claudio arrau - debussy, reflets dans l'eau

[Psycodhellik]

Arrau, you are marvellous

[Camilesbeiss]

que gran gran gran gran intérprete, persona y maestro!

[andreakrizzia]

5 people are deaf

[clementj2005]

The Master of the masters. The greatest pianist ever. Technical, musical, sensitive. Never too fast, he let us time to appreciate each note to catch all the beauty.

[jimmymoomoojimmy]

Debussy wanted his songs played with imagine. :D

[frkhar]

there are 5 monkeys here.

[jose86506]

Arrau was the best pianist in the world

[lubugy]

ARRAU was a great pianist & person, he maintained his quality until he died, never lost his gifts (like other ¬¬)

for my he is the better musician of the chilean history

[lighttofu]

nice, really like the melodic sound of his finger tips

[bert4a]

If I had 77 years to learn,

still would be nowhere near ...

Magnificent

[Ravelcontext]

I was AT this concert, in a stage seat, with a privileged view of the master at work (play?). Evocative.

[Ianandres1]

Me da tanto orgullo que uno de los mejores pianistas del siglo xx sea chileno :D

[FRESHLIVIN27]

Very good performance. It all just flowed which is how this piece should be played.

[bucephalus48]

Who is yapping about mistakes? The only mistake is to not partake of the masters.....of which this is the master of masters. Sends a chill up my spine!

[LoboEsteparioSS]

CLAUDIO ARRAU LEON.

Born in "Chillan"...South of CHILE 7 February 1903.

Child prodigy, at the age of 3 already was reading scores and at the age of 5 it offered his first recital in his natal city.

" To be recognized by the people of the land where it is born one, it is the definitive consecration " ( Words after win the national prize of Art in Chile - 1983 )

Thanks "MAESTRO" Arrau...you stay Alive in our Hearts.

[Pipotron3000]

This song is about water...and his playing is like water.

It just flows.

Romantic composers like Debussy tried to recreate life scenes...and it works ;)

[JohnRift]

It's wonderful. I saw someone playing this at my piano audition. It's even better to hear on a real piano than just youtube. It was really magic.

[Ray0X0]

Qué asombrosa interpretación.. los matices, los colores, transmitir la belleza de la naturaleza mediante la música, y el estado de ánimo de contemplación y paz en el corazón.. es increíble.

Jamás existirá otro que pueda emular el don que tenía este hombre en sus manos.

[jobapi01]

Love it, Im going to study this piece this summer. Really inspired me to make it perfect (not terrible that is ^^)

[tresila]

i condemn the person who coughed at the background

[josephtsai331]

maestro!

[MissJuicyCathy]

beautiful peformance.

[psychedelicfloyd]

esta pieza musical es tan hermosa, me ahce recordar tanas maravillas de la vida.

gracias maestro por tan tremenda intepretacion, que dios lo guarde en el cielo.

[Ray0X0]

Esta es la banda sonora de los sueños paradisíacos... como aquellos lugares idílicos de las novelas de Ernest Hemingway. Creo que yo le habría puesto esta música a la película "El viejo y el mar" de 1958 (con Spencer Tracy) basada en la novela homónima de E. Hemingway. :D

[CDA101252]

se non avessi ascoltato Michelangeli avrei commentato positivamente questa esecuzione !

[mattb360]

Arrau makes me want to quit playing. It's just so unattainably good.

[kevtopkin]

debussy is my favourite composer, from his masterpeice clair de lune to this paice. brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

[klavierspieler72]

Stunning virtuosity. He doesn't just play notes, he makes music at an extraordinarily high level where technique simply is the means to the end of making great music.

[Ray0X0]

Qué belleza...

[Ray0X0]

Debussy was a genius... what a beautiful music he composed... I really love this music...

[AntipovSvyatoslav]

I really enjoyed this performance. Wonderful music!

[Snotra]

Abstract chording.

[abokadoSM]

excellent for his age!

i wanna play this

[ninjabassplayer]

the only mistake this guy makes is being unaware of what a badass he is!

[chipncharge94]

@ninjabassplayer was he??

[petechandaman]

i studied debussy's reflects dan l'ea (reflections on the water) with Prof. Fee played it for a rectial, lots of work, but the audience liked it did also Profkofiev Visions fugitives jus the first two in the series was fun and welll really nervous too.

[liebestraumer]

I have this recording in VHS yeahh is really good. Beautiful, I hope that this video in DVD.

[dsyglym]

aww... 2:35 little mistake but whatever... i love claudio arrau

[CircunferenciaPunga]

@dsyglym play it by yourself and post the splendid version you'll do,man!!! without mistakes, without human sorrow, without everything that makes music take your body and leave you behind the sun

[cheesescrazyfriend]

this piece has 80 years of laughter, sadness and passion in it... wonderful and breathtaking. So what if a 6 year old can play it? we rush to the cd store to hear someone like him play.

