Pour le piano
piano suite by Claude Debussy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pour le piano (For the piano) is a suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. Debussy composed it in 1901. Three movements are part of the suite, a prélude, a sarabande and a toccata. Ricardo Viñes first played it at the Salle Érard on 11 January 1902. Maurice Ravel created a version for orchestra of the middle movement.[1]
The suite is regarded as Debussy's first mature piano composition. There are many recordings.