Just heard that Mr. Labé passed away on 1-18-2022. This is by far my favorite rendition of Claire de lune. We are all fortunate enough to be blessed with this music and talent. Rest in peace.
I'm really sad to hear this, I discovered this version of Clair de lune maybe 14 years ago when I was trying to play it myself, and it has since become my all time favorite . I come back sometimes to listen to it, even if Mr. Labé is no longer there, his music will remain.
Each time I listen to this piece I can't help but think it is describing the journey of life. 0:00 - 1:20 = Childhood 1:20 - 1:51 = Adolecence 1:51 - 2:03 = Realisation that the world isn't against you ;-) 1:57 - 2:38 = Young adulthood, time to grow as a person 2:38 - 2:54 = Love 2:54 - 3:09 = Relaxing into routine of adulthood 3:09 - 3:25 = Senior work years 3:25 - 4:08 = Retirement years 4:08 - 4:48 = Elderly years with your soulmate 4:48 - 5:13 = Time of reflection A beautiful piece
Music is capable of doing many things. One of which is awakening the mind to what may have been forgotten through time, even simple emotions. No one knows how, but that’s ok, because it shows the beauty that one person can create through creativity. Van Gough using pain to create beauty. Beethoven working to create what he knew would be a masterpiece even though he’d never hear it.
this was my mom's favorite song as mine i play by ear and by hands lol. i played it at my daughters. funeral who died in 9/11 w my late wife in tower 1 i love this song so much happy thanks giving all
+Captain MARK Serrato I am extremely sorry for your loss. I grew up in NJ and overlooking NYC. In the 70's I watched the towers go up foot by foot with my father's telescope. This song brings eternal solace to the soul. I play soprano saxophone and am downloading the sax version from Amazon. This music goes to show that we are really in God's hands.
+Captain MARK Serrato This is a wonderful piece to remind us that there's beauty and hope all around us, even in the worst of circumstances. Here's a hug from the other side of the world. (I'm writing this while my daughter is trying to play this same song on her keyboard, and that was what brought me here in the first place. The story never ends, my friend.)
This is one of the best covers I've heard of this piece. So many people play it too fast when it's supposed to be played like THIS! To some of the guys saying they've learnt this piece after 2 years of playing piano, not taking it away from you, but I sincerely doubt it, this is a RCM grade 10 piece. So many believe that being able to read the music and play the notes means you can play it, when its all down to the timing, the touch and articulation which is why it is a grade 10 piece.
I have looked and listened to a number of Clair de lune performances on UA-cam and I always come back to this one. One of my favorite performances of my favorite classical piece of music. So beautiful!
here i sit, thinking that this sounds like quite the good quote, i should maybe check out that movie... Of course it is filthyfrank Was pretty obvious from the getgo wasn't it ^^
Thank you for not rushing through this piece as so many performers do. This is about comparing a lover's soul to a peaceful walk in the moonlight. I do not believe that this would be a time to run; it's a relaxed walk that allows you feel intense love and romance. Thank for observing what this poem/piece is truly about.
Absolutely beautiful. This was my mother's signature piece, she studied to be a concert pianist. I have her original copy of this piece and treasure it. This is done in extraordinary fashion, thank you!
Stunning! This piece is the reason I started to play the piano and something I won't master for many years to come. Love how the expression can change with each performer but remain beautifully dreamy….
As someone who doesn't play the piano, I can't speak to Mr. Labe's adherence to Debussy's instructions, but this rendition was absolutely magical for me. Just astoundingly beautiful. I wish I could get a CD-quality version of this rendition.
It makes me remember my mom who passed away a few years ago. It evokest a flood of memories all good, and strong as if she is somehow still here. She loved listening to Debussy.
This is my favorite composition. I never get tired of it. I listen to it before I go to sleep. It brings me painful memories, but I don't care- I love it.
One of the most beautiful & soul stirring pieces ever written. This pianist pulls from this musically mystical, melancholy enchantment like few other pianists. Bravo! Most pianists rush through this rich pool of music, compromising the tumult of emotional expression which defines this incredible piece. Thanks for uploading & sharing such a marvelously translated masterpiece.
