Video of the Day: Debussy's sublime 'Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune'

Jonathan Whiting
Friday, May 3, 2024

A taste of French impressionism courtesy of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Today's Video of the Day comes from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with a brand new recording of Claude Debussy's tone poem Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune. Conducted by Sergey Neller, the work features on new album 'Air' where it appears alongside two new works by French composer ​​Christian Schittenhelm.

'Air' is available now and can be heard below via Apple Music

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