Claude Debussy – Music for the Prix de Rome – Hervé Niquet

The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students. (...) It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. (...) From 1666, the award winner could win a stay of three to five years at the Palazzo Mancini in Rome at the expense of the King of France. (...) Expanded after 140 years into five categories, the contest started in 1663 as two categories: painting and sculpture. Architecture was added in 1720. In 1803, music was added, and after 1804 there was a prix for engraving as well. (...) Ernest Chausson and Maurice Ravel attempted the Prix de Rome, but did not gain recognition. [from: wikipedia]

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):

CD 1:
Le Gladiateur
Invocation
La Demoiselle élue

CD 2:
Printemps
Le Printemps
Salut Printemps
L'Enfanrt prodigue

Guylaine Girard - soprano
Sophie Marilley - mezzo-soprano
Bernard Richter - tenor
Alain Buet - baritone
Marie-Josèphe Jude - piano
Jean-François Heisser - piano
Flemish Radio Choir
Brussels Philharmonic
Hervé Niquet - conductor

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