This is my therapy, this is where I go where I come to clear my mind, to find inspiration, to feel at peace ... this is my sanctuary .... I wish I knew someone who shares the same love I have for classic music...
You are FAR from alone..... Finding somebody to share a love with is trying though. I've spent my entire life so far (62) years looking for somebody to share my passions with... I have decided that relying on others for anything is an excuse so I immerse my lonely-ass self, enjoy that passions and yes, experience an aching loneliness too. But that's no reason not to plunge in.
Holy moly, same here. Im the only one in I know that would go to an orchestras concert in my spare time... also i stopped telling my friends what Im listening to because I know they would brush it off
I am a Japanese Debussyiest. To Debussy , the great composer . What a lot of Japanese people admire you and sing the song ！ People with the spirit of impressing your work are filled everywhere in Japan . Luscious and fascinating performance and work .
@@gothboykami2148 All of Japanese people knows and loves Debussy’s music and life and Debussy loved Japanese Ukiyoe 👺🐮🌊🍒💮🥟🍘🍚🎋🎎🎑🗼🎏🏯🗻🥋🍄🍄🍢🗡️🐝🍓🍾🥢👘🍱🎍🌸🍙🍣🐈🎌🇯🇵 These Emoji絵文字 are things unique to Japan 🌊is Worldwide Big Wave, which is Japanese Ukiyoe, Higasikanagawaoki Big Wave , Painter is Genius Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Debussy knew It 🐈is a Royal dog, Worldwide famous Royal Dog is Royal Hachikouハチ公, his statue is in front of Shibuya Station, Where is in Worldwide crosswalk
So beautiful. Debussy's music is always such a fairytale. It's these things that remind you there are still pretty things out there when you're in a bad mood
When I was in high school, around 1963-64, the Philadelphia Symphony under the baton of Eugene Ormandy came to Youngstown, Ohio to perform a concert. We lived in Alliance, Ohio which was about forty miles away. Our orchestra conductor organized a field trip for us to go. Now, after nearly 60 years that program of Debussy's Nocturnes and Beethoven's 7th Symphony among other pieces and a love of classical music abides with me and always will.
I always find the best of Debussy's musical output to be deeply impressionistic. He very much coincided with that artistic period and I think it's no accident that his music also reflects it. He takes you deep into your emotional psyche and lets you marinate in it for as long as the music lasts.
Debussy sent 20th century music on its way. Sensuous, lush and sublimely gorgeous. An entirely new 'branch' of classical music flowed through and from him. Pure genius.
@@jesika7869 Hi Jesika, Yes, I agree entirely....Have you ever listened to 'The Seduction of Claude Debussy ' by The Art of Noise? Well worth a listen..
I am happy to pay $10 a month for the privilege of hearing thousands of great classical, jazz, blues, and rock recordings and other material without commercial interruptions. I am not a fan of big corporations but surely they are providing something of value and deserve to be compensated.
There are some composers whose music leaves one feeling enriched or somehow a better person for having heard it. Claude Debussy is one of those composers.
Debussy's music is soul food. I had to play his Arabesque without music for a huge concert at 16 and afterward the feeling was better than anything ( up to that point )
Ceci est plus que le reflet d'une époque. C'est un astéroïde fantôme qui revient jeter son dévolu sur l'art sonore. Une onde décadente chargée de paradoxes d'où s'échappent l'obscurantisme et l'irrationnel, facteurs hypnotiques défiant les âmes vulnérables en quête d'absolu. Cette architecture sonore est un court tunnel qui mène à la lumière 👀
The impressionists were so much our precursors: they wanted their art to keep their mind busy and gratified for ages, a bit like us with instant access and gratification to everything
From a musicologist's perspective Debussy's music is what bridges the classical era and the modern era. He's essentially the Christopher Columbus of music. The piece that links the old world and the new world.
These are some of the most beautiful orchestral pieces ever composed, imo. I think the nocturne is probably my favorite genre, and Debussy's play with colors and the different shades of orchestral sound are just gorgeous.
Since childhood, 'Nuages' has given me goosebumps...only Eric Satie does the same. I love alot of Classical music, but these 2 geniuses cannot be touched.
thank God for Ad Block. it would be a shame to ruin this or other works of art because of commercials. Debussy was a wonderful composer not meant to have useless commercials interjected into it
well yes, but basically, the uploader gets nothing in compensation for the service he provides..giving you this music that you apreciate..so it's kinda sad, isn't it ? And yes it's true they are annoying , that's why, I also use ad-block, but i disable it from time to time on the uploaders that give me good content xD
I know AdBlock's nice and luckily Google's not taken measures against the use of it (Thank God the company profit doesn't rely on advertising), but let's not get carried away?
