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Valse sentimentale Opus 51 Nr 6 Peter I. Tschaikowsky

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A cello quartet arrangement of the second movement of Vivaldi's Cello Sonata no. 3 in A minor RV43

Vivaldi - Cello Sonata III in a minor - Allegro

Debussy's sublime summer prelude, 'La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin'.

The indicated 'Très calm et doucement expresiff' (Very calm and gentle in expressiveness) is quietly asserting tranquility. This is a piece to be savoured and experienced like a summer's gentle breeze; incentivised by the source for the prelude - the poem that bears the identical title of the prelude, written by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle in the mid-19th century (published in 1874). It is said that Debussy found the inspiration for the prelude within the poem, but for me, the prelude is almost a musical transcription of the poem. I include both the English translation (Laura L. Nagle, 2007) of Lisle's poem, and the original French version as well, below. Read the poem whilst listening to the recording and you will find more than a serendipitous likeness!  
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The girl with the flaxen hair

Who sits upon the blooming lucerne,  
Singing from the earliest morn?  
It is the girl with the flaxen hair,  
The beauty with cherry-red lips.

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Your mouth has divine colours,
 My dear, and is tempting to kiss!
  Do you wish to chat upon the blooming grasses,  
Girl with long lashes and delicate curls?

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Do not say no, cruel girl!
  Do not say yes! I shall better understand  
A long gaze from your large eyes  
And your pink lips, o my beauty!

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Farewell to the deer, farewell to the hares  
And the red partridges!  I wish 
To kiss the flax of your hair,  
To press upon the crimson of your lips!

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.
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La fille aux cheveux de lin

Sur la luzerne en fleur assise,  
Qui chante dès le frais matin?
  C'est la fille aux cheveux de lin,
  La belle aux lèvres de cerise.

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,  
Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Ta bouche a des couleurs divines,  
Ma chère, et tente le baiser!  
Sur l'herbe en fleur veux-tu causer,  
Fille aux cils longs, aux boucles fines?

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,  
Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Ne dis pas non, fille cruelle!  
Ne dis pas oui! J'entendrai mieux
  Le long regard de tes grands yeux
  Et ta lèvre rose, ô ma belle!

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,
  Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Adieu les daims, adieu les lièvres  
Et les rouges perdrix! Je veux
  Baiser le lin de tes cheveux,  
Presser la pourpre de tes lèvres!

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,
  Avec l'alouette a chanté.
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Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", from Poèmes antiques, in 'Chansons écossaises'
illustration: Monet - Monet - 'Woman with a Parasol, facing right', 1886, Musée D'Orsay, Paris

Claude Debussy - Prelude in G flat major - no. 8 from Book 1: 'La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin'

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Nuit d'etoiles - Claude Debussy

Do not make the children pay again — a call to the leaders of Israel and Palestine. The war is over. The weapons are silent. But peace is not silence. Peace is a choice, every day again. We call upon you — leaders of both peoples — to follow the handshake of the children. They have no agenda, no grudges, no past that paralyzes them. They play. They laugh. They build something new together. Let their play become your policy. Let their joy be your strategy. For every bomb that falls, falls on a future. Every bullet that flies strikes a story that was yet to be written. You were not chosen to repeat. You were called to break through. The world is watching, but more importantly: the children are looking up. At you. At what you do with this chance. Do not let peace be a pause between two tragedies. Let it be a beginning. A beginning of cooperation, of reconstruction, of shared hope. No wall is stronger than a child who laughs. No border is sacred if it separates what want to grow together. We do not demand perfection. We demand courage. The courage to choose life, to choose dialogue, to choose a future where the names of children are no longer on memorial stones, but in schoolbooks, in works of art, in dreams. Peace has begun. Let it endure.

Voor de Nieuwe Vrede in Gaza

Made this recording June 5th, 2012. Enjoy this beautiful romantic character piece by Chopin. 

Frederic Chopin - Etude in Ab Major, "Aeolian Harp", Op. 25 No. 1

Avigail Arad Cello
Victor Stanislavsky Piano
Live Performnce in Tel Aviv 2007

Gabriel Fauré Sicilienne Op78

Claude Debussy, composer.
La Plus que Lente (A Slow Waltz), waltz for piano, L. 128 [1910]

Carlos Marquez, pianist.

background painting by Renoir “Le Moulin de la Galette” (1875)

Claude Debussy: La Plus que Lente (A Slow Waltz)

Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Winter

Kinderszenen Op.15 No.7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen Op.15 No.7, Träumerei

Dedico esta grabación con gran cariño a mis padres.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/debussy-deux-arabesques-single/id1109105473

Debussy: Deux Arabesques

Arabesque No. 1 in E Major, L. 66: Andante con moto

Claude Debussy: Première Arabesque

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Classically trained pianist. I enjoy playing not only the traditional repertoire but also pieces from unusual composers.

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