David Oistrakh, Debussy - Clair de lune

[reeferdk]

104 deaf people watched this video.

[omersenler]

Allan Holdsworth brought me here...

[bob15595]

To Alkan fans note his reference on the octaves

[mario91551]

What a terrible world we live in. Its a funny thing, because the closest thing we'll ever get to paradise is here on youtube. :( I wish when I die I could sit alone watching this man play on the stage. I would never get bored of it. We have to stop hating each other :(

[centinela314]

@mario91551 you're so right. sadly hate is stronger than love.

[bonndiablo]

I despise Twilight, but I do like the Ocean's 11 movies!

[cyprianpage]

this is hella good for violinists trying to learn vibrato...

[mario91551]

103 people still feel strange about watching this because it was in twilight. And that's just stupid. Twilight has nothing to do with this beautiful piece.

[AftermyBSN]

is it possible that I appreciate this more each time I listen? My favorite piece of music ever!

[GeniusHaydn]

The greatest thing about being a musician is that once you have mastered a piece, such as this one, you understand what is in the composer’s heart and soul. Then when you play it you know what they felt…God Bless…

[ashsau7566]

This song is so beautiful! I play it everyday for my growing baby :)

[idiotnumber8]

@ashsau7566 What a beautiful gift of both peace and beauty you are thereby providing. One of my grandmothers use to play Caruso when I was with her as an infant. In my opinion, if beauty feeds the spirit early, the spirit will always seek it, like water. Congratulations, you understand the importance of art.

[PineyCreekGhost]

Where is the LOVE button?

[TheLiakhovetskiBros]

David Oistrakh is a true violin master!! The sound he makes in this peace is as if his violin is crying. Amazing video!!! Thank you so much for uploading this video!!

Sincerely,

Liakhovetski Brothers (Emil & Dariel)

[swatz25]

 viewer2,416,381

[kafrickinboomerang]

This is what I'll be walking down the aisle to when I get married. Love this rendition. <3

[0657Dave]

@kafrickinboomerang thats what i did i August. Not a dry eye in the house

[huberth01]

the violin makes this so sad, in a good way, how is there 101 people that dont like this

[jockellis]

What happened to all the comments about the vampire movie? And all the others?

[CristyLMF]

Beautiful, god this is someting big <3

[Iwantedtoknow16802]

@CristyLMF sure is...

[3rubiiah]

Eres el mejor Violinista prefe :)

[tipomisterioso]

animooo percu ^^

[louispooisify]

beautiful is all i can say

[mlkemper]

thats great salormoonlovers101..i think this piece touches everyone in some way ..probably one of the best ever written ..we all get something out of it ..birth ..life ..death ..memories ..DREAMY ...thanks for sharing that story ..makes you want to cry ..

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@mlkemper your welcome I even declared this song for my dad on his birthday i tried playing it in the piano but i think i failed

[snifnscratch]

Does anyone know where is can get a 320kbps mp3 of this? I have a 225kbps version, but need higher quality

[thatguyfromyork]

@snifnscratch you might get it on itunes,or just download this version and use an mp3 converter that has an enhancer

[felipefernanddes]

Muito bom!

[ss032010310103]

does anyone know how I can get this version of music sheet ? for violin and piano

[WhynotMiha]

@ss032010310103 For piano nearly everywhere, just search the internet. If you want to play the melody with a violin, just play the highest notes in the chart. Mostly. I'm sure you'll be able to sort it out yourself.

[MsIghy]

i love it

[tophev07]

While I appreciate and love a lot of modern music, why isn't there anything like this being made today?

[amilisom]

@tophev07 There probably is. I suppose if you dig deep enough you'll find something. For ex. my music theory teacher showed us one of his compositions for piano, violin, and flute and it sounded really beautiful.

Most of the good music today gets drowned out by the iniquity of pop culture.

[mtkmSeeSaw]

@dctate1wcucat That's exactly what I'm doing! <3

[dctate1wcucat]

Play this while studying for an exam and you will never fail

[RUNrabbitRUN96]

Oh my god. I swear i never heard a melody like this. I'll tell this to my teacher at the exam.

[roland11111111]

i can't understand this music. What is the reason?

[GoncaloGCF]

@roland11111111 because it has nothing to understand , only to be felt .

[Lachlan2001]

@roland11111111 don't try to understand it...

[sversailles91]

@roland11111111 just close your eyes and clear your mind. 

[nickthegog]

I want this at my funeral, whenever that is. There's nothing that makes me cry like this does. It's as perfect as can be.

[starciasca]

Oh my god!!! 8...) I love this song!!!

[staphinfection]

Makes my hands tired and eyes weepy just watching it....

[fledgehog]

this piece is not suited for violin at all...