CLAIR DE LUNE Quando Debussy ao dedilhar, suavemente, em seu piano, apenas algumas poucas notas musicais, dessa obra prima, do clássico mundial, consegue nos enternecer, emocionar-nos as lágrimas, com sua belíssima composição, com certeza, nesse momento, tão sublime, de belo e não de sublimação, ele tocou suas mãos nas mãos de Deus, foi quando aconteceu o milagre de sua criação, que ao ouvi-la enleva-nos, faz-nos sentir mais humildes, diante de tão bela e terna inspiração. Ouvindo-a nossos olhos lacrimejam, nosso espírito vaga na imensidão do espaço, na mais pura, forte e sentida emoção. Nesse momento, cremos ainda mais na existência desse Deus maravilhoso e em seu poder de transformar homens, supostamente fortes, inacreditavelmente, em seres frágeis, tão imensamente dóceis, pequeninos, minúsculos, embevecidos que ficam, como eu, agora, ao ouvir e sentir toda sua imensa beleza. Clair de Lune, uma das mais belas, perfeitas e completas composições desse “monstro sagrado”, o inesquecível presente, que a humanidade recebeu, para a eternizá-la, a fim de lembrar, sempre, ao ouvi-la, que sua alma é pura e jamais esquecer que é filha de um Deus Vivo e Misericordioso. texto escrito sob forte emoção por jan.
Parabéns, amigo! Seu comentário merece muito, mais muito mais reconhecimento! Que estes meu like e resposta (atrasados, até) sirvam apenas como sinal de que ainda há pessoas que apreciam este tipo de música, e, mais importante, que gostam de ler um texto como o seu! 👏
i found this by chance. Entered random word on youtube search bar. Thought of a random number pressed down that number on my down key, pressed ener. Picked another random number scrolled down and skipped the videos and stopped on the number i picked. As for the video very relaxing, Enjoyed it a lot. :)
I think he played it very with technicality and precision, but the whole first section just seems like a chore for him. Its like he thinks its beneath him. The whole point of Debussy I personally think is to really reach into and and take out what you want (within the guidelines he leaves). And he just plays the intro and finale (mostly the intro) very robotic. I find it is missing the emotion that Debussy wants people to find. I might be bias because i have interpreted the song in a different way, but the only version that I have ever enjoyed hearing another person play is Angela Hewitt's. As said i am bias because I play my opening very similar to the way she dynamically builds it up, but if you have not heard it. Go listen to it, I think she is an amazing pianist and you can see the enjoyment she has in playing the piano.
I think Angela Hewitt plays it from a woman's perspective. Her rendition sounds softer and more lingering. Whereas this one is stronger and more rigid. I prefer this one because it gives more room for imagination in my opinion.
I'm performing this for an exam tomorrow, I watched this video once before I began learning the piece and just watched it now. It is only now that I can fully appreciate the nuances of both this piece and this performance. And I have to say, this is still my favourite performance of the piece, I feel that far too many performers rush this piece, it's real beauty appears when a slower, calmer approach is taken as seen above.
This is suck a wonderful piece of music. My mother loved classical music and played it while I was young and growing up. It now makes me cry remembering her. Hello, Mom! I Love and Miss You so much.
This gentleman knows his way around the Steinway Grand Piano. I find it amazing how many of our comments are that our Mothers played this melody for us as children.
Absolutely beautiful , perfectly played aswel. this song is one of those classical songs that will never be forgotten, Its a song that churns your stomach , it brings back memories of child hood and lonlyness and it reminds us all how wonderful the world can be , how beautiful music makes happiness and tears, Claude Debussy was definately one of the greatest and genuine minds in the world.
I use to hold my baby girl in my arms every night and play this for her till she fell asleep. The just sit and be thankful for the love I was given. She is 7 now and I still do that. I love my little girl so much.
