London Symphony Orchestra, Debussy: Clair de Lune, conducted by Stanley Black
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2019
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This video of Debussy's Clair de Lune contains moonlight paintings by the Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw. I recorded this music from a vinyl I own using my turntable and I chose the paintings and their order of appearance.
I already had posted a version of this recording on my other TH-cam channel where I also post my compositions, but the other video shows works by several different painters. I am always searching the internet for new paintings and painters that I have never seen before. I discovered Grimshaw's paintings several years ago and I thought they were astounding. Could not resist the temptation of blending them with this arrangement.
Anyway, in this recording Stanley Black conducts his arrangement of Clair de Lune with the London Symphony Orchestra on the spectacular Phase 4 album "Gems for Orchestra". This vinyl version is not available on CD as far as I am concerned. It is the most moving orchestra version of Clair de Lune I have ever heard in my life (although there are others that are also amazing). In this one the orchestra sounds large and powerful, but the sound is never violent but rather delicate and very expressive. The phrasing is perfect, the tempo is deliciously slow, and the basses have some memorable moments. I believe this was accomplished by the combined talents of the arranger/conductor, the most excellent members of the London Symphony Orchestra, and the people involved in the recording process (the quality of the recording itself borders on the heavenly and sublime).
I am also fascinated by the return of the first theme in minute 3:42; the violins play so delicate and expressively in the high register. I am not sure if the section is reduced in this passage or if the entire violin section is just playing extra-pianissimo. But I have never heard a more effective orchestration of this moment. Other orchestral arrangers use the oboes, or maybe the flutes, and they have their own charm, but the way the soft strings appear here is just breath taking, and then, at the end of the phrase at minute 4:21 the basses have their most spectacular culminating moment. Maybe Debussy did not expect a climax there, but then he never made an orchestra version of this piece. Sometimes different settings demand different approaches to the rendering of an idea.
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My 12 yr.old granddaughter dedicated this piece to me for my 76th birthday. She played it flawlessly and brought tears to my eyes.
You're a lucky woman ❤️
What a sweetheart
I know the joyful feeling you hold. My son and I took dance lessons and danced to Clair de Lune (single piano) at his wedding.
Right now, in the midst of a most difficult time, I feel quite gifted to have experienced listening to this beautiful arrangement.
I concur!
Nothing is permanent, everything is in continuous change. But to listen to this song in rough times is trully a privilege.
Bert
Clair de lune is great. Have you listen to Erik Satie’s, once upon a time in Paris?
May you see it through safely.
This arrangement has a very "1960's movie ending soundtrack" feel to it. It's beautiful.
*Very* old Hollywood.
The oceans eleven ending with this beautiful piece
Could have been a Mad Men episode ending.
I feel this iconic piece lost something in the translation to orchestra. The shimmering of the overtones of the piano strings conveys the intangible shimmer of moonlight - the magic of moonlight. The physical shimmer is too elusive and ephemeral for the physical realities of an orchestra, no matter how perfect.
@@marymckim4822 Both are very, very beautiful pieces of art. Appreciate both; no need for futile comparisons.
I listen to this when I use my telescope and look at the cosmos, staring at the powerful rings of Saturn or the demanding craters of the moon with this playing makes me feel like I’m floating
I have a telescope and I play this music often while looking at the cosmos......im not particularly religious but man it makes you wonder.👍
That's exactly how this song makes me feel, it's so beautiful
nailed it :)
@@kevinwilliams7070 i whish i had a friend with a telescope.
Sounds like a great experience
That's the most beautiful music ever composed
I totally agree! Touches your soul in such a unique way.
I must agree.
My mother passed away two years ago. I decided to write a memoir about her. Whenever I write, I put on movie soundtracks of emotional music or just compilations of inspirational music. So I'm writing and listening when I decide that the one song I'm listening to needs to be bumped. When I change the song, I see Claire De Lune and I'm so moved by the synchronicity that i decide to go a step further and look up Claire De Lune to see if the song had any meaning or any background information that was interesting. Both my grandmother and mother loved, loved, loved this song and i remember my grandmother playing this piece on the piano. I Googled Claire De Lune and found out that it's very special and spiritual (just like the female matriarchs in my family). Here's what I found: "Clair de Lune, its title French for “moonlight” is based on the poem of the same name by Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine. In both the famed classical music piece and its lesser-known companion, we are taken through a journey to introspection - the lifetime adventure of understanding the soul in all its phases." I don't know what got into me to type all of this personal family stuff to someone i don't even know, but I feel better --so thank you--haha! My bond with my mother with whom I miss so much feels better--or maybe Claire De Lune just told me so. God bless all who read this.
agree
debussy. my fav composer ever.... none like him, Intense, romantic... Unique. He really able to transpose in music the feelings.... Try to listen also to "Reverie". Cheers from italy
Ive never listened to classical music or orchestral music before listening to this, and the first time I ever listened to this was a magical experience. It is truly the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in my life and the first work of music to ever make me cry. I love it.
