Two from Frederic Chiu. From a recital he gave in Portland, Oregon, we hear first "Pagodes" by Claude Debussy, then "A Boat on the Ocean," by Ravel.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy on March 25, our colleagues at ICI Musique produced this artful video, directed by François Racine, of Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis.
IT HAS been said — and is, I fear, something of an aphorism — that two careers may run in a parallel direction; then suddenly, without premonition or intent, may swerve to meet each other, though the ...