Claude Debussy: La Mer & Nocturnes (Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Debussy broke free from traditional symphonic forms to paint with orchestral colour and atmospheric light. Bernard Haitink draws miraculous shimmer and depth from Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, depicting sunrise over ocean waves in La Mer and the mysterious passage of evening clouds in Nuages with fluid, impressionistic mastery.