It goes to the copyright holder if the content is registered with youtube and youtube's algorithm identified it. In this case this hasn't happened so the uploader gets the money.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE RECORDING FROM THE 70'S! I used to go to sleep, nap, dream, plan and live with this in the background of my life. Aaahhhhhh-- it sounds a bit digital now -- I must find a vinyl recording of it but until I do, thank you for uploading this!
Debussy was a prodigy who kind of "grew up at the Paris Conservatory." He gained recognition as an innovator and something of a rebel -- but it was all based on the magnificent craft he acquired early on. He could sight-read anything.
Je ne connaissais pas cette oeuvre de Debussy ... une belle découverte ! par ailleurs , la transcription pour piano de Ravel est aussi une belle réussite . Merci à vous ...
Whenever I hear Bach, I hear logic, symmetry and glorious architectural beauty and sometimes playfulness. With debussy, I genuinely 'forget myself'. Almost like an aesthetically-induced meditation, or as a friend says 'I got lost in the music', or as Joyce called it 'aesthetic arrest' (sorry for the reference, it can be found in Portrait of Artist which I am reading now or just google it, its interesting). No thoughts! Nothing but the music and its 'impression' merging with and becoming my experience. Oddly enough, this has also happened to me with Bach. Anyway, I especially recall the unique mood evoked by the piano piece 'les sons et parfum tournent dans l'air du soir' listened with the soft bustle of the evening city trickling through the window... and also the fact that my worries and anxiety were left behind at a performance of his 'preludes', in which i simply rested one hand on each lap and looked at my shoes for the duration of the performance, paralyzed by the beauty in the subtlest of ways (unlike beethoven's beauty which sometimes is a bit too scary or unearthly, a sort of 'sublime' beauty. He cried over his own cavatina, for gods sake!). To understand what I am saying, listen to 'voiles' or 'brouillards'. At first they sound scary/creepy*, but eventually they unfold before you for what they are; yes, they are something more subdued, not the lurid colors of painted houses by a verdant beach, sunbaked in the heat. But they are not, like I initially thought, intended to scare... once you embrace them, the unease vanishes and the beauty descends like a downy quilt. The melancholy of ship sails dithering on the horizon, behind a thin veil of scintillating air and sinking under that blue blanket, irradiated by a heatless sun... or the afternoon curtains dancing from the wind's gentle woos. These are my subjective impressions, and they may vary from person to person; Debussy, in my mind, must have aimed for ambiguity, mimicking the way nature (or indeed, the decandent poets) plays with us... when certain things become less clear as the sun descends and the shadows begin playing.... or what happens when you realize something scary was only a product of marijuana-induced psychosis...a play of perception! Not at all frightening (well, maybe the brouillards should be a bit frightening!). The feeling reminds me a bit of pareidolia; the other day, I was looking at the most marvelous sunset, when I laxly glanced at some clouds further away. In my aloofness, they started appearing like a chariot with frenzied horses, and a host of clamouring figures (a bit like the Parthenon's frieze) doing some crazy stuff and shouting at others following on foot, while the back end of the cart was churning out a heavy smoke. Without any effort on my part, these pieces induce the same aloofness that make the mind be so peacefully present and at ease with itself in play... a lot like meditation (or the lazy abandon of sunny noon that the poet Tagore has made me appreciate)! One user (in the preludes video) commented that they want to commit suicide to this music*(I initially thought that because of those... overbearing pieces -- voiles and brouillards --, a solemn mood is induced which depresses you and moves you to those dark corners of the mind). On the other hand, I think he/she meant: it's beautiful enough that it makes one think 'with such beauty, why keep on living (paradoxically)' or 'once Ive listened to this, I can go in peace'... Well? Yes art is a sanctuary, and I too try to put as much of it in my daily life. But I let it surface when it chooses. I do not want to (I try not to) force it, to snuff out my existence in its presence to magnify it, to make it something with a definite purpose, that of ending my life in parallel to the last few bars of music. I dont know why that person said that (edit: in my sober appreciation of art, I say that I do not understand... but in the quiet, solemn spaciousness and prayer of poetic exultation I can fully empathize and say with them 'now more than ever it seems rich to die, to cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!). But i think it goes against what art is about...to be appreciated and inspire us to go forth and create and affirm our wondrous human nature. Sure we say these things when lost in rapturous poetry, but it is equally important and satisfying to return with newfound strength for having contacted that part of us that modern society so ardently suppresses. Just to end these ramblings, I will quote Rabinranath Tagore, from whom I have learned so much :) "The Upanishads say: “From joy does spring all this creation, by joy is it maintained, towards joy does it progress, and into joy does it enter.” It means that God's creation has not its source in any necessity; it comes from his fullness of joy; it is his love that creates, therefore in creation is his own revealment.” - Rabindranath Tagore explaining a verse of the Upanishads, in his book “Sadhana - The Realisation of Life”
I would love to find a re-issue of this work that was recorded years ago by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Claudio Abbado directing. I have not yet, in all these years heard a performance that is quite the same. Particularly irritating to me is in "Fetes", from 8:28 to 8:30 when the 1st horns are allowed to play above the 2nd. horn part, which contains the motif. Only Claudio Abbado allowed this 2nd horn part to dominate. Every other part of the performance under his baton breathed with animation.
