Marc-André Hamelin- Claude Debussy: Images (Book 1)- Reflets Dans L'eau
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Marc-Andre Hamelin ranks among the best pianists playing today, so when this Canadian superstar arrived in Vancouver for a recital at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Colmbia, CBC was there to capture all of the excitement. Here is Debussy's Images (Book 1)- Reflets Dans L'eau.
Honestly, sometimes I just listen to these music and keep reminding myself everyday that life is wonderful. It’s ok to live another day.
This piece never ceases to amaze me the more I hear it. Debussy is very literally painting with music - Images is the perfect name for this collection. I can't quite comprehend how much genius it requires to compose something like this. And it is also masterfully played by Hamelin. Dynamics, expression and technique are all so fluidly intertwined. I know I'll end up replaying it another ten times once I've posted this. So, so beautiful.
It's interesting and beautiful because it strips away all that is unnecessary for the purpose of creating its effects. The initial "theme" consists of only three notes; the second "theme" consists of only six. Even with those limitations, Debussy manages to create for us one of the finest piano compositions ever written.
Adam Leelol nice try at sounding sophisticated and intellectual.
Burnabee Sphinx
I wasn't trying to. I'm not a pianist, so there's no way I can comment on the more intellectual aspects of either this piece, or this performance, with any degree of authority. However, I am a musician, and everything above rings true, each time I hear this magical piece of music. There's not much in the way of intellect or sophistication required to realise just how incredible the harmony and rhythm in this composition is. :)
didn't say you had to be intellectual to appreciate the piece. I was saying you come off as trying too hard...using such flamboyant adjectives and words like "intertwined."
Burnabee Sphinx That's just the way I speak. I apologise.
He makes it look so effortless. He only moves his hands/arms/body when he absolutely needs too
its the most technical song i've tried to learn
that’s called perfect technique
your profile picture is a work of art
The mark of a master pianist....
🤣
Best performance of Reflets I've ever heard. Especially the ending. You can just hear the drops of water into a still pool.
One of the great and mysterious works for the piano. Invention, logic, colour, beauty, expression, all unfolding as a natural, spontaneous occurance, like a wondrous flower in springtime. And played just so. Stunning... both the piece and the performance.
One of the great mysterious composers for the piano :-D
I legit just watched this man perform this live as an encore at a concert. He is absolutely brilliant
THE BEST Interpretation i've ever Heard! warm beautiful and unbelievable, Great!
Truly the best performance of this piece I've heard (this is my favorite piece ever written). He adds the perfect weight to each note - the low notes have just enough pressure that you feel them, but not enough that its uncomfortable. When he finally decides to strike the low notes with some force at 4:49 it sets up the release of the final chord perfectly. It will be some time before I enjoy another rendition of this piece as much as I enjoy this one. Thanks CBC.
Very well put in regards to 4:49.. its often the small things that go unnoticed that can really make a performance.
I think he uses a bit too much pedal in some areas.
I would say Pascal Rogé did the beta interpretation of this piece ever.
@@saiーツ It's all subjective
@@saiーツ Yes; but this is the alpha interpretation.
Stunning performance. Utterly impressionistic. And boldly emotional. Phenomenal!! ❤
I first heard this piece at a weeklong music camp. A guest artist amused us by playing modern music, and a fun mashup of movie tunes. Then he played this. I felt about 600 different emotions at once, and had to close my eyes to fully appreciate the beauty of the piece.
Im glad you're able to appreciate and absorb classic art. Lot of millennials and kids don't these days. This art is dying away.
@@debussychopin2766 Not really, I still meet loads of young people who listen to Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev, etc.
@@debussychopin2766 definitely not true. there are plenty young people who appreciate classical music. just look at twosetviolin: their base is huge!
@@debussychopin2766 on the contrary, this art is still very much being taught to kids as "the greatest and most beautiful music there is", and there are many, many young people who idolize it. Maybe a bit too much!
....and that piano was never touched in such a way ever in its lifetime again 😍
just simply fantastic - hamelin and Debussy Equals crystalclear poetry on the piano
This is truly INCREDIBLE.
It is Debussy after all.
Beautifully shimmering, limpid sounds.
I believe Mr. Hamelin is the finest pianist in the world today. His repertoire is second to none in breadth and diversity. There are many excellent pianists out there, and they are worthy of as much respect as Mr. Hamelin, but to me the whole package is the best of the best. And of all pieces that Debussy wrote, this is one of my favorites - to listen to. I've tried playing it and I'm not there yet. Never will be. Mr. Hamelin raised the bar awfully high and we are better for it.
We're happy you enjoyed this performance!
