Pagodas and other chinoiseries: Asiatic influences in the age of impressionism. Taking it's lead from the so-called 'chinoiseries' of European rococo architecture with it's artificial pavilions and parks, elegant wallpaper and porcelain figurines, the music of French impressionism found an even more stylized yet still more authentic way to express Asiatic influences in sound. In the wake of the Vienna World Fair of 1873, the Paris world fairs of 1878 and 1889 served as a particular trigger for a veritable Asian craze at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries: while Impressionist painters such as Ã‰douard Manet and Claude Monet were inspired by Japanese woodcuts, the composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by the exotic soundscapes generated by the Far Eastern gamelan orchestra - and from this revolutionary listening experience distilled pioneering elements for the development of his own impressionistic musical language.

Tracklist:

Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Version For Piano Duo): I. Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant
Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Version For Piano Duo): II. Petit Poucet
Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Version For Piano Duo): III. Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes
Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Version For Piano Duo): IV. Les Entretiens De La Belle Et De La Bête
Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60 (Version For Piano Duo): V. Le Jardin Féerique
Images Of The South: I. Dance Of Flowers
Images Of The South: II. Berceuse
Images Of The South: III. Children's Frolics
Images Of The South: IV. Love Song
Images Of The South: V. Ah-Lee-Lee
Ma Mère L'oye, M. 60: Kui - The Legendary Chinese Musician From Ancient Times
Piano Suite, Op. 36 "Jin Feng": I. Prelude. Bleak Village
Piano Suite, Op. 36 "Jin Feng": II. Toccata. Flower Song
Piano Suite, Op. 36 "Jin Feng": III. Andante. Memory
Piano Suite, Op. 36 "Jin Feng": IV. Adagio. Graveyard
Piano Suite, Op. 36 "Jin Feng": V. Lantern Festival
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 1, Pour Invoquer Pan
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 2, Pour Un Tombeau Sans Nom
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 3, Pour Que La Nuit Soit Propice
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 4, Pour La Danseuse Aux Crotales
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 5, Pour L'égyptienne
6 Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: No. 6, Pour Remercier La Pluie Au Matin

UPC: 4260175850664
Label: Telos Records
Release Date: 2.8.19
Format: CD

Debussy / Xie Sisters Piano Duo - Xie Sisters Piano Duo (CD)