Debussy - Arabesque No.1 and No.2

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  • The Two Arabesques (Deux arabesques), L. 66, is a pair of arabesques composed for piano by Claude Debussy when he was still in his twenties, between the years 1888 and 1891.
    Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form. Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys, and achieves evocative scenes through music. His view of a musical arabesque was a line curved in accordance with nature, and with his music he mirrored the celebrations of shapes in nature made by the Art Nouveau artists of the time. Of the arabesque in baroque music, he wrote:
    “that was the age of the ‘wonderful arabesque' when music was subject to the laws of beauty inscribed in the movements of Nature herself.”
    Arabesque No.1
    Arabesque No.2
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  • @ryanthegreat805
    @ryanthegreat805 4 роки тому +4507

    Light- Mozart
    Gravity - Beethoven
    Atmosphere - Debussy

  • @theycallmerye2814
    @theycallmerye2814 3 роки тому +2198

    This piece is enough to convince anyone to start learning the piano

    • @ocean6857
      @ocean6857 3 роки тому +3

      do it

    • @toeless_ant7688
      @toeless_ant7688 3 роки тому +9

      @@ocean6857 do it

    • @MjkL1337
      @MjkL1337 3 роки тому +8

      do you guys think experience with a guitar translate to piano or at least make it easier to learn?

    • @bettinaspohr609
      @bettinaspohr609 3 роки тому +10

      and I plax again aged 72; I lernt it, when i was 16.....

    • @josephlin5363
      @josephlin5363 3 роки тому +32

      @@MjkL1337 music theory and notes wise yes. But the actual playing maybe not. Guitar translates easier to other stringed instruments such as the violin. Piano is a whole different monster. I play both violin and piano.

  • @articusam9866
    @articusam9866 3 роки тому +839

    Debussy has the power to make you forget all troubles and feel almost weightless

  • @Alaska-mk4ok
    @Alaska-mk4ok 3 роки тому +295

    This guy is still hearting comments 7 years later, what a legend.

  • @105381000
    @105381000 5 років тому +3138

    My Mother would play this flawlessly when I was a child. She went to heaven 6.25.19. God rest her soul.

    • @jaytotheell
      @jaytotheell 3 роки тому +143

      now she gets to see it played live. lucky lucky soul!!

    • @105381000
      @105381000 3 роки тому +45

      @@jaytotheell Thank you.

    • @JoMajorSax
      @JoMajorSax 3 роки тому +22

      for me, my grandmother.

    • @ddr1706
      @ddr1706 3 роки тому +52

      Your mother sounds like a very talented woman. Rest in peace.

    • @llacrymossa
      @llacrymossa 3 роки тому +34

      She's probably met the composers that she loves during her lifetime above. That's a happy thing to know.

  • @stargirl3728
    @stargirl3728 3 роки тому +4533

    He hasn't dropped an album since 108 years ago. Is he ok?

    • @-summerdraw-3503
      @-summerdraw-3503 2 роки тому +128

      💀💀

    • @atomiccritter6492
      @atomiccritter6492 2 роки тому +156

      LOL - instead of Dubstep it would be Deb-step

    • @randomisntavailable
      @randomisntavailable 2 роки тому +340

      nah he’s just taking a break

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 2 роки тому +154

      He said he’s gonna take a break for now til he studies electronic music enough to create Debstep music.

    • @justchilling177
      @justchilling177 2 роки тому +33

      @@randomisntavailable that's actually really deep xd

  • @florb3118
    @florb3118 2 роки тому +646

    My first girlfriend was an amazing pianist.
    She won an award for her musical talents and played Arabesque no. 1 for a live audience, which I was part of.
    We were both 16, and I was so impressed by the talent and grace with which she played.
    We went our seperate ways after 3 years, and there was a great deal of pain.
    Looking back now, the bitterness is gone. The serenity and beauty of the music takes me back to a vivid memory, to a time which will be clear in my mind as long as I live.
    Life really is an incredible thing, and the beauty of music is that it has the magical ability to make us take a step back and appreciate it in all its wonder.

    • @ClearTrackSpeed
      @ClearTrackSpeed Рік тому +20

      That's true growth right there, it's about learning from what we do, all the mistakes we make and the hardships we face; Being able to accept that, means you've truly grown

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 Рік тому +3

      Domp eet.

    • @sweetblis
      @sweetblis Рік тому +4

      say i asked if u gay

    • @KayAteChef
      @KayAteChef Рік тому +2

      ​@@sweetblis I asked.

    • @sweetblis
      @sweetblis Рік тому +1

      @@KayAteChef thank you

  • @sam-fb5vc
    @sam-fb5vc 3 роки тому +455

    My crush played this piece in front of me and i was in tears, it was the first time i heard this piece and i completely fell in love with it and even more for that boy. Oh god he was so beautiful playing it ... now i can’t stop listening to it cause it reminds me of him .. I admire him so much but i don’t think he feels the same :) anyways this is pure art

    • @johnnydavins3086
      @johnnydavins3086 2 роки тому +32

      This was 9 months ago, how are you and your crush now?

    • @tuber138
      @tuber138 2 роки тому +14

      Ask him out!

    • @aaroncorcega9441
      @aaroncorcega9441 2 роки тому +9

      Awww how cute :'3

    • @sam-fb5vc
      @sam-fb5vc 2 роки тому +71

      @@johnnydavins3086 i told him my feelings and he didnt care that much and told everyone about it, but now i moved out and i accepted it

    • @vapor_829
      @vapor_829 2 роки тому +63

      @@sam-fb5vc damn that's shitty how he did that I'm sorry I hope you're doing better now

  • @Air-pt3hb
    @Air-pt3hb 5 років тому +1404

    I lost my mom yesterday. Arabesques inspire me hope and strength to keep on fighting.

    • @AlexTssGG
      @AlexTssGG 5 років тому +62

      im so sorry for your loss friend

    • @tiffanymonroe8972
      @tiffanymonroe8972 5 років тому +39

      Almost a year ago and it feels like yesterday. So sorry for your loss.

