Hutchinson on Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
… with a tense, post-apocalyptic vacancy. Back home I sat on the high veranda in the cool night, the dark sea … melodies there, electrified by the ritual of sacrifice. I sat smelling the faint salt breeze, all these things in my … Claude Debussy, conducted by Claudio Abbado. I put it on. I sat back in the window of the other room and listened to the …