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RE: Debussy Rhapsodie

Author: D Dow
Date: 2002-10-10 13:39

Interesting discussion on the Debussy. My professor in France did one of the earlier recordings of this work on EMi with Martinon.(IN 74) Mr. danagain who I was studyingin the late 80s with said very clearly that the nature of the work is "diaphanous" and to just think that one switches gears like on a car is really playing Debussy like Mahler. The tempi have to be all with the conctet of what works for the performer and musically! A slower tempo for the scherzando can be played slower(although Dangain plays it around 78 or so)but has to be musically interesting! That requires very fine technique!
Danagain's version was recorded on a Buffet from the 50s and on a 5RVLyre mouthpiece --and his sound is amazing! Of course, this is part of the traiditional french school of tone and may defintitely sound different to american ear...however good playing is good playing.
I seem to remember Boulez and Depeyer making an awesome record of this for CBS quite some time ago...he also could play this piece flawlessly in concert. I also have a number of records live and studio and find George pietersen of the Concertgebouw on Philips to be a tremendous record as well. If you go to Alessandro Carbonare's site you can download the Dangain anotions which he (Dangain)learned from Cahuzac.
I would also like to add that many composers certainly interpret works of music quite differently from what we expect. Danagain elaboarted a story of working under Stravinsky to me. They were rehearsing in Paris in the late 50s the Rite of Sring. Stravinsky walks in and starts the bassoon solo, and then to the orchestra's dismay, all of the tempi he chose were very slow and some quite different than they practiced. the revelation

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