    • @jjhaas8184
      @jjhaas8184 5 років тому +35

      The LORD bless her and keep her.

    • @Air-pt3hb
      @Air-pt3hb 5 років тому +19

      Thank you...

    • @crestfallenknight7983
      @crestfallenknight7983 5 років тому +27

      Stay strong, buddy...

  • @jasonlouie4646
    @jasonlouie4646 4 роки тому +2341

    I heard this piece when I was 0.245 nanoseconds old and now I’m a interstellar quantum quasar

    • @adammwalch
      @adammwalch 4 роки тому +9

      Stop

    • @Altraiid
      @Altraiid 4 роки тому +1

      HAHAHAHAHAH

    • @joshuarogersm.d8315
      @joshuarogersm.d8315 4 роки тому +22

      I heard this 27.5 lightyears away now im in the crab nebula

    • @siroswald3188
      @siroswald3188 4 роки тому +1

      Godspeed, brother

    • @vivvpprof
      @vivvpprof 4 роки тому +5

      @@_bumbaztic ...no such thing as a "lady boner". And nothing more deplorable than people claiming to be aroused by "intelligent" things just to show off.

  • @guitaroman94
    @guitaroman94 4 роки тому +221

    I first heard this piece tomorrow, now i can travel through time.

  • @user-im1yw2jv4n
    @user-im1yw2jv4n 2 роки тому +263

    I’m a cellist and last year I’ve had a Christmas concert with the orchestra. I’ll always remember that night, because my whole family came to see me play. They never come to my concerts. Later it was time to go home and as I was packing my things and getting ready to leave, I heard someone play the piano on the stage. There was a group of people and a girl playing this piece by Claude Debussy. We became friends few months later when I told her about how I fell in love with her playing. She changed schools tho and had to move this year so I’ll probably never see her again but my dad got me my own piano for my birthday!!! I’ll try to be as good as she is at playing Debussy. Hopefully everyone is having a fantastic day!! (sorry if my English is bad :/ )

    • @marthadawson8954
      @marthadawson8954 2 роки тому +16

      Your English is excellent! Be confident, i wish you the very best.

    • @yosleidatrias9120
      @yosleidatrias9120 Рік тому +4

      Congratulations, I like Debussy

    • @siewrea6917
      @siewrea6917 Рік тому +5

      I love it too. I wish I could play.. your English is perfect.😊😘

    • @LeRainbow
      @LeRainbow Рік тому +3

      good luck, you can do it!

    • @oriricha
      @oriricha Рік тому +5

      I‘m reading this comment a year later and I’m curious. How did your piano lessons go? did you keep at it?

  • @cierarose7637
    @cierarose7637 5 років тому +5595

    Debussy’s piano pieces sound like Monet’s paintings

  • @lukelewis4698
    @lukelewis4698 4 роки тому +1188

    I listened to this when I was a concert pianist. Now I’m 12 years old

  • @claudiagisolfi1665
    @claudiagisolfi1665 3 роки тому +64

    A piece of Heaven on Earth.

  • @nettuhkore
    @nettuhkore 3 роки тому +212

    All jokes aside, I heard this song from a ringtone on a phone I owned when I was 12. It was my alarm tone. Now I am 26 and hearing this song as it was originally intended for the first time. How wonderful it is the way music works.

  • @LukeFaulkner
    @LukeFaulkner 5 років тому +3840

    I fell in love with these pieces 20 years ago. Now I am a concert pianist.

    • @bridgepointgroup
      @bridgepointgroup 5 років тому +32

      As in you give concerts for a living?

    • @LukeFaulkner
      @LukeFaulkner 5 років тому +122

      Yes. Recordings too.

    • @aadi7448
      @aadi7448 5 років тому +62

      Woww! That's an amazing story Luke 😁 best of luck, hope to see your concert someday.

    • @nicopala8086
      @nicopala8086 5 років тому +29

      Luke Faulkner I wish be u in 20 years 🙂 cause i fall in love of this music. Could u give me your luck ?😋

    • @nendracung
      @nendracung 5 років тому +34

      Congratulation, dream comes true

  • @joslinnick
    @joslinnick 6 років тому +1439

    Every time I listen to Debussy, I feel like I'm under water.

    • @DrPretorius1
      @DrPretorius1 6 років тому +51

      Nick - If you TRULY want to feel like you're underwater, listen to Debussy's "La Cathedral Engloutie" (The Sunken Cathedral). I played that piece for my audition to a string quintet. When I finished, two of the judges were in tears - they said the piece brought visual hallucinations of great beauty. I told them it was not my playing; I deferred all the compliments to the composer.

    • @heathermarsh7276
      @heathermarsh7276 5 років тому +7

      A lot of people , liken his music to water in some form or another ... Which i Agee , in parts some of his music. To me are like raindrops .. Beautiful !

    • @clarencecallahan265
      @clarencecallahan265 5 років тому +1

      Same

    • @cannedcrickets9932
      @cannedcrickets9932 5 років тому +1

      Thats a very nice explanation

    • @floyjoy
      @floyjoy 5 років тому +3

      Debussy did compose a composition titled "La. Mer" (The Sea). He did a very good job of evoking images of waves of the sea through sound.

  • @thewaywardpoet
    @thewaywardpoet 3 роки тому +57

    "Arabesque no. 1" in particular is so dreamy. I just imagine myself in a Mediterranean coastal town on a warm summer's day.

  • @melonssie5600
    @melonssie5600 4 роки тому +48

    Claude Debussy was the first impressionist composer, reminds me of when impressionists were a thing with their art and stuff.

  • @otizzlebabe8715
    @otizzlebabe8715 5 років тому +735

    Sounds like rain talking to you

  • @Sunshine246_
    @Sunshine246_ 5 років тому +1429

    According to Shazam the performer here is Ronan O'hora. Really should be credited in the description, this is one of the best interpretations of Arabesque 1 I've heard.

