01. - 02 (orch, Jean Roger-Ducasse) Music for King Lear [4'38]
03. - 08. (orch. Andre Caplet) Children's Corner [17'50]
09. Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra* [8'51]
10. - 15. (orch. Ernest Ansermet) Six epigraphes antiques [16'14]
16. -18. La mer [24'34]
Robert Plane*- clarinet; BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka
BBC Music Magazine BBCMM209 (recorded February 2001; CD issued September 2001)
(CD-rip; flacs, booklet, inlay & cover scans)
Recording venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Recording engineer: Mike 'Mr Bear' Clements; Producer: Tim Thorne
This is an interesting mix of original orchestrations by Debussy with orchestrations by other musicians of some of his solo piano works - some quite rarely recorded. Unusually for BBC Music Magazine discs, this one was not made by the BBC's own technicians but by the well-known independent recording engineer, Mike Clements. Also, unlike many of these issues, there is a very useful booklet note by Roger Nichols.
At the time of recording, Otaka was the chief conductor of the BBC's Welsh orchestra and the superb Robert Plane was their principal clarinet. Whilst these are not the last word in Debussy recordings, these are all very enjoyable performances with the Premier rapsodie and King Lear being standouts.
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