Marc-André Hamelin- Claude Debussy L'isle Joyeuse
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- www.cbcmusic.ca
Marc-Andre Hamelin ranks among the best pianists playing today, so when this Canadian superstar arrived in Vancouver for a recital at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Colmbia, CBC was there to capture all of the excitement. Here is Debussy's L'isle Joyeuse.
We're really spoilt by the internet. Just sat here procrastinating and stumbled upon this exquisite performance.
Accessing the name of the song, would then require searching through record shops, or recording it on the radio. Thank Christ I wasn't born back then.
Luke Falkner! Hi!
It's not "the internet". It's UA-cam, the only place where you can watch this wonderful content.
Right? I don't feel like I deserve this.
@@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy we don’t! But luckily here we are. What a piece!!
I may not know anything about classical music, but I know goose bumps when I get them.
KEEP GOING!!
Wow. What a great performance. You can tell he really understands the complex phrasing and voicing in this piece, regardless of his slightly controversial tempo (I think the piece speaks well in this performance tempo in this particular performance). Bravo.
Erik C 'Piano Man'
Indeed one of if not my favourite performance of the piece !
You don't need to thank us for watching such amazing videos of such amazing performers. Thank YOU for recording them.
Fancy seeing you here! And seven years ago as well!
marc
I really don't get these posters. Some say it is too fast, others say too slow, should be more "nervous". Where, pray tell does Debussy write that? Another says his tone is due to the Steinway. This is a great performance, guys! Get over it! Stop whining!
Some pianists play it as fast but very few as convincing as he does. He conveys the poetry though the tempo while others obliterate it. I know this piece intimately because I have played it, also in concert. It is tremendously difficult
I don't know but in my opinion it's a squishy composition.What I mean by that is the music is cacophonous and chaotic which adds to the technical difficulty.The mind is just unable to conceive it immediately since it lacks repetition or a solid recognizable structure. As such the training process becomes even more demanding because you're learning something new a each musical interval.
Hamelin is always on an inner flight from emotional engagement. Borderline psychotic playing. He has need psychological help his ENTIRE life.
wanna know why the tone is due to the steinway(I seldom got the chance to play their piano)
What makes this piece difficult in your opinion? Because I cannot see anything that is obviously insane, so enlighten me!
Yes, tempo seems quite fast, but as you say, he maintains the dynamics and nuance, so a very impressive performance!
It passes the goosebump test at the end. Tremendous.
Repeatedly. And every time. How does he do that?!
So this is the Piece Lucky is gonna play ?!?!
Siii. Vengo del manga a oírla!
"L'isle joyeuse" is a reference to Cythera, the island on which Venus/Aphrodite first stepped when she emerged from the foam. The island is since a metonym for love. I once read that ol' Claude composed this to capture the feelings - HIS feelings of being really in love for the first time.
As a matter of interest, "Cytherean" is the commonly accepted adjective for describing anything to do with Venus (goddess or planet) as the true adjective, venereal, is, well...need I say more?
so, cyprus?
but which side?
Not just any kind of love, but, plainly sexual love. The day on the Isle of Cythera included numerous sensual pleasure but ended with an orgy, which the music can be said to reflect.
in his immaculate precision, he gracefully (and effortlessly) dances with all the hemiolas!!! Hamelin at best is here in my opinion!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I totally agree! :-)
Hamlein is just too classy for this world.
Yes, his tempo is fast ! But, he can do it and it gives me chills. I think Debussy would have approved of Hamelin's interpretation.
4:58 OMG. This part to the end is so perfect. ❤🔥
It's not too fast, he is able to achieve all the right colours and moods while bringing out the different voices, so for him, it is the right tempo. I was there live, and it was stunning.
In my opinion is too fast (for my taste) but it clearly wasn't too fast for him😂😅
I mean, he is expressive and doesn't sound rushed but, I always get the impression that this piece is better when done in 6 minutes (minimum)
This is the kind of performance Impressionism demands- clean, expressive, untrammeled by over-thinking. Bravo!
@@tomhardy5147 but eventually is more about taste and different sensitivities (I'm not native speaker, perhaps doesnt make sense?)
One thing is technical display, I consider this, Horowitz's and specially Pollini's version perfect technically, but musically I prefer others, like the one of a young pianist called Jean Luc Therrien.
I think that in keeping
to strict time, it appears too fast. There is no ebb and flow, which I would prefer. Debussy himself when being recorded, tended to be somewhat frenetic, but I don:t believe his original intention was to create that effect.
It's a bit too clockwork for my taste, bearing in mind the subject matter.
he totally gets it. He understands the arc of this piece like no one else I've ever heard. and that includes Horowitz, Gieseking, etc. And I enjoy Horowitz's performances, especially when he was younger, but to me, the phrasing and the slight ritard before the climactic theme just is totally the way it leaps from the paper.