I realize it was almost 3 years ago when this was posted, but I want to thank "Klange" for posting. Excellent selection and very clean. As far as my speakers can render, superb. ~ S ~
Hi Lee.. Griff here....don't know if you're a musician or not, but here is something epic. In the wonderful past there was a brilliant man named Leonard Bernstein.....we used to see him on TV in the 60's. No one has, or will come forth who can thrill us like he did... his brain was very large, but his gift was explaining music to the masses and being one of the world's greatest conductors. Try this: th-cam.com/video/vOlzpfE8bUk/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/J4L59BT5yeI/w-d-xo.html
@@anis9503 0.0 Were we talking about Debussy's contemporaries ? 😅 "Ahead of his time" I understood "doing a certain type of music before its time to come" so I thought Beethoven doing some freaking jazz and metal in the 19th century... :') But I guess I was wrong, the other way, I personally see Debussy as the perfect musical embodiment of Symbolism rather than Impressionism which is actually an accurate point. But of course, all of them have different kinds of beauty ~ ✨
This needs timings: I. Nuages ("Clouds"): 0:00 II. Fêtes ("Festivals"): 7:28 III. Sirènes ("Sirens"): 13:43 Peeking at the jewel-cases of some Pierre Boulez recordings (with the timings) I see that he sometimes rushes the first movement so that is only 6 mins, 15 seconds. I guess for this recording, Maestro Boulez was in a more mellow mood. :-)
Esta música es preciosa la puedo escuchar cientos de veces y trasmite misterio, melancolía,recuerdos sentimientos reflexiones. Pero la música del genio GABRIEL FAURE traspasa al alma,espíritu , no se pueden contener las emociones mas profundas ,quedando en sub-consciente del alma.
The whole delicate touch of Debussy can be heard in these" nocturnes" which do not use a huge orchestra (but make use of strings extreme division). The tone of feminine voices mixed with the orchestra in the last Nocturn is awesmoe.
And then they say that Debussy was bad at orchestration. Note that the section that starts at 9:55 was composed before Ravel's "Boléro", which the latter deemed an exercise in orchestration.
I specially love "The Fetes". In my mind, first I see the people arriving and gathering where the event takes place. Then it shows the emotion of anticipation shown by the people. Then the people became silent and from the distance you barely hear steps the marching army band and its music. As they approach the music become more intense. It feels like is the celebration after an important military victory. Among them are the heroes of the people. The ambiance is like in antiquity. Like in the old Greece.
"Nuages" renders the immutable aspect of the sky and the slow, solemn motion of the clouds, fading away in grey tones lightly tinged with white. - Debussy "Fêtes" gives the vibrating, dancing rhythm of the atmosphere with sudden flashes of light. There is also the episode of the procession (a dazzling fantastic vision), which passes through the festive scene and becomes merged in it. But the background remains resistantly the same: the festival with its blending of music and luminous dust participating in the cosmic rhythm. - Debussy "Sirènes" depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on. - Debussy
These great performers perfectly understand Debussy's aesthetic, intent and spirit, so this performance is stellar and moving This beautiful melody is a luxurious and blissful lullaby before falling asleep. It it a luxury and bliss to fall asleep to such s magnificent performance Debussy's works are the moisture of the hearts of urbanities who are tired from the hustle and bustle of the city From Tokyo of the Land of Rising Sun 🇯🇵
Litivious Spartus, he said "Debussy is disgusting. Worst piece of music ever. Makes me feel anxious, close to having a heart attack." Do you really agree? :P
So beautiful, so fantastic, it draw epic pictures of adventure in mi mind. And there is this moment: starts at 18:40... and the 18:53 broke my heart. Epic.
