Reflections on the water
Debussy wrote his two books of Images between 1904 and 1907. Both books consists of three pieces each. Book I 1. Reflets dans l'eau 2. Hommage à Rameau 3. Mouvement Book II 1. Cloches à travers les feuilles 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut 3. Poissons d'or There is actually one recording of this piece that most critics and music lovers consider the best ever. That one is Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's recording in Turin in 1962. His recording for DG a decade later is also masterful. This piece is recorded and played live often in concert, so there is a good chance you will be able to hear it in a concert hall near you. But the first time I heard this was at college in the early 1980s. Mary Przypyszny played it not only in her senior recital and several times in the small recital hall but also from the orchestra pit during a student dance performance. I was a "techie" for the performance, changing the gels on the side-lights between the dances, so ...