Dave Luttinen Yes. It is my humble opinion also that Hamelin is the best classical pianist in the world 🌍 and my statement should not be taken lightly. Comparisons have irked me but have fallen prey to that game often. Not anymore! There is Hamelin...... and then there are the rest,.
Best pianist off the century for me
I hope you stay with it, Mr. Luttinen. It's a difficult piece to master, to be sure. And Mr. Hamelin makes me recognize every single thing I did wrong in my own interpretation of the piece. This is a lovely performance.
@@oucutie1 debatable, I'd say that Zimerman and Sokolov are at least as good as him
The way he changes the tone color is mesmerizing...
I've seen him live. It was truly amazing. Got to talk to him briefly too. Very nice man.
Marc André pour quel raison que se soi a chaque fois que j'écoute cette composition j'ai larme a l'oeil , Merci pour cette interprétation
takes me to another place!
Debussy's late works remind me alot of maurice ravel's music. Im sure he was an influence. This piece in particular has ravel style pretty much all over it.
Transcendental
Sometimes I feel like Debussy is from another world this piece describes that feeling
this is tha BEST performance of Reflets Dans L'eau i never seen before
Check out Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's performance of the same piece. It really is something to behold. It's here on TH-cam
Debussy's music is like magic to me. Like a call from another life whose sound I recognize. There is something divine in it I would say.
His music sounds like it came from a more beautiful realm
Merci beaucoup, Maestro Hamelin.
Absolutely spellbinding performance. Wow.
Wonderful piece and maybe the best performance I've ever heard. Just stunning. Truly a gem.
I love this piece. And that's a stunning performance.
His acute sensitivity to Debussy's exquisitely evocative sound world is simply unparalleled. ..a great artist is Marc-Andre Hamelin...ie; listen to his perfectly calculated subito pianissimo at around; 3:27...
Thank you for sharing!
@@cbcmusic ---Certainly, and my greetings to you a fellow appreciator of such rare and lovely moments...
He played this as an encore in Montreal today. Incredible range of colour.
Hamelin has spoken of his deep love of Debussy and it shows here, what a sensitive and dynamic touch he has with this piece!
Beautifully played!❤
I knew about him,for the first time.
Fantastic! It's note I looked for.
:'( I cried!! Literally
Me too
An exquisite rendering of a stunning piece. I love how he takes his time with the phrases, and his sound is luminescent. Thank you for posting
gorgeous interpretation oh my god
very beautiful, first time to hear this piece.
One of my favorite pieces in any genre, and so brilliantly played here,
Debussy is referred to as the father of modern composition. He heard things that no one had heard previously. This is where Bill Evens came from.
Elton john, pretty much all jazz composers, and even noduo uematsu, all use alot of debussy's style aswell. latter will never say it.
@@Inubiz that explains why I'm both a big debussy fan and a big elton john fan
@@Hobie02425 no it doesnt, elton john is no jazz composer wtf
@@franciscopetracco5553 and where exactly is it stated that he is? Did you really think you did something there?
@@Hobie02425 Joe Gonzalez said "Elton john, pretty much all jazz composers, and even noduo uematsu, all use alot of debussy's style aswell. latter will never say it." but thats not true because Elton John can only be influenced by Debussy very very very indirectly. Elton John's piano playing is tied strongly with blues piano and the rest of it is pop piano, both of which doesn't come from Debussy at all
Ah, yes. The classical/romantic era recording would not be complete without the quintessential cough in the audience.
lol
isnt this modern/impressionism?
It's impressionism :)
every time
@@camilledelorme3853 that's some unique insight. Thank you very much
Natural!!!!finally i could hear this kind of performance
Absolutely Incredible!!!!
Debussy once said he wants his compositions to sound like they were improvised
Did Marc-André pull it off?
My man CBS Music got left on read
@@elend1236 * cbc D:
@@cbcmusic Yes
He definitely failed. This sounds like someone composed it with sooo much care
best interpretation ive heard to date.
This is the way play it. Perfection
MAGNIFICENT PLAYING
Marc Debussy is alive and flows through your fingers, always a Perfect Performance ! !!
I first heard Debussy played by Walter Gieseking on Angel records. Gieseking was known as a great interpreter of Debussy. The improvement in the quality of the sound and performance by contemporary artists amazes me!
Oh this is sublime playing. Peerless. :-)
Glad you like it!
He has just the right touch! Mesmerized at 2:45 -3:05
Sublime
and who can explain why, as the final notes fade into silence they leave behind a sense of such sorrow and loss, as well as of beauty, of course...the mystery of Debussy...
