What a surprise to see this on here! I love these songs so much, more than any other classical songs. (musician/composer here)
In my 20s I studied/listened/loved/played/sang almost everything Debussy wrote (including nothing but Pelleas for over a year, that felt like a musical nand2tetris)..when I found these 3 songs, I didn't bother any more with his earlier songs; Bilitis seemed on another level.
Some other absolute-favourite classical vocal works: Debussy - Pelleas et Melisande and Martyrdom of St Sebastian, Rachmaninov - The Bells, Strauss - Four Last Songs, Britten - Billy Budd.
In my 20s I studied/listened/loved/played/sang almost everything Debussy wrote (including nothing but Pelleas for over a year, that felt like a musical nand2tetris)..when I found these 3 songs, I didn't bother any more with his earlier songs; Bilitis seemed on another level.
Some other absolute-favourite classical vocal works: Debussy - Pelleas et Melisande and Martyrdom of St Sebastian, Rachmaninov - The Bells, Strauss - Four Last Songs, Britten - Billy Budd.