When I was a kid in the '90s my parents got their hands on an audiobook about the pirate captain morgan and his lost treasure, or something, set to this music... i think... this music played, and a narrator (a soothing lady's voice, i think) narrated a story and talked about the music... gosh i'd like to know what it was i was listening to :P if anyone can help~
This is my therapy, this is where I go where I come to clear my mind, to find inspiration, to feel at peace ... this is my sanctuary .... I wish I knew someone who shares the same love I have for classic music...
Debussy is one of those few who makes the world a bit of a better place.
You are FAR from alone..... Finding somebody to share a love with is trying though. I've spent my entire life so far (62) years looking for somebody to share my passions with... I have decided that relying on others for anything is an excuse so I immerse my lonely-ass self, enjoy that passions and yes, experience an aching loneliness too. But that's no reason not to plunge in.
@@984francis It's not too late :^)
Holy moly, same here. Im the only one in I know that would go to an orchestras concert in my spare time... also i stopped telling my friends what Im listening to because I know they would brush it off
@@achille-claudedebussy8548 his music not about this world it is fantastic
I am a Japanese Debussyiest.
To Debussy , the great composer .
What a lot of Japanese people admire you and sing the song ！
People with the spirit of impressing your work are
filled everywhere in Japan .
Luscious and fascinating
performance and work .
Lovely comment you have said here Shin-i-chi! sorry i am replying to you 4 years later..
bro, Debussy is dead long time ago. He cant read your message. Dont u know in Japan?
@@gothboykami2148
All of Japanese people knows and loves Debussy’s music and life
and Debussy loved Japanese Ukiyoe
👺🐮🌊🍒💮🥟🍘🍚🎋🎎🎑🗼🎏🏯🗻🥋🍄🍄🍢🗡️🐝🍓🍾🥢👘🍱🎍🌸🍙🍣🐈🎌🇯🇵
These Emoji絵文字 are things unique to Japan
🌊is Worldwide Big Wave, which is Japanese Ukiyoe, Higasikanagawaoki Big Wave , Painter is Genius Katsushika Hokusai
葛飾北斎
Debussy knew It
🐈is a Royal dog, Worldwide famous Royal Dog is Royal Hachikouハチ公, his statue is in front of Shibuya Station, Where is in Worldwide crosswalk
So beautiful. Debussy's music is always such a fairytale. It's these things that remind you there are still pretty things out there when you're in a bad mood
This is so true man. I love DeBussy to death!
I like to imagine Debussy is like a friend who takes me to a different place every time I hear a new piece
Love this comment. Thanks, man. You put a smile on my face.
Damn right, genuine postivity and joy from music :D
When I was in high school, around 1963-64, the Philadelphia Symphony under the baton of Eugene Ormandy came to Youngstown, Ohio to perform a concert. We lived in Alliance, Ohio which was about forty miles away. Our orchestra conductor organized a field trip for us to go. Now, after nearly 60 years that program of Debussy's Nocturnes and Beethoven's 7th Symphony among other pieces and a love of classical music abides with me and always will.
Great story, Larry. Thanks for sharing this awesome memory!
I always find the best of Debussy's musical output to be deeply impressionistic. He very much coincided with that artistic period and I think it's no accident that his music also reflects it. He takes you deep into your emotional psyche and lets you marinate in it for as long as the music lasts.
what specific painter/sculpture would you say is a 'visual' representation of Mr Debussy? i ask because he hated
the term impressionistic
@@spactick La musique étant immatérielle, n'importe quelle forme artistique peut lui correspondre, à mon très humble avis.
Debussy sent 20th century music on its way. Sensuous, lush and sublimely gorgeous. An entirely new 'branch' of classical music flowed through and from him. Pure genius.
Chopin started “20th century” classical. Listen to his nocturnes op 62. Prelude op 45. Barcarolle op 60, etc.
Chopin composed beautiful music yet Debussy music has the mysterious elements hidden in life. Alan Hovhaness has that mystery too.
@@jesika7869 Hi Jesika, Yes, I agree entirely....Have you ever listened to 'The Seduction of Claude Debussy ' by The Art of Noise? Well worth a listen..
well said
Debussy has become like an old friend to me. He lets me listen to his intimate secrets.
Mary McMahon - Well put! My favorite composer!
@@calvinhobbes5686 Debussy was a super talent, nobody has ever composed such music with ethereal beauty ever but him.
I feel the same 🌅✨
I have similar feelings.
♥️♥️
00:01 I. Nuages ("Clouds")
07:28 II. Fêtes ("Festivals")
13:44 III. Sirènes ("Sirens")
Merci ("Thank you")
You're awesome 😀
Valeu, também, Leonardo@@leonardo9313 ! (Thank you too)
Thanks,@@____7752 !
