He was catlike and solitary, as he was artistic and amorous. . . . Feline . . . is the adjective most used to suggest his walk, his manner, his particular kind of acrid wit, his playfulness, his sulks ...

To many a casual concert goer, the name Claude Debussy suggests a moody, vaporous music of almost monotonous sweetness and grace. Anybody who ever sat down to a piano lesson has tinkled through Clair ...

(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

Debussy’s sensuously beautiful music for D’Annunzio’s ambivalent mystery play has been well served on recordings. Tim Ashley chooses his favourite from among the many available versions Le martyre de ...

On Sunday, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returned to Orchestra Hall with an invitation to wade in a single great work: Claude Debussy’s Préludes. Considering the Préludes a “work” is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The real marvel of classical music is that it's such a nebulous term. Classical is generally used for anything that's ...

*This episode originally aired May 30, 2017. It features longtime CBC Radio contributor Robert Harris in conversation with Ivars Taurins, founding director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. In 1876, ...

Debussy’s elusive ‘poème dansé’ stands at the intersection between late Romanticism and modernism. Richard Whitehouse follows its recorded progress over the past 75 years Debussy evidently realised ...

IT HAS been said — and is, I fear, something of an aphorism — that two careers may run in a parallel direction; then suddenly, without premonition or intent, may swerve to meet each other, though the ...