Thank you for this amazing comment. I believe what you felt is similar to what happened to me while listening to this piece for the first time. It was not only the music or the performance. A deeper truth manifested itself through this music. Why was Debussy able to touch this special place in our souls that connects us with heavenly yearnings, i have no idea.
Same thing happened to me, I used to like rap music and stuff like that. But after this Divine gift from the gods, I changed my mind.
Classical music makes me feel certain emotions that no other type of music can. Also, it’s a language that anyone can understand.
While the lone piano version has a delicate beauty all its own, this orchestral version also beautiful and yet majestic.
I agree. The piano just can’t capture all the nuances of this mystical piece. I’ve heard it played many ways. This is close to perfect as I have heard
I will they would play that special crescendo part that’s near the beginning more than once. The most beautiful piece of music ever
Love listening to this at night. Relaxing 💕
The piano version hugs my soul... The orchestral version adds a long, deep kiss to it.
@@davidpalmer7175beautifully said
Cinematic, I would say.
It makes me cry.....
A beautiful sad cry...
_This_ is what living in a fairytale would sound like. ♥️
Yes indeed
I have Mr. Debussy, Mr. Grimshaw, yourself, and this site to thank. I fell in love with Mr. Grimshaw's Round Hay Lake painting and purchasing it on quality, non-acid paper, beautifully framed. We live very near a place just like that and I see myself and my husband standing there gazing at a very similar site. We are in our mid-70's now and I like to believe we could be like that together, forever. Thank you for bringing this, one of my most favorites of Mr. Debussy and beautiful artwork together for all of us appreciate.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. I believe you both will be able to come back to that place forever; in this life, and through eternity.
One of my favorite arrangement of Clair de Lune. I played it a thousand times but it still make me cry. It's just perfect
I finally found it!!!
This version is perfection.
Some arrangements move too quickly (particularly at the end). I love how this version is deliberate. Largo. This song just takes me away, and I don’t want to come back. 💕
Been looking for this version for so long...now I've found it!
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I think youll love this. A wax recording of him playing the piece. It's faster for sure but understandable.
This is a superb rendition of Debussy's gem. Close to perfection in pace and it just feels full of wonder - which is what this piece should feel like.
I hear and see the beauty of our Creator and I long for love and justice. I long for truth and peace. I long for a new world.
Of course is "perfect", darling... Three words for you: London Symphony Orchestra... S2
This is the song that has always made me think of only the good, and dreamy parts of this life. The love you share with others. Laying on the cool grass on a summer evening just looking at the stars and listening to the crickets chirp. The breeze gently blowing through the trees, bringing in the smell of rain. My grandma's flower garden, and how it seemed so magical with it's big fat furry bumblebees. Grandma's hands that would dig in the garden, and feed me the best food, and pull me close for a long hug. Sitting on the front lawn with neighbors and watching the fireworks on the 4th of July. Watching my children run and play and laugh. The comfort I feel when I'm in my sweetheart's arms...
Nothing but good things with this song. Thank you for posting it. ♥️
Thank you for sharing such beautiful visions, I agree with you, this piece can evoke those feelings and impressions.
You paint a very nice picture :)
It's the most beautiful song in the world
K
OMG that makes me cry because I feel so much of those things as well. I miss my grandma - I know she’s watching over me and this sound - this music makes me feel like love goes on forever and never ends
This is a masterpiece and have managed to become a part of me, I love the part at 4:42 , I always close my eyes and just smile, always, i feel like everything is alright. Hope you have a fantastic day, dear reader and listener.
You too Nadir!
You too, mate!
This song is Pure Magic
It is sooo not common to find someone u know irl in these comments, what's up Nadir
@@lmouss994 wait wait you are ?
The paintings evoke the piece’s wistful, nostalgic air perfectly.