I've been working on it for 2 years on a 1924 Gulbranson upright. (My Great Grandparent's) It doesn't perform like that Steinway and I can't do it like he does but it is fun and frustrating. I think I sound bretty good but I don't get a whole lot of compliments...
This song always reminds me of the only woman I can say with confidence I've ever truly loved, up until now. It would be arrogant however, to surreptitiously display my personal emotions and attachment to the piece when it's played so beautifully. The composition is flawless, and the timing (without question) the best I've heard outside of original recordings. Worthy of the 1.7 million views it has, no doubt. It is surely an absolute shame that it hasn't been listened to in this particular venue even more...
Your words fill my heart with joy. There are very few adult people today who can really understand what it is like to be a child, because they gave up being "childish" for so long, drowning the child in them with tons of coffee and alcohol, trying to become "mature". But you are perhaps one of the few who still understands who simple and beautiful life can be if you preserve a part of your childhood. This process is what I call true maturity.
I got here cause some guy was from Chicago music exchange was playing part of this on a gibson SG. some guy put Clair de lune in the comments. so I looked it up. I've heard this many times I dig it. not what I would usually listen too but it's calming. somewhat melencholy
I remembered myself starting to play this. I was being so slow my dad wondered what was I playing. I liked this song so so much I could play it all day long. When I finally could play it like its key-ed in into my soul and body, I feel miriculous
I am learning this piece right now and here is a decision i am deliberating. At 3:25 when it returns to Tempo I, the way it is written it has the bass note of each left hand arpeggio through that section HELD, through beat two, under a REST. In order to hold that bottom note, i broke the arpeggio so that my right hand does the top note of each one through that section allowing my left pinky to stay on the bass note.. it undoubtedly sounds better but takes so much work so I come on here to see what this guy does... he releases the bass note and just pedals it :P Screw it thats what im doin.
I am the proud owner of a 1967 Steinway & Sons Hamburg Model D Concert Grand Piano, just like this one. I can tell you that my piano sounds very much the same as this one and it is a dream come true for me to have been able to buy it. I bought it from an older Gentleman who bought it brand new at the Hamburg Factory 45 years ago, it is in as new condition today, so the quality is like no other. God Bless you all and God Bless the Steinway Family who have always made the best pianos
chairs She would be playing it to send him on to the next life, realm, state of being, etc., like a tribute to/for her father. I have already heard this song played at a funeral and my own mother would love me to play this song at her funeral as well. I can play the song, but not by memory, but I doubt I could concentrate anyway enough to play it by memory.
Yep. Have another go. I'm no pianist (though I play be ear ok). Takes me forever to learn score but perseverance pays off! Like you I started this piece over a year ago and have recently had another go. Pretty fluent for the first half now! A few more weeks haha.
I first heard this song over 30 years ago in a Delta Airlines commercial!! I over heard my 3 year old daughter playing this song on her Nabi and I had to SoundHound it and instantly the memories came back!!
This song is absolutely beautiful. When i listen to this i think of the 20's and my grandpap that pasted away. It just sounds like a song they would play in the 20's with people falling in love
I agree " Jeremias Nater " said. Google doodle for Debussy 151st birthday brought me back the life when I was single listened beautiful music a lot...... but listenless by now. Thomas Labe played so beautiful, really showed the view of " Clair de Lune" front my eyes.
I wasn't going to, but I actually feel compelled to say that my last comment where I directed the C word at you was intended as a joke... hope no offence was caused. It just seemed like an opportunity for some comedy.
Coughing would be almost as annoying as a pointless comment about the possibility of a cough. Maybe it will rain today, maybe the sky will fall...waaah. Clickbait fail!
***** It is actually extremely funny how you talk about our "lack" of emotional intelligence, when you can't understand that we are joking. That is actually, by definition, a lack of emotional intelligence, also known as EQ.
Esta es ......una hermosa composición que brota desde lo mas profundo del alma y el espíritu. Gracias a todo lo mas bello que Dios nos da para ser felices !!! Excelente ejecución !!!
A lot of this song seems pretty easy. Is it? I want to learn it. I don't take lessons and I never have but I'm fairly good. I can play about half of the entertainer at fairly fast tempo. So is it hard?
