Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

The "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" is arguably Debussy's most famous
work. Inspired by the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé's eclogue "L'après-midi
d'un faune," it evokes a sun-drenched landscape inhabited by nymphs and a
sensuous faun. His longing is expressed in the languid flute melody that
opens the work.
"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."

Composer:	Claude Debussy
Title:	Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Conductor:	Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra:	Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Video Director:	Horant H. Hohlfeld
Genre:	Concert
Length:	13 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05501889