Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philhamonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras. Here he conducts the Orchestre de Paris on a performance released in 1969. Achille Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches," La Mer (1903–1905) His Nocturnes (1897–1899) were another of his orchestral works. This record and its sleeve are in Very Good Plus condition.

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