Nero Vuk Thanks for your negative comment, cynic. Yes, objectively speaking there's a clear difference in difficulty. But that's not what it's about. I often hear students and friends say "I can't do that. That's too hard." .. and then they're unable to learn the piece simply because they're already convinced they can't do it. There's also a bunch of young kids who don't have this internal voice saying they can't do it, and they progress really fast.
It is a deceivingly difficult song, especially if played in its original 5 flats. There are a lot of subtle inflections and rhythmic oddities. My mum is a piano teacher and she assigns it to her grade 10 students (the final grade before you go for your ARCT Performing Arts certificate in the Royal Conservatory of Music's system).
In reply to your question: It’s not about if you can learn to play the music but rather can you find the beauty of it deep within yourself to bring it out so lovingly that birds can sing along with you while you play, and nature can breathe something fresh for a change, and that the Moon and the Earth can meet and kiss each other, or to deliver it like in this performance. That’s the question you should ask. But go for it!
Just heard that Mr. Labé passed away on 1-18-2022.
This is by far my favorite rendition of Claire de lune. We are all fortunate enough to be blessed with this music and talent. Rest in peace.
I'm really sad to hear this, I discovered this version of Clair de lune maybe 14 years ago when I was trying to play it myself, and it has since become my all time favorite .
I come back sometimes to listen to it, even if Mr. Labé is no longer there, his music will remain.
Each time I listen to this piece I can't help but think it is describing the journey of life.
0:00 - 1:20 = Childhood
1:20 - 1:51 = Adolecence
1:51 - 2:03 = Realisation that the world isn't against you ;-)
1:57 - 2:38 = Young adulthood, time to grow as a person
2:38 - 2:54 = Love
2:54 - 3:09 = Relaxing into routine of adulthood
3:09 - 3:25 = Senior work years
3:25 - 4:08 = Retirement years
4:08 - 4:48 = Elderly years with your soulmate
4:48 - 5:13 = Time of reflection
A beautiful piece
What a beautiful comment
very poetic and romantic
This piece awakes some kind of nostalgic, maybe melancholy feeling. It's astonishingly beautiful.
Dimapelo Manual ur a noob
Jadon Harper congratulations!
Dimapelo Manual I love you don't congratulate me
Thanks man
Music is capable of doing many things. One of which is awakening the mind to what may have been forgotten through time, even simple emotions. No one knows how, but that’s ok, because it shows the beauty that one person can create through creativity. Van Gough using pain to create beauty. Beethoven working to create what he knew would be a masterpiece even though he’d never hear it.
"Music is the silence between the notes." - Claude Debussey
Helena Linakis "Music is the space between the notes" - Claude Debussy
Cage would approve
"Music is the space between the notes" - Claude Debussy
- Michael Scott
Debussey omg xD jajajajajaja
There's literally not one second of silence in this piece
this was my mom's favorite song as mine i play by ear and by hands lol. i played it at my daughters. funeral who died in 9/11 w my late wife in tower 1 i love this song so much happy thanks giving all
Oh I'm so sorry for your losses. This is indeed a beautiful song :)
+Captain MARK Serrato I am extremely sorry for your loss. I grew up in NJ and overlooking NYC. In the 70's I watched the towers go up foot by foot with my father's telescope. This song brings eternal solace to the soul. I play soprano saxophone and am downloading the sax version from Amazon. This music goes to show that we are really in God's hands.
+Captain MARK Serrato Was my mothers favourite song too, it must comfort you to listen to this as it does I, so sorry for your loss
+Captain MARK Serrato This is a wonderful piece to remind us that there's beauty and hope all around us, even in the worst of circumstances. Here's a hug from the other side of the world.
(I'm writing this while my daughter is trying to play this same song on her keyboard, and that was what brought me here in the first place. The story never ends, my friend.)
+Captain MARK Serrato So sorry for your loss.
This is one of the best covers I've heard of this piece. So many people play it too fast when it's supposed to be played like THIS!
