Debussy / Krier: Images / Masques 34

In this new album Cathy Krier takes an original step and goes entirely against the grain of her previous programmatic approach. In her two most recent albums she had juxtaposed the apparently divergent styles of Rameau and Ligeti or Liszt vs. Berg/Shoenberg uncovering astounding new connections among them. The current release now takes the opposite path. At first glance Claude Debussy- the inventor of musical Impressionism- and Karol Szymanowski- often called the Polish Impressionist- would seem to have much in common. Both composers even use the same title in French: Masques masks. Cathy Krier affirms nevertheless that she is much more interested in the differences one can observe between these two works written roughly during the same period. This listening experience is thus enriched thanks to a new fascinating aesthetical perspective. Krier steers her own path between sentimental and spiky with a bright forthright tone and an approach that underlines the musics depth to Schumann and Brahms. Boston Globe

1.1 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 1904/05 - I. Reflets Dans Leau
1.2 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 1904/05 - II. Hommage Rameau
1.3 Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 1904/05 - III. Mouvement
1.4 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 1907 - I. Cloches Travers Les Feuilles
1.5 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 1907 - II. Et la Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui FT
1.6 Debussy: Images Book II L. 111 1907 - III. Poissons Dor
1.7 Debussy: Masques L. 105
1.8 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 1915 - I. Sheherazade
1.9 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 1915 - II. Tantris Le Bouffon
1.10 Szymanowski: Masks Op. 34 1915 - III. Serenade de Don Juan


H 0.29
W 12.31
L 12.42