The Debussy Film

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

Debussy, Images pour orchestre

Forêt Debussy

In an effort to escape a haunting past, a mother lives a quiet, totally secluded life on a remote mountainside with her musically gifted daughter.

Good-bye Debussy

16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Ina

Celibidache: Ravel and Debussy

The incomparable Sergiu Celibidache leads the Munich Philharmonic through works by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy in this rare recorded performance from 1994. Celibidache's intense passion infuses selections including

Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

Gloria Campaner performs Claude Debussy's Suite Bergamasque.

Images pour Debussy

This film illustrates Debussy's works "En bateau", "Arabesques", "Reflets dans l'eau" and "Arabesques en sol". As a visual counterpoint to the music it shows playful reflections, transparencies, and iridescence of water.

Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy

Herbert von Karajan was a master of the fine blending of acoustic colours. This quality is shown to its best advantage in this programme of masterpieces of French Impressionism. Works include Debussy’s multifaceted La Me

Debussy - Pelléas

Debussy ga Hikeru Made

A widower who runs a tiny watch shop and a young ex-pianist meet by chance. Through lessons on Debussy’s “Clair de lune” and quiet whisky nights, the unlikely pair reopen old wounds and nudge each other toward a new star

Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande

Drama lyrique in five acts, after the play by Maruice Maeterlink

Daniele Gatti & Gautier Capuçon Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy

A concert where German and French Romanticism engage in a dialogue, revealing as many differences as they do similarities. Wagner invites the listener into a contemplative state bordering on ecstasy, while the sensuality

Ormandy Conducts Holst and Debussy

This DVD pays tribute to a representative of the famous conductor personalities of the last century: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), who was both energetic and graceful on the podium, was known for his infallible ear and pro

London Symphony Orchestra: The Young Debussy

The evocative music of Claude Debussy has been described as the foundation of modern music. But how did the composer come to develop his unique style? On this video, maestro Francois-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony O

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Debussy's masterpiece, for the first time conducted by the Paris Opera's music director Philippe Jordan, in the fairy staging by Robert Wilson. When Prince Golaud, grandson of King of Allemonde, meets the beautiful Mélis

Debussy Só em Cena

Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke

Yosuke Misaki used to be a promising prosecutor, but he suddenly quit his job. He begins a new career as a pianist. He knocks on the door of wealthy man Kentaro Katsuki who lives in a peaceful area of Kamakura, Kanagawa

Aldo Ciccolini: Homage to DeBussy

Renowned Italian pianist Aldo Ciccolini performs works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Erik Satie in this concert appearance. Sought after by some of the world's greatest orchestras, Ciccolini has perf

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Julia Fischer sublimates Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru. An eclectic programme that also highlights works by Elsa Barraine and Claude Debussy.

Claude Debussy - Music cannot be learned

The composer Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, a few miles outside Paris, in 1862. While a pupil at the Conservatoire, he composed music that did not conform to the theory of the times. He contradicted his