	London Symphony Chorus , chorus
	Nathalie Stutzmann voc, *1965 FR contralto vocals
	Gabriele D'Annunzio , IT libretto by
	Ann Murray voc, *1949 IE mezzo-soprano vocals
	Leslie Caron voc, *1931 FR narrator
	Sylvia McNair voc, *1956 US soprano vocals
	Christopher Palmer , 1946-1995 GB orchestrated by, arranged by, for flute and orchestra
	London Mozart Players , GB orchestra
	Richard Stoltzman cl, *1942 US clarinet, clarinet, arranged by, for clarinet and harp
	Nancy Allen hrp, *1954 US harp, harp, arranged by, for clarinet and harp
	Arthur Harris p, hps, 1927-1992 US arranged by, for violin and orchestra
	Milton Katims vl, 1909-2006 US conductor
	Columbia Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	Gaston Choisnel , 1857-1921 FR arranged by, for violin and piano
	Sergej Bezrodny p, RU piano
	Vladimir Spivakov vn, *1944 RU violin
	Jascha Heifetz vn, 1901-1987 US violin, arranged by, for violin and piano
	Brooks Smith p, 1912-2000 US piano
	Arthur Hartmann vl, vn, 1881-1956 US arranged by, for violin and piano
	Leon Roques p, vn, 1839-1923 FR arranged by, for violin and piano
	Xavier de Maistre hrp, *1973 FR harp, arranged by, for harp, harp, arranged by, for soprano and harp
	Diana Damrau ss, *1971 DE soprano vocals
	Henriette Renié , 1875-1956 FR arranged by, for harp
	Members Of The Wiener Philharmoniker , orchestra

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