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Impressionism in music was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on suggestion and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone‐picture". "Impressionism" is a philosophical and aesthetic term borrowed from late 19th-century French painting after Monet's Impression, Sunrise. Composers were labeled impressionists by analogy to the impressionist painters who use starkly contrasting colors, effect of light on an object, blurry foreground and background, flattening perspective, etc. to make the observer focus his attention on the overall impression. The most prominent feature in musical impressionism is the use of "colour", or in musical terms, timbre, which can be achieved through orchestration, harmonic usage, texture, etc. Other elements of music impressionism also involve new chord combinations, ambiguous tonality, extended harmonies, use of modes and exotic scales, parallel motion, extra-musicality, and evocative titles
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  • Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    RPO005 An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Boléro

      Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

      Recording identifier: rw2147485714 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO005 Conductors: Barry Wordsworth Producer: Alan Peters Engineer: Keith Grant Recording date: 1993-10-01 Performance timing: 562 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jonathan Carney (Violin) Recording location: Abbey Road, Studio One, London

      RPO005

      Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

      RPO005

        An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Boléro

        09:21

        Recording identifier: rw2147485714 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO005 Conductors: Barry Wordsworth Producer: Alan Peters Engineer: Keith Grant Recording date: 1993-10-01 Performance timing: 562 Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jonathan Carney (Violin) Recording location: Abbey Road, Studio One, London

        09:21

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      • La Mer

        De l'aube a midi sur la mer

        FC16555 La Mer (The Sea), Pavane pour une infante défunte, Boléro

          De l'aube a midi sur la mer

          Recording identifier: rw2147484148 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16555 Conductors: Jean-Claude Bernede Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Martial Golaz Recording date: 1986-01-01 Performance timing: 479 Ensemble: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Leader: Recording location: Salle Playel, Paris

          FC16555

          De l'aube a midi sur la mer

          FC16555

            La Mer (The Sea), Pavane pour une infante défunte, Boléro

            08:50

            Recording identifier: rw2147484148 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC16555 Conductors: Jean-Claude Bernede Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Jean-Martial Golaz Recording date: 1986-01-01 Performance timing: 479 Ensemble: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Leader: Recording location: Salle Playel, Paris

            2

            08:50

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          • Mother Goose Suite

            Sleeping Beauty's Pavan

            FC021 Mother Goose Suite (5 pieces d'enfantines), Le tombeau de Couperin, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1

              Sleeping Beauty's Pavan

              Recording identifier: rw2147483808 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC021 Conductors: Louis de Froment Producer: Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 249 Ensemble: Grand Orchestre de Radio Télé Luxembourg Leader: Recording location:

              FC021

              Sleeping Beauty's Pavan

              FC021

                Mother Goose Suite (5 pieces d'enfantines), Le tombeau de Couperin, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1

                01:41

                Recording identifier: rw2147483808 Label: Forlane CI Catalogue number: FC021 Conductors: Louis de Froment Producer: Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 249 Ensemble: Grand Orchestre de Radio Télé Luxembourg Leader: Recording location:

                4

                01:41

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              • Suite Bergamasque

                Clair de Lune

                RPO068 2 Arabesques, Suite Bergamasque, Rêverie

                  Clair de Lune

                  Recording identifier: rw2147485454 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO068 Conductors: Producer: Matthew Dilley Engineer: Gareth Williams Recording date: Performance timing: 200 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location:

                  RPO068

                  Clair de Lune

                  RPO068

                    2 Arabesques, Suite Bergamasque, Rêverie

                    05:42

                    Recording identifier: rw2147485454 Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalogue number: RPO068 Conductors: Producer: Matthew Dilley Engineer: Gareth Williams Recording date: Performance timing: 200 Ensemble: Leader: Recording location:

                    1

                    05:42

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                  • Boléro

                    Boléro

                    FI050 Boléro, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Introduction and Allegro

                      Boléro

                      Recording identifier: rw2147484506 Label: Fioretti Catalogue number: FI050 Conductors: Louis de Froment Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 944 Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg Leader: Recording location:

                      FI050

                      Boléro

                      FI050

                        Boléro, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Introduction and Allegro

                        15:44

                        Recording identifier: rw2147484506 Label: Fioretti Catalogue number: FI050 Conductors: Louis de Froment Producer: Ivan Pastor Engineer: Recording date: Performance timing: 944 Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg Leader: Recording location:

                        15:44

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