Claude Debussy ‒ Images pour orchestre

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918), Images pour orchestre (1905 - 1912) Performed by Lyon National Orchestra, Jun Markl conducting. 00:00 - Gigues 07:36 - Ibéria: Par les rues et par les chemins 14:43 - Ibéria: Les parfums de la nuit 24:01 - Ibéria: Le matin d’un jour de fete 28:32 - Rondes de printemps It seems that Debussy originally intended the orchestral Images as a third set under that title, for two pianos. He had published a first set of Images for piano in 1905, followed in 1907 by a second series. Gigues, of the orchestral Images, was the last to be written; it was composed during the years 1909 to 1912 and first performed and published the following year. Ibéria was written in the years 1906 to 1908 and first performed and published in 1910, and Rondes de printemps was composed in 1908 and 1909 and first performed and published in 1910. The whole work is scored for a large orchestra, used by Debussy with his usual sensitivity and care for