1. how you come across to it:
"Composer of the Week", BBC Radio 3
2. why this piece?
I fell for the refreshing "distant land" atmosphere in this early Debussy piece right away.
3. (and...)
Orfeo's recording is said to be the only complete one in the market. Will check it later.
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Sypnosis on AllAboutOpera.com:
http://www.alanfoust.lunarpages.com/opera_resources.php?opera_ndx=1955
Lia's aria on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNvaF-7iVw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0H5ztwvV0
"[Debussy's] scène lyrique, L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Child), on a text by Edouard Guinand, won Premier Prix. The Académie cited the work's "well-defined poetic sense, brilliant and warm color, lively and dramatic music."
"Jacques Durand, the music publisher, recalled the first round of judging in his book, Quelques souvenirs d'un editeur de musique (Memories of a Music Editor), published in Paris in 1924: "Debussy was at the piano, nervous, it is true … Madame Caron caused a huge sensation with Lia's aria … then after the final trio, I had the feeling that the prize was won.""
- from The Julliard Journal Online
http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/j_articles418.html
listen to a 26-min excerpt here:
http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=315519468
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