[HahnPotterishFowlnut]

@fledgehog I know what you mean, but I think Oistrakh pulled it off:)

[topperheartramada]

i actually find the violin to be too intrusive for me. it's a very tender and 'simple' piece. the piano is enough.

[grakin60]

Some people think 2.3 million people have viewed this video. But it can't right I think I have watched it about 5K times.

[Yarsh52]

This played in Persona 2: Innocent Sin in the Velvet Room as well. If only more people could appreciate the overwhelming beauty of this song though...

[iToucheverything]

What a beautiful combination for violin and piano. It has a different texture than the original with just piano. The original reminds me of stars..This one reminds me of water..

[tieranana]

This helps me to calm down :)

[bbdupon]

94 people must have had a really bad day at work.

[leollaslucca]

@bbdupon Or no soul.

[gabriela294546]

Bellisimo!!!! hasta la emocion...

[flatfoot56girl]

you can see the emotion of the song on his face. Not just in his eyes, but right there on his face. It's like he's trying to hold back from crying because of the beauty of the song. Crying, or singing.

[missmusica21]

<3 love it 

[MANGLEDeye]

simply devine!!!! the violin adds that extra sadness and u float along with the melody.

[Jindypops]

It gives you a lump in the throat

[asalvarezgab]

It puts a smile on your face ... very touching.

[redshark618]

Okay, for 1962 the man and the music are still immortal (and very well recorded too)

[RachelHolyfield]

One word to describe this:  Beautiful.

[subnigra]

now i have to search for 'superhighpotato'...

[norristasha]

Most beautiful song I've listened to in my life

[Costa123Anna]

sou uma grande fã sua!

[snifnscratch]

I love the combination of violin and piano in this composition. They compliment each other beautifully

[m3n3t3k3l]

The way his face vibrates and his fingers jiggle, he'd be a very strange, yet eager fuck buddy.

[1529jspartan]

ladies and gentlemen this is the definition of love !

[seirraoscar272]

A delightful and unusual arrangement for this lovely piece well shown in this historic film.

Thank you.

[FDerrey]

Loco, Oistraj era el motherfucker de los violinistas, insuperable no me importan loque digan sobre su falta de virtuosismo innato.

[FaithoftheAir]

I think I broke my replay button. ._.

[Sailormoonlovers101]

this song was played in my grandpas funeral and every time i hear it i can memorize him walking next to his garden and giving me one of his sunflowers he had you see he had a bee farm and his house was filled with flowers and everytime the bees got enough pollin he will ring a little bell and all the bees will go back and make the honey..for me it was magical. I just have that one image of him thats all i only been with him once and i feel like i known him for years

[staphinfection]

@Sailormoonlovers101 That is a gorgeous memory! Keep it well.

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@staphinfection thank you and the sad thing is after i visited him i had a car acident and hurt my back and eye it was a little painful but he sended me a small jar of fresh fresh honey. I feel like crying now..

[Asasellobulgakov]

@Sailormoonlovers101

That's a great but sad story man

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@Asasellobulgakov thank you. Yeah i know t's sad thats but it's the only memory i got of my grandpa

[MultiKimmyKimKim]

@Sailormoonlovers101 This was also one of my Uncle's favorite pieces. He passed away yesterday. I do beleive that this will be played at his memorial services as well.

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@MultiKimmyKimKim hmm are they playing it live or just in a stereo?..sorry for your lost..

[MultiKimmyKimKim]

@Sailormoonlovers101 They have a favorite version of his that will be in stereo. Thanks for the kind remark.

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@MultiKimmyKimKim youir welcome may he live on in your heart and mind

[deusprogrammer]

@Sailormoonlovers101 God man...you just made me cry like a child.

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@deusprogrammer sorry haha..my dad really loved my grandpa..so why shouldn't i love him

[guyontheblackchair]

@Sailormoonlovers101 even if you never met your Grandpa, the fact that this was played at his funeral is enough!

[wiyam]

@Sailormoonlovers101 cool story man

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@wiyam thanks

[Owenpmorgan]

@Sailormoonlovers101 Thats the sort of memory this music exists for I think. Its something outside of human, bigger and more complex that we can only hope to glimpse a fraction of in a lifetime. The composers and performers are conduits through which it flows into the world, it gravitates to the memories and feelings we have that can't be put into words. Something created by us but beyond our understanding. Thanks for the memory, listening to this I can almost feel it!

[Sailormoonlovers101]

@Owenpmorgan that is a beautiful theary i usually in my head paint what i listen

[mlkemper]

@Sailormoonlovers101 see below

[redshark618]

The guy who invented the violin must have either been a genius or else God's incarnation.

