It begins with one of the most famous flute lines in history… and played deftly by the Principle flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Coles. [Music sample of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun] ...

Debussy is a sensualist; everyone knows that, or thinks they do. But the key to bringing out that quality, as Michael Tilson Thomas demonstrates in this enchanting new release from the San Francisco ...

It’s human nature to categorize, and music lovers are no exception: Debussy is widely seen as a composer of sensuous music, and Schoenberg as an atonal composer whose works are audience poison. (One ...

If you’re worried that the combination of Debussy and Ravel — two of the most calm-inducing composers of the last 150 years or so — will lull you to sleep and make it hard to drive home from the ...

Yet another orchestra own-label release, though Louis Langrée’s Cincinnati Symphony don’t yet have the international profile of Tilson Thomas’s band. That’s our loss: the playing here is outstanding, ...

We think of Debussy as a master of the orchestra, but like so many composers he began life as a pianist, and continued to think in pianistic terms throughout his career. One of the many delights of ...