To some of the guys saying they've learnt this piece after 2 years of playing piano, not taking it away from you, but I sincerely doubt it, this is a RCM grade 10 piece. So many believe that being able to read the music and play the notes means you can play it, when its all down to the timing, the touch and articulation which is why it is a grade 10 piece.
I'm amazed no one coughed.
That's just how awesome this is, you couldn't even if you tried.
Rick Deckard lol
*cough cough
How could they cough.... they were all breathless.
lmturmenne if you're breathless you tend to cough to release the carbon and gasp for air........
I have looked and listened to a number of Clair de lune performances on UA-cam and I always come back to this one. One of my favorite performances of my favorite classical piece of music. So beautiful!
This performance is incredible. I play it over and over and still can't seem to get enough of the emotions that I feel from the music and the pianist.
I am thoroughly convinced this is the best interpretation of this piece in existence.
Beautiful. He feels each note and each chord.
Meh
Evan Ales j'aime egalement et même beaucoup plus l'interprétation de kathia buniatishvili
Then you must be as old, if not older, than I am.
agreed. he takes it to a whole other level.
To me this music depicts the journey of life perfectly.
.....all the way to Vegas!
If asked what piece of music to hear before I die, I would choose this.
"NEVER FINISH ON THE BACH, ALWAYS FINISH ON DEBUSSY"
chictomana family guy..
Round Mango "or is it.." said the psycho girlfriend
chictomana
Bach.. Back
Debussy.. The pussy
K.Hall.. Kaptain Hallbvious
i knew everything in the universe yet i could not fall in love
I was forever trapped in an infinite timeline of pain and suffering. I envy death.
Technology is just another thing to distract you from the real joys of life.
Don Winnebago Frank please kill me
here i sit, thinking that this sounds like quite the good quote, i should maybe check out that movie...
Of course it is filthyfrank
Was pretty obvious from the getgo wasn't it ^^
we're only living in the memories of our future selves.
Every touch he makes is so beautiful, no unnecessary movements.
Absolutely incredible interpretation. Astounding. I watch this video every day, and it makes my day.
Thank you for not rushing through this piece as so many performers do. This is about comparing a lover's soul to a peaceful walk in the moonlight. I do not believe that this would be a time to run; it's a relaxed walk that allows you feel intense love and romance. Thank for observing what this poem/piece is truly about.
This has been my favorite composition since childhood.
One of the most perfect pieces of music. I can listen forever and never get tired of it.
Looking at these magnificent hands and hearing that extraordinary music just makes me think: God thank you for your creation and kindness.
I close my eyes and I see moonlight slowly covering the slate roof tops, smokey chimneys, worn gables and dormers of Paris.
....was what the heroin addict said re; his burglary charge
It's very crazy because this is exactly what I imagine. I imagine myself in Paris.
Reuben Hart Oddly enough, I always imagined walking through the countryside in autumn. Wonder how our different interpretations were formed.
Hay tantas cosas malas en este mundo. Pero esto es lo q lo salva!!! La belleza de la musica
Absolutely stunning, beautiful piece by Debussy. One of my all time favourite pieces of music.
Absolutely beautiful. This was my mother's signature piece, she studied to be a concert pianist. I have her original copy of this piece and treasure it. This is done in extraordinary fashion, thank you!
Stunning! This piece is the reason I started to play the piano and something I won't master for many years to come. Love how the expression can change with each performer but remain beautifully dreamy….
As someone who doesn't play the piano, I can't speak to Mr. Labe's adherence to Debussy's instructions, but this rendition was absolutely magical for me. Just astoundingly beautiful. I wish I could get a CD-quality version of this rendition.
Beautiful! One of my deceased mother's favorite compositions...makes me think of her and cry every time.
most beautiful sound ive ever heard gave me goosebumps
Haha me too! The goosebumps just won't go away! I'm going the hospital now because it is starting to hurt!
It makes me remember my mom who passed away a few years ago. It evokest a flood of memories all good, and strong as if she is somehow still here. She loved listening to Debussy.