    • @barbaralee9845
      @barbaralee9845 4 роки тому +104

      I was thinking the exact same thing about this interpretation, and stopped to see who the pianist was and it wasn't listed. Thank you for posting.

    • @happyjellycatsquid
      @happyjellycatsquid 4 роки тому +31

      They should be credited but I am not quite a fan of this weird rushed tempo

    • @gruyerolivier1842
      @gruyerolivier1842 4 роки тому +10

      We agree....perfect interpretation.....by far!!!!! Pg mp Paris

    • @leoMC4384
      @leoMC4384 4 роки тому +27

      That's right. From the album "Debussy Piano Works". I have that CD, it's from the late 90s I think.

    • @midinerd
      @midinerd 4 роки тому +5

      true... I forgot to even think about it. thank you

  • @liambrem223
    @liambrem223 4 роки тому +57

    4:17 If you want to skip to no 2
    Idk why tho the first is so beautiful

    • @AlphaCrucis
      @AlphaCrucis 4 роки тому +8

      First one is my fav. It feels like enjoying an ice cream Sunday at the park during spring while gazing at an array of creamy white marble clouds.

  • @martienne1972
    @martienne1972 3 роки тому +50

    Debussy est mon compositeur préféré... Ces œuvres sont des parenthèses enchantées dans ce drôle de monde et époque dans laquelle nous vivons. Savourer chacune de ses notes est une gourmandise absolue. Une bulle de plaisir... Prenez soin de vous, de ceux qui vous entourent. Et profitons de ces moments de volupté que la musique nous offre...

    • @irenedhakde4692
      @irenedhakde4692 Рік тому +2

      Bien écrit! Et Ravel...

    • @marcvolpe8252
      @marcvolpe8252 7 місяців тому

      MARTIENNE YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE SEDUCTIVE RAVISHING CAPTIVATING AND PASSIONATE MARRY ME ❤

  • @Dubickimus
    @Dubickimus 5 років тому +2181

    I heard these pieces when I was 10 minutes old. Now I'm a transient sound wave.

    • @creech54
      @creech54 5 років тому +51

      I heard these pieces one hour ago. No change, yet.

    • @samlantier4268
      @samlantier4268 5 років тому +7

      I hear them when I am alive...

    • @GenophefeElisabeth
      @GenophefeElisabeth 5 років тому +15

      Well, your picture tells me that you're a dog, so, you're lying. But nice try, Doggo.

    • @sanekabc
      @sanekabc 5 років тому +3

      I heard these pieces before the big bang which is why I created the universe so Debussy would put pen to paper.

    • @thephoenix6605
      @thephoenix6605 5 років тому +2

      Dang that’s deep😁

  • @thuhanguyen2367
    @thuhanguyen2367 6 років тому +826

    Debussy's style is so dreamlike. Clair de Lune and Arabesque 1 are perhaps the greatest examples

    • @viniciusceccon7755
      @viniciusceccon7755 5 років тому +35

      Thu Ha Nguyen as well as reverie, which even though Debussy despised, continues to be one of his creations, and therefore a beautiful masterpiece.

    • @AK-ie3zj
      @AK-ie3zj 5 років тому +18

      Reverie - is a daydream, and Girl with the Flaxen Hair...

    • @luan6282
      @luan6282 5 років тому +1

      @@AK-ie3zj I'm learning Girl with the Flaxen Hair rn, very beautiful piece...

    • @cheesywiz9443
      @cheesywiz9443 5 років тому +3

      reverie too !!

    • @luisbucu5433
      @luisbucu5433 5 років тому +2

      @@cheesywiz9443 Reviere too! girl

  • @AP-gc5ss
    @AP-gc5ss 2 роки тому +81

    Arabesque n° 1 is so relaxing, I listen to it when I want to be calm. What a masterpiece!!

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 роки тому +133

    Debussy's works are universal, and transcends the times
    This is a lullaby of mankind, and a cradle of human soul
    This is full of admiration, tribute and deep emotion
    From
    Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun🇯🇵

    • @justanotherguy469
      @justanotherguy469 Рік тому +4

      Very eloquently stated, and thank you.

    • @Avantgarde-pl6iw
      @Avantgarde-pl6iw Рік тому +6

      bussy 😳😳😳

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima Рік тому +2

      @@justanotherguy469
      Thankyou
      I hope you are well
      From
      A corner ok Tokyo
      where cherry blossoms bloom
      Soo
      the cherry blossoms will b in full bloom everywhere I Japan ㊗️🌸💮⛩️

    • @meredithmacinnis1237
      @meredithmacinnis1237 11 місяців тому +1

      Beautifully said! God bless you!

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 11 місяців тому

      @@meredithmacinnis1237
      Thankyou so much to your wonderful comment
      I hope You are well
      From
      A corner of dazzling Tokyo, which is full of delicious foods of🍜🍜🍱🍱🍲🍲🍣🍣🍘🍡🍢🍥🍥🍙🍙🥟🥠🍛🍤and unique to Japan of 🎌🐈‍⬛🌺👹🥋🎋🏵️👘👺⛩️🎎🏯🗻🌊🌸㊗️🐈🀄🎴🇯🇵
      See You again

  • @fryingwiththeantidote2486
    @fryingwiththeantidote2486 5 років тому +894

    I was a Steinway grand piano and when someone played these on me 20 years ago I became a human.
    I now have a steady job as an accountant which gives me just enough to stay at my low rent apartment and support a heroin addiction. I wish i was a piano again...

    • @00Sophos
      @00Sophos 5 років тому +8

      FUNNY!!!

    • @gabrielbesant8910
      @gabrielbesant8910 5 років тому +5

      Lol

    • @fryingwiththeantidote2486
      @fryingwiththeantidote2486 5 років тому +3

      The Dude ECP all the way, i cant get anything done on BTH. Expensive tho, especially these days, prices have been going up by me. The qualities been dwindling too, i know my dealers been cutting the shit but what can i do? theres no one else i can trust. Been feeling so out of tune... i need a girl man. Beating my dick to piano interiors isnt working out any more. If anyone knows any female piano tuners please get me in touch, i need someone to relate to...

