Suite bergamasque movement of "Suite bergamasque" is Clair de lune, in D major. Its name comes from Verlaine's poem "Clair de lune", which means "moonlight" in French. It is written in meter, marked "andante très expressif", and to be played mostly "pianissimo". It is not to be confused with the two settings of the poem made by Debussy for voice and piano accompaniment. The final movement is Passepied in F minor, "allegretto ma non troppo". A passepied is a type of dance which originated in Brittany. Debussy's "Passepied" is a happy, strangely medieval piece, which is surprisingly faster than its Baroque counterparts.
Cendres de lune the music was produced by Laurent Boutonnat who used mostly synthesizers and acoustic keyboards and was inspired by the new wave. "Cendres de lune" was generally well received by critics. It was considered as an "excellent" album ("Gaipied"), a "success" ("Podium"), "a first album rather masterly" ("La Provence"), "in the area of the variety, one of the most beautiful things of the moment" ("Les Gran"). "Full of little marvels" ("Charente"), it contains "hits having an wholesome impertinence" ("Télé Poche") and "provides a real insight of [Farmer]'s talent"; [the singer] carries us with her crystalline voice and strange texts, out of