Debussy: Images: No.2 Ibéria

After Debussy wrote the piano composition Images in 1905, he followed it with an orchestral composition in three sections. The second part of this collection of images, Ibéria, is the most played. We get to look into the street life of a Spanish city, smell the scents of the night and hear the preparations for a festival. The sounds evoke patterns of Spanish flavors, Moorish-influenced melodies and dance rhythms. Debussy had not himself been to Spain but tried to reflect elements he saw in the art in musical form.

Conductor John Adams leads the orchestra.

Recorded for GSOplay in Gothenburg Concert Hall in September 2025.