I can't stop listening to it... it's so magic...
This is my favorite composition. I never get tired of it. I listen to it before I go to sleep. It brings me painful memories, but I don't care- I love it.
This will forever be my favorite piece. Ever.
One of the most beautiful & soul stirring pieces ever written. This pianist pulls from this musically mystical, melancholy enchantment like few other pianists. Bravo! Most pianists rush through this rich pool of music, compromising the tumult of emotional expression which defines this incredible piece. Thanks for uploading & sharing such a marvelously translated masterpiece.
I find this interpretation very inspirational, bravo!
John tavener the lamb
One of my favorite piece by Debussy ... Simply mind blowing ... 😇👍
CLAIR DE LUNE
Quando Debussy ao dedilhar, suavemente, em seu piano, apenas algumas poucas notas musicais, dessa obra prima, do clássico mundial, consegue nos enternecer, emocionar-nos as lágrimas, com sua belíssima composição, com certeza, nesse momento, tão sublime, de belo e não de sublimação, ele tocou suas mãos nas mãos de Deus, foi quando aconteceu o milagre de sua criação, que ao ouvi-la enleva-nos, faz-nos sentir mais humildes, diante de tão bela e terna inspiração. Ouvindo-a nossos olhos lacrimejam, nosso espírito vaga na imensidão do espaço, na mais pura, forte e sentida emoção. Nesse momento, cremos ainda mais na existência desse Deus maravilhoso e em seu poder de transformar homens, supostamente fortes, inacreditavelmente, em seres frágeis, tão imensamente dóceis, pequeninos, minúsculos, embevecidos que ficam, como eu, agora, ao ouvir e sentir toda sua imensa beleza. Clair de Lune, uma das mais belas, perfeitas e completas composições desse “monstro sagrado”, o inesquecível presente, que a humanidade recebeu, para a eternizá-la, a fim de lembrar, sempre, ao ouvi-la, que sua alma é pura e jamais esquecer que é filha de um Deus Vivo e Misericordioso.
texto escrito sob forte emoção por jan.
Parabéns, amigo! Seu comentário merece muito, mais muito mais reconhecimento! Que estes meu like e resposta (atrasados, até) sirvam apenas como sinal de que ainda há pessoas que apreciam este tipo de música, e, mais importante, que gostam de ler um texto como o seu! 👏
This piece will continue to amaze and sooth the people long after we are gone. In this, Debussy is immortal. Happy Birthday Claude, we thank you.
i found this by chance. Entered random word on youtube search bar. Thought of a random number pressed down that number on my down key, pressed ener. Picked another random number scrolled down and skipped the videos and stopped on the number i picked.
As for the video very relaxing, Enjoyed it a lot. :)
Nice
just bumbling through life? you got lucky this one time mate
And what might your problem be? He was messing around on UA-cam and found a video he liked. Don't insult his whole life because of a one time event.
Il y a une telle légèreté, une telle finesse et sensibilité. Il s'est très bien approprié le morceaux. Magnifique 👌🏼
These hands should never stop to play the piano ♥
Sublime. The most beautiful piano piece I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Bravo
the best performance I've ever heard !!!! BRAVOOOO
Agreed!!!
I think he played it very with technicality and precision, but the whole first section just seems like a chore for him. Its like he thinks its beneath him. The whole point of Debussy I personally think is to really reach into and and take out what you want (within the guidelines he leaves). And he just plays the intro and finale (mostly the intro) very robotic. I find it is missing the emotion that Debussy wants people to find.
I might be bias because i have interpreted the song in a different way, but the only version that I have ever enjoyed hearing another person play is Angela Hewitt's. As said i am bias because I play my opening very similar to the way she dynamically builds it up, but if you have not heard it. Go listen to it, I think she is an amazing pianist and you can see the enjoyment she has in playing the piano.
Perhaps an audience makes a difference.
I think Angela Hewitt plays it from a woman's perspective. Her rendition sounds softer and more lingering. Whereas this one is stronger and more rigid. I prefer this one because it gives more room for imagination in my opinion.