    • @fryingwiththeantidote2486
      @fryingwiththeantidote2486 5 років тому +1

      The Dude thats pussy shit my guy

    • @carid8479
      @carid8479 5 років тому +7

      Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.

  • @skellzzed8255
    @skellzzed8255 5 років тому +323

    I fell in love with these pieces years ago. Now I'm a puzzle.

  • @DriOtTeZ
    @DriOtTeZ Рік тому +39

    This man knew how to make magic with his hands, it truly becomes more and more beautiful everytime I listen to this pieces, it never gets old

  • @FlynnWilliamson
    @FlynnWilliamson 3 роки тому +62

    never going to forget sitting under a lit passage way with my bike in the rain to this song. the night was dark, the time was late and I was the only one riding on an empty campus. something beautiful about how the brick passage ways clacked under my wheel and the debussy was my back track. I think it's a moment we all crave creating, and you dear reader will find such peace in your soul one day from it.

  • @matrags
    @matrags 8 років тому +2380

    Debussy's music always manages to fill my head with dreams. The man was something special.

  • @dantararocks8161
    @dantararocks8161 5 років тому +450

    I'm literally listening this with my newborn asleep in my arms.😊✌

    • @NeiltheNotSoBrave
      @NeiltheNotSoBrave 4 роки тому +13

      What better music to lull a newborn off to sleep. ☺️

    • @Cukito4
      @Cukito4 4 роки тому +1

      Lucky!

    • @somescams
      @somescams 4 роки тому +29

      He will become a concert piano

    • @internetperson3228
      @internetperson3228 4 роки тому +30

      He's gonna grow up to comment on this video "I literally listened to this when I was a newborn and now I'm 49" or something like that lmao

    • @Cukito4
      @Cukito4 4 роки тому +3

      @@internetperson3228 If the country he was born in still exists.

  • @johannpetersen3637
    @johannpetersen3637 3 роки тому +82

    TrackLiszt
    Arabesque No. 1
    Andantino Con Moto 0:00
    Tempo Rubato 1:25
    Risoluto 2:32
    Arabesque No. 2
    Theme 1 4:21
    Theme 2 5:31
    Return of theme 1 6:06
    Finale 7:10

    • @internaute999
      @internaute999 4 місяці тому +1

      At 5:52, is it the theme from Prelude of Suite Bergamasque?

  • @AllenCavedo
    @AllenCavedo 2 роки тому +60

    Hearing this made me cry. I don’t know why, I’m not sad. Maybe it was the thought of anything so beautiful coming from a human being overwhelmed me.

    • @RaoulDukeSr
      @RaoulDukeSr 2 роки тому +2

      Right on Allen... this epitomizes stunning beauty, you have impeccable taste good sir.

    • @alanhirschman1320
      @alanhirschman1320 Рік тому +2

      We don’t only cry when we’re sad. We cry for joy, we cry when we are moved by the epitome of beauty. We cry when our emotions are so high that they must be let loose. This piece ticks all the marks.

    • @antonioperez1016
      @antonioperez1016 Місяць тому

      it's call Stendhal syndrome and i feel the same, this piece it's so beautiful

  • @chloedorward
    @chloedorward 5 років тому +117

    For anyone else who was wondering who plays this, it's Ronan O'hora for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It's one of the most moving pieces of music I've heard in my life

  • @AndreMNeagu
    @AndreMNeagu 4 роки тому +166

    Arabesque No. 1 00:00
    Arabesque No. 2 04:22

  • @e.vanl.
    @e.vanl. 4 роки тому +55

    I started watching TwoSetViolin a while back and they directed me to Debussy. His pieces are absolutely gorgeous and I'm so glad I discovered they exist

  • @lanfordripley7780
    @lanfordripley7780 4 роки тому +129

    My mother played this at a concert many years ago, and I'm reminded of her when I hear this.

    • @jaytotheell
      @jaytotheell 3 роки тому +1

      that's a beautiful memory.

  • @elisesullivan4632
    @elisesullivan4632 8 років тому +787

    Music can convey feelings not possible with words.

    • @zwerty007
      @zwerty007 8 років тому +1

      +Elisepiece nah

    • @elisesullivan4632
      @elisesullivan4632 8 років тому +12

      Chartre Khan okay then?

    • @DaKrotomo
      @DaKrotomo 8 років тому +2

      +Elisepiece get rekt

    • @AnthonyDecide
      @AnthonyDecide 8 років тому

      +Elisepiece This is probably my favorite of his.

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 8 років тому +8

      +Elise .Sullivan words can convey stuff music can't do, such as Darling we've run out of milk, can you please, go down to the store and buy some, if you would be so kind.
      Music may be able to convey feelings of raw emotion, but can't convey complex emotions, such as hatred or love, only weak emotion states such as happiness, fear and sadness. Try to find music that can convey confusion, guilt, terror, awe or insanity, I'll tell you that there is none.
      However words can evoke those feelings with ease, they can play with the emotions of man with such an ease that it was if we were little kids.
      Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, is so beautifully written, with such ease it grasps you, it leads you.
      J.R.R Tolkien had such flowing description of his depiction of his Midgard that you felt you were there, words so alluring and smooth that they mesmerize you without your understanding of it happening.
      There is nothing in music that words cannot describe, as it hungers for your presence, the presence of those hungry eyes, them insatiable eyes, that longs for it to end, but falls ever deeper, it grabs you it pulls you, it wants you there with it, it needs you it hungers and you can't bear to be without it, it starves you, it make you crave and as soon as it gets a hold it will make you into it's slave. Slowly whispering, I'm your friend, I'm your friend. It wants you to itself, someone for it to notice, as they live yet ever shortly, it brings you slowly with it. Down into your grave, to share it's destiny, it hungers, it wants you and you'll soon do the same, you'll feed it, you'll need it, it's precious, it's yours, its hold grows ever stronger, and when it ends, you wish it were longer.
      Now if I someone who is bad at writing stuff came up with that shit in 5 minutes, a short enticing story, with few repeated elements to ensure you of it's content, a story with a beginning a middle and an end. A message deep and truly, and don't worry I'll break the pattern in this new segment of words. It's not that hard to convey beauty or terror with words alone, sure music is a beauty that can satiate our minds, but a well written story gives you so much more.
      Have a nice day, and learn that simple statements aren't always correct, Music may be beautiful and can carry powerful meanings, but say the right words to any man, and he'll do anything for you. That word may differ and it may not be obvious to all. But it can be as simple as a morality boosting rallying cry, or as simple as a temptation to do something bad, to an invite of pure awe, to the humblings of old men.
      What song can make a grown man cry, yet leave everyone else in confusion, what song can make a grown man happy yet an entire nation in despair, how many songs lead men into battle, yet unwilling to fight?
      Oh and did I mention, Have a nice day.

