Three Favorite Debussy Orchestral Works

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What are your three favorite Debussy orchestral works?

Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
Nuages (from "Trois Nocturnes")
Fetes (from "Trois Nocturnes")
Sirenes (from "Trois Nocturnes")
La Mer
Gigues (from "Images pour Orchestre")
Iberia (from "Images pour Orchestre")
Rondes de Printemps (from "Images pour Orchestre")
Jeux
Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien
Other
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EigenUser

#40
May 08, 2014, 03:57:24 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 07, 2014, 05:04:57 PM
Good to see La Mer is still top of the heap. Yeah, it's just that good.
"La Mer" is just that good. But "Jeux" is just better ;).

I don't know why I'm being so aggressive about promoting "Jeux", because I really do love "La Mer" and the former wins by only a micrometer.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Karl Henning

#41
May 08, 2014, 04:45:44 AM
I'm a big Jeux fan, as well.
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North Star

#42
May 08, 2014, 04:56:30 AM
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EigenUser

#43
May 08, 2014, 04:57:20 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 08, 2014, 04:45:44 AM
I'm a big Jeux fan, as well.
I was going to +1 this, but that would be stating the obvious ;D.

8)
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Ken B

#44
May 08, 2014, 12:43:19 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 08, 2014, 04:45:44 AM
I'm a big Jeux fan, as well.
de Cartes   gobsmackingly huge +1

EigenUser

#45
May 12, 2014, 01:20:11 PM
I knew that I had this somewhere... This is the result of waking up too early (when I have the most energy), having too much coffee, studying something that I love, and (of course) listening to music that I love. When I was first getting acquainted with "Jeux" it was (and still is) first on my playlist of background music (music I'd play while studying). I often made music-related comments in the margins of my scratch-work. Here's a relevant one I jotted down in a burst of excitement ;D :


(Ken, care to guess the topic I was studying?)
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Ken B

#46
May 12, 2014, 02:23:20 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 12, 2014, 01:20:11 PM
I knew that I had this somewhere... This is the result of waking up too early (when I have the most energy), having too much coffee, studying something that I love, and (of course) listening to music that I love. When I was first getting acquainted with "Jeux" it was (and still is) first on my playlist of background music (music I'd play while studying). I often made music-related comments in the margins of my scratch-work. Here's a relevant one I jotted down in a burst of excitement ;D :


(Ken, care to guess the topic I was studying?)
Well I see a lot of trig, some integrals, and polar co-ordinates, and nothing musical. So you were rehearsing Gruppen.

(Too hard to make out but could be fluid dynamics, but all those Capital I make me suspect moments were involved. Some sort of dymaics, like road inclines or rollercoasters? )

EigenUser

#47
May 12, 2014, 02:34:37 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 12, 2014, 02:23:20 PM
Well I see a lot of trig, some integrals, and polar co-ordinates, and nothing musical. So you were rehearsing Gruppen.

(Too hard to make out but could be fluid dynamics, but all those Capital I make me suspect moments were involved. Some sort of dymaics, like road inclines or rollercoasters? )
It was for an engineering math class (literally, called "Intermediate Engineering Mathematics"). This part of the class was field theory (i.e. Stokes and Divergence Theorems, line integrals, potentials, etc.), so it could be fluid mechanics. The capital 'I's are actually just my way of labeling annoyingly long integrals so I don't have to write them over and over. Not dynamics, but that was my favorite area in engineering!
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Ken B

#48
May 12, 2014, 03:12:43 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 12, 2014, 02:34:37 PM
It was for an engineering math class (literally, called "Intermediate Engineering Mathematics"). This part of the class was field theory (i.e. Stokes and Divergence Theorems, line integrals, potentials, etc.), so it could be fluid mechanics. The capital 'I's are actually just my way of labeling annoyingly long integrals so I don't have to write them over and over. Not dynamics, but that was my favorite area in engineering!
I won't ask if you have read Div, grad, curl.
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Mirror Image

#49
May 12, 2014, 03:49:41 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 12, 2014, 02:23:20 PM
Well I see a lot of trig, some integrals, and polar co-ordinates, and nothing musical. So you were rehearsing Gruppen.

:P

EigenUser

#50
May 12, 2014, 03:53:21 PM
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Mirror Image

#51
May 16, 2014, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: James on May 16, 2014, 07:20:49 AM

Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune, Nocturnes, La Mer, Jeux.

Those are my top picks.[/font]

I guess you can't count (which isn't surprising). Nate (EigenUser) asked us all to pick three, not four, favorite Debussy orchestral works.

EigenUser

#52
May 16, 2014, 07:44:05 AM
Quote from: James on May 16, 2014, 07:20:49 AM
Debussy (along with Ravel & Fauré) is one of my very favorite composers.

Some of the best music ever written is on that list, the Nocturnes should be listed as one piece.
Join the club, I guess... :-\
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Mirror Image

#53
May 16, 2014, 06:43:49 PM
Quote from: James on May 16, 2014, 08:05:41 AM
I listed my favorites. Since you're so anal-retentive for 'rules' here .. take the first 3 from my list. There you go.

I'm glad you can at least read. I was worried for a minute, but only a minute. :)

Ken B

#54
May 16, 2014, 07:15:31 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 16, 2014, 06:43:49 PM
I'm glad you can at least read. I was worried for a minute, but only a minute. :)
And I am glad that James's taste aligns so well with yours and Nate's ...

>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D

Mirror Image

#55
May 16, 2014, 07:25:31 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 07:15:31 PM
And I am glad that James's taste aligns so well with yours and Nate's ...

>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D

Remember that his tastes in music and his ability/inability to read are two different matters. ;) ;D

EigenUser

#56
May 17, 2014, 05:08:16 AM
Well, now I'm upset because "Sirenes" only got 2 (TWO!!!) votes! >:(

What is WRONG with you people??

;)
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

North Star

#57
May 17, 2014, 07:28:04 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on May 17, 2014, 05:08:16 AM
Well, now I'm upset because "Sirenes" only got 2 (TWO!!!) votes! >:(

What is WRONG with you people??
Someone divided Nocturnes into movements (and Images, too) - that's what's wrong with certain people..
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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EigenUser

#58
May 17, 2014, 07:44:30 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 17, 2014, 07:28:04 AM
Someone divided Nocturnes into movements (and Images, too) - that's what's wrong with certain people..
:P
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".
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