I had a little electric piano that was gifted to me by my parents for me to learn on... unfortunately I never did achieve to a great magnitude on that piano. But this song - it was prerecorded on my piano and I would listen to it practically every day. This is by far my favorite song. I feel nostalgia, melancholy, and freedom all at the same time. I even found the sheet music and brought it to my piano teacher begging her to let me learn the piece. She refused, knowing I was not advanced enough to learn yet. Never did I quite reach that point. But here I am, years and years later and I have found the exact recording that was on my piano. I know for a fact this is the version I listened to throughout my early adolescent years. And then the emotions wash over me once again.
Have you ever thought of learning it anyway? It's quite achievable with training and hardwork for a few months. It may seem really hard at the begining, but once memorised, it gets easier to train.
Il miglior interprete in assoluto dell'impressionismo pianistico francese.Tocco,fraseggio,agogica tutto tecnicamente perfetto ma nello stesso tempo assolutamente musicale.GRANDE MAESTRO ABM🙏
it doesnt matter if he plays it faster or slower.. its the feeling that grabs the attention of the audience... if he puts emotion into the song, even though it may say "play as written", it doesnt matter if its too fast or slow, it will still sound beautiful.. :)
Debussy himself didn't play his pieces as he wrote them. He always added his own rubato, accelerando, tempo change etc. That just proves the theory that Debussy shouldn't be played "as written".
@@pavaomrazek I don't even recall making this comment from 14 years ago, so thanks for your reply! As I have grown and my piano studies have greatened I want to apologize for calling it a 'song' haha. Anyway, yes I would agree with you!
My brother loved this song. He never played any instruments but for his wedding he taught himself to play this song for his new wife. It was really cool.
From France came great men and women, France is a great country. Greetings from Rome Italy and Thanks for Sharing this interpretation of a great men from my own country. My father used to tell me Go to France and stay there. And while saying that used to listen to Benedetti Michelangeli.
The piece is dedicated to (auburn-haired) singer Marie Blanche Vasnier for whom the much younger Debussy wished to create songs inspired by her voice. Its text is the poem La fille aux cheveux de lin No. 4 of the Chansons écossaises (Scottish songs) from Charles Leconte de Lisle's Poemes antiques (Ancient poems), published by Alphonse Lemerre in Paris, 1874.
I stopped on youtube to have a listen to 'la fille aux cheveux' because I was thinking about it ... and found this entry. Just wonderful. I've watched it and listened to it the first few times utterly memorized. I've addictedly replayed it many times now. I've never heard of Mr. Michelangeli but I felt very honored to watch Mr. Michelangeli this evening. Thank you, sir! And thank you to the person that posted this.
Unexpectedly lyricaly subtle interpretation from Michelangeli, whom I was seeing as mainly a technical virtuoso. Oh he is so emotionally involved (however well contained)... but the feeling and the love for the song just burst through.
A stunningly beautiful piece so sensitively played by this great virtuoso. Together with Jascha Heifetz's version on the violin, the two performances indeed soothe the soul. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
It has 6 flats. It's in the key of Gb. That has nothing to do with it sounding oriental. That's because of the use of the pentatonic scale. It's beautiful..
I'm not much of a piano guy (bass clarinet's my shit). But this is the only piano song I keep coming back too. I never Not cry whenever I hear this piece and for the life of me I can't explain why.
Beautiful piece of music. There's aversion of this piece played on the harp too - heart-meltingly beautiful to listen to. A piece of music only the French could write :-)
Glorious. And by the way, I wish people would stop referring to this as a "song". A song involves the human voice. This is a piano piece. People have been so brought up on pop music.
This video follows Debussy in how he wanted to present these pieces, which is a great idea. In the printed score Debussy insisted that the title of the piece must be put at the end of the piece, not in the beginning as usual. The title at the beginning here is that of the previous prelude.
Like everyman Debussy stood in awe of this women's beauty @ 0:20, imagined a life with her, realized he probably had no chance around 2:08, and at 2:30 thought " i will always admire her beauty....even if from afar."
