The original, unedited, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of "Suite Bergamasque" is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major. The title, "Clair de lune," suggests a relationship to Paul Verlaine's eponymo[...]
"Clair de Lune"---it has been used in the soundtrack of many movies including the famous fountain scene in Ocean's Eleven. The use of cup mutes contrasted by the warm sound of the flugel horns really creates a wonderful color and sonority. The percussion is optional but would add yet another color t[...]