@@LimaCastor How do you know that portuguese is my native language?
I am happy to pay $10 a month for the privilege of hearing thousands of great classical, jazz, blues, and rock recordings and other material without commercial interruptions. I am not a fan of big corporations but surely they are providing something of value and deserve to be compensated.
So then in some way you are a fan of them because you realise and appreciate what they could give back to you
Using an adblocker is an awesome way of blocking out commercials too!
There are some composers whose music leaves one feeling enriched or somehow a better person for having heard it. Claude Debussy is one of those composers.
Is McAnally your real name? : )
@@lastfirst78 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAnally lol
@@lastfirst78 Listening to profound music and then getting distracted by McAnally ;-)
totally agree
Debussy's music is soul food. I had to play his Arabesque without music for a huge concert at 16 and afterward the feeling was better than anything ( up to that point )
What would the world be without the magical and fairytale music of Debussy? ❤ Again and again poignant.
His music was so ahead of its time. There are moments while listening to this that I feel like I am listening to a score from a modern day film.
Ceci est plus que le reflet d'une époque. C'est un astéroïde fantôme qui revient jeter son dévolu sur l'art sonore. Une onde décadente chargée de paradoxes d'où s'échappent l'obscurantisme et l'irrationnel, facteurs hypnotiques défiant les âmes vulnérables en quête d'absolu. Cette architecture sonore est un court tunnel qui mène à la lumière 👀
The impressionists were so much our precursors: they wanted their art to keep their mind busy and gratified for ages, a bit like us with instant access and gratification to everything
You formulate it really beautifully! Agree to this
From a musicologist's perspective Debussy's music is what bridges the classical era and the modern era. He's essentially the Christopher Columbus of music. The piece that links the old world and the new world.
What about Satie?
I love this music. There are times when my spirit needs the sea.
These are some of the most beautiful orchestral pieces ever composed, imo. I think the nocturne is probably my favorite genre, and Debussy's play with colors and the different shades of orchestral sound are just gorgeous.
Nuages may be my favorite work of all time. I love it deeply!...
La beauté à l'état pur.
Nuages 0:00
Fêtes 7:28
Sirènes 13:44
Yorgos Mourkousis God bless your souuul thank you very much!
Absolument brillant. Si réel, si vivant, si vivant!
A total mood selector. Goes from melancholy to quiet joy and pulls your emotions into every note. Excellent.
hola
j adore cette belle musique douce 🦁🌹🌷⚘🌻🍀
I too felt a mood changer when the ads came through
Excellent recording. The Cleveland Orchestra always performs and records wonderfully. Debussy was truly one of the greats.
Debussy didn't realize he could 'paint' such Fabulous Memoirs!!
Bravo!!!
splendidi!! solo debussy sa realizzare queste atmosfere di luce e ombra, di forza e tenerezza, di mistero e di epifania
That escalation in 11:00 to 12:00 in Fetes is wonderful.
Hauntingly beautiful - sensual, like Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
Paul Giloi Even more vertically ambiguous the 1st movement.
sensitive soul you are as my mother, it is a compliment. :)
Thanks so dearly for your perfect connection between Debussy and Whistler. I learned something truly interesting tonight.
Since childhood, 'Nuages' has given me goosebumps...only Eric Satie does the same. I love alot of Classical music, but these 2 geniuses cannot be touched.
The beautiful melody of this piece is irreplaceable
thank God for Ad Block. it would be a shame to ruin this or other works of art because of commercials. Debussy was a wonderful composer not meant to have useless commercials interjected into it
Agreed. All hail the Ad Block plug-in!
well yes, but basically, the uploader gets nothing in compensation for the service he provides..giving you this music that you apreciate..so it's kinda sad, isn't it ? And yes it's true they are annoying , that's why, I also use ad-block, but i disable it from time to time on the uploaders that give me good content xD
The uploader doesn't get any money, Jeremy. It goes to the copyright holder. Either way it's good to disable adblock sometimes.
I know AdBlock's nice and luckily Google's not taken measures against the use of it (Thank God the company profit doesn't rely on advertising), but let's not get carried away?
It goes to the copyright holder if the content is registered with youtube and youtube's algorithm identified it. In this case this hasn't happened so the uploader gets the money.
It is holy, sends me to this place that i feel i have been for all eternity !
THIS IS MY FAVORITE RECORDING FROM THE 70'S! I used to go to sleep, nap, dream, plan and live with this in the background of my life.
Aaahhhhhh-- it sounds a bit digital now -- I must find a vinyl recording of it but until I do, thank you for uploading this!