Autumn is coming in Tokyo . I feel a little pensive and pathos while listening to his exquisite performance . Soon mountains , forests and streets of Japan will be gorgeous scenery with orange , red , yellow and brown colored leaves . From Tokyo in the dizzying Megalopolis ablaze with numerous neon lights Which national are you watching this video ？
@Charlemagne There are the most famous Six Universities , which are Tokyo University , Waseda University , Keio University , Hosei University , Meiji University , Rikkyo University .
A perfect interpretation of "as slow as possible!" aka, Bartok's "Rubato parlando" as an antipode of folk music with "Allegro Giocoso. " Follow into Ciccolini's version of Debussy's La plus que lente (as slow as possible). The follow this feeling for these works into André Laplante's work in Ravel, especially his Miroirs III. Une Barque sur L'Ocean.
The only reason i know this song is because Gran Turismo 4 had a version of this song and it was my favorite. It gives me the sense of a quiet loneliness. This song can make me teary.
I really respect Michelangeli and his thought-provoking interpretations but my favorite Debussy interpreter is Alain Planes, I heard no other pianist that feel Debussy naturally like Alain Planes. I admire his playing. On the other hand, I’d like to hear your thoughts on why Michelangeli is considered as one of the best pianists, I am a beginner piano learner and want to understand even simple nuances between different pianists. Thanks!
I had a little electric piano that was gifted to me by my parents for me to learn on... unfortunately I never did achieve to a great magnitude on that piano. But this song - it was prerecorded on my piano and I would listen to it practically every day. This is by far my favorite song. I feel nostalgia, melancholy, and freedom all at the same time. I even found the sheet music and brought it to my piano teacher begging her to let me learn the piece. She refused, knowing I was not advanced enough to learn yet. Never did I quite reach that point.
But here I am, years and years later and I have found the exact recording that was on my piano. I know for a fact this is the version I listened to throughout my early adolescent years. And then the emotions wash over me once again.
Same story bro!!
Have you ever thought of learning it anyway? It's quite achievable with training and hardwork for a few months. It may seem really hard at the begining, but once memorised, it gets easier to train.
Thank you for this lovely story!
Except it is not a "song"😉
It's never too late to learn.
MICHELANGELI : UN GENIO CHE INTERPRETA UN GENIO !!
Arturo est un de mes pianistes préférés: un vrai génie, c'est vrai. Et il a su capter l'âme de Debussy. Un prince de la musique.
I like that he plays the piano as much with his face as he does with his hands! This one is on my favorites list!
This gives all youtube pianists a run for their money... absolutely marvelous
Magnifique interprétation! La rêverie la nostalgie les regrets.... Tout est tellement bien exprimé avec un toucher unique!
His grasp of Debussy is unparalleled, in my opinion.
Il miglior interprete in assoluto dell'impressionismo pianistico francese.Tocco,fraseggio,agogica tutto tecnicamente perfetto ma nello stesso tempo assolutamente musicale.GRANDE MAESTRO ABM🙏
This song can bring a grown man to tears.
This piece is poetic. Beyond expression.
This almost made a grown man cry... bravo sir.
This is an absolutely beautiful peice and he plays it with such greatness... Truly a masterpeice.
ah Debussy... what a man. His music is just so... organic. It grows like a tree, from small twigs to a fully blossomed beautiful, tall proud tree.
it doesnt matter if he plays it faster or slower.. its the feeling that grabs the attention of the audience... if he puts emotion into the song, even though it may say "play as written", it doesnt matter if its too fast or slow, it will still sound beautiful.. :)
Debussy himself didn't play his pieces as he wrote them. He always added his own rubato, accelerando, tempo change etc. That just proves the theory that Debussy shouldn't be played "as written".
@@pavaomrazek I don't even recall making this comment from 14 years ago, so thanks for your reply!
As I have grown and my piano studies have greatened I want to apologize for calling it a 'song' haha.
Anyway, yes I would agree with you!
@@khenali25u8thats actually crazy, replying your own comment after 15 years
Michelangeli leaves the piece breath, so great, probably one of the top 3 performances of the piece.
My brother loved this song. He never played any instruments but for his wedding he taught himself to play this song for his new wife. It was really cool.
Best performance of this piece I have heard. Love his phrasing especially.
Just amazing. The way he plays it makes me want to listen to it all day long. There's nothing more to say. :)
A.B.MICHELANGEL I :insuperabile,come sempre ! Quanta dolcezza in questo mirabile pezzo.!!
