❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Lieder Ohne Worte / Romances sans Paroles. *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:40) 00:00 No.33, Op.67 n.3 : Chant du pèlerin 02:38 No.6, Op.19 n.6 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.1 04:34 No.12, Op.30 n.6 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.2 07:34 No.40, Op.85 n.4 : Elégie 10:16 No.2, Op.19 n.2 : Regrets 12:31 Feuille d’album, Op.117 16:38 No.23, Op.53 n.5 : Chanson populaire 19:37 No.32, Op.67 n.2 : Illusions perdues 21:47 No.14, Op.38 n.2 : Bonheur perdu 24:03 No.19, Op.53 n.1 : Au bord de la mer 27:36 No.35, Op.67 n.5 : Plainte du berger 29:44 No.29, Op.62 n.5 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.3 32:27 No.1, Op.19 n.1 35:43 No.30, Op.62 n.6 : Chanson du printemps 37:54 No.28, Op.62 n.4 : Chanson du matin 39:42 No.34, Op.67 : La fileuse 41:51 No.45, Op.102 n.3 : Tarentelle 43:17 No.37, Op.85 n.1 : Rêverie 45:38 No.31, Op.67 n.1 : Méditation 48:13 No.25, Op.62 n.1 : Les brises de mai 50:33 No.46, Op.102 n.4 : Le soupir du vent 52:50 No.44, Op.102 n.2 : Rétention 54:55 No.43, Op.102 n.5 : Sans foyer 58:16 No.48, Op.102 n.6 : Confiance No.2 1:00:19 No.20, Op.53 n.2 : Les nuages floconneux 1:03:18 No.47, Op.102 n.5 : Les joyeux paysan 1:04:32 No.10, Op.30 n.4 : Le promeneur 1:07:28 No.8, Op;30 n.2 : Agitation No.2 1:09:31 No.11, Op.30 n.5 : Le ruisseau Piano : Danielle Laval Recorded un 2007, at Metz (France) 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism. Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me. These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'. The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life. Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension. How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? " Clementi - Gradus Ad Parnassum: Complete Piano Studies (Ct.rc.: Danielle Laval / World Premiere): th-cam.com/video/rfm1jQnOoE0/w-d-xo.html Felix Mendelssohn PLAYLIST (reference recordings): th-cam.com/video/CgROnJeTYaQ/w-d-xo.html
"Right now, there are people all over the world who are just like you. They're either lonely, they're missing somebody, they're depressed, they're hurt, they're scarred from the past, they're having personal issues no one knows about, they have secrets you wouldn't believe. They wish, they dream and they hope. And right now, they are sitting here reading these words, and I'm writing this for you so you don't feel alone anymore. Always remember, don't be depressed about the past, don't worry about the future, and just focus on today. If today's not so great don't worry! Tomorrow's a new chance. If you are reading this, be sure to share this around to make others feel better. God bless you and your family wish you a new day full of blessings, health and happiness 🙏🏻💋
Thank you! for your words of comfort. Everybody has a cross to carry in this world. But Jesus is the light he will show us the way..and He is our strength our comforter and He loves us uncondionally! To all who are sad and lonely my message is we are never alone! God is with us! Eternally!❤️❤️🙏
I'm not sure I've ever heard such command of these pieces. Old Felix himself would I'm certain be glowing with pride and pleasure to hear his wonderful, whimsical, powerful, gracefully lovely pieces played by this so very gifted pianist.
Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism. Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me. These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'. The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life. Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension. How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? " Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-03:40) Clementi - Gradus Ad Parnassum: Complete Piano Studies (Ct.rc.: Danielle Laval / World Premiere): th-cam.com/video/rfm1jQnOoE0/w-d-xo.html 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr
Dear CM/RR after listening a very short time I became a Danielle Laval admirer. Thank you for introducing this masterful pianist. Her rendition of this very loved work of Mendelssohn is beyond praise. Thanks!!
Me encanta esta obra de Mendelson, pero es que la selección de Danielle y su interpretación, llena de vida, me obligan a deciros : muchas gracias. Vuestra presentación inolvidable.
