C. Debussy - Valse - T. Dokshizer trumpet

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) - Valse "La Plus Que Lente" Timofei Dokshizer - trumpet Sergei Solodovnik - piano "La plus que lente" ("The more than slow") is a waltz for solo piano written by Claude Debussy in 1910 shortly after his publication of the Préludes, Book I. The piece debuted at the New Carlton Hotel in Paris, where it was transcribed for strings and performed by the popular &violinist, Léoni, for whom Debussy wrote it. It has been claimed that Debussy was supposedly inspired for "La plus que lente" by a small sculpture, "La Valse", that he kept on his mantelpiece. However, others point to various sources of inspiration, some citing the resemblance between this waltz and Debussy&earlier work, Ballade. During the same year of its composition, an orchestration of the work was conceived, but Debussy opposed the score&heavy use of percussion and proposed a new one, writing to his publisher: "Examining the brassy score of La plus que lente, it appears to me to be uselessly ornamented with trombones, kettle drums, triangles, etc., and thus it addresses itself to a sort of de luxe saloon that I am accustomed to ignore!—there are certain clumsinesses that one can easily avoid! So I permitted myself to try another kind of arrangement which seems more practical. And it is impossible to begin the same way in a saloon as in a salon. There absolutely must be a few preparatory measures. But let¬ limit ourselves to beer parlors. Let&think of the numberless five-o&teas where...