Pierre-Laurent Aimard discusses Debussy

Mon 3rd September 2012

Hear the pianist talk about the Préludes - then listen to his Prom performance

Pierre-Laurent Aimard discusses Debussy (photo: Marco Borggreve)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard discusses Debussy (photo: Marco Borggreve)

Ahead of his performance of Debussy solo piano music at today's lunchtime Prom, Gramophone's editor Martin Cullingford talked to pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard about the composer's music, focussing on his Préludes.

Listen to Aimard discuss the music below - and then hear his Proms performance of Book 2 of the Préludes, plus other works, from Cadogan Hall, on the BBC iPlayer.

Aimard recently released a recording of the complete Debussy Préludes on Deutsche Grammophon, available at Amazon and iTunes.