Debussy, Images pour orchestre

"I truly admire this orchestra and hope it becomes better known abroad,"
confided Leonard Bernstein in 1989 to the audience in Rome's Auditorio Pio
before his concert of works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) with the
prestigious "Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia." In the words of
Rome's "Il Giornale," Bernstein served up a "Debussy that is neither
ethereal nor shapeless, but uncommonly vital, caught in the full light of
noon."
The concert begins with "Images," Debussy's last orchestral work and one of
his most colorful scores. It consists of three separate pieces: the rather
doleful "Gigues," the "Rondes de printemps," which incorporates a French
nursery tune, and "Ibéria," a vibrant homage to Spain, complete with
tambourines and castanets.

Composer:	Claude Debussy
Title:	Debussy, Images pour orchestre
Conductor:	Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra:	Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Video Director:	Horant H. Hohlfeld
Genre:	Concert
Length:	40 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05501887