I also like Maurizio Pollini's version. Did you hear it?
+Gabriel Gallardo yes I did! but hamelin is sexy lol haha haha. popping vagaims
Kocsis
I also like very much Rouvier for this.
Debussy achieved the exact triumph of joy, of overjoy, of superjoy - without pompous apotheosis.
when you listen to Debussy you understand how jazz was influenced by him
Exactly! Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett are just two such artists that spring to mind (and let's not leave out Miles and Coltrane, of course). I rejoice that we have the music of Debussy and those he has influenced.
+Roberto Elias Cristián Vargas Reveco as well as Bartok did quite the influence on some as well, especially on Herbie!
+LinkBulletBill Chick Corea loves the music of Bartok.
Roberto Elias Cristián Vargas Reveco Great comment, I say this everyday when I'm listening to Debussy. I read somewhere that he didn't want to accept such a title about his music
Tears welling up that somewhere in life this sequence exists as this deep assembly of ideas that itself is an astounding level of human expression, and yet even further that Marc can play it so well and interpret it with such craft and finally... is even capable.
Wow, incredible! The tempo is a bit faster than I'm used to, but it works very well & certainly in keeping with the piece. Puts the 'Joyeuse' in there to no small extent.
An absolutely wonderful performance!
Who's here after PPPPPP?
YESSIR
I AM
That buildup until.... 4:40 ... chair de poule... goosebumps. Solo beautiful !!!!
There's so much madness in this piece! I love it ❤️ Listen at 3:32 how Debussy just kind of inhales the whole piece, chews it up and spits it right out again in extremely dense and compact form before moving on to the big Climax 🙏 So brilliant and mad 🤪🥰
True
Hamelin's take on the dynamics at the end is awe-inspiring.
Very clear, very 'French', very post-Schumannesque, surpasses my favorite-until-now!
Just incredible in every way. :-)
He played the Joyful Island
... but i felt so distressed
... and I thought only Horowitz could do it justice! This is astounding!
This is amazing I cn clearly picture the ship and d waves at sea at 4:11
I play this composition and I hate it. I just realised that it is because of MY playing, not because the composition.
Quite good - especially the middle sections where the color palette has to thin to nearly nothing. Unfortunately he just doesn't produce a good big sound near the end, mostly due to his hammer-like arm motions. It comes across as rather harsh and not full.
extremely well played. hard to top!
just imagine how lang lang would play this masterpiece
+Florin Matasaru ya it would be a great shit
+Florin Matasaru He played it for the Japanese drama series Nodame Cantabile.
I'd rather not imagine, since it would be much worse than Hamelin :)
I'd rather not
Very very good. My previous favorites of this piece are performances by Walter Gieseking and Jean Philipe Collard... This is up there with anyone's. Bravo!
I'll skip the word salad and simply say this was inspiring and enjoyable!
Sublime. Simplemente espectacular. Bravo!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Vengo por el manga pppppp
Shoot the cameraman! I want to see his hands!
Christopher Norman agree
Awesome! :D
Beauty. My favorite piece of Debussy
To me, Hamelin is the best pianist alive. His genius turns every piece into a work of art, taking you in a journey through time and space into another dimension, and back to earth.
Hamelin is so refreshing to come across after having been so absorbed in Gryaznov’s performances for years. I posted Gryaznov’s rendition of this on my channel synced with sheet music. Hearing the differences from his and Hamelin’s is a treat. Gryaznov’s timing, touch, and voicing remain, I think, most compelling. But Hamelin’s shaping of phrases was equally effective and a nice contrast.
Boring as compared to Samson François.
This piece is amazing....
I'm kinda curious to know if this is Debussy's Middle Period ? Like close to 1894 when he wrote Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ?
It´s written around 1903/1904, parallel with Estampes. High Impressionism
Great artist performs music of great composer on great instrument in great hall, what could be possibly better?
I heard this 20 years ago and I found it!
SO ANNOYING when they put up ads for the next youtube before the one you're watching is fully completed. Argh.
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Wow ! He barrelled through that pretty fast. About 5:12. I don't think I've heard anyone play it as fast. Maybe he had to go to the bathroom.
I think I heard Horowitz playing at that speed to, I can't chose one, they are both really awesome...
Walter Gieseking played it quite a bit faster!
I like this interpretation of the piece very much, but . . . I wish he'd taken it a bit more slowly. When it's played this fast, something of the joy of it is lost because it's very hard to make all the notes sound in a way that we can actually hear them. I think Horowitz plays this the way I prefer it. (That said, I'm sure many listeners will agree with Hamelin that his approach is the best.)
I agree. He’s a phenomenal pianist, but the principal tempo is Modere (sorry, can’t find the accents,) and he starts right away with an allegro molto. Leaves no room for the buildup to the climax. Wish I had his chops, though!