  • @ScotsmaninUtah
    @ScotsmaninUtah Рік тому +13

    Debussy is by far the most intoxicating of the modern classical composers. He captures so much of the mood with his compositions

  • @Michail_Chatziasemidis
    @Michail_Chatziasemidis 4 роки тому +36

    Debussy was a great symbolist composer; he frequented at cafeterias with symbolist poets, he composed the famous opera Pelléas et Mélisande, based on the homonymous theatrical work of the symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck, and rejected the title of impressionist that the Académie des Beaux Artes ascribed to him for his Printemps, a piece written after the composer's travel to Italy. He wasn't an impressionist, as his works attempt not to catch some elusive idea, as the impressionist painters used to, however he was a symbolist, because he focused on the sound itself and its effect on the audience.
    Source:
    Abravanel, Claude. 1999. "Symbolism and Performance" In Debussy in Performance, edited by James R. Briscoe, 28-44. New Haven & London: Yale University Press.

  • @ARedVelvetBunnie
    @ARedVelvetBunnie 6 років тому +314

    This is how love feels

    • @urospeteh2637
      @urospeteh2637 6 років тому +5

      Karen Curtis How? I am autist and psychopath, i cant feel what love is. I cry from pain. I deserve it. Once i worked is sos phone line only because o enjoyed listen others suffering. I told my friend i would even pay to work there. But i wanna change my brain so much. I know i am damned. I f... g hate me for having such brain. It isnt my fault. That is how part of my brain functions without any control i can have. It's unfair and brutal. I also cry so much.

    • @internetperson3228
      @internetperson3228 6 років тому +5

      Karen Curtis Yeah, when I was listening to this I just imagined the sweetest little concept for a love story/animation. Ahh if only I had the talent/patience/equipment.

    • @jb2541
      @jb2541 6 років тому +15

      Uroš Peteh You can't change who you are, you can learn new skills though. You are not a mistake as a human, it's that you have to find your niche that doesn't harm others while flexxing your mental muscles. The man who created the special effects guitars for KISS and started a whole new level in music was autistic (which can often be accompanied by or confused with psychopathy). Your brain is unique and as such bears specific gifts unique only to you.
      You might not experience silly, flighty "puppy love" as described here and what is usually simply the endorphin rush of NEW love but you can try for the longer lasting commitment based love which is more or less the real deal.

    • @billyjohnson9572
      @billyjohnson9572 5 років тому +1

      @@urospeteh2637 I'd like to speak to you about that Uroš . Think that would be possible?

    • @joufaxerxes7966
      @joufaxerxes7966 5 років тому +1

      For a pessimistic approach to love I'd choose Schönberg's "Verklärte Nacht".

  • @briandiflaig9762
    @briandiflaig9762 4 роки тому +31

    My unborn child is listening to all of Claude Debussy’s master pieces, I have always truly loved his work. Thank you Debussy.

    • @lindak990
      @lindak990 Рік тому +2

      I hope you had a happy healthy baby

    • @Wilkins325
      @Wilkins325 Рік тому

      He cant be listening. its not a life :)

    • @generichuman_
      @generichuman_ 8 місяців тому

      That would be frustrating hearing an awesome song you've never heard before and not being able to Shazam it because you're a fetus.

  • @tabascocat5102
    @tabascocat5102 2 роки тому +8

    The melody falls down like a flurry of beauty

  • @beric6321
    @beric6321 Рік тому +7

    Il y a très longtemps Debussy est entré dans ma vie , il ne devait plus me quitter un rêve perpétuel. . .

  • @zzeeky
    @zzeeky 4 роки тому +3117

    this makes me feel like I'm in God's waiting lounge

    • @ellie7969
      @ellie7969 3 роки тому +15

      🥺

    • @EistLiom
      @EistLiom 3 роки тому +62

      You are

    • @danterosenberg7506
      @danterosenberg7506 3 роки тому +19

      Yeah! Mainly the first part!

    • @saint_gales
      @saint_gales 3 роки тому +16

      this was by far the worst comment i've read so far

    • @danterosenberg7506
      @danterosenberg7506 3 роки тому +8

      @@saint_gales in the sense that it gave me flashbacks to 2014 I can def see why you would think that

  • @promerops
    @promerops 7 років тому +55

    To me it's amazing how Debussy heard this music in his head, especially at the time he was composing. A true genius.

    • @RajabRajabov
      @RajabRajabov 5 років тому +1

      Exactly what I am thinking about. He must have been improvising

  • @chopin65
    @chopin65 Рік тому +7

    What a dreamer Debussy was! Who among us shall dream so eternally? This music is a gift. I am so incredibly grateful. Beautiful, and true, they are a treasure. I ask you, you reader. Are you not filled with gratitude and joy when you hear these two gems.