From France came great men and women, France is a great country. Greetings from Rome Italy and Thanks for Sharing this interpretation of a great men from my own country. My father used to tell me Go to France and stay there. And while saying that used to listen to Benedetti Michelangeli.
One emotional peak of music history 1:32 Debussy was unique.
Absolutely agree. 2.03 too, in my heart 😍 Genius
Just beautiful. He put his soul into every note.
Si apprezza la grandezza della musica e la sua magistrale esecuzione....
très belle fluidité! on rêve de cette fille!
The perfect playing of a supervirtuoso - immaculate and magnificent!!!!!!!!!
my piano teacher just gave me this song for me to study, and when I was checking it on youtube, WOW, MAGNIFIC REALLY! Can't wait to play it =D
Easily one of the most calming songs ever, along with most of Debussy's other pieces.
This is so beautiful. I LOVE this, and the version that Richard Stoltzman did with the clarinet! Pure beauty!
My favorite version of the most beautiful piece of music
The piece is dedicated to (auburn-haired) singer Marie Blanche Vasnier for whom the much younger Debussy wished to create songs inspired by her voice. Its text is the poem La fille aux cheveux de lin No. 4 of the Chansons écossaises (Scottish songs) from Charles Leconte de Lisle's Poemes antiques (Ancient poems), published by Alphonse Lemerre in Paris, 1874.
I stopped on youtube to have a listen to 'la fille aux cheveux' because I was thinking about it ... and found this entry. Just wonderful. I've watched it and listened to it the first few times utterly memorized. I've addictedly replayed it many times now. I've never heard of Mr. Michelangeli but I felt very honored to watch Mr. Michelangeli this evening. Thank you, sir! And thank you to the person that posted this.
Sublime! maestro Michelanjeli !
What a captivating performance. Beautiful.
ohhhh !!!It's so beautiful!His Ravel concerto is amazing too!!
I cry inside whenever I hear this song. Reminds me of a past love.
Cosa intendi dire?
What an amazing storyteller telling such a charming story
Fantastique. C'est mon favori de Debussy. J'adore cette chanson.
Et le clair de lune…
Sublime.
Just amazing,really beautiful! Greatest maestro!
Unexpectedly lyricaly subtle interpretation from Michelangeli, whom I was seeing as mainly a technical virtuoso. Oh he is so emotionally involved (however well contained)... but the feeling and the love for the song just burst through.
A stunningly beautiful piece so sensitively played by this great virtuoso. Together with Jascha Heifetz's version on the violin, the two performances indeed soothe the soul. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
the harmonies in this piece have some jazzin goin on
Just perfect - what timing and how he manages to avoid this wonderful melody from getting too smeary and sentimental. A master at work
Spot on
It has 6 flats. It's in the key of Gb. That has nothing to do with it sounding oriental. That's because of the use of the pentatonic scale.
It's beautiful..
Well done, sir; you have me in tears. Such an endearing performance of an absolutely darling song.
This piece is poetic ；Beyond expression.
I'm not much of a piano guy (bass clarinet's my shit). But this is the only piano song I keep coming back too. I never Not cry whenever I hear this piece and for the life of me I can't explain why.
Great playing! I am right now doing an Orquestration homework over this piece... i am burning my brain!!!! Greets!
Probably the best I've heard this wonderful piece played....
Yup! I just love French music especially from Ravel and Debussy!
I've just listened to this piece approximately 14 times in the past hour.
Beautifully played.
MAGNIFICO...
sublime...
와....또...어떻게 이곡은 연주자마다 이렇게 느낌이 다른거야...미치겠네...와...너무좋아...
Debussy is awesome, i get a total bluesy feel.
Beautiful piece of music. There's aversion of this piece played on the harp too - heart-meltingly beautiful to listen to.
A piece of music only the French could write :-)
やはり天才だね。素晴らしい❗惚れ惚れするね。
Even it’s so good!
pure talent!!!!
BEAUTIFUL :) JUST BREATHTAKING
just so well done. wonderful.
i'm playing this for an audition....I hope I can play it this well! My goodness, that was great!
How did that audition go?
Steve Hugel JKDHSFKJSH THEY COMMENTED 9 YEARS AGO
@@oceans80 I wasn't accepted lmaoooooo
@@jodiechang8877 and I totally forgot about it too lololol
@@jodiechang8877 also I I forgot I had a different YT username until Google notified me!
