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Claude Debussy
The Debussy Edition

Album 2012 on Deutsche Grammophon label
Classical (Impressionist, Opera)

CD1 & CD2 Recordings: Cleveland Masonic Auditorium, 3/1991 (tracks 1-4, 2-1 to 2-8) & 3-1993 (tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-8). (P) 1992 (tracks 1-4, 2-1 to 2-8) / 1995 (tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-8) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin CD3 Recordings: Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 1957 (track 3-6), 12/1976 (track 3-5), 8/1986 (track 3-8), 12/1994 (track 3-7); London, Kingsway Hall, 5/1969 (tracks 3-1, 3-2), 12/1977 (tracks 3-3, 3-4). (P) 1958 (track 3-6) / 1977 (track 3-5) / 1978 (tracks 3-3, 3-4) Universal International Music B.V. (P) 1970 (tracks 3-1, 3-2) / 1987 (track 3-8) / 1995 (track 3-7) Decca Music Group Limited. Publisher: Durand & Cie., Paris (track 3-7). CD4 & CD5 Recordings: Kassel, Stadhalle, Festsaal, 8/1991 (tracks 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12). (P)1994 (tracks 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. CD6 Recordings: Munich, Residenz, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenchaften, 7-8/1971 (tracks 6-1 to 6-12). (P) 1971 (tracks 6-1 to 6-12) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. CD7 Recordings: Snape, "The Maltings", Concert Hall, 4/1989 (tracks 7-1 to 7-12) (P) 1990 Universal International Music B.V. (tracks 7-1 to 7-12). CD8 Recordings: 9/1983 (tracks 8-5 to 8-10); London, Henry Wood Hall, 9/1983 (tracks 8-1 to 8-4, 8-11 to 8-13); 10/1988 (8-18 to 8-20); Hamburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, 10/1988 (8-14 to 8-17, 8-19). (P) 1984 (tracks 8-1 to 8-13) / 1990 (tracks 8-14 to 8-20) Universal International Music B.V. CD9 Recording: Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 6/1973 (tracks 9-1 to 9-17). (P) 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin (tracks 9-1 to 9-17). CD10 Recordings: Stuttgard, Liederhalle, 2/1979 (tracks 10-1 to 10-4); Abersee, Kirche St. Konrad, 8/1989 (tracks 10-11 to 10-14); Munich, Hochschule für Musik, Grosser Saal, 9 & 10/1993 (tracks 10-5 to 10-7); Live Recording, Kyoto Concert Hall, 11/2000 (tracks 10-8 to 10-10). (P) 1979 (tracks 10-1 to 10-4) / 1990 (tracks 10-11 to 10-14) / 1995 (tracks 10-5 to 10-7) / 2001 (tracks 10-8 to 10-10) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. CD11 Recording: Metz, Arsenal, 5/1993. (P) 1993 Classics Jazz France. CD12 Recording: Lyon, Salle Molière, 10/1994. (P) 1995 Classic Jazz France/Alain Zaepffel/Véronique Dietschy. CD13 Recording: Paris, Maison de Radio France, Studio 103, 12/1999. (P) 2000 Classics Jazz France. CD14 Recording: Paris, Église Notre Dame du Liban, 1-2/2002. (P) 2002 Classics Jazz France. CD15 & CD16 Recording: Vienna, Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, 1/1991. (P) 1992 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. Publisher: Durand & Cie., Paris. CD17 Recordings: Geneva, Victoria Hall, 6/1954 (tracks 17-1 to 17-5); 7/1992 (tracks 17-6 to 17-8). (P) 1955 (tracks 17-1 to 17-5) Decca Music Group Limited. (P) 1994 (tracks 17-6 to 17-8) Universal International Music B.V. CD18 (Bonus) Recordings: 12/1948 (Mono) (track 18-5); Paris, Maison de la Mutualité, 2/1950 (Mono) (tracks 18-13 to 18-15); Geneva, Victoria Hall, 5/1957 (tracks 18-1 to 18-4); London, Kingsway Hall, 11/1957 (Mono) (track 18-16): 6/1961 (tracks 18-7 to 18-10); 11/1961 (tracks 18-6, 18-11); 12/1961 (track 18-12). (P) 1948 (track 18-5) / 1951 (tracks 18-13 to 18-15) / 1958 (tracks 18-1 to 18-4, 18-16) Decca Music Group Limited. (P) 1961 (tracks 18-6 to 18-12) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin; Recorded by Kapp Classics, New York. This compilation (P) 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. (C) 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin. Made in E.U. Cardboard box contain 18 CDs in cardboard wallets (with same/similar artwork) and 46-page booklet.