  • @beile796
    @beile796 3 роки тому +3

    on a rainy afternoon, you find this in your youtube recommended, you play this music again and again, life is good.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 5 років тому +334

    My mother was listening to this song with tears in her eyes .
    My mother was near the fireplace , and I was listening to this music in my mother,s womb with the sound by which trees burst .
    In remembrance of late my mother .
    Greeting from Japan

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 років тому +6

      @scar box Thank-you very much to your excellent and gentle reply .
      Our Japan is mysterious autumn .
      What season is your country ?

    • @roardinoson7
      @roardinoson7 5 років тому +1

      @@shin-i-chikozima It was a long ago comment, but my country has summer beginning now.

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 років тому +13

      @@roardinoson7 ありがとう❗Thank-you very much to your reply .
      Take care of yourself
      Good luck !
      Someday please come to Japan in spring .
      In the height of spring , the cherry blossoms bloom in full bloom in Tokyo , and it dyed in pink color .
      If the wind blows , the cherry blossoms,s petals will fall like a blizzard . 🍎

    • @philiphorn-botha5502
      @philiphorn-botha5502 5 років тому +2

      Such touching expressions !.........And greetings to you from Doha Qatar

    • @redditlegacy
      @redditlegacy 5 років тому +7

      True story: My mom was at a Pink Floyd concert the night before I popped out.

  • @ameliaescobedovalenzuela6396
    @ameliaescobedovalenzuela6396 8 років тому +2284

    Sounds like watercolors

    • @moringga432
      @moringga432 7 років тому +44

      Amelia Escobedo valenzuela description on point

    • @Imdippinout
      @Imdippinout 7 років тому +43

      I would have to say more it sounds more like nature. That being said, most water color painting depict pretty nature things, so I guess your answer is reasonable as well.

    • @artorias1903
      @artorias1903 7 років тому +77

      That's impressionism for you.

    • @shgnamaste7730
      @shgnamaste7730 6 років тому +5

      Amelia Escobedo valenzuela ... drops of colors? A few broad strokes? :-}

    • @giovannafelipe9937
      @giovannafelipe9937 6 років тому +7

      that's exactly what it sounds and feels to me

  • @Sachajela
    @Sachajela 3 роки тому +238

    What the hell is wrong with people who disliked this??!
    Wait... whAt the hell is wrong with people in the comment section??!

    • @Mounhas
      @Mounhas 3 роки тому +2

      Good question(s).

    • @leoMC4384
      @leoMC4384 3 роки тому +7

      The most upvoted comments are the stupidest ones I've ever read. It's sad to have such a beautiful piece with all that shit right under it. Fucktards millenials ruin everything...

    • @babyyoda1462
      @babyyoda1462 3 роки тому +17

      @@leoMC4384 ok boomer

    • @user-yg2uf8ym6g
      @user-yg2uf8ym6g 3 роки тому +8

      @@leoMC4384 boomer

    • @alexandererwin2005
      @alexandererwin2005 3 роки тому +4

      All the ppl who disliked this mistapped/misclicked

  • @karlahernandez6656
    @karlahernandez6656 4 роки тому +40

    Debussy hoy quiero agradecerte, los sonidos que produces a través de está hermosa melodía, me llevas a un mundo de tranquilidad que pensé, no existía, del cual no quisiera regresar ¡NUNCA!

    • @jorgemunoz8607
      @jorgemunoz8607 2 роки тому +1

      Saludos desde León Gto México. Que muera la mala música

    • @karlahernandez6656
      @karlahernandez6656 2 роки тому

      Saludos de CDMX, y que nunca muera la música buena y con sentido...

  • @tobyzxcd
    @tobyzxcd 5 років тому +708

    I listened to this when I was Debussy, Now I'm dead

  • @010bobby
    @010bobby 8 років тому +455

    Something is mysterious with both Arabesque...every time I hear these, I tend to linger on a dream...

    • @enow1863
      @enow1863 8 років тому +4

      agree.

    • @carson_koch3539
      @carson_koch3539 8 років тому +6

      Same here, I think of a mysterious dream, or of water flowing through a river maybe.

    • @Justin-yc1hf
      @Justin-yc1hf 7 років тому +1

      Right!?

    • @010bobby
      @010bobby 7 років тому +19

      CarsonsGaming .. I was 10 or 11 when I first heard these playing on a radio next door and I was waiting for my friends to play, on that nice sunny summer day...

    • @dumbukbasi6392
      @dumbukbasi6392 7 років тому +6

      Oh my God , i feel same

  • @youtuberabbithole6969
    @youtuberabbithole6969 4 роки тому +24

    These pieces were old when I heard them. Now I'm old.

  • @amylan883
    @amylan883 2 роки тому +3

    Arabesque no.1 reminds me of a painting and then someone wet the canvas to let the paint drip.
    Oh wait I just found an idea for art class-thanks Claude

  • @hellogoodbye637
    @hellogoodbye637 6 років тому +72

    Debussy's music is so melancholy, yet it is so absolutely beautiful and speaks to a part of my soul that no other music can. It seems to reach emotions that nothing else can and I love it...

  • @GregJonson
    @GregJonson 5 років тому +93

    I heard these pieces when I was born, now I became one with the Force.

    • @francesholmes4708
      @francesholmes4708 5 років тому +1

      I used to play this for my son as well.

    • @105381000
      @105381000 5 років тому +1

      Air or Police?

    • @valkzh767
      @valkzh767 4 роки тому

      The lack of Star Wars comments under this is atrocious

  • @Ranakade
    @Ranakade 11 місяців тому +13

    Debussy played the piano like a harp. Heavenly ❤

  • @nweek593
    @nweek593 11 місяців тому +6

    In this noise pollution I feel comforted with this masterpiece ❤

  • @chewyfoyou
    @chewyfoyou 8 років тому +293

    My piano teacher played this the other day. And she reminded me that music is a portal to endless possibilities. And why I am so taken by notes and melodies.