J. Atkinson Grimshaw.
@@texasred2702 wonderful artist
1:12 tugged at my heartstrings
Richard Dancer
I LOVE Clair de Lune. This music combined with these masterful works of art has me, a grown man to tears.
Debussy’s music is the stronghold of my soul
Debussy’s music makes me feel better
God.....this song is so beautiful and just takes you away when you close your eyes and listen to it. makes me think of my father who passed away 3 months ago when I listen to it. I miss him a lot but know he is watching down on me from above. he loved this track
This version and the piano version have two very different vibes. This version feels like walking down a road at night with your lover, taking it all in without a care in the world while you’re still young. The piano version feels like the emptiness and sadness in your life after losing that love.
Evokes memories of times gone by. My parents both gone now, but all the magical moments we had growing up with them. Moms gardens, shopping for a Christmas tree, Christmas morning opening presents, Dad and Mom loving us and each other so much. Never thought they'd get old and pass. Good memories, sad but sweet. The most beautiful piece ever written. Enchanting...
My favorite version ;)
Simply majestically magnificent! The paintings by Grimshaw are a perfect foil to Debussy's Clare de Lune exquisitely rendered by the London Symphony Orchestra. This caused me no small amount of mist in the vicinity of my eyes. Thank you Mr Bennett for your post here beautifully done.
Some times when iam hearing this i think about Friends that i have lost.
Other times about last moments in this life.
Some times about my love and other times about how much i miss being free... I could write all day long. It is such a complex piece of Art. Such masterpiece gives me the kind of pleasure i wish from life.
If ever someone reads this please excuse my english.
I'm sending you some warm thoughts from Brazil! Keep safe!
Your English is perfection. Ok 👌
Amer alameri
Beautifully said! This sentiment rings true to me as well. Thank you!
I seem to be wandering in Debussys’ musical aesthetics to spread infinity
Debussy’s music is immeasurable profound and Colossal
Oh my goodness. I have heard Claire du Lune on piano many times. This orchestral version is so beautiful. The ending nearly brought me to tears. The paintings were amazing. Watching from Australia in November 2023.
I understand, Highland Dancer. Best to you from Southern California
If there is a better way (than listening to this masterpiece) to spend 5 minutes and 51 seconds in mortality, I hope, but don't expect, to find it.
I watch this almost every day Thank you
Still watching and finding something new every time
One of the most beautiful and hypnotic pieces of music ever written. This piece captures perfectly what dreams are like. You wake up not knowing what's real. You just know you're better from having heard it.
"Vinyl sound" my ears are like 🤪🤯🎉🥰😇
This performance is an order of magnitude, and far superior splendor, and full of admiration, tribute and emotion and comfortable to the eye , the ear and the soul
Definitely the best arrangement of Clair de lune performed by an orchestra ❤️
「Clair de Lune 」 is the culmination of debussy debussy's aesthetics .
I just am intoxicated with this Debussy's masterpiece .
From chaotic Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun .
よろしくねー(^_^)
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Thank you so much to your wonderful Japanese comment
Good luck
Go for it
So well said, Shin-i-chi Kozima.
@@patrickseanlee1
Thankyou
Your wonderful comment
I hope you are well
This performance is the scent of Debussy‘s aesthetics and his unrivaled diversity
See you again
That's the word to describe this arrangement --> Intoxicating! Intense! Passionate! Beautiful.
Debussy' Claire de Lune is pure poetry. A poetry that is gradually moving away from men souls, moving away from the hearts of men;. When we lose it, it will only remain a great voids in all our lifes.
Thanks for sharing this clip!
Incredible piece beautifully done, and what magnificent paintings! Grimshaw is a truly gifted artist. His talent and attention to detail is incredible.
I cry every time I listen to this exceptional performance. It's so moving, full of emotion, colourful, shimmering with sound, brilliantly arranged and stunningly played. It's my favourite version of Clair de Lune, the best orchestral version I've been recently looking for. By the way, my favourite piano version of Clair de Lune is the Alain Planes' interpretation which I highly recommend to listen to. Thank you for blessing us with that recording ❤️
Me too
Cry every time
Thank You for blessing me with your beautiful comment.
As a man, it's refreshing to be able to listen to music and be so emotionally connected with joy and ecstasy that results with tears of happiness. A life well lived with health, family and friends...
