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Oistrakh's Clair de Lune

February 1, 2010 at 10:43 PM ·

 Hey everyone,

I just love the way Oistrakh plays Debussy's "Clair de Lune" and was wondering if anyone knows the arrangement he was using, or else any good arrangement of this piece you may know of. I would really like to play it on my recital in the fall...

Here is a link to the video of the performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKd0VII-l3A

Replies (6)

February 2, 2010 at 01:23 AM ·

http://everynote.com/violin.show/3454.music
arranged by Kreisler

Also, given the current popularity of the piece, I would think that your music store is either going to have it in paper or is going to be able to supply it by download.

 

 

February 2, 2010 at 01:57 AM ·

Other standard arrangments for Violin and piano:
Composer:  Debussy, Claude Achille ( 1862 - 1918 ) 
Title:  Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque, orig for pno 
Arranger / Editor:  Roelens 
Instrumentation:  vln, pno 
Publisher:  Editions Jobert 
Edition Number:  M2308.14065 
Agent:  Presser: about $17.95   
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Composer:  Debussy, Claude Achille ( 1862 - 1918 ) 
Title:  Pour le violon : Clair de Lune - Rêverie - Ballade - Valse Romantique V [ Recueil ] 
Arranger / Editor:  (transcriptions Roelens, Bachman, Carembat, Roelens) 
Instrumentation:  vln, pno 
Publisher:  Editions Jobert 
Edition Number:  M2308.11309 
Agent:  Presser  

February 2, 2010 at 04:30 AM ·

Thank you for posting this.  I lost the violin insert part to my Clair de Lune about 10 years ago and it is nice to get it back for $2.  Tom

May 31, 2011 at 04:18 PM ·

Is the $3 edition on http://everynote.com/violin.show/3454.music decent?

This one looks like the reference edition: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Clair-De-Lune/19472944

Has anyone any experience with the Minus one edition?

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/DEBUSSY-Violin-Sonata-and-Other-French-Classics-for-Violin-and-Piano/18395203

May 31, 2011 at 07:41 PM · Oistrakh uses the Clair de Lune arrangement by Alexandre Roelens. I have a copy published by Editions Jobert. It may still be under copyright.

May 31, 2011 at 08:14 PM ·

thanks for the info. I checked the recording on the Minus One website and it sounds like they used the same arrangement as well.

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