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Track(s) taken from CDA67898

Tarantelle styrienne 'Danse', L77

composer
circa 1890; first published in 1891; retitled 'Danse' for the 1903 publication

Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Recording details: December 2011
Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
Produced by Ludger Böckenhoff
Engineered by Ludger Böckenhoff
Release date: October 2012
Total duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

Cover artwork: Night (1897). Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris / Giraudon / Bridgeman Images
 

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Steven Osborne (piano)

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‘This is one of the better offerings for Debussy's 150th anniversary … it should come as no surprise that Hewitt is a remarkably fine Debussy pianist. This generously filled disc finds Hewitt utterly persuasive in the three suites at its heart … Hyperion captures the sound marvellously … special mention should be made of Clair de lune: it is quite an achievement for its lyrical beauty to be heard afresh’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This is a Debussy recital that will delight aficionados of the piano as well as those coming to the music for the first time … the playing is most distinguished … the 'Passepied', with its left-hand staccato phrases, is a perfect example of the Fazioli's velvety touch’ (International Record Review)

‘An ideal introduction to Debussy … one that can be enjoyed equally by experienced listeners—thanks to the artless touch and precise colours the Canadian pianist brings to each piece’ (Financial Times)
Debussy's last piece from 1890, or thereabouts, originally bore another exotic title: Tarantelle styrienne, watered down in the 1903 reprint to ‘Danse’. Catherine Kautsky points out that ‘“Tarentisme”, or the involuntary and obsessive dancing of the tarentella, was another of the hysteria diagnoses most in vogue in the late 1800s’. She also describes the music as ‘one of those exceptional Debussy pieces that gallops to a fortissimo, bravura ending, making no apologies for its blazing and unnuanced convictions’. In 1922 Ravel orchestrated it, no doubt attracted also by the hemiola rhythms (six quavers variously grouped as 3 x 2 and 2 x 3), which he turned to again in the first song of his Don Quichotte à Dulcinée.

from notes by Roger Nichols © 2022

La dernière pièce composée vers 1890 de Debussy portait, à l’origine, un autre titre exotique: Tarantelle styrienne, baptisée «Danse» dans la réédition de 1903. Catherine Kautsky souligne que le «“Tarentisme”, ou la façon involontaire et obsessionnelle de danser la tarentelle, était un autre des diagnostiques de l’hystérie très en vogue à la fin du XIXe siècle». Elle décrit aussi la musique comme «l’une de ces pièces exceptionnelles de Debussy qui galope jusqu’à une conclusion de bravoure fortissimo, sans chercher à excuser ses convictions enflammées et dépourvues de nuances». En 1922, Ravel l’orchestra, sans doute également attiré par ses rythmes en hémioles (six croches qui ne sont pas toujours regroupées de la même manière, comme 3 x 2 et 2 x 3), qu’il utilisa à nouveau dans la première mélodie de Don Quichotte à Dulcinée.

extrait des notes rédigées par Roger Nichols © 2022
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Debussys letztes Stück von etwa 1890 trug ursprünglich einen anderen exotischen Titel: Tarantelle styrienne, was in der Neuauflage von 1903 zu „Danse“ abgemildert wurde. Catherine Kautsky weist darauf hin, dass der „Tarentisme“, oder das unfreiwillige und zwanghafte Tanzen der Tarentella, eine weitere Hysterie-Diagnose war, die Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts sehr en vogue waren. Sie beschreibt die Musik zudem als „eines jener außergewöhnlichen Debussy-Stücke, die auf ein bravouröses Ende im Fortissimo hin galoppieren, ohne sich für ihre flammenden und unausgewogenen Überzeugungen zu rechtfertigen“. 1922 orchestrierte Ravel das Werk, zweifellos auch fasziniert von den Hemiolen-Rhythmen (sechs Achtelnoten, die wechselnd als 3 x 2 und 2 x 3 gruppiert sind), die er im ersten Lied seines Don Quichotte à Dulcinée wieder aufgriff.

aus dem Begleittext von Roger Nichols © 2022
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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