I place this piece in the top 10 piano classical piano compositions of all time. I have recently listened to recordings of this piece from Michelangeli, Arrau and Gieseking (all incredible and legendary pianists) and guess what? MAH exceeds them all with his moving and beautiful interpretation coupled with his phenomenal technique. And all of this was achieved apart from the studio. We must embrace the fact that MAH is the greatest pianist of our day.
i slept to this, hamelin u are amazing
Beautiful
Nice performance!
Обалдеть можно, уносит в небеса,
Недосягаемый уровень пианизма,
Марк-Андре ниспослан Богом...
Poetry ..... lovely touch.
so beautiful
I love this song
Us too!
Perfect.
Amazing!
I am not a Hamelin-Fan, but this is great.
impeccable!
とっても綺麗。アムランさんの演奏でこの曲の美しさを初めて知りました。本当に綺麗な素晴らしい演奏。
so subtle/supple....how this guy can be supreme with the russian AND french literature is beyond brilliant(plus his own brilliant works!)
Hamelin's Debussy and indeed his playing of other French composers is quite unusually good. I assume Hamelin's fluency in the French language helps contribute to this quite a bit.
+Echoherb You're right maybe it does. Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing!
No it does not lol
Marvelous!
This was a big endeavour to me to take on but i wanted to cross it off my bucket list this corona home stay. Still working on it and can play it through the whole thing it is not as impossibly difficult as i imagined it would be.
Keep at it! Post up a link if you can!
@@cbcmusic sure i guess. I don't have a good microphone or camera set up. Just a phone camera but itlll be a while. I can perhaps post my work in progress perhaps. Thanks !
I flows as well as if he had composed it in one take, its as spontaneous and natural as a blossoming flower in springtime.
Verry good performance
Impressive!
My favorite Debussy piece, and played so beautifully and passionately... anyone have a kleenex?
wow 🎵🎶🎹
Did you know that this composition complies with the golden ratio? 😊❤
THE MOMENT OF 2:42 ITS LITTERALLY AN EARGASM. OMG ITS LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF SOUND
never thought about connecting the phrase in the beginning using two hands.
He does it a few times during the piece - I never felt so dumb, those rearrangments are genius! And they come so natrually to Mr. Hamelin.
I never played it that way in all the many years I played the piece . . . but you're right; it's much better and makes the phrase flow more smoothly.
That’s because the bass note is supposed to be held down for the entirety of the phrase, so it was intended to be played with one; two does make it easier though.
Браво!
2:44 dang man, apassionato to the max
1:33 - 1:36 so difficult...awesome!!
Great to listen to in the dark
This is a great piece to watch the stars
If I had to show a piece that captured Impressionism, it would be this one.
@2:45 may be the most euphoric thing ever
Without Debussy and his works' great performer like Hamelin 、
this classical music world would have been very lonely and insipid ,
and the enjoyment and pleasures of the classical music world would have been less
His specutacular performance is beyond description and incomparable
That’s a very, very nice sounding piano.
thanks for the comment!
Genial
LE
MAÎTRE
And that's it.
연주 모습이 참 편안하고 푸근해 보이네요. 거장은 다르네요
Wow.
You can almost hear the pitter patter of water in the background
No matter how long I play the piano I could never learn that piece. I’m looking at it now and it’s incredibly difficult.
최고다ㅠ
Who's choking on a golf club in the audience?
ur mom
There's always *one* ...
2:31 mmmmmm best part
i love my teacher, but i wish i could take lessons from Hamelin too
That would be a special kind of class, for sure!
I think the climax is a bit rushed; Marc should take a bit more time to really bring out the grandiose feeling. The ending is executed quite well. The right-hand runs with the black keys are also a bit rushed; they could be played with a bit more feeling and rubato.
can see what ur saying about the climax but eh in my urtext there's written "mesure" at the right hand runs meaning hamelin is simply following the score
I had tried programing this piece into a DTM software. This piece start with "tempo rubato", and the tempo requires frequently changed. Most of my effort was making the computer pretend to pianist. But, after the catastrophic earthquake in 2011/3/11, the programmed data of this piece was lost.
Sounds.....fun
@CBC Music do you have the full concert on video? Thank you
I love most: die versunkene Kathedrale La Cathedral Engloutie
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მარკ ჰამლინი გენიოსია!
This interpretation sounds as good as Diana Walsh's.
Do you have a song of him playing Circus Galop?
Do you mean . . . Comedian's Galop, by Dmitri Kabelevsky?
Notes are noticeably imprecise at parts. But the current is magical. Thanks for the ideas and artistry!
Ugh, 2:44 , take me now.