{"id":928,"date":"2017-10-06T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureaudiorecordings.com\/product\/import-placeholder-for-805\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:38:52","slug":"london-symphony-orchestra-debussy-pelleas-et-melisande","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pureaudiorecordings.com\/en\/product\/london-symphony-orchestra-debussy-pelleas-et-melisande\/","title":{"rendered":"LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Debussy: Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Simon Rattle leads an all-star cast in this highly anticipated new recording of Debussy\u2019s evocative opera Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande. It was captured in January 2016 during performances of an innovative collaboration between Rattle and Peter Sellars, two of the boldest creative minds in music and theatre today. Supported by the London Symphony Chorus, prepared by renowned choral director Simon Halsey, it is a moving statement of intent for Rattle\u2019s tenure as LSO Music Director.<\/p>\n

The plot, a love triangle between Prince Golaud, his wife M\u00e9lisande and his brother Pell\u00e9as, is shrouded in mystery and full of gripping twists and emotion-filled turns, ultimately ending in Pell\u00e9as\u2019 untimely death. The sensuous score contains some of Debussy\u2019s most exquisite music and perfectly crystalises the atmosphere of Maeterlinck\u2019s original play.<\/p>\n

Debussy himself explained the appeal of the work: \u2018The drama of Pell\u00e9as which, despite its dream like atmosphere, contains far more humanity than those so-called \u201creal life documents\u201d, seemed to suit my intentions admirably. In it there is an evocative language whose sensitivity could be extended into music and into the orchestral backcloth.\u2019<\/p>\n