  • @grandbluepianistofthesky9469
    @grandbluepianistofthesky9469 5 років тому +79

    Arabesque No. 1
    A silent August late afternoon by the seaside. The little breeze blowing on the shimmering waves as the sun sets below the horizon.
    Arabesque No. 2
    A cool but lovely spring day. Flowers decorate the green meadows with iridescence.

    • @ellepoe1842
      @ellepoe1842 3 роки тому +1

      beautiful

    • @nikalucarelli8647
      @nikalucarelli8647 3 роки тому +1

      For me, Arabesque No.1 is a rainy autumnal afternoon, water boiling in the background and a warm duvet wrapped around my shoulders as I look out of the window

  • @carloszetino2194
    @carloszetino2194 2 роки тому +15

    Une musique refraichissante et toujours d'actualité malgré le temps,
    Quel moment de détente !

  • @jamx02
    @jamx02 2 роки тому +9

    I grew up in a family that played piano and No. 1 brings nostalgia back to when I was 8 or 9 and I stayed home from school with my sister because I was sick, and I’d just hear my mom practice over and over. Vivid memories.

  • @JoseAguirre-hl2do
    @JoseAguirre-hl2do 5 років тому +9

    I'm obsessed with Debussy
    I play Clair d Lune daily like 10 times, I'm learning Arabesques, and I listen to them like 20 times per day.
    I hope this obsession never ends.

  • @XiadiZhai
    @XiadiZhai 7 років тому +94

    I love playing Debussy because of how loose it is. It's much freer and the player really is able to make it unique and personal. Beautiful music that transforms with each musician!

    • @evebududai
      @evebududai 5 років тому

      Xiadi Zhai n

    • @atallguynh
      @atallguynh 5 років тому +6

      Agree. You can push Debussy all over the place and it sounds great regardless. Not so with Chopin, Beethoven or, least of all, Bach.

  • @SAMPLETEXT285
    @SAMPLETEXT285 3 роки тому +22

    This song makes me appreciate the more smaller more finer things in life just a little bit more

  • @rohanbuch2344
    @rohanbuch2344 3 роки тому +26

    Whenever I listen to this piece, which I have for a good number of years now, I'm reminded of the good things in life, and I imagine a scene of serenity, nature and amazing architecture. I also get nostalgic of times in the past. Thanks, Debussy and Top Classical Music

  • @williamchecketts5612
    @williamchecketts5612 6 років тому +58

    I live alone and become depressed without company but I have found that the laptop can help with Debussy lifting me out of the black hole ! Wonderful music.

    • @johnreiter5384
      @johnreiter5384 6 років тому +2

      Hi William, when did people (family) did not stop care'nty about you ?? Or did they ever ? Just curious, John N Reiter

    • @atashakgem
      @atashakgem 5 років тому

      William Checketts classical music, poetry, and nature been my refuge, my oasis, with them like you said i be feeling so lonely,,,

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 5 років тому +1

      I have the secret to living alone and NOT being depressed. All you need do is develop a deep loathing for the mass of humanity. Good luck!

    • @72fordmaverick
      @72fordmaverick 5 років тому

      Good to see ur not making excuses anymore.

  • @cloroxbleach4087
    @cloroxbleach4087 5 років тому +39

    God, the start is so beautiful

  • @ellat6399
    @ellat6399 2 роки тому +22

    I have had a passion for the piano since I was a baby, now I have a real piano and im working up to be one of these incredible artists such as Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart, etc!! I absolutely love this piece! It’s gorgeous! :)

    • @jc5983
      @jc5983 2 роки тому +1

      Good luck! 👍🏽

    • @airahli6581
      @airahli6581 2 роки тому +1

      How awesome ! Good luck

  • @Cthulu1985
    @Cthulu1985 4 роки тому +5

    Hearing this as I watch the sun set above my neghborhood's empty streets. This is how you create unforgettable little moments.

  • @mattslifka
    @mattslifka 7 років тому +149

    definitely my favorite interpretation of no. 2. So many pianists seem to treat it like a sprint race. I personally think playing out so fast smothers the piece and leaves less room for the playful, twisting, whimsical nature of the piece to come through.

  • @Jlongtors0
    @Jlongtors0 4 роки тому +396

    This is beautiful, but in the portrait he looks like his dad is lecturing him and he's thinking, "Not this shit again."

    • @Alex-ej3by
      @Alex-ej3by 3 роки тому +12

      Looks like somebody just told him their preferred gender pronouns lol

    • @romb4649
      @romb4649 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂 Do true! 😊✌

    • @neal4471
      @neal4471 3 роки тому

      could well have happened he was that kind of kid, contrary

    • @edwingerard8544
      @edwingerard8544 3 роки тому

      It's all about his ear

    • @jacksonhuang919
      @jacksonhuang919 3 роки тому +1

      the talking eyes lol

  • @eeeeeeeeeee660
    @eeeeeeeeeee660 Рік тому +2

    arabesque no2 is so underrated

  • @jassielavila8048
    @jassielavila8048 4 роки тому +5

    This piece brings me peace in the middle of a pandemic

  • @estrella211ful
    @estrella211ful 5 років тому +19

    Nunca agradeceré a Dios lo bastante por haber dotado a estos hombres con la capacidad de crear / interpretar la maravilla de esta música (clásica)¡ que cada vez tiene más fans en Internet.! Gracias a quienes la comparten con el mundo.

  • @bryanlee5195
    @bryanlee5195 5 років тому +305

    I first heard this piece 5 years ago.
    Now I can almost afford a piano.

  • @capnovolin
    @capnovolin 3 роки тому +83

    I listened to this when I was deaf. Now I'm still deaf.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 2 роки тому +1

      Now the bad news....

    • @winter2400
      @winter2400 2 роки тому

      @@Retroscoop he got hit by a car right after

  • @ameliamarbablanco2945
    @ameliamarbablanco2945 3 роки тому +16

    Para mí es un prodigio de belleza musical

  • @amymannheimer6958
    @amymannheimer6958 5 років тому +115

    The french definitely know how to compose music that touches the heart!

