Complete Orchestral Works Vol.5 : Markl / Lyon National Orchestra

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) : Orchestral Works 5

La boite a joujoux (orch. Claude Debussy and Andre Caplet)
Six epigraphes antiques (orch. Ernest Ansermet)
Estampes No. 1: Pagodes (orch. Andre Caplet)
Estampes No. 2: La soiree dans Grenade (orch. P-H Busser)
L’isle joyeuse (orch. Bernardino Molinari)
Le triomphe de Bacchus (orch. & arr. Marius-Francois Gaillard)

Orchestre National de Lyon / Jun Markl, conductor

Recorded: 2009, 2010

Volume 5 of Naxos’s acclaimed series of Debussy’s orchestral music presents a potpourri of works that were either left incomplete by the composer or were orchestrated by others who greatly admired his music. His rarely-heard children’s ballet The Toy Box, dedicated to Debussy’s daughter Emma-Claude but not premiered until after the composer’s death, recalls the innocent world of his popular Children’s Corner suite. Based on Pierre Louys’ Chansons de Bilitis, Debussy’s Six epigraphes antiques evoke poetic scenes from the ancient world, as does the sole surviving portion of The Triumph of Bacchus.