Wunderschöne und melodische Interpretation dieser fein oder perfekt komponierten Klavierwerke in verschiedenen Tempi mit klarem doch zugleich anmutigem Anschlag und mit sorgfältig kontollierter Dynamik. Wahrlich intelligente und geniale Pianistin!
Mendelssohn - nach Nietzsche mit bittersüßem Zungenschlag "der schöne Zwischenfall der deutschen Musik" - wärmt und ist Balsam für deine Seele. immer und immer wieder.
Unique in musical expression. Such a purity, lightness, sincerity, simplicity, directness and modesty in expression mixed with human passion is the first time I hear. Such interpretation diserves sometimes a slower tempo.
Essas canções sem palavras de Mendelssohn são uma verdadeira carícia para nossa alma! E os nossos ouvidos só podem percebê-la por meio de uma tradução ao piano, que é o caso dessa interpretação repleta de competente ternura!
ANNA.MARTÍ🐾🐾.MACNÍFICA .. BRILLAN BUNÍSIMA FABULOSA.. PIANISTA MARAVALLOSA 🎶 🎵.. 🎶 🎵 .MÚSICA TOCA COMB UN ANGEL BAJAT DEL ÇEL .UNA ABRASADA Í QUE TRIUNFIS SEMPRA EN LA TEVA CARRERA 🎶 🎵 MÚSICAL.🐾👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤💥🌾🌹🌺
absolutely exquisite interpretations, a bit slower and more measured than Barenboims but still emotionally affective..Venetian Gondola swims so beautifully into my heart, my God. ,I love you.
Thank you for introducing both Mendelssohn and Danielle to your listeners so interestingly. I really enjoyed her interpretation and her delicate performance of these lovely works,
Thank you! I have listened to this today with great pleasure. These works are unfamiliar to me - I have made a very happy discovery, thanks to your dedication, generosity and hard work.
São belas canções que nos ascendem espiritualmente. Boa para pensarmos nos quatro elementos da natureza, inclusive no crepitar da madeira pela ação do enigmático fogo.
Molto bello molto musicale....non conoscevo questa pianista....per me è un po' come ascoltare Anna Shelest suonare the Year of Fanny Mendelssohn... Non si sentono solo delle pianiste ma delle artiste...
ANNA.MARTÍ🐾🐾. MENDELSSOHN ÚN GRÁN GRÁN CUMPUSITÓ TOTA LÁ 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 MÚSICA DEL ELL ES FABULOSA Í MACNÍFICA HA MÉS DE MARAVALLOSA EMB PASARÍA HORAS ES CULTÁN LÁ SEVA ¡¡¡!!¡¡¡ MÚSICA¡¡¡!!¡¡¡.🐾🐾👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌾❤❤❤🌺
Vous êtes donc prédéterminé, prédestiné, vous n'écrivez pas cela de vous-même, c'est juste la résultante de votre histoire matérielle... Ainsi de ma réaction. Ou pas. Je me plais à penser que notre liberté de penser est un cadeau inaliénable dont nous pouvons user a notre guise, mais dont la plupart n'ont que faire et s'en désencombrent en s'inventant toutes sortes de pseudo obligations qui leur évitent de se donner la peine d'être libres.
The voice leading and counterpoint choices are questionable at times, perhaps this is why some of these pieces are less than stellar. Beautifully played by Danielle, though.
Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism. Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me. These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'. The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life. Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension. How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? "
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Lieder Ohne Worte / Romances sans Paroles.
*Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:40)
00:00 No.33, Op.67 n.3 : Chant du pèlerin
02:38 No.6, Op.19 n.6 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.1
04:34 No.12, Op.30 n.6 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.2
07:34 No.40, Op.85 n.4 : Elégie
10:16 No.2, Op.19 n.2 : Regrets
12:31 Feuille d’album, Op.117
16:38 No.23, Op.53 n.5 : Chanson populaire
19:37 No.32, Op.67 n.2 : Illusions perdues
21:47 No.14, Op.38 n.2 : Bonheur perdu
24:03 No.19, Op.53 n.1 : Au bord de la mer
27:36 No.35, Op.67 n.5 : Plainte du berger
29:44 No.29, Op.62 n.5 : Barcarolle vénitienne No.3
32:27 No.1, Op.19 n.1
35:43 No.30, Op.62 n.6 : Chanson du printemps
37:54 No.28, Op.62 n.4 : Chanson du matin
39:42 No.34, Op.67 : La fileuse
41:51 No.45, Op.102 n.3 : Tarentelle
43:17 No.37, Op.85 n.1 : Rêverie
45:38 No.31, Op.67 n.1 : Méditation
48:13 No.25, Op.62 n.1 : Les brises de mai
50:33 No.46, Op.102 n.4 : Le soupir du vent
52:50 No.44, Op.102 n.2 : Rétention
54:55 No.43, Op.102 n.5 : Sans foyer
58:16 No.48, Op.102 n.6 : Confiance No.2
1:00:19 No.20, Op.53 n.2 : Les nuages floconneux
1:03:18 No.47, Op.102 n.5 : Les joyeux paysan
1:04:32 No.10, Op.30 n.4 : Le promeneur
1:07:28 No.8, Op;30 n.2 : Agitation No.2
1:09:31 No.11, Op.30 n.5 : Le ruisseau
Piano : Danielle Laval
Recorded un 2007, at Metz (France)
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Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism. Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me.
These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'.
The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life.
Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension.
How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? "
Clementi - Gradus Ad Parnassum: Complete Piano Studies (Ct.rc.: Danielle Laval / World Premiere): th-cam.com/video/rfm1jQnOoE0/w-d-xo.html
Felix Mendelssohn PLAYLIST (reference recordings): th-cam.com/video/CgROnJeTYaQ/w-d-xo.html
Q
"Right now, there are people all over the world who are just like you. They're either lonely, they're missing somebody, they're depressed, they're hurt, they're scarred from the past, they're having personal issues no one knows about, they have secrets you wouldn't believe. They wish, they dream and they hope. And right now, they are sitting here reading these words, and I'm writing this for you so you don't feel alone anymore. Always remember, don't be depressed about the past, don't worry about the future, and just focus on today. If today's not so great don't worry! Tomorrow's a new chance. If you are reading this, be sure to share this around to make others feel better. God bless you and your family wish you a new day full of blessings, health and happiness 🙏🏻💋
Thank you! for your words of comfort. Everybody has a cross to carry in this world. But Jesus is the light he will show us the way..and He is our strength our comforter and He loves us uncondionally! To all who are sad and lonely my message is we are never alone!
God is with us! Eternally!❤️❤️🙏
Gracias, hermosas palabras. Un abrazo y Dios te bendiga.....🙌🏻
.... and ...... LISTEN to the MUSIC !
Some of the most beautiful pieces ever written.
Danielle Laval - WOWOWOW! THANKS ofcourse too!
I'm not sure I've ever heard such command of these pieces. Old Felix himself would I'm certain be glowing with pride and pleasure to hear his wonderful, whimsical, powerful, gracefully lovely pieces played by this so very gifted pianist.
Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism.
Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me.
These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'. The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life.
Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension. How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? " Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-03:40)
Clementi - Gradus Ad Parnassum: Complete Piano Studies (Ct.rc.: Danielle Laval / World Premiere): th-cam.com/video/rfm1jQnOoE0/w-d-xo.html
🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr
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Thank you for the beautiful explanation!
I'm glad I discovered this exceptional music, the performance is at its height.
Dear CM/RR after listening a very short time I became a Danielle Laval admirer. Thank you for introducing this masterful pianist. Her rendition of this very loved work of Mendelssohn is beyond praise. Thanks!!
One hour of beautiful music in this life. THANK YOU!
If Herr Mendelssohn could time-travel into the future and listen to this performance, I'm sure he would have a big smile on his face.
The interprtation of the Lieder is as beautiful as the woman playing them - eternal treasures for the soul
Phenomenal... these little gems come alive. Thank you.
