Debussy ~ Michelangeli ~ Danseuses de Delphes ~ Preludes, Book 1 No. 1 @billystewart4

Uploaded September 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

Michelangeli and Debussy - the two names bring to mind beautiful masterpieces for piano. That is what was produced whenever the master pianist, Michelangeli, sat down at a piano to play Debussy, as he did here in the complete cycle of Debussy's Preludes, Book (Livre) 1, a group of tone poems, along with Book 2, in the form of Preludes for Piano

The first piece is 'Danseuses de Delphes' which translates as "Dancing Girls of Delphi", referring to the ancient Greek dancers for the gods. Debussy marked the piece's tempo as 'Lent et grave'.

Enjoy!

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