While in Delphi I thought of Debussy (1862-1918) and his floating musical universe. The mellow colours and the serene landscape let the mundane fatigue vanish and prepare us to accept that, indeed this is the home of gods and legends, a mystic gate, the umbilical that unites us mortals with our the chthonic element. Debussy saw some photos of female statues from Delphi at the Louvre. They inspired him to compose this solemn sarabande. It opens the first book of twelve preludes. I never found out which statues or bas-reliefs the french musician saw. I propose in this video my arbitrary version. The photos were taken at the Delphi museum and outside of it. Marguerite Long testified that Debussy used to play himself this piece slowly, softly, in a steady tempo. There was something solemn in his sonorities that transformed the danseuses to priestesses. I belong to the happy majority of people who admire Walter Gieseking when it comes to Debussy. Recording of 1954. Enjoy.
Delphi, Danseuses de Delphes, Claude Debussy, Walter Gieseking, museum, site, Greece - YouTube |
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