Debussy: Piano Works [Tower Records Limited] [SACD Hybrid]

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SACD hybrid disc. [SACD Hybrid Edition.
World's first SACD release (2,4-6). Limited to 800 sets. Digipak specification, with outer box.
Serial number sticker is attached on the back side of the CD (The serial number is not visible from the outside, and cannot be selected. The serial number is not visible from the outside and cannot be selected. Please understand that you will receive it at random.)
The latest mastering sound source in 2024 is used (SACD layer and CD layer are mastered separately after high-quality digitization at 192kHz/24bit).
Mastering engineer: Mr. Kosei Fujita
Original jacket design used (some other jacket designs are used in the package)
Commentary: Hiro Higashiyo (new commentary), 16-page commentary in total


[Commemorative project for the 100th anniversary of Fran?ois's birth.
All of Fran?ois Debussy's masterpieces, recorded in session for the former EMI, are now available on SACD for the first time, with the exception of two tracks on DISC 1! Newly reissued from the original analog master tapes. New commentary included.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth (2024) of Sanson Francois (1924.5.18-1970.10.22), one of France's most popular pianists, the Debussy recordings left by the former EMI have been collected in a 4-CD set. EMI has a single album (DISC1) recorded in July 1961, which is also used in the jacket design of this box set. The project started in February 1968 with the aim of recording the complete works of Debussy, but was interrupted by the sudden death of Fran?ois (the recordings were made until two days before his death). This time, we have newly released on SACD the gems that should be called his legacy. The only recordings on DISC 1 other than "Island of Joy" and "Slower than Lent" are being released on SACD for the first time (the others, including DISC 204, have already been released on SACD). The master was digitized at 192kHz/24bit from the original analog master tapes in the original country for this release, and mastered separately for the SACD layer and CD layer. New commentary is included. This is a permanent edition.

These recordings are not only important recordings by Fran?ois, a pianist of unparalleled musical stature in the history of performance, but also stand apart from other recordings because of their uniquely nuanced playing style and interpretation. There are many uniform performances that are faithful to the score and do not stagnate, but why are we so attracted to the past, to performances that are more than half a century old? The new high-quality reissue of the Debussy Debussy Concerto will make you feel the strong will of Fran?ois Debussy more strongly than ever before. High-quality sound reproduces not only the multilayered sounds of orchestras and operas, but also the complex nuances of single instruments such as the piano, and the various expressive possibilities contained in a single move. In this sense, it is rare for a performer to be able to hear such diversity as Fran?ois. We aimed to reproduce the musicality of Fran?ois's music even more than before. The most complete collection, including some of the 1961 recordings, is now available on SACD for the first time.

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