[nacnuddude]

@redshark618 or god himself

[Writtenbypatch]

@redshark618

if christian, Jesus?

[MrGefofo]

@redshark618 as a violin player, I agree.

[ThinlyCut90]

When I first got this account, I watched this then (several years again).

Watching it now, I still love it no matter how many times! Truly a beautiful classic.

[daninicolex]

This song makes me cry because it is so beautiful.

[november191968]

I can't possibly believe that there can ever be a last time for a performance like that.It's going to be a future of clicks after clicks on this link.ever and ever!!!

[ThePixiepiccsy]

@lexo30 I bet your butt ugly in person as you are with your ugly comments. Piano or not , appreciate those who create and contribute.

[Tandy2000HD]

Made me tear up a little, just so tender and heart-breaking

[unetotaleincognito12]

oistrakh... i never completely understood some people's adulation for him, though he obviously was a great technician and an extremely talented violonist. i used to find his renditions enjoyable but it never really left me jaw dropping or feeling anything special. maybe because i always had that special thing for heifetz that made it hard for me to fully appreciate other musicians... quite silly i admit.

well, now i DO understand those people. this interpretation is amazingly beautiful!!

[shinigami2loser]

This for some reason sounds so... alien... but in a good way. I'm learning to play the violin but watching this guy play, it makes me want to one day eventually play this song with as much passion as Oistrakh.... *sigh*.....

[TheMarkybhoy67]

I have never felt something so relxing and also so drmatic. Encore

[caNiBe3]

Amazing

[CLASSICAListheWAY]

It warms my heart to see that over 2.2 million people have watched this masterpiece. Maybe there is hope for mankind after all.

[centinela314]

@CLASSICAListheWAY i was thinking the same thing.

[irocivan]

If this music is almost pefect, that's why it make us cry. If we see the perfection (God) surely we would die.

[SagaciousSilence]

Can you believe Debussy didn't really like this song that he wrote? Just goes to show that even music geniuses can understand fully the force of god-like music.

[timng8]

Debussy wrote the music, and God made Debussy. Simply beautiful.

"And all things denote there is a God."

[lexo30]

@timng8 Debussy wrote the music. God had nothing to do with it.

[MidnightSkyline]

@lexo30 Some reason at last... some of the comments here were getting to my nerves...

[lexo30]

I don't especially like this because it was written by Debussy for solo piano, and it sounds much, much better in the original version. Arranging it for piano and violin dumps a double-handful of sugar on it which, in my opinion, makes it sickly and nasty. The original version is far superior - nothing against Oistrakh as a musician, he was a master, but I really dislike this arrangement.

[vmet]

It seems to me that musicians of the past used to compose much better songs then those of today.

[lexo30]

@vmet It seemed like that to musicians of the past, too. However, they can't all be right, because that would imply that all music is bad except for the very earliest music, which unfortunately we have no record of because it wasn't written down. So the likeliest assumption is that music of the past is not better than music of today, just different.

[MrTroll456]

no way no human being can do this just simply impossible

[florchiponchi]

can't stop crying ...during this video .I .can't explain how much i love this song

[AngelinaJovanovic]

ich liebe klod debussy!

[williamstackford]

*applause*

[jawjjj]

I don't normally like classical music...but I am choosing songs for my wedding...out of all the songs I have listened to, this is the one that touches me...so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

[EchoNiiner]

2:07 Like a boss.

[BrightEyedYouthBand]

duende



[BrightEyedYouthBand]

duende



[minamina171]

incredible! just magnificent! it is so calming, sweet and relaxing. my dog loves this piece. masterpiece!

[rscmrcmd]

The piano sounds like a soft waterfall.

[jervolazza]

great violinist. Superb. What touch, what expression.

[casey407]

It's not a hotdog!

[2ootsie]

this song never fails to make me cry, but I love it!

[weynkum]

dont u wish the notes were a road,,,,,you can just stroll down...so that not only do your ears enjoy..but so does your feet, your hair, your body..and sight.....ahhhhhhhhhhh........­.

[viniciusavila1000]

ma-ra-vi-lho-so!!!

[jamilka1225]

amazing, got shivers when he started playing

[xon1a]

QUE SENTIMIENTO TAN EXPRESIVO ,TAN EXACTO , TAN IDEAL PARA UN CORAZON QUE SUSPIRA, POR SU PROPIA VIDA, ERES MARAVILLOSO DAVID OISTRAKH, QUE NOTAS QUE DENTRO DE LO ABSTRACTO LLEGAS A TOCAR EL MISMO CIELO.

[9Jeremy3]

So, so beautiful. The music combines with this man's passion and outrageous skills to create something that literally takes my breath away.

[techsick]

Amazing. Oistrakh truly is a name we should hear more often today.

