‘Tragically, Debussy never lived to hear this arrangement’

‘Tragically, Debussy never lived to hear this arrangement’

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norman lebrecht

April 27, 2015

He can rest easy now.
debussy smoking2
 

‘Passepied’ by the Punch Brothers, courtesy of friend Greg Shea at WGBH.
Chris Thile leads on mandolin.

Comments

  • NYMike says:
    April 27, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    Actually, VERY good!

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  • Mikey says:
    April 27, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    They make a surprisingly strong case for their arrangement. I was expecting another crappy cross-over style arrangement. It was nice to hear the music treated with so much respect.

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  • Jules says:
    April 27, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    And I love the cheers at the mention of Debussy’s name, too.

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  • Hilary says:
    April 28, 2015 at 12:28 am

    Had he not smoked (returning to an earlier topic on this site) he may well have lived long enough to hear it.

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