I don't think it's fair to say that only like beautiful things.
I'm performing this for an exam tomorrow, I watched this video once before I began learning the piece and just watched it now. It is only now that I can fully appreciate the nuances of both this piece and this performance. And I have to say, this is still my favourite performance of the piece, I feel that far too many performers rush this piece, it's real beauty appears when a slower, calmer approach is taken as seen above.
Quelle merveille!
thank's ,merci Thomas pour votre interprétation ,c'est merveilleux bravo maestro
This has Shuichi tearing up
This is suck a wonderful piece of music. My mother loved classical music and played it while I was young and growing up. It now makes me cry remembering her. Hello, Mom! I Love and Miss You so much.
Best interpretation ever. Bravo !
This gentleman knows his way around the Steinway Grand Piano. I find it amazing how many of our comments are that our Mothers played this melody for us as children.
These are the things in life I find truly impressive.
Absolutely beautiful , perfectly played aswel. this song is one of those classical songs that will never be forgotten, Its a song that churns your stomach , it brings back memories of child hood and lonlyness and it reminds us all how wonderful the world can be , how beautiful music makes happiness and tears, Claude Debussy was definately one of the greatest and genuine minds in the world.
This is the song i want ppl to play in my funeral
same thing here
Me too!
So beautifull
Don't ruin the song for everyone. They will from then on associate the beauty of the song with your death. that's a bitch move.
+Michael M (Mikey) - oh hardly.
I use to hold my baby girl in my arms every night and play this for her till she fell asleep. The just sit and be thankful for the love I was given. She is 7 now and I still do that. I love my little girl so much.
Eargasmic. One of the pieces I wanna learn before I die; imagine how euphoric it must be to play that on the keys.
currently trying my hand at this now, and i haven't played piano since a kid
I've been working on it for 2 years on a 1924 Gulbranson upright. (My Great Grandparent's) It doesn't perform like that Steinway and I can't do it like he does but it is fun and frustrating. I think I sound bretty good but I don't get a whole lot of compliments...
This is my favorite piano piece...always beautiful, no matter how many times I hear it...brava!!
This song always reminds me of the only woman I can say with confidence I've ever truly loved, up until now.
It would be arrogant however, to surreptitiously display my personal emotions and attachment to the piece when it's played so beautifully. The composition is flawless, and the timing (without question) the best I've heard outside of original recordings. Worthy of the 1.7 million views it has, no doubt. It is surely an absolute shame that it hasn't been listened to in this particular venue even more...
Your words fill my heart with joy. There are very few adult people today who can really understand what it is like to be a child, because they gave up being "childish" for so long, drowning the child in them with tons of coffee and alcohol, trying to become "mature". But you are perhaps one of the few who still understands who simple and beautiful life can be if you preserve a part of your childhood. This process is what I call true maturity.
I got here cause some guy was from Chicago music exchange was playing part of this on a gibson SG. some guy put Clair de lune in the comments. so I looked it up. I've heard this many times I dig it. not what I would usually listen too but it's calming. somewhat melencholy
I remembered myself starting to play this. I was being so slow my dad wondered what was I playing. I liked this song so so much I could play it all day long. When I finally could play it like its key-ed in into my soul and body, I feel miriculous
Why that camera switch at 2:40 when he's about to play the most visually interesting part of the piece ?! Why ?
+Emmanuel Brossard Porque es camarógrafo, y cree de su deber cambiar la toma. Sí, es una pena.
because it's TOP SECRET lol
Nos gusta oír ¡y ver!
Pianist mostly.
Why ?
After learning, practicing, and appreciating this song for the last couple of years, my perception of the world is forever changed.
I am learning this piece right now and here is a decision i am deliberating. At 3:25 when it returns to Tempo I, the way it is written it has the bass note of each left hand arpeggio through that section HELD, through beat two, under a REST. In order to hold that bottom note, i broke the arpeggio so that my right hand does the top note of each one through that section allowing my left pinky to stay on the bass note.. it undoubtedly sounds better but takes so much work so I come on here to see what this guy does... he releases the bass note and just pedals it :P Screw it thats what im doin.