Thumbs up after only three seconds - wonderful.
It is a great pleasure to listen to this beauty !!! BRAVO!!!
Herrlich1 Zauberhaft! Danke dafür!!!
The ear always knows what it likes and enjoys listening to! This is one of those situations :)
The h-ear-t knows better! - This is played 'by heart' all over !
Merci Danielle, thank you for the music.
Me encanta esta obra de Mendelson, pero es que la selección de Danielle y su interpretación, llena de vida, me obligan a deciros : muchas gracias. Vuestra presentación inolvidable.
Wunderschöne und melodische Interpretation dieser fein oder perfekt komponierten Klavierwerke in verschiedenen Tempi mit klarem doch zugleich anmutigem Anschlag und mit sorgfältig kontollierter Dynamik. Wahrlich intelligente und geniale Pianistin!
Mendelssohn - nach Nietzsche mit bittersüßem Zungenschlag "der schöne Zwischenfall der deutschen Musik" - wärmt und ist Balsam für deine Seele. immer und immer wieder.
Unique in musical expression. Such a purity, lightness, sincerity, simplicity, directness and modesty in expression mixed with human passion is the first time I hear. Such interpretation diserves sometimes a slower tempo.
Magnifique interprète!
I loved the Ilse von Alpenheim and the Gieseking recordings. Now this recording too. Marvelous.
¡Qué belleza! Qué placer escuchar esta música en tan hermosa interpretación! Gracias! Gracias!
This channel is fantastic, thanks so much for making it available.
A música que nos deixa bem dispostos e nos alivia do estresse do dia a dia...um encanto...
So beautifully interpreted. The pianists of today know nothing about the art of music.
Благодарю Вас за приятные для души звуки музыки!!! ❤
Soo beautiful and calming!! I love this collection! Thank you very much for sharing with us!!!
Belo Horizonte-Brasil
Quelle douceur! Quel cadeau pour l'esprit!
Essas canções sem palavras de Mendelssohn são uma verdadeira carícia para nossa alma! E os nossos ouvidos só podem percebê-la por meio de uma tradução ao piano, que é o caso dessa interpretação repleta de competente ternura!
J'adore !!
The first piece in this recording looks ahed to Brahms Intermezzi... so warm and gorgeous.
So great, and so fine I feel so lucky to be able to witness this glorious artistic expression...
아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤수고 많으셨습니다~☕
:)
こんなに潤いのあるメンデルスゾーンは初めてです。
美しい心に沁みるpiano ありがとうございます。
ANNA.MARTÍ🐾🐾.MACNÍFICA ..
BRILLAN BUNÍSIMA FABULOSA..
PIANISTA MARAVALLOSA 🎶 🎵..
🎶 🎵 .MÚSICA TOCA COMB UN
ANGEL BAJAT DEL ÇEL .UNA
ABRASADA Í QUE TRIUNFIS SEMPRA
EN LA TEVA CARRERA 🎶 🎵 MÚSICAL.🐾👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤💥🌾🌹🌺
absolutely exquisite interpretations, a bit slower and more measured than Barenboims but still emotionally affective..Venetian Gondola swims so beautifully into my heart, my God. ,I love you.
Thank you for introducing both Mendelssohn and Danielle to your listeners so interestingly. I really enjoyed her interpretation and her delicate performance of these lovely works,
THANKS - Some of the niciest music ever.
fantastico
Gracias, una joyita está grabación!
Thank you a kind man!!! Your videos always on the top!!!
Well, hats off, this IS a "reference recording" indeed. Everything else now feels too slow or too fast or underaccentuated.
Che meraviglie.
Thank you! This is so beautifully, supremely played.
Thank you! I have listened to this today with great pleasure. These works are unfamiliar to me - I have made a very happy discovery, thanks to your dedication, generosity and hard work.
Qué dulzura y suavidad
Bello concierto
Muchas gracias por compartir
Thank you! 🌹
São belas canções que nos ascendem espiritualmente. Boa para pensarmos nos quatro elementos da natureza, inclusive no crepitar da madeira pela ação do enigmático fogo.
