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Work: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

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ComposerDebussy, Claude (1862-1918)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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ClaygateShlomi Shahaf (violin) & Phoebe Papandrea (piano)

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Bach, Debussy, Franck, Brahms, Wieniawski
Shlomi Shahaf; Phoebe Papandrea

PhiladelphiaJazmine Saunders / Frederica von Stade / Jonghyun Park / Yeongtaek Yang / Myra Huang / Ken Noda

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Debussy, Chaminade, Hahn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Schubert
Artistes du Lindemann Young Artists Program du Metropolitan Opera; Frederica von Stade; Myra Huang; Ken Noda

HamburgSol Gabetta

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Debussy, Saint-Saëns
Les Siècles; Antonello Manacorda; Sol Gabetta
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Karen Gomyo scores in Samuel Adams’ new violin concerto at Disney Hall

Karen Gomyo © Gabrielle Revere
Samuel Adams' new violin concerto proves undeniably theatrical in the second week of Elim Chan’s concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Altinoglu and Capuçon at the BBC Proms: Old World, New World

Gautier Capuçon © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Gautier Capuçon's devotional performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto shares the limelight with Alain Altinoglu's pulsating performance of Varèse’s Amériques. 
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Lorenzo Viotti opens Festa Summer Muza with a vibrant programme

Lorenzo Viotti conducts the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra © N. Ikegami
Lorenzo Viotti and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra open Festa Summer Muza, Tokyo's equivalent to the BBC Proms, with an alluring programme of Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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LondonLSO on Stage: Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune

London Symphony Orchestra
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
London Symphony Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth

StockholmBolero

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Debussy, Dutilleux, Aulin, Ravel
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Anton Holmer; Victor Julien-Laferrière
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Claude Debussy © Public domain
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