What PHENOMENAL beauty and unparalleled spirituality.....
Say what??????@@user-qr9uh1fd8g
I lost my boyfriend, just for being estupid, we used to hear this piece just laying out in my bed and staying in silence, we both felt we were in other world and feeling completely full listening this, he is so special for me and I don’t wanna loose him. Hope one day he sees this comment and think of me, and all the great times we had in London and all along our relationship.
I love you so much my little monke 🖤
I hope you got back together. This piece has to be the most beautiful one ever written.
I hope you find him again here's wishing.
Yay just found the best online orchestral version of this.
this song really hurts its so beautiful and it makes me feel so comforted but also so lost I can't describe it.
exactly
Yes... We simply feel music✌️
I think of my parents young again and full of life. I think of myself with my older brother at our local lake when we were young, me playing in the water and him flirting with all the girls. He was a real catch lol! I remember us looking down where the water ran off way down below, the part of the music when it gets very deep, reminds me of watching that water run off, which was scary as well as exhilarating . This piece brings such memories of youth and childhood, of love and being loved, when everything was so new and exciting to mind! That's what good music can do!
“Otherworldly” is how I would describe it……like being in a dream…..
when i listen to this piece i'm whisked away to my happy place, my imagination. it's one of the few good things in my life. my depression gets worse everyday at a time when i should get myself together, bec i'm going into college. i don't know if i'll ever live to see the day when i become genuinely happy for the first time in my life
sometimes you can talk yourself into things, so talk nice like this music, to yourself.
Well said, Dougald. Music and Art are paths to happy places.@@dougaldhendrick3497
Cudowna muzyka i obrazy... Arcydzieło, poruszające do głębi duszy... Dziękuję..! 🌹.... 💙
Theres no word to describe how peaceful and calm i am while listening and watching to this.. and without realizing my eyes suddenly becomes teary.. those were the days when life is so meaningful..
This beautiful music will quench and moisturize the dryness of the soul
Stanley Black will always remain unsurpassed in his interpretations ~ this piece always brings tears
Debussy and Grimshaw, what an excellent combination.
The skill of Stanley Black is evident here in this rendition by the great London Symphony Orchestra of Debussy's sublime melody. The graphics are delightful.
The magic of moonlight beautifully illustrated in sound and image!
1:13 Transperce le cœur et l'âme. Mon dieu dans quoi avons-nous sombré... Merci.
Of all the performances of this true and timeless classic, I found this one to match the term CLASSIC. What a beautiful and stirring performance!!
This Orchestral version by the London Symphony Orchestra is captivatingly beautiful. I believe it captures what Debussy wonderfully expressed in this hauntingly beautiful recording.
I love you for reuploading this version after the other vid of it disappeared. I spent so long looking for it again.
You are welcome my friend 😊
The same thing with me!! I was so disappointed when I couldn't find this video anymore, especially with these beautiful paintings.
@@JorgeBennettComposer q
Listening to this on graveyard shift watching the clouds drift by an almost-full moon and really feeling the magic tonight.
Most beautiful music I ever heard. God bless this man for all eternity.
This masterpiece is the lullaby of mankind , and the cradle of human souls
These pictures are beyond description ， and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion and comfortable to the ear and to the mind
They really are amazing --almost better than photographs!
@@michaelschabow2911 Thankyou
From
A corner of shining and immeasurable profound Tokyo🗼🎏🎎⛩️🎴🎑
Cherry Blossom in full bloom is approaching
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This London Symphony version is just amazing...I am at peace especially at the 4:20 mark to the end, like no other music has ever affected me.
Jorge Bennett. I want to thank you personally for sharing this beautiful recording. I’ve had a love affair with classical music since a nine year old boy in a school field trip saw and heard a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Peter and the Wolf. 63 years later that love remains strong. Debussy’s Clare de Lune is a favorite and I can close my eyes while listening and be moved to a wonderful dreamy realm where my heart is warmed as it is enveloped in a soft panoply of colors and sounds. Again thank you Jorge. I close sending my best thoughts and wishes from central Florida. As Christmas is approaching I wish you a joyful Christmas.
The comfort of this masterpiece is unrivaled, and indescribable
There are no words to explain how important to this piece is to me. It’s one of the most beautiful songs ever created
What a gorgeous arrangement with rich deep bass. I love this.
This is from a Decca/ London Phase Four Stereo series from the 60s/ 70s. They were fantastic recordings for their time!
