(Piano Collection). Contains nearly every piece of piano music Debussy wrote in this giant, 488-page, comb-bound book. Includes: Children's Corner, Deux arabesques, complete Etudes, Pour le piano, complete Preludes, Suite bergamasque, plus 27 other pieces.

Contents: Arabesque No. 1 * Arabesque No. 2 * Clair De Lune * Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) * Hommage a Rameau (Images I) * Jardins Sous La Pluie * L'isle Joyeuse * La Soiree Dans Grenade * Masques * Mazurka * Passepied * Reflets Dans L'eau (Images I) * Reverie * Sarabande (Suite).

In this guide to Pelleas and Melisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. Hugh Macdonald's much praised English translation is published here for the first time, with an essay uncovering the musical roots of Pelleas and Melisande and illustrating its importance to the music of the twentieth century. Alain Raitt, author of several studies of symbolist writers, evaluates Maeterlinck's status as a dramatist, and Roger Nichols analyses the score. Proust's short pastiche of the opera and Arthur Symons's review of the first English performances challenge us to come to terms with this eternally intriguing masterpiece. Contents: Something Borrowed, Something New, Hugh Macdonald; A Musical Synopsis, Roger Nichols; Maeterlinck and the Theatre, Alan Raitt; Profound or Pretentious?, Nicholas John; Pelleas et Melisande: text by Maurice Maeterlinck; Pelleas and Melisande: English Translation by Hugh Macdonald

Deux Arabesques, Suite Bergamasque, Masques, 1st series of Images, etc. 9 others, in corrected editions.

A boxed collection featuring historical performances by three of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's eminent music directors, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. Stretching from 1958 to 1970, the recordings feature works by amongst others Debussy, Ravel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Haydn.

A relaxing journey through areas of Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Spain, to the accompaniment of music by Mozart, Chopin, Fauré, Bizet and Debussy amongst others.

Many of the most admired of Debussy's piano works, reprinted from authoritative French editions, among them the Etudes (1915), a late work that richly displays the full range and depth of Debussy's genius for the piano, and the magical Children's Corner (1906-8). Also included: Nocturne (1892), Piece pour piano (1903-4), Images, Book II (1907), Hommage a Haydn (1910), The Little Nigar (1909), La plus que lente (1910), Berceuse heroique (1914), Six epigraphes antiques (1914) and Elegie (1915).

24 works reveal Debussy's genius: "La Cathedrale engloutie," "Ondine," "La fille aux cheveux de lin," "Feuilles mortes," "Ce qu'a vu le Vent d'Ouest," many more. Glossary of French terms.

Composed between 1906 and 1908, the Children's Corner Suite was written to capture the essence of childhood with charm, grace and humor. Debussy's intention was to create moods and sensations and, utilizing his typical harmonic richness, he succeeds in an appealing and joyous fashion. This edition is based on not only the original autograph manuscripts but also on Debussy's sound recording of these pieces.