Debussy: Petite Suite, Piano for Four Hands, : I-IV (Balzaretti, Kumagai)

The Edition Peters has a nice preface describing the Petite Suite which I will quote here: “The Petite Suite—a loose sequence of genre and dance-like movements—was created in 1889. Surprisingly it contains no traces of Debussy’s Wagner-experience. Some elements may be reminiscent of the music of Gabriel Fauré, Jules Massenet, Emanuel Chabrier or Léo Delibes, but the slender, atmospheric sound and elastic rhythm already indicate the new art of the subsequent piano music.“ Performed by Carlo Balzaretti and Kuniko Kumagai. 00:00 - I. En Bateau 03:06 - II. Cortège 06:21 - III. Menuet 09:04 - IV. Ballet