[maxinepinpin]

amazing. not many violinists can play with perfect pitch. and to do that with pure emotion...hands down

[AmeRoawr]

This violin has such a stunning sound

[seanodor]

Touches my soul everytime i hear it.

[libertelibre]

Interprétation d' une grande pureté.

[meexiongkyo]

Absolutely beautiful. Enough said.

[TheAmero666]

who in the hell disliked this?

[Isachaninthewolfpack]

I never knew someone could play so gently and so pure... It's amazing.

[hudsonrivermike]

we're bracing for a hurricane here in ny; this piece definitely soothes the soul....

[amezcuaist]

Good question about the vibrato.I don`t think anyone in the world would think he overdid the vibrato. (Except you ?) Good question to confirm that though. I relish the way he changes bow pressure to shape the note volume. Debussy was such a great composer .

[GassyMaskz]

anyone in the world think he may have overdone the vibrato sometimes?

[Robstenfan1999]

Beautiful

[noahmichvfs]

What an emotional performance! You can really tell just how connected he is with the music.

[cptzeepify]

Totally badass.

[superhighpotato]

This music is so formidable, I just want to doze away to his sublime instrumentality  .

[Chubzdoomer]

@superhighpotato And I want to doze away to your mastery of vocabulary complexity.  Blush!

[Xytech88]

There is a sincerity and artistry to his work coupled with a complete absence of the unnecessary showmanship that so often mistakes itself for skill in this day and age.

[mayrabris2cute]

oh, so beautiful :)

when i was little i used to fall asleep to this. its very sad but very very beautiful :)

[docfraktal]

I'm sure now Bernard Hermaan(Music Composer of Hitchcock Movies) was inspired by Debussy and Malher !!

[StefaniadeCastro]

The best song!

[dbritton41]

there's so much emotion and passion in this performance....such music that has the power to bring me to tears... wow

[BobBurnnquist]

Also, i dont care a bit how hard it is to play. I just admire how it sounds

[BobBurnnquist]

still the saddest thing ive ever heard

[fritz90405]

I am not a fan of classical music, but I know and like the most well known piecesd from this period, at the beginning of the xx century. This performance made very clear to me why I always liked clair de lune: I have never heard the melody expressed with so much clarity and forcefulness and depth of feeling. simply beautiful

[cronoo01]

goooooooooooooood 

[sagebuzz]

I'm a musician myself but i make rock music and i just can't understand how someone could be so talented to write such a complete, complex, meaningfull, emotional rollercoaster of a song. This Debussy was not just a music talent... he was a genius!

[apkeyboarder]

@sagebuzz  I Agree!!!!!!!!

[flyurway]

@sagebuzz Yes, he was. Most of the great composers were. I like most everything from classical to metal - in fact I see a lot of classical in metal and, inversely, I see a lot of "metal" (so to speak) in a lot of classical. It's unfortunate that people unwittingly regard classical as "elevator music" when it's anything but. Actually, this isn't something I'd want to listen to all day but I can't help but appreciate, as you said, the emotion, the complexity and the talent in it.

[DucatiJohnny]

always come back to this song throughout the years.... someone special once told me to close my eyes and listen to this... truly remarkable

[aylamarie15]

Oh how beautiful a song?!magnificent!!!unimaginab­ly beautiful!!

[Brinah]

that was beautiful! 

[KabbaModern03]

magnificent

[SSProductionsChannel]

I'm learning this on the piano right now, stuck a bit, but this inspired me so much -3 thanks for sharing. If there was a "love" button, I'd click that for sure

[ifeelcrazy123]

Stunning. I wish I was blessed with talent like that.

[L337M4573RL4R60]

mucho respectante para tu padre!

[dominikana2o11]

beautiful 

[alive4ugod1]

Solo una palabra... Belleza!

[cadbury6443]

Debussy is one of my favourites composers and the rendition of his Clair de Lune is one of the finest.

[79pretzel]

Fine performance !!

[dylanthomas4ever]

This is absolutely amazing. What gifted artists they were (Debussy, Oistrakh and Bauer). Superb violinist, genious.

[ChaveeGroove]

Nicely done\0/

[coltkindall1]

retarded



[taboramargie]

@coltkindall1 lol



[Asasellobulgakov]

@coltkindall1

you sir are the real retard fuck you bastard

[AzureReaDiAnna]

honestly, what is there about this video to not like? other than the unoriginal comments and jealousy of not having that talent?!

[paulostroff99]

Lovely.TY v for posting.

[mcul2112]

jeez......

[DepressedAnimeAddict]

Can someone explain to me why he plays the notes he does so high up, when he could play them lower down on a different string? Would appreciate it.