Debussy - "Clair de lune" for violin & piano (Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde)
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2019
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Recorded live in concert presented by the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall on November 6th, 2019
This poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine in 1869 served as inspiration for Claude Debussy's most famous work from his "Suite bergamasque".
Your soul is a select landscape
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
That sets the birds dreaming in the trees
And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,
The tall slender fountains among marble statues.
- Paul Verlaine, 1869
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Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L'amour vainqueur et la vie opportune
Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau,
Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
- Paul Verlaine, 1869
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Bit late to the party on this one do kinda wish you took more of an inspiration from David Oistrakh on this sounds great but just not quite the best.
and props to the audience who didn't start clapping right away but did hold the tension until ray and julio released it. This are the moments I always look for - those seconds right after a breathtaking performance where the tension is still physically in the air, the sound still silently vibrating and everyone holding their breath.. SO SO glad that not one person broke the spell.
Someone clapping AFTER a piece is done isn't inconsiderate. YOU just want that extra couple seconds of silence. You don't dictate concert etiquette for what not to do after a piece is done lol.
Coughing/ sneezing during the performance, cell phones not turned off, people clapping before the piece is over is inconsiderate.
Shawn Mitchell Not dictating, just admiring an audience who loves music in the same way as he/she. (I prefer it the same way, think it’s more enjoyable if the last sound can lingering a second before applauding.)
@@xandraxandra1437 that's all fine an dandy until you call those people inconsiderate based on your own standards. That in itself is rude to insinuate.
Ok, peace people. I see your point and edited the comment. yes, it's my view of things, but I didn't want to hate on anyone or dictate anything, sorry if my wording led to presume otherwise, was just stating my admiration for that specific moment.
Agreed. I dislike all those times where they clap right after and break that magical moment.
I was in this concert!! They did 4 encores and after the concert they hugged, took selfies, and signed Ray's CD for everyone who was in line. I have so much respect for this sincere and passionate violinist. He smiled the whole time even though I imagine he would have been super tired... Ray's the best :) Julio is too!
Thanks for sharing! That sounds like an amazing experience.
they only did 3 encores for SF :( no Csardas
Yeojin Christina Choi -- echo exact same sentiment after Nov 3 recital in San Fran (CA). I couldn't have written it better. He must have been exhausted after our recital with also 4 encores but there he was signing our CDs and taking selfies with us in huge line..always smiling. He is such a blesssing !! A shining example of a human being...and of course brilliant violinist. THANK YOU RAY CHEN & YOUR PARENTS!!!
Lucky you
I can imagine. When I got aware that he had played a concert about an hour away from me I almost cried for missing it. Travelling is not easy for me and this was so close.
Shout outs to Julio the accompanist, he is a real pianist that has excellent technical abilities!!
Edit: thank you so much for liking my comment and *RAY BAE* 's reply!!!
Gotta practice 40 hours now!!
Shout outs to Julio the pianist*
Ray Chen thank you for acknowledging pianists as musicians in their own right 🥺🥺
I think accompanist are for competitions...
since this isn't a competition, it's more like a duo performance? 🤔
@@macso6687 Exactly, this was written for Violin and Piano, so yes a duet. Exquisitely played, by the way by, both Ray and Julio.
I mean usually if a violin and pianist play together the violin has the solo part and if not it is a duet
I’ve just bought tickets to his concert in Brisbane next year in August! And I’m sitting in the front row right in front of him and I’m literally so excited. Ray Chen is the person that changed my life. He inspired me so much and would be where I am today if it wasn’t for him. I probably wouldn’t be playing violin, I wouldn’t be perusing music. Music is my entire life, I don’t know where I would be if it wasn’t for Ray Chen so there’s almost no chance he will see this but if he does: Ray Chen, thank you so much for changing my entire world!
Jesus will change your life! Ray Chen is just a man and music is ephemeral. I love music and I'm a violinist as well, but never I have felt so complete after I gave my life to Christ. Think about it, He loves you :-)
@@caiovalente505 hmm understand where youre coming from, but it's interesting how you could just bring religion into a video about music
@@magicalmew5209 yeah, this is a video with beautiful music. Not a place for evangelism
fuck you
Thank you for your beautiful words! I'll see you next year :)
I love Debussy, Debussy is my favourite. Sometimes I think about Debussy.
Always finish on the Bach, never finish on Debussy
Hmmm twoset fan here (it's a dirty joke)
@@otto3061 YOU SIR HAVE MADE MY ENTIRE DAY 👏👏
@@otto3061 oh my god- shsh
@@kelislim1465 I don't get it, can you explain the joke please?
First time I’ve heard this on the violin.
Try David Oistrakh's version. It's on a whole different level.
@@AshayKolhe fun fact: it's also ray's favourite recording
Oh my god. The audience waited!
I wonder what thoughts go through a performer's mind during the brief but deadly silent moments from the audience!
I am moved to tears by the memories which aren't even mine.
Ray’s interpretation is breathtakingly beautiful...!
agreed
When I saw the title I was a bit nervous because of how expressive Clair de Lune is- but he killed it! Reawakened my love for God!! He’s truly a hard worker
Wasn't it though.