[kitchen867]

seeing something like this, it's a sad thing we don't have long to live

[Ray0X0]

It's so beautiful.... makes me dream...

[odinvalhalla1]

wow. hyea .. this is great ..!

[Jakopsohn]

Totaly amazing, it's simply perfection. I like Michelangelis, but there is a point in the mucial question. Even if thery all were great, hardly anyone was as musical as Arrau. He had the ability to bring out the most wonderful expressions of every piece, and no one had his chrystalclear sound . While Michelangeli plays this icecold, like reflections on a wintersea, Arrau givs us the reflections with the warmth of a soft summersevening. It's different ways of performing music. Simple as that

[ICoMeFRoMNoWHeRe]

Arrau est la perfection, c'était le dernier grand pianiste, inégalable, dommage qu'il ne soit plus là.

[tecladistaofmetal]

AMAZING!

[bobbio82]

Leggerino leggerino e neanche così pulito. Michelangeli è di un altro pianeta

[richclayderman]

it's too fucking beautiful, the music and the playing!

[musicamultimedia]

Grandissimo Arrau! Che eleganza del suono!

Poi mi ricorda tanto le interpretazioni di Debussy del grande Toscanini, un Debussy senza facili "fumi"

[Ray0X0]

Bellísimo, es notable la forma como acaricia el teclado. Él siempre tuvo una relación muy íntima con el piano... no era simplemente un instrumento, era una extensión de sí mismo.

[flsonn]

Arrau had such a beautiful touch.

[KenDoK100]

Grande Don Claudio!!!!!!!

Lo mejor de Chilito.

[gaugin1903]

Michelangeli is technically perfect, but Arrau poetically and musically sublime - a level of

expression yet not heared by me before. Thank you for this music. Do you have also "les pas dans la neige" with Arrau?

[bicsc7]

@gaugin1903 wow... are you saying that michelangeli isn't as "musical" as arrau? I'm tired of hearing "well so-and-so is technically perfect while so-and-so is much more musical". really.

[gaugin1903]

O.K., me too.

You are right.

[Gh3ttO7]

100% Chileno =)

[Ray0X0]

Qué maravillosa música creó Claude-Achille Debussy... es tan especial, absolutamente única diría yo en el mundo de la música, ¡qué acordes tan bellos pudo imaginar en su mente! y en una época en que ser innovador era difícil y era una apuesta muy arriesgada para un músico profesional como Debussy.

Este bello recuerdo del maestro Arrau muestra por qué se le consideró uno de los más grandes intérpretes del genio de Saint-Germain-en-Laye... aún durante su edad avanzada.

[TheCatedral]

Je resterai toujours étonné de ne trouver aucune référence de Video, ou d'enregistrement de l'Oeuvre de Claude Debussy - comme les "Reflets" - par Monsieur Jean Boguet, qui reste - en somme - une sommité du piano français parfaitement méconnu malgré son Intégrale chez Tudor, en 1978.

Le monde de la musique - et en particulier celui du piano - reste encore plus que sélectif...

[geooool]

this is like the 20th time i watch this video and i have tears in my eyes again! i love his expression..he makes the piece so beautiful..if u just listen u can hear the reflections in the water :) arrau is amazing! and debussy owns a part of music history..he created his own music world. his music is wonderful!

[billyguns2]

This is so beautiful! Arrau had one of the most golden, beautiful tones I ever heard, and the best trill of any pianist. While there may be some other interpretations from other pianists that might be occasionally more imaginative or colorful, Arrau never disappoints and for me often wears well under repeated listening.

[xRecret]

viejo qleao seko xd

[chilepatriota]

jajajaj digo lo mismo

[ltyr2001]

What we often miss is the recording techniques employed in these performances.

Sometimes it sounds different from the original...

Still, watch how he controls every movement, astounding! BRAVO!

[geooool]

i think he is an amazing pianist! it sounds so good :) and i love this piece! debussy created his own era in the history of music

[wrigleyx]

sublime

[gen0142]

His interpretation of debussy is always beautiful..

[felipealbornozr]

el mágico Claudio Arrau, !! maestro

[Ray0X0]

Qué increíble intérprete era Claudio Arrau, qué manera tan extraordinaria de comprometer los sentimientos de uno con lo que interpretaba, es como si lo tocado fuera algo íntimo y especial Es una música envolvente que llega directamente al corazón. Yo diría que esta podría ser una de las características más importantes de su música.

Su estilo clásico y elegante evoca la vieja escuela alemana del cual él fue el último representante; un estilo hoy en día inigualable.

