# Claude Debussy: Préludes I & II · Children's Corner

> Claude Debussy: Préludes I & II · Children's Corner – Paavali Jumppanen. Ondine ODE 1304-2D, 2 CDs, released January 2018.

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- **Composer:** Claude Debussy
- **Work(s):** Préludes I & II · Children's Corner
- **Performers:** Paavali Jumppanen, piano
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1304-2D
- **Format:** 2 CDs
- **Release date:** 1 January 2018
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195130421
- **Tracks:** 30, total 104:46
- **Genres:** Instrumental

## Track listing

### CD 1

**Claude Debussy**

- *Préludes Book I*
1. 1 I. Danseuses de Delphes (3:48)
2. 2 II. Voiles (3:51)
3. 3 III. Le vent dans la plaine (2:13)
4. 4 IV. « Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l?air du soir » (4:28)
5. 5 V. Les collines d?Anacapri (3:30)
6. 6 VI. Des pas sur la neige (4:17)
7. 7 VII. Ce qu?a vu le vent d?Ouest (3:39)
8. 8 VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin (2:56)
9. 9 IX. La sérénade interrompue (2:41)
10. 10 X. La cathédrale engloutie (7:17)
11. 11 XI. La danse de Puck (2:49)
12. 12 XII. Minstrels (2:29)

### CD 2

**Claude Debussy**

- *Préludes Book 2*
1. 1 I. Brouillards (3:17)
2. 2 II. Feuilles mortes (3:43)
3. 3 III. La puerta del Vino (3:28)
4. 4 IV. « Les fées sont d?exquises danseuses » (3:14)
5. 5 V. Bruyères (3:19)
6. 6 VI. « General Lavine » ? eccentric ? (2:41)
7. 7 VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (5:21)
8. 8 VIII. Ondine (3:37)
9. 9 IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. (2:38)
10. 10 X. Canope (3:51)
11. 11 XI. Les tierces alternées (2:32)
12. 12 XII. Feux d?artifice (4:55)
- *Children's Corner*
13. 13 I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (2:19)
14. 14 II. Jimbo?s Lullaby (3:52)
15. 15 III. Serenade for the Doll (2:41)
16. 16 IV. The snow is dancing (2:51)
17. 17 V. The little Shepherd (3:29)
18. 18 VI. Golliwogg?s cake walk (3:00)

## About this recording

After the five-volume complete recording of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

Paavali Jumppanen’s new recording on Ondine turns attention to

Claude Debussy’s (1862–1918) piano works. This 2 CD set includes

complete Préludes together with the Children’s Corner.

Debussy’s oeuvre has been explored both by the amateur pianist and

the most legendary virtuosos of the keyboard. Throughout his career

Debussy sought new ways to express his musical vistas. He began

numerous large compositional projects and between these big ventures

wrote miniatures such as songs and piano pieces. Fine examples of

these are the Préludes and the Children’s Corner.

Debussy’s 24 piano preludes were published in two sets in 1910

and 1913. These miniatures are varied in character and style, and

include, among others, references to literature, poetry, nature, the

Mediterranean landscape and the events in Paris during Debussy’s

lifetime. This work resulted in the creation of such enigmatic pieces as

La cathédrale engloutie, La fille aux cheveux de lin and Des pas sur la

neige, to name but a few.

The six pieces forming the cycle Children’s Corner (1908) evoke adult

recollections of childhood. The set bears a dedication to Debussy’s

daughter Chouchou and includes some of Debussy’s most well-known

piano pieces, including The Snow is Dancing and Golliwogg’s cake

walk.

A dedicated performer of French music, Paavali Jumppanen often

performs the large cycles of Debussy’s late period, namely the Préludes

and the Études. About a Debussy recital, The Boston Globe reported

how “Jumppanen maximized piano’s deeply resonant qualities—not

just to create beautiful sound but to point up how radical Debussy’s

harmonic language was.” Another critic (ConcertoNet.com) noted:

”I was bowled over by Mr. Jumppanen’s performance. - - As for his

upcoming recording of the complete Debussy Preludes, sight-unseen, I

would urge any collector to grab it: if it is anything like the Etudes we

heard last Sunday, we are in for a treat!” New York Arts continued:

“Magnificent recital. - - I cannot imagine a more penetrating, subtle,

and beautiful traversal of Debussy’s final statement for the piano.”

Paavali Jumppanen’s blog can be followed at: www.paavalijumppanen.

com/

## Features

Sleeve notes in English and Finnish.

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## Related pages

- [Claude Debussy (1862-1918)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/debussy-claude.md)
- [Paavali Jumppanen, piano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/jumppanen-paavali.md)

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