Ray Chen just puts so much soul into his playing. I could watch him play for hours anyday
My favorite. So beautiful and calming. Just love this so much. Many thanks for sharing this with all of us.
The last time i cried because of violin playing is when i watched the recordings of Tchaikovsky violin concerto and now this. I felt so much emotion in this video 😭😭
Right back at you. It touches my heart😭😭😭
now the sibelius (it makes me cry every time lol)
Tchaikovsky has been my favourite violin concerto ever since I heard it for the first time. Beethoven has been getting dangerously close though...
0:00 oh gosh now that is beautiful *tearing up throughout the whole video*
Ohh ray, stop making us cry 😭
But happy tears. Ecstatic tears.
yes but i was already crying in another video, then it came and i couldnt see for a few second bcuz of the tears 😔
After this video Ray literally gained 8K SUBS
[EVERYONE LIKED THAT]
I was lucky enough to be there for this..... Ray and Julio played 4 Encores and absolutely tore the house down. Ray is an absolute unit.
So happy I got to see this live when y'all came to Korea. It was hard not to get emotional. Beautiful duet.
I love the way the violin becomes a part of the violinist, how they breathe life into it! It’s just astonishing
You know... I listened to this with my eyes closed before sleeping and at the end when I didn’t hear any clapping I was confused... I thought the video had ended so I kept eyes shut and had been startled by an unexpected cheer from the audience 5 seconds after the piece was over. Truly wonderful
i usually prefer the piano-only arrangement of clair de lune because i always felt that having another instrument play the melody was not fitting, but this. this. this is incredible. ray’s interpretation and musicality is perfect-impossible to match. julio plays with such fluidity and gentleness. it all comes together so beautifully. this performance brought several tears to my eyes, which i was not expecting. ray and julio sound amazing together!
Well said. They're both great. Both the original piano-only arrangement and this one. And the two performers.
Are there really people who dislike this? To quote a movie, this is like "something the Lord made". Beautiful. Perfect. If you can't enjoy this, I feel sorry that something is holding you back.
For me this piece is for our mothers. Its like the story of a mom who devotes her time in taking care of her children. She pours so much love to her children to become a lovable person as well. At the end part of the piece is when the mother set her children free like letting her children to have there own family. But still guiding her children every step of there lives until her last breath. 😊
That's beautiful 😊
Someone print this and frame it and send it to me for Christmas, please. Oh and somehow add Ray's playing in the background too please while you're at it. Lol.
This was my father's mother's favorite piece to play. Your comment gave me shivers.
Actually, ‘Clair de lune’ takes its title from an atmospheric poem by the French poet Paul Verlaine which depicts the soul as somewhere full of music ‘in a minor key’ where birds are inspired to sing by the ‘sad and beautiful’ light of the moon. But, if you think of mothers and their children when you hear it, that's fine, too.
And then 3 generations of her descendants (her middle-aged children, her young adult grand-children, and her little great-grand-children) gather by her beside to honour her and show her all that she has accomplished.
I needed some heavenly relief from this CovID2020 plandemic, and about midway through the rain started falling. Some music is so wonderful you never want it to end, so I loop it and
let it play. This appreciative audience paused their applause, and
allowed the moment of ecstasy to cresendo. Bravo!
I remember these two had a brilliant recording of Czardas, but it disappeared from UA-cam for some reason. I want it back :(
6 hours ago, 4.6k views, 801 likes and 0 dislikes. I mean, who wouldn’t love this piece? most especially when it was played and interpreted by Ray and Julio the accompanist. ❤️❤️❤️
the dynamics are just simply amazing...
His face really sells the emotion tbh, idk it just looks like he is really into it. Beautiful performance dude.
This is my favorite version of Clair de Lune because his love for this piece shows so much in his playing
Nos hablas a través de tu música, magistralmente interpretada ...gracias por compartir.. espectacular...
So ethereal and wistful. I can almost feel air in the light of the moon. Breath-taking🙏🏼
I was there and the moment he started playing this, I started tearing up. Thank you, Ray and Julio, for sharing such incredible music. Best duo hands down.
This performance really touched the deepest of my heart❤❤❤. Ray and Julio are such a wonderful match.
This will be the last piece im going to listen when im dying on my bed
Sekarani R your comment is literally me rn
Hopefully you'll finish it man, legit
his playing literally made me cry :(
This is absolutely amazing Ray and Julio! Clair de Lune has been my favourite piano piece for a long time. It reminds me of so many good moments in my life. I'm usually very picky when it comes to recordings of Clair de Lune that I listen to, but your version is absolutely breathtaking, thank you so so much. I really admire your guys work
you should check out the album version of his interpretation with his quartet, made in berlin
When Ray and Julio played this at the SF recital 1st Sunday of Nov. 2019, I got teary. Seeing you guys live just took this piece to another level of lovely
One of my three favorite interpretations. Beautiful and delicate.
WOW SUCH BEAUTY
My heart melts when i hear this piece on piano, i dont know anymore because you did that with the violiiinn, IM CYINGGGG
ray does not fail to make me cry. this was absolutely breathtaking.
