Claude Debussy Arabesque N 2 - Walter Gieseking

[LaurentziuRo2010]

GREAT music !

[gieseking56]

I am writing to you since I am looking for a cover photo of a deleted CD of Walter Gieseking, in which Gieseking is sitting in a stool by his piano wearing his typical hat. In this cover photo, he has his legs crossed and he is smiling. The cover photo shows him in full body.

I would be grateful if you could tell me about the label and catalogue number of the deleted CD.

[patrickbenjy1]

I don't like how quickly this is played. I prefer this slightly slower. But only slightly

[petiteFangs]

I love the kinda muffled sounds and the hints of dynamics, from according to what I've learnt from my piano teacher, this is very Debussy-like :) <3

[enzocb]

from THE islamic country?

[Psitopa8hs]

arabesque = really fine jewelry, (made in arabia)

[GothicalSOberhauser]

Walter Gieseking! I love his playing very much since I discovered a LP of him, playing the suite bergamasque, between my grandpa's stuff!. Thank you very much!

[lawyljoyce]

lively and capturing..

[ZsaZsadoll]

beautiful

[ninhenzo64]

what a douche killewaz88 - anyway, what's the image you put at 0:10? It says salone-concerto. Thanks.

[killerwaz88]

this music is depressing :(

[allegroconmoto]

@killerwaz88

try the radetzky marsch :)

[entionden]

@killerwaz88: no, your comment is.

[mary5739]

bellissimo

[543693The]

Comme pour Arabesque n°1 excellente interprétation, bon tempo ! et les images superbes.

[gatorno11]

0:18-0:21 reminds me of Le Tombeau's Toccata, one of Ravel's masterpieces

[gatorno11]

Sorry, I was refering to the Prelude of the same suite... However, I got a lil' mixed up haha (¬.¬)

[edhohensee]

The tempo is played as if in beat with a metronome.Very little interpretation

[12rosebud12]

Pianoroll performance probably. If you listen to Rachmaninoff's original pianoroll recordings, it sounds as though a lumberjack had just swapped his axe for a piano.

[pianopera]

Not at all a pianoroll recording, this is an electric recording made in 1928 of Gieseking at his best. You can hear all the refined touches and shadings.

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Favourite composer:

Before- Mozart

Now- Debussy.

[LittleTinRobot]

good, you have learnt the ways of debussy.

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Hehehe.

[kittythecat69]

@ Familyguy

Yeah you're right. I've been playing this song fur a really long time..and I think it sounds nicer if you have some emotion in it. That guy just plays it fast, that's it. I don't like it that much.

[josephinebijoux]

me neither, it doesn't give the feeling of swirls that it's meant to have (given in the name Arabesque meaning Arabic in french) . it's too fast, definitely

[allegroconmoto]

sorry but in french arabesque is a name that means flourish scroll and arabe is an adjective that means arabic,from the islamic country ( see Robert dictionary ).

[ozxyeuwh]

"Arabesque" is also a ballet term - could Debussy have been thinking of that?

[allegroconmoto]

It s very possible,it has some ballet 's movements

[Tedsta101]

@josephinebijoux Isn't an arabesque a type of dance?

[Familyguyaddict01]

Really nice!

I'm practicing this song too, a bit slower of course, but -no offense!- sometimes I miss some dynamics in this version.. Well it could be just me anyway it sounds like a happy flying bird, amazing song.

[thkiattee]

well beutiful playing i also learning this pieces . i feel this pieces is played with pentatonic scale and look as if china style

[geneosis]

lol, good feeling, concerning the "pentatonic scale" :)

[thkiattee]

SO NICE

[cynic150]

Such great grasp of the form as a whole. The middle section seems a little too relentless for my taste, I would be slightly more sentimental. But overall, masterful.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Gorgeous video, beautiful playing and wonderful artwork! Thanx.

[eunicelowqh]

wow! thanks!

its a good reference for next year's ABRSM gd 8 exam piece. (i.e. C9)

[andiejanefisher]

I think I prefer the second Arabesque. Maybe because I've heard the first played to death at music college. It is also beautiful (when played by an artist like Gieseking)

[CarlosArielVarela]

Well played

[TabOraParadise]

Lovely!

[SwannParis]

Amazing and brilliant version ! Facetious and fluent : perfect !

I always think of a particular painting when I listen to this : Degas' Le foyer de la danse à l'Opéra...

[allegroconmoto]

Bravo! en effet cet arabesque si ritmé et dansante peut faire songer aux exercises un peu mécaniques d'une classe de danse.

[Dobrib]

Brilliant! Thank you for uploading this gem.

[jmealonso]

i have always felt his interpretaions of debussy are supreme

[cubiclejo]

He played this very musically, and it sounds very lively. Wonderful.

I wonder why Arabesque No.2 isn't as popular as No.1, unless I am mistaken. Sounds harder maybe? I play No.1 and now am thinking about learning a new song. Still searching...

[pianopera]

Very nice video, thanks!

[paulostroff99]

Wonderful! Bravo! TY

[Trynottoblink]

Pleasant to listen to. Thanks for uploading this.

[giusege]

belle immagini - ok