Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "Le vent dans la plaine"

[iGookin]

I wish I could play Debussy.

[Meladriana]

Actually the title of this piece is "Le vent dans la plaine" not "...pleine"

(= the wind in the plain) (pleine means full)

Btw I prefer Michel Béroff's interpretation.

[d60944]

@Meladriana Corrected now. Silly mistake! Thanks.

[cynic150]

Debussy here makes Michelangeli sound like a boring student!

[DougtheAsian]

A wonderful find. 00:52 to 1:04 is like a lightning storm. It is a pity that we can no longer create that amplification with newer pianos, because his were double strung.

[saintneko]

These are not actual recordings, but piano roll recordings played back and recorded at a later date. Otherwise there's no way the audio quality would sound this good. Check out some actual wax cylinder recordings of Rachmaninoff if you'd like to hear how awful and tinny recordings from this era really sound.

[rosenpwn0rt]

They can still be played back on a piano from Debussy's time. For example, I played on a piano, ( I forget the brand name) from 1896, one Debussy would have use, and it was amazing the volume I was able to achieve on this 10 foot piano.

[nostalgiacreep]

there are a couple of wax recordings of debussy too on the cd this is from, just thought i'd mention. the sound quality is not as "good", but the knowledge you are listening to debussy himself playing is wonderful!

[Polygor]

I'm very interested in Debussy's interpretations of his own work, so this series of videos that d60944 has uploaded is a godsend.

[go9zu]

I like very much his interpretation.Everybody play Debussy very sensitiv and so "pp" and I like that Debussy himself is playing more "agressiv" his own music.Great performance.