Claude Debussy - Nocturnes

"Nocturnes" (Trois Nocturnes) is an orchestral composition in three movements written by Claude Debussy and completed on 15 December 1899.
The first two movements, "Nuages" and "Fêtes", were premiered by Camille Chevillard with the Lamoureux Orchestra on 9 December 1900 in Paris, while the complete suite was performed under the same forces on 27 October 1901. The initial performances met with a cool response from critics and the public, but today these are considered some of Debussy's most accessible and popular works, admired for their beauty. The French composer Maurice Ravel transcribed this composition for two pianos.
The three movements were inspired by a series of impressionist paintings, also entitled "Nocturnes", by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
The three movements are:
1. Nuages ("Clouds");
2. Fêtes ("Festivals");
3. Sirènes ("Sirens").
According to Debussy's introductionary note to the Nocturnes: "The title "Nocturnes" is to be interpreted here in a general and, more particularly, in a decorative sense. Therefore, it is not meant to designate the usual form of the Nocturne, but rather all the various impressions and the special effects of light that the word suggests. 'Nuages' renders the immutable aspect of the sky and the slow, solemn motion of the clouds, fading away in grey tones lightly tinged with white. 'Fêtes' gives us the vibrating, dancing rhythm of the atmosphere with sudden flashes of light. There is also the episode of the procession (a dazzling fantastic vision), which passes through the festive scene and becomes merged in it. But the background remains resistantly the same: the festival with its blending of music and luminous dust participating in the cosmic rhythm. 'Sirènes' depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on."
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy & Cleveland orchestra.

[@harolynallison6876]

thank God for Ad Block. it would be a shame to ruin this or other works of art because of commercials. Debussy was a wonderful composer not meant to have useless commercials interjected into it

[@marlaleemouse]

Debussy has become like an old friend to me. He lets me listen to his intimate secrets.

[@tillykelp6340]

spoilt by adds

[@maryamshah5942]

This is my therapy, this is where I go where I come to clear my mind, to find inspiration, to feel at peace ... this is my sanctuary .... I wish I knew someone who shares the same love I have for classic music...

[@blairmacewancrosbie8646]

Debussy sent 20th century music on its way. Sensuous, lush and sublimely gorgeous. An entirely new 'branch' of classical music flowed through and from him. Pure genius.

[@sporter527]

debussy got me actin strange

[@dugdoll3295]

Dear Lord 😔🙏💔 please just make all those commercials go away

[@EpreTroll]

So beautiful. Debussy's music is always such a fairytale. It's these things that remind you there are still pretty things out there when you're in a bad mood

[@nicolasbertin8552]

The volume is insanely low =(

[@DoingaNewThing]

Beauty and the Beast stole this music for the score

[@nedland20]

When I was in high school, around 1963-64, the Philadelphia Symphony under the baton of Eugene Ormandy came to Youngstown, Ohio to perform a concert. We lived in Alliance, Ohio which was about forty miles away. Our orchestra conductor organized a field trip for us to go. Now, after nearly 60 years that program of Debussy's Nocturnes and Beethoven's 7th Symphony among other pieces and a love of classical music abides with me and always will.

[@LimaCastor]

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[@shin-i-chikozima]

I am a Japanese Debussyiest.

[@LordGreystoke]

I always find the best of Debussy's musical output to be deeply impressionistic. He very much coincided with that artistic period and I think it's no accident that his music also reflects it. He takes you deep into your emotional psyche and lets you marinate in it for as long as the music lasts.

[@andreamcanally6393]

There are some composers whose music leaves one feeling enriched or somehow a better person for having heard it. Claude Debussy is one of those composers.

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That escalation in

[@StevenKHarrison]

I love this music. There are times when my spirit needs the sea.

[@les7mondes]

The impressionists were so much our precursors: they wanted their art to keep their mind busy and gratified for ages, a bit like us with instant access and gratification to everything

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I am happy to pay $10 a month for the privilege of hearing thousands of great classical, jazz, blues, and rock recordings and other material without commercial interruptions. I am not a fan of big corporations but surely they are providing something of value and deserve to be compensated.

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Nuages