Debussy Orchestrated: Petite Suite, La Boite a joujoux, Children’s Corner
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2622
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 4th March 2022
Contents
Works
Children's Corner (orch. A Caplet)La Boite a joujoux (orch. Andre Caplet)
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Artists
Orchestre National des Pays de la LoireConductor
Pascal RopheWorks
Children's Corner (orch. A Caplet)La Boite a joujoux (orch. Andre Caplet)
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Artists
Orchestre National des Pays de la LoireConductor
Pascal RopheAbout
As for Children’s Corner and La Boîte à joujoux, it is probably fair to say that the composer’s main inspiration was his own daughter, Claude-Emma, born in 1905. Both works are dedicated to her, and it is easy to imagine that some of the characters that appear in Children’s Corner had their counterparts among her toys. Letting toys come alive in a ballet was the idea that illustrator André Hellé a few years later presented to Debussy with La Boîte à joujoux. The piano version of the piece was published, with Hellé’s illustrations, in time for Christmas in 1913 and Debussy began orchestrating it the following year, but died before he could complete the task. His friend André Caplet – who had already orchestrated Children’s Corner – took over and the ballet was finally premièred in December 1919.
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