The affinity of the German pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) for the music of Debussy is nothing less than legendary. As Gramophone magazine wrote: “Debussy and Gieseking form an inseparable union where creator and recreator become one and the same person. Had Debussy lived to hear Gieseking he would surely have marvelled at such an uncanny identification with his very spirit.” These miraculous recordings, dating from the early 1950s, set a standard in the interpretation of the French composer’s music and bear out the words of the New York Times from some 20 years earlier: “Walter Gieseking, a rare master of delicate and exquisite tone values, a pianist of prodigious technical capacity … and an artist who knows that precision and exactitude are not incompatible with poetry.”

• 5LP clamshell with 180 GR. pressing black vinyl – no download code.
• Illustrated booklet. English, German and French liner notes.