Amazing piece sends me to heaven and back
Agreed, gives me the chills every time.
This piece is poetic. Beyond expression.
Glorious. And by the way, I wish people would stop referring to this as a "song". A song involves the human voice. This is a piano piece. People have been so brought up on pop music.
g flat major is such a beautiful key.. so sweet ;)
This video follows Debussy in how he wanted to present these pieces, which is a great idea. In the printed score Debussy insisted that the title of the piece must be put at the end of the piece, not in the beginning as usual. The title at the beginning here is that of the previous prelude.
Genius performed by genius.
My favorite part is from 1:26 to 2:02, but I love the entire song
This is passion.
Excellent !, he looks a little like Richard Burton
Michelangeli meets Debussy on the peaks of the Himalaya: summit of creation, summit of interpretation.
Dang it. Why is Debussy so good at making beautiful music?
I absolutely love this song...I wish I could play it but my hands aren't big enough to manage to the chords :(. It's so beautiful though...
Like everyman Debussy stood in awe of this women's beauty @ 0:20, imagined a life with her, realized he probably had no chance around 2:08, and at 2:30 thought " i will always admire her beauty....even if from afar."
Wonderful! I like this interpretation so much!
Easily my favorite piano piece.
+Daniel LaFata You haven't listened to many piano pieces then, there are so many beautiful ones out there it's hard to choose:)
The song which remember my mother My soul felt astonishing emotion .
I felt grief , sorrow and suffering faded away
I love this piece. Probably my favourite of Debussy's. And this bloke plays it like he wrote it. :)
This is pure magic. Also his interpretation of Schumann's "Carnival" throws you immediately into a Circus-like dimension.
Autumn is coming in Tokyo .
I feel a little pensive and pathos while listening to his exquisite performance .
Soon mountains , forests and streets of Japan will be gorgeous scenery with orange , red , yellow and brown colored leaves .
From Tokyo in the dizzying Megalopolis ablaze with numerous neon lights
Which national are you watching this video ？
You again?
Is yours a Haiku? (I am from the country of the pianist)
@@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797
What do you mean ？
@@massimos9185
What do you mean ？
@Charlemagne
There are the most famous Six Universities , which are Tokyo University , Waseda University , Keio University , Hosei University , Meiji University , Rikkyo University .
Thanks!
Debussy est un Merlin
Michelangeli un Maître
A perfect interpretation of "as slow as possible!" aka, Bartok's "Rubato parlando" as an antipode of folk music with "Allegro Giocoso. " Follow into Ciccolini's version of Debussy's La plus que lente (as slow as possible).
The follow this feeling for these works into André Laplante's work in Ravel, especially his Miroirs III. Une Barque sur L'Ocean.
I cried, this is beautiful
He plays it so well
Why does he always look like a part time jedi?!
'Cause he is (was😢)
Numero Uno!🥇
Michelangeli fue maestro de la maestra de mi maestra 😃
Michelangeli is not a pianist, he is the piano
The only reason i know this song is because Gran Turismo 4 had a version of this song and it was my favorite. It gives me the sense of a quiet loneliness. This song can make me teary.
got to say that Fauré is my all time favourite, though Saint-Saens is very good too
This performance is absolu amazing🎑
Arturo benedetti Michelangeli,ossian la Divinità delPianoforte!!
I am actually crying
I really respect Michelangeli and his thought-provoking interpretations but my favorite Debussy interpreter is Alain Planes, I heard no other pianist that feel Debussy naturally like Alain Planes. I admire his playing. On the other hand, I’d like to hear your thoughts on why Michelangeli is considered as one of the best pianists, I am a beginner piano learner and want to understand even simple nuances between different pianists. Thanks!
Just searched and listened now: live, and studio too. Oh my God! Wow! 😍 Blows my mind. Exactly how Debussy do. Thank you for this note 🙏🏻
His interpretation is so beatiful, I was about to cry XD, I m learning this piece so it touches me much more than an other one.
Marvellous...pity that they never show his incredible hands...
That's because he's actually playing the piece with his face! Jkjk. This, and pretty much every other Michelangeli recording, is absolutely golden.
I love Janacek.
grazie :)