Szeryng - La Plus Que Lente (Debussy)

[poseuresque]

that was possibly the finest, most beautiful, most tasteful violin playing i've ever heard

[stupidhatonthefloor3]

@AuthenticNavyPeaCoat Debussy would have applauded this interpretation. And as a dancer, I see no reason why dancing to this recording would be difficult.

[hodjataoista]

where can I find the score for this?? anyone?

[Blackwhite2277]

So much beauty in 3:56 minutes

[septiemakkoord]

Wonderfull, this is how it is ment to sound ! Without those overdone pathetic rubati of most interpreters even Debussy himself :-)

[babygotbach22]

omg! i died hearing this! i could not hold back my tears! i love it!

[normendez55]

Qué maravilla! Qué interpretación! SUPERBO!!!

[AuthenticNavyPeaCoat]

Beautiful tone but sorry to say he takes this piece way too fast -- the title translates to "more than slow," for a reason. Having once danced a pas de deux to this piece, I would find this version difficult to interpret. Anyone playing this piece, may want to keep us fellow artists in mind this way.

[juiceforjoe]

@AuthenticNavyPeaCoat Oh please... The score is not a DICTATION.. it is a simply a recommendation. And Debussy never meant for this to be a really slow Waltz. The title was actually a bit of humor thrown in by Debussy, only to be understood by people at the time. Read about it. Plus this piece sounds better at this tempo. I cant stand it when I hear it played slower on YouTube. This is not a ballade.

[romuloremulo]

Just perfect, fully emotive, colorfull and with fully inspiration, Szering has been caracterized because its deep feeling at the moment to take the violin, listen his Bach's partitas and sonatas

[TheChickeneck]

Beautiful piece, like a work of art......

[enakmakan]

Thank you for sharing this BEAUTIFUL piece. I am studying this piece to accompany an Alto Sax. player.

[TheClassicalCritic]

I had to learn this piece for my grade 8. Beautiful, I love it

[CariDeeSweetie]

@TheClassicalCritic I'll hve this for my ATCL too!

[pinkpiggy2009]

Thank you so much for uploading this video! I love Mr.Szeryng and this piece.

I am enjoy watching it in Tokyo!

[Cezarstvo]

wonderful!

[elnaranjass]

Una caricia para mis sentidos...

[michaelchristians]

Wo ist heute ein Künstler von diesem Rang?

Es geht einfach unter die Haut!!!

[dkurgano]

typical szeryng...amazing playing, great sound, impeccable intonation and bow arm. So juicy...so buttery.

However, i recommend everyone to listen to Heifetz' recording ( i have it posted in my videos)

[PepeMaximous]

Speechless...so rich, colorful, tasteful, the embodiment of refinement... So much control and integrity, purity of sound. Have any of you heard him live? He gave it all to music, and the cultural mission music had in the world during his life time. To me, he was an aristocrat, the closest you would ever get to the royalty of violin playing. I envy anyone who ever heard him play in the concert halls. Greetings! -Pepe

[pviola314]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[sgonputh]

Beautiful! this fits with one account that Debussy apparently first scored this for a gyspy violinist named Leoni, whom played at the Carlton Hotel.

[pocketvision24]

amazing

[desi3004]

*Siiiigh* Oh how I love Szeryng and Debussy :-)

[sherom]

Outstanding performance!

[namesake1]

Oh how I love Szeryng~

Such beautiful phrasing.

I wish he had video recorded more things.

Such a great jem.

[incasmaya]

and well the alcolist!!

[jeumort]

That was the saddest version of this song I've ever heard! Beautiful.

[ravelmeister]

awesome, debussy transcriptions for violin are so good.

[TammyCan]

yea i actually think it sounds better on the violin it can really reach all those high notes and make it sound so romantic

[fvillaverde]

I just have read about this tune in a Cabrera Infante's book, referred to it as the best romantic tune of classical music, but written for piano, not for violin and piano. However this play by Szerying sounds delicious as a romantic masterpiece of classical music.

[varro79]

I have also look for this piece after reading Cabrera Infante's book, which represents a wide amount of cultural references. Anyway this play is absolutely lovely... enjoy it as if where the Havanna of the fourties.

[stephenTGV]

Superb performance. This piece seems more fit for the violin, although written for the piano. The accompanist on the piano is the famous accompanist Tasso Yanopoulo, the uncle of the famous French singer Georges Guétary. Yanopoupo was also the accompanist of Jaques Thibaux.

[KoganSvetlanov]

Lovely piece, also Oistrakh has a really nice rendition of this score at the beginning of his biographical documental " Oistrakh, artist of the people? "

[SamLee0519]

Perfect.

[thebigmrfish]

played with such a calm disposition and velvety flavor. No one does this anymore in any of the arts -

[KoganSvetlanov]

you're right, unfortunately now we only see vengerov doing monkey faces in front of a fancy public not good taste anymore...

[Lesolin]

Beautiful. :)

I always loved the shots of the left hand from behind in these Szeryng video recordings.