Hes got such a good sense of structure (and technique) he just about pulls it off..but I think it's ultimately too fast and a bit crude
Just--
Wow. Cannot think of anything I'd rather listen to
Happy you like it! Marc-Andre Hamelin is incredible on the keys. Do you listen to his work often?
Thollier and Hamelin so far as i HEARD , when it comes to interpreting Debussy
I think this is one of the best recordings of one of the best compositions ever written. I have never heard anyone play it with that much clarity. I dont think he should have played it slower nessicarily but with more dynamics, like sped up and slowed down along with volume changes at different moments.
There are many great pianists, all possessing their own strengths. But I believe Hamelin is the most complete pianist I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing.
Why Debussy and Ravel are too difficult to play?... :(
He barrels through the build up to the big reveal in the climax and totally misses it. Shocking to me. Furthermore there are several important l.h motives throughout the piece that are a blob of sound. It’s difficult to make them project and he doesn’t even try, again barrels through with pedal. I don’t hear any spectacular precision. Having said that, this is probably Debussy’s greatest piano masterpiece, so the genius of the writing still manages to come through, but not because of Hamelin. A lot of you are easily pleased; must not be pianists, probably non-musicians.
His sound is that of a Steinway piano, nothing more, nothing less.
qu'il touche la piano au fin... ca demontre l'esprit mysticale de m Hamelin, peut-etre. Debussy a pu nomme ca "L'Horizon Perdu du Shangri-La", quant a moi!
Good ol' CBC!
THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE
how tf does a guy write this
(Also, smarten yourself up! Have a shave, put a tie on, buy a decent suit.)
Something about this just invokes such… horror and I love it
I have a question. the intro to this piece with the 32nd notes I always play with only one hand, but here he plays it with two. I see how that would make it faster and easier, but I have gotten so accustomed to just using one, should I use two?
Go for it! It seems to have worked out well for Marc-André.
His impeccable performance will transcend the times and human races .
Amazing ... I wonder how many hours he practised this for
This is a brilliant and insanely fast piece of music, he makes it look easy.
he put so much force on that last note his bench moved! haha very strong ending!
great performance, but too fast in some sections.
definitely agree with you... too fast in many sections....loses in my opinion the underlying mythological references to Cythera and love and doesn't quite get to a "state of mind"
of joyous emergence and transcendence which is more mysterious and magical than just display of virtuosity.
@@michaelviensmusic1416 Exactly, some missed keys as well but good nevertheless
qué mago el hamelin
Great!!
Thanks for watching!
Ned Rorem mentioned this in his earliest memoir.
Wonderful!!!
I experience a peculiar phenomenon when I hear Marc Andre Hamelin play - am I alone in this? - He has 10 fingers that can play any bunch of notes one cares to mention; AND YET...why do I always find his playing so dull, colourless and devoid of excitement. I've heard him play so much of the virtuosic pianists' repertoire and in his hands it leaves me cold. Anyone else find this?
To me he plays the way he dresses - sloppy. I’ve never been impressed with his technique or his sound; it’s mushy. I’ve seen him live too. To me, he’s not in the same league as Pollini, Perahia, Zimerman, Kissin, to name a few. But he has a very successful career so kudos to him. It’s not easy to do.
3:29
1:08
For me it is just from the heaven
Dang, sounds like a hard song.
Phenomenal playing!!!
Wow! 🎉
This totally fucking rocks! I wish it had been on the new recording tho
so good
I would love to hear you play the piece on an AMERICAN Steinway.
L’isle joyeuse is my favorite piece of music of all time. I have so many favorite versions of this piece which don’t include this one but this video is the one I introduce to people when they ask me what’s my favorite song of all time.
He plays it like Copland’s El Salon Mexico meets a Czerny etude
Rico
This is a difficult piece to hold together, but here it does- and the ending- wow...
I heard he uses 3 different scales in the intro.. just wanna check how it goes.... 🎅
wonderful perf in every way....reminds me of geiseking's 50s recording
i'm playing this on my next competition, but i don't know if i can play
it well.....
His exquisite performance is an order of magnitude more awesome
MARK, JUST GREAT TABLEAU OF FRENCH LAND AND SEA SCAPES. THE TEMPI REFLECT THE PERFECT IMAGES YOU DREAM UP. YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS GUY.
such a pleasure to listen to this
Che freddezza questo pianista. Gelido ! Suggerisco l'ascoto di Samson Francois, ad esempio.
❤
4:37
BU PARÇAYI HALA ÇIKARAMIYORUM !
i'm a big walter gieseking fan but this has something i can't ignore
That ending sends a shive down my spine... that fantastic tremolo!
The hands of this pianist ....
Splendid interpretation, very evocative, very poetical, among the finest with such as Bavouzet's.