Debussy: Suite bergamasque / David Rubinstein, piano

Debussy: Suite bergamasque / David Rubinstein, piano Recorded 2014 at Entourage Studios, N. Hollywood, Cal. I decided to learn and perform Suite bergamasque many years ago not just because it includes the ever-charming “Clair de lune” but for its overall richness and variety of wonderful music. It is a relatively early work of Debussy (1890, published 1905), coming before some of his more harmonically advanced works. As for Clair de lune - possibly the world’s most famous piano piece - much has been written, but often omitted is the actual source of the title, a poem by Verlaine, which talks about the soul beneath a mask: “Your soul is like a landscape fantasy, Where masks and bergamasks, in charming wise, Strum lutes and dance, just a bit sad to be Hidden beneath their fanciful disguise…” -D.R. 0:00 - Prélude 4:21 - Menuet 8:23 - Clair de lune  13:54 - Passepied  https://scarlatt9.wixsite.com/rubinstein   / david-rubinstein-in-recital-vol-3   Clair de lune video with mask images:    • David Rubinstein plays Clair de lune   #debussy #pianomusic