Merci d'avoir partagé. La musique est relaxante.
Magnifique...le chemin de la contemplation
This piece sounds like sea-themed Daphnis et Chloe, I love it.
ça ressemble, en effet.
Thank you for preserving the most important art describing our sleep selves
Those Sirens are haunting...
Debussy was a prodigy who kind of "grew up at the Paris Conservatory." He gained recognition as an innovator and something of a rebel -- but it was all based on the magnificent craft he acquired early on. He could sight-read anything.
so hauntingly beautiful and mysterious at the same time! thanks for sharing.
True talent and gifted by God.
the best of all time 🙏
😊 a masterpiece,one of my favoritt music i am listen to
- Thank you ever so much for such unbelievebale beauty (music, and also paintings) !
Lovely and beautiful music. Thank you for sharing.
I really love these paintings!.....oh,and the music ;D
Je ne connaissais pas cette oeuvre de Debussy ... une belle découverte ! par ailleurs , la transcription pour piano de Ravel est aussi une belle réussite . Merci à vous ...
Thank you for the helpful and cogent "liner notes" for the beginners in the crowd.
la he escuchado millones de veces y siempre tiene algo especial. .......siempre un recuerdo; una detención en algún momento del pasado.
Debussy is honestly the best composer👌❤️
I really appreciated your description of this piece.
Whenever I hear Bach, I hear logic, symmetry and glorious architectural beauty and sometimes playfulness. With debussy, I genuinely 'forget myself'. Almost like an aesthetically-induced meditation, or as a friend says 'I got lost in the music', or as Joyce called it 'aesthetic arrest' (sorry for the reference, it can be found in Portrait of Artist which I am reading now or just google it, its interesting). No thoughts! Nothing but the music and its 'impression' merging with and becoming my experience. Oddly enough, this has also happened to me with Bach. Anyway, I especially recall the unique mood evoked by the piano piece 'les sons et parfum tournent dans l'air du soir' listened with the soft bustle of the evening city trickling through the window... and also the fact that my worries and anxiety were left behind at a performance of his 'preludes', in which i simply rested one hand on each lap and looked at my shoes for the duration of the performance, paralyzed by the beauty in the subtlest of ways (unlike beethoven's beauty which sometimes is a bit too scary or unearthly, a sort of 'sublime' beauty. He cried over his own cavatina, for gods sake!).
To understand what I am saying, listen to 'voiles' or 'brouillards'. At first they sound scary/creepy*, but eventually they unfold before you for what they are; yes, they are something more subdued, not the lurid colors of painted houses by a verdant beach, sunbaked in the heat. But they are not, like I initially thought, intended to scare... once you embrace them, the unease vanishes and the beauty descends like a downy quilt. The melancholy of ship sails dithering on the horizon, behind a thin veil of scintillating air and sinking under that blue blanket, irradiated by a heatless sun... or the afternoon curtains dancing from the wind's gentle woos. These are my subjective impressions, and they may vary from person to person; Debussy, in my mind, must have aimed for ambiguity, mimicking the way nature (or indeed, the decandent poets) plays with us... when certain things become less clear as the sun descends and the shadows begin playing.... or what happens when you realize something scary was only a product of marijuana-induced psychosis...a play of perception! Not at all frightening (well, maybe the brouillards should be a bit frightening!). The feeling reminds me a bit of pareidolia; the other day, I was looking at the most marvelous sunset, when I laxly glanced at some clouds further away. In my aloofness, they started appearing like a chariot with frenzied horses, and a host of clamouring figures (a bit like the Parthenon's frieze) doing some crazy stuff and shouting at others following on foot, while the back end of the cart was churning out a heavy smoke. Without any effort on my part, these pieces induce the same aloofness that make the mind be so peacefully present and at ease with itself in play... a lot like meditation (or the lazy abandon of sunny noon that the poet Tagore has made me appreciate)! One user (in the preludes video) commented that they want to commit suicide to this music*(I initially thought that because of those... overbearing pieces -- voiles and brouillards --, a solemn mood is induced which depresses you and moves you to those dark corners of the mind). On the other hand, I think he/she meant: it's beautiful enough that it makes one think 'with such beauty, why keep on living (paradoxically)' or 'once Ive listened to this, I can go in peace'... Well? Yes art is a sanctuary, and I too try to put as much of it in my daily life. But I let it surface when it chooses. I do not want to (I try not to) force it, to snuff out my existence in its presence to magnify it, to make it something with a definite purpose, that of ending my life in parallel to the last few bars of music. I dont know why that person said that (edit: in my sober appreciation of art, I say that I do not understand... but in the quiet, solemn spaciousness and prayer of poetic exultation I can fully empathize and say with them 'now more than ever it seems rich to die, to cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!). But i think it goes against what art is about...to be appreciated and inspire us to go forth and create and affirm our wondrous human nature. Sure we say these things when lost in rapturous poetry, but it is equally important and satisfying to return with newfound strength for having contacted that part of us that modern society so ardently suppresses. Just to end these ramblings, I will quote Rabinranath Tagore, from whom I have learned so much :)
"The Upanishads say: “From joy does spring all this creation, by joy is it
maintained, towards joy does it progress, and into joy does it enter.”
