This piece never ceases to amaze me the more I hear it. Debussy is very literally painting with music - Images is the perfect name for this collection. I can't quite comprehend how much genius it requires to compose something like this. And it is also masterfully played by Hamelin. Dynamics, expression and technique are all so fluidly intertwined. I know I'll end up replaying it another ten times once I've posted this. So, so beautiful.

He makes it look so effortless. He only moves his hands/arms/body when he absolutely needs too

Debussy once said he wants his compositions to sound like they were improvised

Best performance of Reflets I've ever heard. Especially the ending. You can just hear the drops of water into a still pool.

Honestly, sometimes I just listen to these music and keep reminding myself everyday that life is wonderful. It’s ok to live another day.

One of the great and mysterious works for the piano. Invention, logic, colour, beauty, expression, all unfolding as a natural, spontaneous occurance, like a wondrous flower in springtime. And played just so. Stunning... both the piece and the performance.

THE BEST Interpretation i've ever Heard! warm beautiful and unbelievable, Great!

I legit just watched this man perform this live as an encore at a concert. He is absolutely brilliant

Truly the best performance of this piece I've heard (this is my favorite piece ever written). He adds the perfect weight to each note - the low notes have just enough pressure that you feel them, but not enough that its uncomfortable. When he finally decides to strike the low notes with some force at 4:49 it sets up the release of the final chord perfectly. It will be some time before I enjoy another rendition of this piece as much as I enjoy this one. Thanks CBC.

I first heard this piece at a weeklong music camp. A guest artist amused us by playing modern music, and a fun mashup of movie tunes. Then he played this. I felt about 600 different emotions at once, and had to close my eyes to fully appreciate the beauty of the piece.

The way he changes the tone color is mesmerizing...

gorgeous interpretation oh my god

just simply fantastic - hamelin and Debussy Equals crystalclear poetry on the piano

Stunning performance. Utterly impressionistic. And boldly emotional. Phenomenal!! ❤

This is truly INCREDIBLE.

....and that piano was never touched in such a way ever in its lifetime again 😍

Ah, yes. The classical/romantic era recording would not be complete without the quintessential cough in the audience.

Beautifully shimmering, limpid sounds.

Debussy is referred to as the father of modern composition. He heard things that no one had heard previously. This is where Bill Evens came from.

I believe Mr. Hamelin is the finest pianist in the world today. His repertoire is second to none in breadth and diversity. There are many excellent pianists out there, and they are worthy of as much respect as Mr. Hamelin, but to me the whole package is the best of the best. And of all pieces that Debussy wrote, this is one of my favorites - to listen to. I've tried playing it and I'm not there yet. Never will be. Mr. Hamelin raised the bar awfully high and we are better for it.

Debussy's music is like magic to me. Like a call from another life whose sound I recognize. There is something divine in it I would say.

:'( I cried!! Literally

takes me to another place!

Wonderful piece and maybe the best performance I've ever heard. Just stunning. Truly a gem.

He played this as an encore in Montreal today. Incredible range of colour.

I love this piece. And that's a stunning performance.

Merci beaucoup, Maestro Hamelin.

and who can explain why, as the final notes fade into silence they leave behind a sense of such sorrow and loss, as well as of beauty, of course...the mystery of Debussy...

His acute sensitivity to Debussy's exquisitely evocative sound world is simply unparalleled. ..a great artist is Marc-Andre Hamelin...ie; listen to his perfectly calculated subito pianissimo at around; 3:27...

I knew about him,for the first time. Fantastic! It's note I looked for.

Marc André pour quel raison que se soi a chaque fois que j'écoute cette composition j'ai larme a l'oeil , Merci pour cette interprétation

One of my favorite pieces in any genre, and so brilliantly played here,

this is tha BEST performance of Reflets Dans L'eau i never seen before

Hamelin has spoken of his deep love of Debussy and it shows here, what a sensitive and dynamic touch he has with this piece!

Beautifully played!❤

This is the way play it. Perfection

MAGNIFICENT PLAYING

best interpretation ive heard to date.

very beautiful, first time to hear this piece.

Absolutely Incredible!!!!