    • @hawkudasai3572
      @hawkudasai3572 5 років тому +6

      Amy Mannheimer merci

    • @mochdrew3364
      @mochdrew3364 4 роки тому

      Ravel is not the case..

    • @getbeaned2008
      @getbeaned2008 4 роки тому +1

      Андрей музыкального таланта Have you ever heard Le Tombeau de Couperin “Toccata”? I personally think that song can touch one’s soul but in a different manner than most other pieces. The fact that it was composed for the dead that Ravel had lost in the war and on opening night, Marguerite Long played the piece for her dead husband and played it once again because of how well the public received it. A beautiful story and a beautiful piece, in my opinión,

    • @aoxy87
      @aoxy87 4 роки тому

      @@mochdrew3364 I recommend you this:
      ua-cam.com/video/bTYUyDjVCRU/v-deo.html

    • @thomascatty379
      @thomascatty379 4 роки тому

      Amy Mannheimer Merci 🙏

  • @isabelramirez1497
    @isabelramirez1497 4 роки тому +42

    Que triste ver que casi no hay comentarios en español...yo amo la música clásica en especial las obras de Mozart, Bach y Debussy

    • @luzluzprado
      @luzluzprado 3 роки тому +2

      Nao tem em portugues, eu sou do BRASIL.

    • @Ianq84
      @Ianq84 Рік тому +1

      Cuando escucho música, no suelo comentar

    • @martinlee5604
      @martinlee5604 Рік тому +2

      Me encantan estas piezas.

  • @djeronimo7981
    @djeronimo7981 3 роки тому +1

    un pur joyau , debussy a son paroxysme créatif , une oeuvre sensuelle , onirique , épurée , qui nous berce , le 19 EME siecle et le début du 20 eme y sont tous les deux enlacés , un vrai bonheur par ces temps difficiles entre confinement et couvre feu ,

  • @Proctra
    @Proctra 3 роки тому +17

    As a electronic music producer for 13 years, ive never had such an enchanting ride through music as exploring what classical has music offered me. Needless to say it has changed my view on music forever. I'm 24 and grateful for the effect these artists have had on me going forward. So much to learn and breathe here from debussy alone.

    • @hilaryapril7043
      @hilaryapril7043 8 місяців тому

      You produced electronic music at 11 years old which numbs the brain...classical music stimulates the brain. Happy graduation!!

  • @J0HNJ0RDAN
    @J0HNJ0RDAN 5 років тому +39

    I primarily associate this music with 2 things from my life:
    1. StarHustler (of course)
    2. Long and lazy summer afternoons, spent lying on the floor of my grandparents living room.. drifting in and out of sleep to the likes of Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, the 100 acre wood.... a magical place, for sure.. and why, I think, the music reminds me of it.

    • @milesfrommission
      @milesfrommission 3 роки тому

      I never would have remembered the title "StarHustler".

    • @alanhirschman1320
      @alanhirschman1320 Рік тому

      Omigod! Someone else who remembers the Starhustler. What was his real name, and what happened to him?

  • @Kievest
    @Kievest 7 років тому +104

    Debussy's music opens the doors to the imagination
    and allows the spirit to soar on delicate wings to
    a world of enchantment. Thank you for posting.

  • @zOsO0535
    @zOsO0535 3 роки тому +36

    The beauty of Debussy is unmatched and incomprehensible. He is truly the reason why us humans live, to enjoy such masterpieces such as this.

    • @MaTeTris
      @MaTeTris Рік тому

      I couldn't agree more!

  • @MVR326
    @MVR326 Рік тому +6

    The two Arabesques were part of my repertory when I studied piano up through high school . Debussy, like Bach, were for me the most challenging to study and play, but once getting the grasp on the music and interpreting it, a complete exhilarating pleasure . And I always felt it was such an honor to play all these pieces... My favorite bars were 00:38-1:25 , and in the 2nd piece 6:50-7:08. .....I sure do miss it.

  • @barunariotama641
    @barunariotama641 5 років тому +22

    I always love Debussy's works. It's not overwhelming, and beautiful.

  • @silentmoonlessnight6716
    @silentmoonlessnight6716 6 років тому +10

    Arabesque always manages to sooth me during a depressive episode. Something about the song helps me realize that things will be fine. I swear, it's... Magical.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 роки тому +9

    This wonderful rendition is a luxurious lullaby before falling asleep.
    It is a luxury and bliss to fall asleep while listening to such a magnificent performance

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 3 роки тому +4

    Comme la première lumière du crépuscule, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de vieilles promesses et à toutes les anomalies bienfaisantes de la nature. Evocatrices de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et réveillent les regrets, les vies écorchés et la torpeur des veilleurs tourmentés

  • @chorizolocochon9139
    @chorizolocochon9139 5 років тому +9

    This song makes me feel nostalgic, and I realize that a song without having lyrics can transmit many emotions, this song touches a sensitive point in me.

  • @debbieemmerson3517
    @debbieemmerson3517 5 років тому +14

    I have a place to go to in my head when I hear music like this...where noone can touch me

    • @stellarennex2901
      @stellarennex2901 5 років тому

      i can
      'come on come on come on come on now touch me babe!' - the Doors :)

    • @chiefslief1886
      @chiefslief1886 5 років тому

      🎶❤👍

  • @aleudapontes4828
    @aleudapontes4828 Рік тому +11

    Relembro a minha infância e adolescencia ao lado dos meus pais
    Momentos de serenidade, de magia, de profundidade existencial que se perpetua em minha memória...

  • @christianriddler5063
    @christianriddler5063 3 роки тому +3

    There is nothing better than this when it comes to music. At least when it comes to piano.

  • @q306005
    @q306005 4 роки тому +9

    Something about Debussy's style is so elegantly beautiful that it often brings me to tears. Clair de Lune has an even greater effect on me than Arabesque. Two notes and I'm misty-eyed.