Yeah, I just found the reason why I thought I didn't like Clair de Lune much, it's simply because most people play it to fast

Agreed 100%. I wish I could find more recordings of people playing it slower like this. Its beautiful, my absolute favourite piece of music.

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SuperMegaPeanut ,

SuperMegaPeanut Yeah I noticed that this sounds better than the other Suite Bergamesque videos

You're right, I have all the concert for piano solo of Beethoveen played by Arrau, love him

Hating? I've never heard the entire suite before and this sounds absolutely beautiful, I don't get how people hate on this

I hope you learn this piece well and perhaps some day people will admire your recording on KZfaq 😊

Keep focused in, the way is long but it's always beautiful. I started playing at 15, so your advantage is what we all want. Greetings and good wishes for you

I was just now talking to someone who said they were interested in this piece but wanted to learn something more technically challenging. I pointed out, among other things, that elements of "musicality", like tone, phrasing, voicing, and pedaling are just as much parts of piano technique as playing fast notes. I told them, if they like this and have the time, they should learn it! It's fine to play this slowly if that's how you truly feel it should go.

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​@@classicalfullscores5138well well well

Why?

A prelude is like an overture, but is for another kind of piece

My mom played it, and I like his tempo too.

Too slow and laboured for me

I agree it's painfully slow but i also don't like it :D i think it ruins the flow of the music

I like Debussy more than chopin, beethoven, and schumann too

A part of it was actually used in Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, for the Game Boy.

Why the 70s? What artist

la langue de Moliere c'est mort, wake up, now is english, german, chinese... What about la lingua di Dante Alighieri?

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"Moderato" has about a 10-15 BPM range of interpretation. Arrau is taking it at the absolute slowest extreme for Moderato whereas most pianists take it to the higher end. I would say that Gieseking takes it to the absolute fastest extreme.

Eorzat Oh! Thank you! I couldn't think that way

I like it FAST!

Maybe you find it here: imslp.org/

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This score probably comes from a Durand edition from around the turn of the 20th century. This is public domain nowadays, and can be downloaded at IMSLP; Dover also has a reprint of this edition for a reasonable price, compiling a bunch of very worthy Debussy works into a neatly-bound volume called "Piano Music 1888-1905".

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i know im more than 1 year late but i dont know

He s wrong. You re right :)

​@@sariputraa18 hours ago no wayyyy after 3 years

Certainly this work could be classified "neoclassical" what with the use of terms like Suite, Prelude, Minuet and Passepied. Wow, his Claire de Lune is amazing - never heard it so slow.

yeah same here. but have you ever heard "images" or "estampes"? sorry for any mistake. english is not my first language

His works are considered impressionistic, because they paralleled the art movements at the time. The impressionistic qualities come out especially in the use of the pedals, creating these huge, beautiful tonal washes and the slight sense of not having as iron clad of a tonal centre as previous music through the use of whole tone scales. A really good example of one of his impressionist works is Nuages, which is stunning by the way. So instead of having a very clear, equally weighted structure like Bach or Beethoven, who are both amazing, Debussy strives more for this beautiful blend between ideas. Being labeled an impressionist doesn't make him a poor composer, most of my favourite composers are in the impressionist era because their works have this wonderful, hazy, dreamlike quality that I often don't get in early works were I get a very vivid, non-hazy mental image. His music also doesn't really parallel the romantic movement, because that movement focused more on: darker, supernatural and more "icky feelings" that was being written about at the time such as works by Göethe. It's the same reason that while Beethoven may be considered the father of Romantic music, he isn't actually considered broadly to be a romantic composer as he still maintained far more elements of the classical era, which he just pushed further and inspired other composers to break from some of the "rigidity" of the classical forms of composition. Because of Debussy's works I aspire to be able to write in the impressionist style, because of it's beauty and tonal quality. TL;DR Just because a piece is impressionistic doesn't mean it's not great or solid and can't lean on older styles, it's based on how influenced the composer was by current music trends. i.e much of Handel's life was in the classical era, but he is very much a Baroque composer.

I struggle to say that any of his works can be considered romantic because of the Harmonic Syntax, it doesn't line up with what was occurring in the romantic era, enough. There may be a hint of romanticism here or there, but you'll be hard pressed to find a music history scholar willing to title any of his works as romantic because of my aforementioned reasons.

I still have to say this is more impressionist then late romantic, amicably agree to disagree? :) I've really enjoyed this little comment thread btw.

It's just called Prelude! It's my personal favorite :D

*movement

Daniel Roshaidie i think this was the last recording of arrau, he was 87 or 88 years old

I don't know 'bout you guys, but when I hear this interpretation I can feel different emotions that maybe this guy tried to express while playing. Maybe because he speeds down the piece

You're supposed to play the chord in an "fastly escalated mode", so, don't play all the notes at once but one after the other as fast as possible to make it seem like its at the same time.. but its not

The chord is rolled, i.e. arpeggio, but very quickly. Traditionally, the directive is understood as rolled from the lowest note and ascending; if the roll is from top to bottom, a small arrow head pointing down will be at the bottom of the marking.

Ah ok thanks guys for your help

Isnt it just a slur that goes from right hand to left?

Slur bruh

Same :)

Where, exactly?

Nope.

Hate is a strong word :(

EFBensonFan Why do you say that?

Hey there! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the tempo in this piece. It's always interesting to hear different perspectives on musical elements. Music is a beautiful art form precisely because it allows for various interpretations. Tempo, just like many other aspects of music, can be quite subjective and depends a lot on personal taste and emotional connection. In this piece, the artist might have chosen specific tempos to convey a particular mood or emotion. Some may appreciate a faster pace for the energy it brings, while others might prefer a slower tempo for a more reflective and deliberate feel. It's like looking at a painting; different people might see different things or feel different emotions. Similarly, everyone brings their unique perspective to music, and that's what makes discussions like these so enriching. It's awesome that you're actively engaging with the music and sharing your thoughts! Remember, there's no right or wrong when it comes to musical preferences. It's all about what resonates with you personally.

There's no such thing as a bad interpretation, it's one's interpretation after all..

Classical Full Scores I would agree if I had no reference for this piece. but there are so many great recordings that you can grade them. this one is paled by them.

Agree, is not played like the score showed, but is not a bad interpretation. Is played in a Chopin Nocturnes way.

So a good interpretation means to be played perfectly as the paper says? If you think like that, that's so sad. As a composer and arranger, I love when people play my music and suggest different things, because I think that you should play what you feel.

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