THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

34."LE MER"-CLAUDE DEBUSSY



OFR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

COND.-MILAN HOVAT



THE SOUNDS THAT MR. DEBUSSY WROTE INTO MUSIC SEEM TO

BE THE VERY SOUNDS OF LIFE ITSELF AND IT'S PLACE OF ORIGIN

"THE SEA".

HEARING DEBUSSY'S "LE MER" REMINDS ONESELF OF THE FEELING

WE ALL GET WHEN WE VISIT THE SEASHORE AFTER A LONG ABSENSE.

THAT WE HAVE COME BACK TO A PLACE OF DIVINITY WHERE INDEED

OUR OWN SOULS ONCE EMERGED-PERHAPS-IN SOME OTHER TIME-

IN SOME OTHER PLACE-THE DETAILS MAY BE AS FUZZY AS THE MIST

OF THE SEA ITSELF-BUT THE FELLING OF HOMENESS IS AS CERTAIN AS

THE SUN ITSELF.