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	Claude Debussy p, 1862-1918 FR album by
	Gérard Souzay voc, 1918-2004 FR baritone vocals
	Choeurs De Lyon voc, FR chorus
	Alexander Gibson , *1926 GB conductor
	Bernard Haitink vn, *1929 NL conductor
	Edouard Lindenberg , 1908-1973 RO conductor
	Eduard van Beinum , 1918-1959 NL conductor
	Pierre Boulez p, voc, 1925-2016 FR conductor
	Riccardo Chailly vc, *1953 IT conductor
	Gil Went , engineer, balance / mono
	Kenneth Wilkinson , 1912-2004 GB engineer, balance / mono
	Andrew Rosner engineer, balance
	Heinz Wildhagen , DE engineer, balance
	Helmut Burk , engineer, balance, producer, recording
	John Dunkerley , engineer, balance
	Klaus Hiemann , *1942 DE engineer, balance
	Klaus Scheibe , DE engineer, balance
	Onno Scholtze , 1935-2012 NL engineer, balance
	Roy Wallace , 1927-2007 CH engineer, balance, engineer, balance
	Takashi Sakurai engineer, balance
	Wolfgang Mitlehner , engineer, balance, producer
	Doris Lamprecht voc, AT mezzo-soprano vocals
	Concertgebouworkest , orchestra
	Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire , FR orchestra
	The Cleveland Orchestra , orchestra, chorus
	The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	Daniel Ericourt p, 1903-1998 FR piano
	Emmanuel Strosser p, *1965 FR piano
	Philippe Cassard p, *1962 FR piano
	Alan Newcombe , research, compiled by
	Véronique Dietschy voc, soprano vocals
	Franklin Cohen cl, US clarinet
	Jean-Rodolphe Kars p, *1947 FR piano
	Vera Badings hrp, harp
	Charles Koechlin , 1867-1950 FR orchestrated by, orch. in collaboration with
	Maurice Ravel p, 1875-1937 FR orchestrated by
	Krystian Zimerman p, *1956 PL piano
	Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli p, 1920-1995 IT piano
	Mitsuko Uchida p, *1948 JP piano
	Zoltán Kocsis p, *1952 HU piano
	Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky , piano
	Melos Quartett , 1965-2005 DE ensemble
	Maria-João Pires p, *1944 BR piano
	Augustin Dumay vn, *1949 FR violin
	Mischa Maisky vc, *1948 LV cello
	Martha Argerich p, *1941 AR piano
	Wolfgang Schulz fl, 1946-2013 AT flute
	Margit Anna Süss hrp, DE harp
	Wolfram Christ vl, *1955 DE viola
	Stéphane Mallarmé , 1842-1898 FR text by, poetry
	Paul Verlaine , 1844-1896 FR text by, poetry
	Théodore De Banville , FR text by, poetry
	Justine Jumez-Caro , harp
	François Villon , *1431 FR text by, poetry
	Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor , *1927 chorus
	Claudio Abbado hps, 1933-2014 IT conductor
	Maurice Maeterlinck , 1862-1949 BE libretto by
	Claire Gibault , *1945 FR musical assistance, other, french language coach
	Wiener Philharmoniker , DE orchestra
	Jean-Philippe Courtis voc, *1951 FR vocals, arkel
	Christa Ludwig voc, fl, *1928 DE vocals, geneviène
	José van Dam voc, *1940 BE vocals, golaud
	Maria Ewing voc, *1950 US vocals, mélisande
	François Le Roux voc, *1955 FR vocals, pelléas
	L'Union Chorale De La Tour De Peilz , chorus
	Ernest Ansermet , 1883-1969 CH conductor
	Marie Lise De Montmollin voc, contralto vocals
	Nancy Waugh , contralto vocals
	L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande , orchestra
	Suzanne Danco voc, 1911-2000 BE soprano vocals
	The Monteverdi Choir , chorus
	John Eliot Gardiner , *1943 GB conductor
	Suzanne Flowers voc, soprano vocals
	Neil MacKenzie voc, tenor vocals
	Charles d'Orléans , 1394-1465 text by, poetry
	Nicola Jenkin voc, soprano vocals
	Frances Jellard voc, GB alto vocals
	Julian Clarkson voc, *1955 GB bass vocals
	André Caplet , 1878-1925 FR orchestrated by
	Friedrich Gulda p, 1930-2000 AT piano
	Anatole Fistoulari , 1907-1995 GB conductor
	Inge Borkh voc, *1917 DE soprano vocals

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