Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, L.66 - Michel Mananes Recording

"Played with Antique Bösendorfer". Michel Mañanes study piano in France, Spain and Austria. With recitals for Europa and Southamerica specially. He won first prize in several young piano competitions. He is Piano Teacher in Madrid and continue to give concerts. Debussy Arabesque no.1. classical concert pianist.
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Michel Mañanes has obtained, recently, the University Title of "Expert in Pianistic Interpretation", gotten with "Cum Laudae" by Unanimous vote (International University of Andalusia)

Arabesque No. 1. Andantino con moto
Claude Debussy's Première Arabesque with outlined chords represented in lower staff.
This arabesque is in the key of E major. This piece begins with parallelism of triads in first inversion, a composition technique very much used by Debussy and the impressionist movement. It leads into a larger section beginning with a left hand arpeggio in E major and a descending right hand E major pentatonic progression.
The second quieter B section is in A major, which starts with a gesture (E-D-E-C♯), briefly passes through E major, returns to A major and ends with a bold pronouncement of the E-D-E-C♯ gesture, but transposed to the key of C major, played forte.
In the middle of the recapitulation of the A section, the music moves to a higher register and descends, followed by a large pentatonic scale ascending and descending, and resolving back to E major.

The Two Arabesques (Deux arabesques), L. 66, is a pair of arabesques composed by Claude Debussy. They are two of Debussy's earliest works, composed between the years 1888 and 1891, when he was still in his twenties.
Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form. Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys, and achieves evocative scenes through music.
The two arabesques are given these tempo marks: Andantino con moto & Allegretto scherzando
Better audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3_IqV0Y428&fmt=18

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[CristinaCeaicovski]

I love this piece but mostly I love the way you play it, so fluid, so dreamy, so "arabesquean", so magical!! :-) Absolutely marvelous!!! ♥♪♫♪♥