Debussy wanted his piano preludes to be played and listened to privately. This film pays tribute to his wish, featuring Daniel Barenboim interpreting the first book of these delicate musical pieces in a surroundings reflecting the composer's ambiente of the turn of the century. Architecture, old photographs, a dancer, and pictures of nature appear, evoked by the music and the personal circumstances of the composer's life, with comments by his friends. Quotations of French lyrics which inspired the music as well as the composer's own thoughts and diary entries give the film an exclusively intimate touch. Everything is kept short, leaving room for the listener's mind to wander in this very special realm of the preludes which Barenboim explains as being "a hommage to Bach and Chopin. In these small pieces Debussy summarises his whole oeuvre." Original Version with English subtitles (to activate in the player bar) 00:07 Préludes - 1er livre, Danseuses de Delphes 05:38 Prélude à l'àprès-midi d'un faune 07:19 Préludes - 1er livre, Voiles 11:29 Nuages (Nocturnes) 13:01 Préludes - 1er livre, Le Vent dans la plaine 16:36 Préludes - 1er livre, Les sons et les parfumes tournent 20:40 Préludes - 1er livre, Les Collines d'Anacapri 24:14 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe 26:56 Préludes - 1er livre, Des pas sur la neige 31:47 Préludes - 1er livre, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest 36:15 Préludes - 1er livre, La Fille aux cheveux de lin 39:05 Préludes - 1er livre, La Sérénade interrompue 42:56 Préludes - 1er livre, La Cathédrale engloutie 50:00 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe 51:36 Préludes - 1er livre, La danse de Puck 55:09 Préludes - 1er livre, Minstrels 57:40 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe A documentary with Daniel Barenboim by Paul Smaczny

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