[javierespinos]

Maestro...el cielo en sus manos!!, gracias por este hermoso momento

[cellomaniatica]

esta musica es realmente maravilloza y el interprete es el medio justo gracias Arrau!!!!!!!

por gente como tu me enorgullesco de ser chilena

[rvn10rvn17]

arrau is old but his playing still bites..

what a great great playing..

i still prefer michelangeli's version somehow..

[drgrl]

So beautifully played; you can almost see the sunlight sparkling on the rippling water, and feel the warm breeze as the music carries you into the visual space that Debussy creates through his exquisite pieces.

[wefalloutlikekids1]

drgrl... isn't that kinda overreacted,

[Maj7thChordsLover]

wefalloutlikekids1: Pure ignorance on your part....

[nicodagger]

beauttiful and perfect.. The best tempo, even masters like richter play it too fast.

One can hear an entire lifetime in the playing of Maestro Arrau.

[Str8Blast]

totally agreed..... the perfect tempo.

[penearth]

Its perfect as you say.

[2uisa]

Dios mío! Dios mío! acabo de estar en el cielo. Grácias Arrau.

[kaktoman]

un genio, el mejor interprete del siglo XX, sus interpretaciones de Chopin, Liszt, Debussy y tantos son profundamente deliciosas, un balsamo para el espiritu, una cadencia de sublimes interpretaciones que jamas seran olvidadas mientras el buen gusto persista en las almas de gente de este planeta...

[shisukachan]

que gran pianista, que gran interprete

y que gran lastima que sus compatriotas Chilenos nisiquera lo conoscan... una gran ignorancia de parte de este pais

[co0lspot]

Concuerdo contigo. Yo soy chileno, me encanta la musica, pero debo reconocer la ignorancia de nuestro pais, y la poca valoracion que se tiene a los grandes exponentes de chile... las personas de aqui no valoran a sus grandes, en este caso, ni conocen al maestro Arrau... sabemos que en chile la musica no progresa.. pero que orgullo igual se siente que el mejor pianista del munod (para mi) sea un chileno..

[Ray0X0]

Es cierto que en Chile Claudio Arrau no es un ídolo popular, pero está permanentemente en la conciencia nacional chilena todo su legado artístico, que es algo que hasta los más desconocedores reconocen en él.

[celloviolincello]

Probably the most expressive pianist in modern times. Beautiful playing.

[zalia6]

genial , el mejor intérprete .....

[goosiedragon]

yeah, there are quite a few mistakes and he's playing in front of a huge crowd, but it's still the best interpretation i think i've heard on youtube so far.

[1ne5]

Great performance but Arrau had definitely done more than this. The play is extremely difficult but he was one of 20th century's best pianists, so...

[meily331]

i don't even like debussy that much

but this performance...

omg...

so beautiful :]

[bennolanman]

HELLO! just a question, i know you dont like debussy, so who do you like>? im just really interested in your opinion because i love debussy and im really interested to find out what other people genuinely think, so id love to know what u are into,

ben

[maykays2]

i'm more of a classical person? ahahah x]

i'd prefer anything not past the 1800s x]

[bennolanman]

ahh yes i see, thats kool, im just so in love with the modern era right now, debussy & stravinsky are my heros, i want to learn all they knew

cya :)

[wrigleyx]

simply perfct!

[keisky3]

Arrau was a world fame for his deep interpretations in the 20th century. He said, "An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted."

[chantal7210]

it is a very beautiful interpretation.... the mistakes aren't important!!

[machiris]

Maravilloso, realmente preciosa la interpretación, me encanta Arrau realmente brillante, que gran de ejemplo de tocar con el corazón.

[mombeek]

loser, mistakes are not important, it's the performance that counts

[boxers7x5]

@yousukkks

I'd like to see you play this well at 80 years old!

[JSbeat]

if you dont care about the performance and only care about mistakes... go listen to a MIDI. you'll be pleased.

[dsyglym]

@JSbeat lol MIDI is dead music...

[JSbeat]

@dsyglym daahhhh

[pichubcn]

@JSbeat the final interpret. I have all recordings and playing debussy is just outstanding. arrau is debussy.

[JohnRift]

I don't really care about the mistakes. We don't realize it cause it's so beautiful.

[Atuss]

@JSbeat What an incredible answer! Completely agree :)

[pennymusicMAma]

ttag, Magnifique performance by Arrau! Penny -Professional Pianist

[yvonkcaouette]

Oui, mais, bourgeoise interprétation quand même !

[fluticious]

ahhhhh, so refreshing!

[ur1972]

Que cadencia tan exquisita.

Reflejos

[darcoantian]

Es increible la coneccion emotiva que puede tener esta pieza de Debussy con uno.

Pero el hecho de saber que Arrau es Chileno, con una vision de mundo en comun, interpretando algo tan bello... no tengo palabras para describir esa emocion.