Thank for sharing beautiful moonlights both for eyes and ears.
barque sur I'ocean was my favourite, but this is on a different level
This is a great piece of music, and in this arrangement, it's even greater.
Wonderful! Masterpiece piece...for our SOULS !❤ Thank you so much!🕊🕊🕊🙏
This song is so pretty! It makes me think of the stars at night and Moon.
So thankful to have lived when we have recordings of beautiful performances such as this to savour, and for many to enjoy, and they aren't lost into the air and memories heard by only those lucky few who were present.
This music is sooo beautiful! i got tears of sadness and hapiness 😭❤️ i listen to this when i'm lovesick or rejected!
I hope everyone finds as much serenity in this as I do, with everything going on in the world.
This is the finest orchestral arrangement of this piece that I have ever heard and also the finest that I ever hope to hear-C'est magnifique!
The skill of Stanley Black is evident in his arrangement of this magical piece for the great London Symphony Orchestra. The graphics are superb and enhance the beauty of Debussy's gorgeous melody.
The moonlight is really matched to these paintings. Debussy is fantastic!!! I don't know why but when I listen this music, I remember so many memories of my childhood.
I will never be tired of listening to this beautiful melody again and again
This is a cradle of my soul
This is an experience that every fiber of my being is moved by. Oh ,the gorgeous tapestry, every note played by every instrument in concert for us to partake of.Just pure beauty.
Anche a la musica di Debussy mi fa star bene, e questi quadri che accompagnano la musica sono incantevoli!!! 💕💕
The best version of Clair de Lune
I sometimes get teary eyed listening to this, but in a good way.
Utter brilliance that's bright & colorful, sweepingly gorgeous & exquisitely engrossing, continuously compelling w unrestrained yet refined beauty, sweetly delicate & soft while still strong & powerful, yearning not left unsatisfied, playful & harmonious, pangs of longing soon passionately fulfilled, unapologetically stimulating & desirously driven, enthusiastically pulling you further & further along its musically majestic journey.
Or more simply put, *_Undeniable Perfection!_*
💗💓💗💓💗
This splendor of words can not arrive
No performance is as interesting and intriguing and captivating as this wonderful orchestra’s performance
Thank you for posting the paintings & music together. I needed a reminder that not all humans are monsters.
We all need to be reminded.
Beautiful!!!!
All of Debussy’s music is comfortable to the ear and to the mind
This wonderful performance embodies the aesthetics of Debussy
Thank you for championing Grimshaw; nice to see my hometown of Leeds.
1:13-1:35 gives me chills
Same! ♥️
Thank you SO very much for posting this. It is perfection. I purpose to be in my car close my eyes breathe and listen to this.
You are must welcome! Please do not close your eyes while driving!
No, no . I sit in my car, stopped.
@@rtrouthouse1506 😅ok, no problem!
I love listening to this song now. It used to sound sad, but now that I say the series The Light We Cannot See, it reminds me, to get to that peaceful place again, and trust💙
In the last few years, I've fallen back in love with music as a performer. Though this statement may sound odd, there have some very positive changes in my personal life that have revived some personal ambitions; some of which have been dormant for over40 years. Never too late ❤️❤️🎶
Well if I could define Heaven by music it would have to be this rendition. Magical
Debussy classic with John Atkinson Grimshaw paintings, how he captured light is a wonder in nocturnal settings.
Night art is so very cool, plus Debussy, win win!
This is the most beautiful rendition I've ever heard
I literally melted into the paintings with the music, wonderfully produced👍👍👍
I imagine two lovers dancing to this on their wedding night, alone, under the glow of the silver moon and the eyes of a thousand stars. And all their troubles have melted away from them, and it is just them, their devotion, and their forever joined souls.
Breathtaking rendition. Absolute perfection.
1.35 Such beautiful ..
I love this music. I admire amazing paintings.
A wonderful caress of the soul.
Very soothing. When tension gets to be to much I listen to this arrangement.
Its amazing...i felt like i was at home....but a home that I don't know yet.
This was my favorite video of Claire De Lune for years. Thank you for the re-upload. Grimshaw's paintings are sublime. Paired with the orchestra it's just... beautiful.
No words. ❤❤❤❤❤
The paring of this exquisite performance with the hauntingly beautiful paintings amounts to a rare and delicious treat. I absolutely love this.