It means that God's creation has not its source in any necessity; it comes from his
fullness of joy; it is his love that creates, therefore in creation is his own
revealment.”
- Rabindranath Tagore explaining a verse of the Upanishads, in his book
“Sadhana - The Realisation of Life”
Metaphysical crap!
@@autodidact2499 theres nothing metaphysical about it (this crap indeed)!
Saw this performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Live....awesome..
I would love to find a re-issue of this work that was recorded years ago by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Claudio Abbado directing. I have not yet, in all these years heard a performance that is quite the same. Particularly irritating to me is in "Fetes", from 8:28 to 8:30 when the 1st horns are allowed to play above the 2nd. horn part, which contains the motif. Only Claudio Abbado allowed this 2nd horn part to dominate. Every other part of the performance under his baton breathed with animation.
C'est très beau.
Just so beautiful, reminds me of Vaughan Williams work
Right! Vaughan Williams got inspiration from the continental music, particularly from Ravel and Debussy.
Es el aire oriental que los une en cierta medida
Yes! I am reminded of Symphony No. 5 ... it was through Vaughan Williams that my interest in Debussy was kindled...
killer viola solo at 4:00. LOVE IT!
How can you ruin a masterpiece like this? Well lets put some commercials in the middle of it... ohh wonderful idea. BRILLIANT.
ADBLOCKERS !
I realize it was almost 3 years ago when this was posted, but I want to thank "Klange" for posting. Excellent selection and very clean. As far as my speakers can render, superb. ~ S ~
I had never heard these nocturnes. The recurring evocation of "Claire de Lune" in the first piece was a pleasant surprise.
MAGNIFIQUE!
debussy was and still is the best way ahead of his time.
Hi Lee.. Griff here....don't know if you're a musician or not, but here is something epic. In the wonderful past there was a brilliant man named Leonard Bernstein.....we used to see him on TV in the 60's. No one has, or will come forth who can thrill us like he did... his brain was very large, but his gift was explaining music to the masses and being one of the world's greatest conductors. Try this:
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Beethoven : am I a joke to you ?
I agree ...
@@anis9503 0.0 Were we talking about Debussy's contemporaries ? 😅 "Ahead of his time" I understood "doing a certain type of music before its time to come" so I thought Beethoven doing some freaking jazz and metal in the 19th century... :')
But I guess I was wrong, the other way, I personally see Debussy as the perfect musical embodiment of Symbolism rather than Impressionism which is actually an accurate point. But of course, all of them have different kinds of beauty ~ ✨
Thank you for for this beautiful gift! Your text is a very good bonus!
Chef d'oeuvre ! Chef d'oeuvre ! Chef d'oeuvre ! Chef d'oeuvre ! Chef d'oeuvre ! Chef d'oeuvre !
To be able to listen to Debussy's works in this era with great performances is bliss itself
This needs timings:
I. Nuages ("Clouds"): 0:00
II. Fêtes ("Festivals"): 7:28
III. Sirènes ("Sirens"): 13:43
Peeking at the jewel-cases of some Pierre Boulez recordings (with the timings) I see that he sometimes rushes the first movement so that is only 6 mins, 15 seconds. I guess for this recording, Maestro Boulez was in a more mellow mood. :-)
Esta música es preciosa la puedo escuchar cientos de veces y trasmite misterio, melancolía,recuerdos sentimientos reflexiones.
Pero la música del genio GABRIEL FAURE traspasa al alma,espíritu , no se pueden contener las emociones mas profundas ,quedando en sub-consciente del alma.
The whole delicate touch of Debussy can be heard in these" nocturnes" which do not use a huge orchestra (but make use of strings extreme division). The tone of feminine voices mixed with the orchestra in the last Nocturn is awesmoe.
je découvre.je plane.c' est magnifique.
Indescribable beauty
0:38 And there I was... Right there, in heaven!
My favorite Debussy piece.
The firs movement hypnotised me!