Natural!!!!finally i could hear this kind of performance

Oh this is sublime playing. Peerless. :-)

I first heard Debussy played by Walter Gieseking on Angel records. Gieseking was known as a great interpreter of Debussy. The improvement in the quality of the sound and performance by contemporary artists amazes me!

Marc Debussy is alive and flows through your fingers, always a Perfect Performance ! !!

Fantastic.

Обалдеть можно, уносит в небеса, Недосягаемый уровень пианизма, Марк-Андре ниспослан Богом...

Perfect.

He has just the right touch! Mesmerized at 2:45 -3:05

Poetry ..... lovely touch.

impeccable!

so beautiful

I am not a Hamelin-Fan, but this is great.

Amazing!

Marvelous!

An exquisite rendering of a stunning piece. I love how he takes his time with the phrases, and his sound is luminescent. Thank you for posting

so subtle/supple....how this guy can be supreme with the russian AND french literature is beyond brilliant(plus his own brilliant works!)

Did you know that this composition complies with the golden ratio? 😊❤

My favorite Debussy piece, and played so beautifully and passionately... anyone have a kleenex?

Sublime

Who's choking on a golf club in the audience?

I love this song

never thought about connecting the phrase in the beginning using two hands.

とっても綺麗。アムランさんの演奏でこの曲の美しさを初めて知りました。本当に綺麗な素晴らしい演奏。

Impressive!

I flows as well as if he had composed it in one take, its as spontaneous and natural as a blossoming flower in springtime.

Hamelin's Debussy and indeed his playing of other French composers is quite unusually good. I assume Hamelin's fluency in the French language helps contribute to this quite a bit.

Браво!

wow 🎵🎶🎹

Verry good performance

This was a big endeavour to me to take on but i wanted to cross it off my bucket list this corona home stay. Still working on it and can play it through the whole thing it is not as impossibly difficult as i imagined it would be.

2:44 dang man, apassionato to the max

If I had to show a piece that captured Impressionism, it would be this one.

You can almost hear the pitter patter of water in the background

Genial

No matter how long I play the piano I could never learn that piece. I’m looking at it now and it’s incredibly difficult.

THE MOMENT OF 2:42 ITS LITTERALLY AN EARGASM. OMG ITS LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF SOUND

Wow.

Great to listen to in the dark

1:33 - 1:36 so difficult...awesome!!

LE MAÎTRE And that's it.

연주 모습이 참 편안하고 푸근해 보이네요. 거장은 다르네요

@2:45 may be the most euphoric thing ever

I place this piece in the top 10 piano classical piano compositions of all time. I have recently listened to recordings of this piece from Michelangeli, Arrau and Gieseking (all incredible and legendary pianists) and guess what? MAH exceeds them all with his moving and beautiful interpretation coupled with his phenomenal technique. And all of this was achieved apart from the studio. We must embrace the fact that MAH is the greatest pianist of our day.

Without Debussy and his works' great performer like Hamelin 、 this classical music world would have been very lonely and insipid , and the enjoyment and pleasures of the classical music world would have been less His specutacular performance is beyond description and incomparable

최고다ㅠ

@CBC Music do you have the full concert on video? Thank you

Do you have a song of him playing Circus Galop?

I had tried programing this piece into a DTM software. This piece start with "tempo rubato", and the tempo requires frequently changed. Most of my effort was making the computer pretend to pianist. But, after the catastrophic earthquake in 2011/3/11, the programmed data of this piece was lost.

i love my teacher, but i wish i could take lessons from Hamelin too

This interpretation sounds as good as Diana Walsh's.

I love most: die versunkene Kathedrale La Cathedral Engloutie

2:31 mmmmmm best part

I think the climax is a bit rushed; Marc should take a bit more time to really bring out the grandiose feeling. The ending is executed quite well. The right-hand runs with the black keys are also a bit rushed; they could be played with a bit more feeling and rubato.

ღვთაებრივი ჟღერადობა! მარკ ჰამლინი გენიოსია!

Is Charles Richard Hamelin this pianist's son??

Très fluide et insaisissable, très beau mais tempo un peu trop rapide. Selon moi.

Ah...now I get it. It's a concerto for piano and a coughing audience. Quite avant-garde.

Omg qualche italiano?

Ugh, 2:44 , take me now.

This isn’t ter stegen