Let’s focus on two tracks from the album:
The album is a treasure trove for "Keen Debussians," featuring four world-premiere recordings of unpublished songs. MusicWeb International Debussy. Clair de lune -Dessay- Cassard- -FLAC-
Don’t stream it. Download the FLAC. Dim the lights. Listen to the silence between the notes. That silence, in lossless, is where Debussy lives. Let’s focus on two tracks from the album:
For this specific track, the version reveals the una corda pedal (soft pedal) shift. When Cassard shifts from pp to piano , the timbre changes from glass to silk. An MP8 cannot resolve that; FLAC can. Dim the lights
Discovering Debussy’s "Clair de lune": A Natalie Dessay & Philippe Cassard Masterpiece When you think of Claude Debussy’s "Clair de lune" , the mind usually drifts to a solo piano drifting away on a peaceful cloud . However, the 2012 album by soprano Natalie Dessay and pianist Philippe Cassard
in this later stage of her career, her native French phrasing remains impeccable. Philippe Cassard (Piano): Cassard provides a languid but light accompaniment