Simply Sensational!
une musique decouverte sur radio classique qui ma rappelle les peplum italien et americain et certains films en noir et blanc, j'adors!!!
+ouarti abdel oui pareil j'adore ça me fait aussi penser à des films américains.
ouarti abdel I agree and it is hard to beat classic black and white movies
Simplesmente maravilhoso! Genial!
And then they say that Debussy was bad at orchestration. Note that the section that starts at 9:55 was composed before Ravel's "Boléro", which the latter deemed an exercise in orchestration.
People actually did? I know Ravel did say that towards La mer only, but other than that I'm not aware.
I specially love "The Fetes". In my mind, first I see the people arriving and gathering where the event takes place. Then it shows the emotion of anticipation shown by the people. Then the people became silent and from the distance you barely hear steps the marching army band and its music. As they approach the music become more intense.
It feels like is the celebration after an important military victory. Among them are the heroes of the people.
The ambiance is like in antiquity. Like in the old Greece.
"Nuages" renders the immutable aspect of the sky and the slow, solemn motion of the clouds, fading away in grey tones lightly tinged with white. - Debussy
"Fêtes" gives the vibrating, dancing rhythm of the atmosphere with sudden flashes of light. There is also the episode of the procession (a dazzling fantastic vision), which passes through the festive scene and becomes merged in it. But the background remains resistantly the same: the festival with its blending of music and luminous dust participating in the cosmic rhythm. - Debussy
"Sirènes" depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on. - Debussy
These great performers perfectly understand Debussy's aesthetic, intent and spirit,
so this performance is stellar and moving
This beautiful melody is a luxurious and blissful lullaby before falling asleep.
It it a luxury and bliss to fall asleep to such s magnificent performance
Debussy's works are the moisture of the hearts of urbanities who are tired from the hustle and bustle of the city
From Tokyo of the Land of Rising Sun 🇯🇵
Thanks for uploading!
4:30am, the sky looks just like that! Last day of my music degree, I'm up finishing an assignment :)
probabilmente Debussy quando componeva la sua musica, era in un'altra dimensione.
Claude Debussy é inigualável. A melhor musica para ficar com o coração tranquilo.
No idea what you said but I agree! ;D
Litivious Spartus, he said "Debussy is disgusting. Worst piece of music ever. Makes me feel anxious, close to having a heart attack." Do you really agree? :P
lies!, I looked it up what he said!
lol. Good. I was just making sure.
Claude Debussy is second to none. The best music to keep your heart calm.
Maravilhoso. 💚
4:33 such a beautiful melody. Pentatonic I think?
Bernard Herrmann based the entire score to The Ghost and Mrs Muir on this piece and I am so glad he did. The final scene is moving beyond words
So beautiful, so fantastic, it draw epic pictures of adventure in mi mind. And there is this moment: starts at 18:40... and the 18:53 broke my heart. Epic.
It's like a movie for my ears.
When I was a kid in the '90s my parents got their hands on an audiobook about the pirate captain morgan and his lost treasure, or something, set to this music... i think... this music played, and a narrator (a soothing lady's voice, i think) narrated a story and talked about the music... gosh i'd like to know what it was i was listening to :P if anyone can help~
this is the best version ever conducted
Debussy was the best
There's so many the best, I think,Debussy is one of them
After Chopin
Satie*
Satie, Fauré, Ravel as well
depends of the time rofl
JE NE ME LASSE PAS DE CE MERVEILLEUX CHEF D’ŒUVRE... JE L'ÉCOUTE CHAQUE MATIN APRÈS MON PETIT DÉJEUNER
Debussy é um compositor moderno ,com grande toque de romantismo ,música rica e lindíssima ,pena que tenha vivido tão pouco!
Wow... Don't recall this one - I guess I heard the more popular Debussy stuff; but this is magnificent... ;)
This IS the more popular Debussy stuff. It comes in on third place for most performed and popular orchestral pieces of him.
@@Quotenwagnerianer I assume after the faune and la mer?
@@lordspongebobofhousesquare1616 Correct.
@@Quotenwagnerianer but comparing the popularity of faune and la mer to claire de lune or deux arabesques's popularity is still a huge change
Nothing can spoil this my friends ❤
This should accompany an opera, it would be perfect.
Very cinematic!
Thank you!
Debussy brings us colors only God had seen before.
What a lovely thing to say....
well said
I would also add that he brings us sounds that only God has heard before.
@@paulheffron4836 which is exactly what color means
4:31 to 5:03 just struck something new in me.
I had to listen again since you mentioned it. It feels to me like I’m a ghost in the edwardian upper class