Viva Arrau y Chile y su gente!

[yvonkcaouette]

Tu m'intéresse...

[boxers7x5]

@kseto88

Garbage comment.

[mikjazz]

When Arrau performed this,he was probably 80 years old. You can sense the mature understanding he had of this piece. This is what gives the music a life of its own ... and its beautiful imagery. Can't teach this it is personal devotion,study and love that make it happen..

[stegreifaufgabe]

michelangeli may be better technically, but arrau plays with much more emotions and real passion; it's really atmospheric and dense!

this is also the way a common pianist can manage to play this peace, the way michelangeli does this, it seems impossible...

[thinkpad20]

He's better in the sense that he's technically flawless - no doubt about that. And Arrau certainly makes some mistakes in this piece. However I find Arrau's rendition more emotive. My personal favorite is Gulda though.

But I do think it's important to distinguish between "better" as in more technically perfect (which is arguably objective) and "better" as in the preferred interpretation (which is entirely subjective).

[chopin65]

Arrau is a legend. I have his recordings. I am hypnotized by his hands. The wonderful things those hands have made. Will any of us ever know that pleasure? I think not. He is a master.

[flllutiste]

don tcompare them please !

[archangelz1106]

I WANT TO PLAY THIS PIECE. THIS GUY INSPIRED ME TO DO SO. Sorry for the caps, but I can't just help it. I DECLARE THAT THIS PIECE IS THE BEST PIECE EVER!!!!

[Pianoman1770]

yes i agree, IT IS AAWWEESSOOMMEE! but i wouldnt say the best song ever! but u have a very very good point... lol thanks for posting this vid! its very beautiful!

[joanilo21]

Reflets dans l'eau. Magia pura.

[enak1989]

arrau , me encanta , lastima , q ya no podamos verle en directo , q pena , fue un genio , q don de interpretacion y dominio del cuerpo , y relajacion , hacen que sus interpretaciones no tengan comparacion .

[Josetang]

Simplemente una de las obras mas bellas... mas un si es interpretado por mi conpatriota don Claudio Arrau León, que orgulloso me siento.

José Anguita (Chile, Región de Valparaíso)

[christianhc88]

Espléndido. Es un maestro!

[PIOTILO]

Simply Wonderfull! what a talent! What a sensibility! and he was 80 years old,consumed maturity!Don't worry mbayssel "if fools could fly...

[mbayssel]

Yes, there are some mistakes...and so what??? this is so good...The great Rubinstein and Horowitz honestly aknowledged they used to play a few wrong notes, but definitely who cares??? music is feeling, and a lot of nowadays pianists should learn what feeling is instead of focusing only on technique. They may not miss a single note, but they don't understand the music they play and they are boring

[trex9285]

Your remarks are spot-on. Only a very few people nowadays understand what music interpretation must be like. Music is a language, not a science. It warrants a few mistakes. The heart's speaking, NOT the intellect. Music should never be the object of performance measurement, this is typically another of our today world's deviations. Arrau's rendition of Debussy's masterpiece is simply... another masterpiece. Beautiful, humanly perfect.

[paranormaalutrecht]

wunderfull!

[keeskogel3291]

When someone interprets Debussy in such a great way, without one note that does not have a true meaning, I am willing to forgive whatever false notes there might be!

[carlvan94]

A splendid performance if without those missing notes

[bonanw612]

Arrau is usually very good.  But this piece lacked clarity, and he made lots of mistakes. >< The tempo was also a bit too fast for my taste. But then again he was 80 when he played this. I could only wish to play so well at 80.

[pianistafj]

Arrau is absolutely splendid. I love watching him perform. Thank you for vid. I wasn't crazy about this particular performance. The tempi seemed distorted at times. Very glad to have seen it though.

[jonnymoss8855]

wow that rather gd!! much better than my attempt!! :)

[LucyHarvan]

perfect.. debussy music is magic!

[chopinscoffeebuddy]

:( i wanna play it like him

[walter1958]

Aristocracy and humanity..

[etucker82]

He's a magician!

[FigoSuzuki]

Arrau, the best pianist of the world.

[celach]

hardly

[LeozinXD]

What a wonderful piece! I just love Debussy works..

[Shahban]

Great! thank you, ttag! Ilove Arrau, especially his 1st Brahms concerto.

[Sibelius19]

Well, I love Debussy and this pianist does an excellent job. but am I mistaken for noticing a couple or a few wrong notes during the scales. Ofcourse, I wouldn't blame him, and maybe that sort of mistake is common. I think about 1:49 is the main one I notice. I'm not nitpicky. I just want to learn more about Piano Performance.

[beethoven4ever]

I wouldn't pay too much attention to the wrong notes because there is much more going on in his mind and heart than just playing all the notes correctly