Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (Naxos Audio CD)

“Märkl’s revelatory Debussy series is up there as one of the most iridescent musical jewels in Naxos’s crown. These treasurable pieces have never sounded finer on disc.” Classic FM Editor’s Choice on Vol. 5

Volume 6 in Naxos’s popular series presents five highly diverse works in gorgeous orchestrations by Debussy’s colleagues or later admirers. Indeed, pieces such as Clair de lune and Printemps may even be better known in these seductive guises than in their original forms. Of particular interest is Debussy’s sole attempt at composing a symphony, a youthful work imbued with the spirit of French Romanticism, only the first movement of which he completed.

Jun Märkl’s exemplary interpretations of Debussy’s orchestral music have been praised for their “subtle and sensitive readings” (Gramophone).

“This is bewitching music-making that should on no account be missed … One of the finest discs Naxos has ever released” Classic FM on Volume 1 (8.570759).