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Once again for the fine work. Thank you for the share. Keep it up.

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Thank you bobtheknob for yet another great post. I am "old school" and have always turned to the great French conductors Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Jean Martinon and even Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit for my Debussy listening pleasure. I am looking forward to the Deneve interpretation and will seek out the Haitink recordings you mentioned above.

Hi Bob: thanks again for these fine works.

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Beautiful! Thank you!

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Awesome - thank you!!!!

Thank you very much for your share. Debussy is one of the godfathers of film music, which is evident in this music

Million thanks!

Billion thanks from me, very nice interpretations. La mer is my evergreen from Debussy. My favorite recordings are Sinopoli, Gergiev and Dudamel. Their orchestras play in the old german seating, first violins left, second violins right hand site. This effect for me is breathtaking.

I'd still recommend Charles Dutoit for Debussy, one of the great specialists (on Decca). Also, as far as historic recordings are concerned, D�sir�-�mile Inghelbrecht. Also, of course, Charles Munch. The Den�ve cycle is good, and will do for most consumers.

I'd still recommend Charles Dutoit for Debussy, one of the great specialists (on Decca). Also, as far as historic recordings are concerned, D�sir�-�mile Inghelbrecht. Also, of course, Charles Munch. The Den�ve cycle is good, and will do for most consumers.Dutoit is too expressively distant to my ears, seeming to mainly focus, like Haitink and Karajan, on getting beautiful sounds from his orchestra. Den�ve is the only Debussy conductor I’ve heard who actually tries to explore what the music has to say. With Dutoit, Haitink, and Karajan, we are looking at a beautiful painting of the subject at hand. With Den�ve, we are looking at it in real life - maybe not as opulently beautiful as the painting, but certainly more lively and interesting.

Dutoit is too expressively distant to my ears, seeming to mainly focus, like Haitink and Karajan, on getting beautiful sounds from his orchestra. Den�ve is the only Debussy conductor I’ve heard who actually tries to explore what the music has to say. With Dutoit, Haitink, and Karajan, we are looking at a beautiful painting of the subject at hand. With Den�ve, we are looking at it in real life - maybe not as opulently beautiful as the painting, but certainly more lively and interesting.

The problem is that the Royal Sottish National isn't quite up to it.

The problem is that the Royal Sottish National isn't quite up to it.Considering that Gramophone Magazine has referred to them as one of Europe's "greatest orchestras" and also as the "best French orchestra north of Calais" (Amsterdam is north of Calais, BTW), and also just based on what I'm hearing with my own ears, I would say you're on pretty thin ice with that statement. I'm listening to the Den�ve album (again) right now as I'm typing this, and I can't help noticing how I keep hearing details that were never apparent in the Haitink album, as well as how marvelously different instrument sections are continually asserting themselves when Debussy gives them something important to hear, and they then just as quickly move back out of the way as somebody else picks it up - and it’s not being done by the recording engineers either. This shows some very deeply thought-out rehearsal as well as score analysis by all concerned. After the terrific job they did in the J�rvi-Strauss thread and now this, they are surely one of the world's finest orchestras today.

If you feel that strongly in favor of Dutoit or anybody else, however, then start your own thread and post it.

Thanks again Bob!

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF CHORAL MUSIC, BAROQUE MUSIC IS YOUR CUP OF TEA BUT I;M BEGINNING TO SHARE MY COLLECTION HERE. HOPE TO CHAT.

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Great share as always. Debussy has always been one of my favorite composers and this rendition lets you get immersed in the music. Thanks so much.

Thank you for sharing this!