Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos : Made available through hoopla, 2005
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 18 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781843793298 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11137473, 1843793296 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11137473
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by David Timson
Dating from the last decade of the nineteenth century, Pelleas et Melisande points the way into the twentieth century. The score is hauntingly beautiful, but there is more to the work than shifting panels of elusive, impressionistic sound. Debussy retains the text of Maeterlinck's play, and the linguistic subtleties of the French text are matched perfectly by the musical detail. Taking a little time to explore the romantic, elusive world of this opera is particularly rewarding
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