JEUX D'EAU (Water Games aka Fountains) by Ravel - Martha Argerich piano

[MusicForever020898]

I like pieces that sounds like a water. :) I don't know why. Nice piece! ♥

[RC111295]

Wonderful!!! Gorgeous music and video. You've really put a lot of effort in this video. Keep up your good work :) But it seems that you have forgotten to clear the background sound at around 3:48 ^^

[Parysia77]

@RC111295 Thank you for your nice comment. Yes, it seems so, but I didn't "forget" to remove the water sounds -- I thought it would add some interest to leave them in briefly, since this is a film, not just a recording of a piano performance. But I see it's a risky business to be experimental.

[plancher567]

Beautiful Ravel water inspiration...For You Angel...

[buffalocrotch]

Wow, love it,

[classicallymusic]

Do you know when she played this? I saw the version she played 30 years ago.

[Parysia77]

This performance was recorded in July, 1960, at the Beethoven-Saal, Hanover, and first released on LP in 1961.

[Musique3579]

Absolutely amazing and simply gorgeous. You have merged one of Ravels greatest piano works with your own artistry to create a work of art unlike I could have ever dreamt possible. I am speechless. If only Ravel could have seen this. He may have been excentric and at times walked-out of his own premier presentations, but I fail to see how he could have ever walked away from this astounding video.

[Parysia77]

Many heartfelt thanks for your wonderfully kind compliments. It is intriguing to wonder what would have pleased Ravel, because he was such a very private man. Thank heaven he revealed himself to us through his beautiful music, as you do through your own splendid works.