I usually feel a little awkward when such an iconic piano peace is "hijacked" buy another instrument... But this was magnificent 🙏 Bravo Ray!
You mean "hijacked"?
@@uchihasasuke7436 yes I did mean hijacked 😂
Ray Chen ROCKS!
Great job Julio!
That was absolutely gorgeous!!!! ❤️ Breathtakingly lovely.
What a beautiful piece and you did it fabulously. I was in tears at the end. Thank you Mr. Chen & Mr. Elizalde.
Absolutely beautiful! Love it when Julio accompanies! Wonderful! Thank you. X
I came to this performance and I’m truly satisfied with what I heard and felt that night. Thank you ray and Julio 🤗
This was outstanding! I loved the emotion that was put into this. Thank you, Ray Chen, for playing this wonderful piece, and for the excellent job you have done in doing so.
those notes are truly telling a beautiful story, enjoying the peaceful moment between the last note and the applause. feels eternity at the moment.
thank you Ray Chen!
i feel ray has stripped the sorrow nature of the song out. he has made an angelic version of embrace and empathy
One of my all time favorite pieces! Oh my goodness, thank you for this! 💞💞💞
As brilliant as this is, and it is brilliant, I don’t think that I’ve ever heard a violin ever sound more like a theremin before. It sounds almost manipulated so as to be mesmeric. Makes me proud to be a fellow countryman.
Ray and Julio what an amazing performance. This may be my new favorite version. So well done. Thanks for sharing it.
I never thought that violin could be played beautiful like this. I listen them very day now. Thanks Ray!
Please never lose the part of you that is so passionate and romantic about your music. It is for these reasons I fall every time for the connection between your hands, your instrument, and the heart of raw emotion that comes effortlessly from within. It’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gifts. 🤲🏻
I absolutely love this performance Ray!!!
This touched all my emotions. I can't stop crying. So beatiful!
this song means so much to me and i don’t know how to describe how much this affected me. violin is such a beautiful instrument probably my favourite and hearing my favourite song of all time on the violin makes the whole world better. This masterpiece fixes everything and makes me whole. Thank you for this.
This is where the violin becomes the human voice. Ray & Julio. Quite the team.
It's the first time I've listened to this piece arranged with violin, and it brought me to tears, amazing performance and interpretation, Thank you! ❤
You guys are just too cool, everything is so well played. YAS Ray and Julio! Thanks for visiting us in SF!!!
Perfect! I wasn't expecting to find a proper version of this, but here it is!
THANK YOU RAY CHEN AND JULIO!!!!!
I was so privileged to see this live! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with all of us it was a night to remember
oh my god... this is so beautiful i’m actually crying-
Absolutely sublime and tender as hell.
I just cry and I feel love, what an amazing musicians are you!! I fell so happy. Thank you so much. Saludos desde México!!
Beautiful arrangement and soulful performance of a timeless melody. Thanks Ray!
OMG this song is so soothing, I went to Rays Concert about August and My God! I can see he shows a lot of passion, not only to the song, but to his violin. His vibrato is so rich! I want to learn this! I started violin at the age of six and for three years, I listen to Ray👏👏
Wow this is so beautifully played, what a wonderful duet🥰
Purely angelic music
Wunderschön ❤
Beautiful.
It didn’t dawn on me that I was hardly breathing until the very end because I didn’t want to disturb such a perfect performance from both professional classical master musicians! Well done!Bravo! Splendid! 🤩🤩🎼🎶🎵🎹🎻👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Such an elegant piece.. Thank you
Absolutely spell binding. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm so going to work on my bowing arm after watching this performance.
Where can i find the sheet from from this arrangement?
i love his interpretation.. god so beautifull😭😭
I love it that you provided the poet that inspired the composition. I did not know that before. Thanks a lot for that!
His bow control!!!😍🥰🤩
Tão etéreo e melancólico. Quase consigo sentir o ar à luz da lua. De tirar o fôlego🙏🏼
this is my favourite piece from Debussy.. and ray played it TToTT
Extremely well performed, what an incredible, magical piece! Thanks for that!
Perfectly performed👏🙌
Too beautiful 😭😭
That ending was just soooooo majestic
i really want this on the spotify, this is my favorite interpretation
thank ray
Oh wow, watching this makes me want to learn how to play "Clair de Lune" on my violin - I'll probably never play as well as Ray but am I super inspired right now, hahaha. This was lovely
Such passion!
Violin guy looks constantly on the verge of tears
So beautiful Ray!!! It made me cry😥
Beautiful. It took my breath away. Thanks for posting.
Uma das minhas preferidas ❤
I love Ray and Julio's interpretation of this piece! I play piano and my gf and I both play violin and this piece has always reminded me of her. Thank you for posting this precious performance!
always love your music
*RAY BAE*
Ray chen your my favorite violinist
Truly amazing, absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤
stunning.
Wow absolutely incredible! "Clair de lune" is my favorite piece. One day I hope to be able to play the violin like Mr. Chen.