Danke, das hat großen Spass gemacht …😉
Grazie
Gracias
Super 👍🎧
Thanks; so beautiful!!!
Felix Mendelssohn Beautiful Piano Music 🎶⭐⭐✨☺️🩰🎶✨@ Classical Music /Reference,4:50pm
GLÜCKAUF ♡♡♡
superlative!
Molto bello molto musicale....non conoscevo questa pianista....per me è un po' come ascoltare Anna Shelest suonare the Year of Fanny Mendelssohn... Non si sentono solo delle pianiste ma delle artiste...
❤Bravo
hermoso!, gracias!
Best Channel!
:)
Belo som!
Op. 67, No. 1- so Schubert!
ANNA.MARTÍ🐾🐾. MENDELSSOHN
ÚN GRÁN GRÁN CUMPUSITÓ TOTA
LÁ 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵 MÚSICA DEL ELL ES
FABULOSA Í MACNÍFICA HA MÉS DE
MARAVALLOSA EMB PASARÍA HORAS
ES CULTÁN LÁ SEVA ¡¡¡!!¡¡¡ MÚSICA¡¡¡!!¡¡¡.🐾🐾👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌾❤❤❤🌺
ANNA.🐾🐾.BONA NÍT MARTÍ🐾🐾.
Very fine music... a Very fine woman!
Gorgeous chick with an insane talent!
3:22 Chopin Sonata ?
It does sound like a song. And it's frustrating for me, because when I feel like singing along, I realise that there are no lyrics. And it's weird
Why not vocalise without words, just follow the music wherever it takes you?
16:38 This could have been written by Bach - this tonic against leading tone feels like him to some extent
Who would dare to write the lyrics.... ?
Nice recording. Many times better than the one from Barenboim, which is boringly played down
Op on First piece?
op.67 no.3 in B flat
Il semble qu’elle ait bien écouté l’interprétation hors du temps de Ignaz Friedmann et qu’elle ait eu l’intelligence de s’en inspirer.
Man on
All piano
19:37
Combien ont été composées par Fanny Henzel Mendelssohn. Brillante mais qui n’avait pas le droit de se faire connaitre
Piano
The real meaning of freedom does not exist in life, we only can be perfectly free if we were non-existent !!!!! FACT !!!!! 💙
But not to exist is no alternative. I know nobody to whom this occured.
Vous êtes donc prédéterminé, prédestiné, vous n'écrivez pas cela de vous-même, c'est juste la résultante de votre histoire matérielle... Ainsi de ma réaction. Ou pas. Je me plais à penser que notre liberté de penser est un cadeau inaliénable dont nous pouvons user a notre guise, mais dont la plupart n'ont que faire et s'en désencombrent en s'inventant toutes sortes de pseudo obligations qui leur évitent de se donner la peine d'être libres.
So you compare yourself to a free range chicken, that will be slaughtered nevertheless! But thanks God, it’s not a reality many of us live.
Freedom has no meaning without existence.
The voice leading and counterpoint choices are questionable at times, perhaps this is why some of these pieces are less than stellar. Beautifully played by Danielle, though.
Where?
maybe doesn't reach the level of Chopin or Schumann but still very good. played as a child.
No vale la pena en inglés. ..No les gusta. .
Danielle Laval: " For love of this composer, for his virtuosity, his melodic line, his cheerfulness and his romanticism.
Naturally, his 'romances without words' came to me.
These romances seem to me to be at the same time shrouded in classical influences and romantic collorations, succinct and delicate, poetic and often melancholic, colours that remind me of this line from Verlaine's Romances: 'Music before all else'. The composer's personal moods are present in his music: regrets, disillusionment, melancholy, loneliness, but also, in counterpoint, hope, dreaming, consolation and gaiety, in short: life.
Mendelssohn's palette of feelings is set in a world of folk dances and songs, of representations of nature, thus giving it an eminently romantic dimension. How can one not be moved by these concise pieces, this refined music of such expressive poetic depth? How can I not be inspired by the pure pleasure Mendelssohn offers me? "