I do it the same way. Why worry about holding the note when the pedal will do it for you
this definitely is one of the best song in the world.
Sounds like the first beautiful day after a war.
+Ron B indeed
+Ron B My "First Day" was tomorrow, but everyday is yesterday. (Iraq 05-07)
+Ion Hunter play regularly bach-buisoni Chaconne in D by Hélène Grimaud especially from 8 till 12 minutes, that might help a little bit...
What a beautiful comment, how very appropriate.it seems.
I am the proud owner of a 1967 Steinway & Sons Hamburg Model D Concert Grand Piano, just like this one. I can tell you that my piano sounds very much the same as this one and it is a dream come true for me to have been able to buy it. I bought it from an older Gentleman who bought it brand new at the Hamburg Factory 45 years ago, it is in as new condition today, so the quality is like no other. God Bless you all and God Bless the Steinway Family who have always made the best pianos
My dad plays this song just like this and I feel when he dies (IN A LONGGGGGG TIME) I want to play this for him.
Why would you say that lmao
chairs She would be playing it to send him on to the next life, realm, state of being, etc., like a tribute to/for her father. I have already heard this song played at a funeral and my own mother would love me to play this song at her funeral as well. I can play the song, but not by memory, but I doubt I could concentrate anyway enough to play it by memory.
wow i just finished learning this and came across this comment from 2 years ago.. what the heck was i thinking when I wrote this?
ANZIZZY so it is possible 🙏
just listening in peace cannot describe it with a word
It sounds so easy yet I tried to play it last year and gave up maybe I should try again
Try again!!! :)
Yep. Have another go. I'm no pianist (though I play be ear ok). Takes me forever to learn score but perseverance pays off! Like you I started this piece over a year ago and have recently had another go. Pretty fluent for the first half now! A few more weeks haha.
tunnelmax took me a solid year to perfect this piece. Don't regret a minute of it. Don't be demoralised, I'm only grade 1!
Adam Jones Oh, so while you're not playing guitar in Tool you're practicing piano? Good to know.
Keep going...Enjoy the journey
La musique adoucit les mœurs, particulièrement celle là bravo lartiste
R.I.P. Thomas Labé
I close my eyes and imagine the best place in my world with this song! Demasiado bien toca este señor, se merece un aplauso!
Man, I have got to play The Evil Within, again!
Jajajaja.. Yo lo eh terminado dos veces, es de los titulos que mas me gustan
that's where remember this from! the song is also mentioned in a game called white night and I had to look it up.
I first heard this song over 30 years ago in a Delta Airlines commercial!! I over heard my 3 year old daughter playing this song on her Nabi and I had to SoundHound it and instantly the memories came back!!
meu filho dorme ouvindo Debussy.
This is my favorite version. I listen to this about once a day. It is very calming and lovely.
Now this is real music, Not like the crap they play today.
stfu gangnam style iz DA BOMMMM jus cos a song has mor notes dont mean it bettr
A chaque écoute, mon poil s'hérisse, Merci Monsieur Debussy pour ce moment d'extrême douceur.
Great melody; the only problem is now I can’t see debussy without laughing
Same brooo
i watch this over and over in awe
This song, for me, the slower the better
Beautiful! You play so gracefully. Well done.
oceans 11
anonymousQ45 “Barney Rouble. Trouble.”
La musique adoucit les mœurs, particulièrement celle là !
Merci Debussy et l'Artiste pour ce partage
I wish he was my dad
Learning this on piano, it is so strikingly beautiful. It makes me cry everytime I listen to it. I do believe this is the music of angels.
NEVER FINISH ON DEBUSSY
This song is absolutely beautiful. When i listen to this i think of the 20's and my grandpap that pasted away. It just sounds like a song they would play in the 20's with people falling in love
とても落ちつく。
I agree " Jeremias Nater " said. Google doodle for Debussy 151st birthday brought me back the life when I was single listened beautiful music a lot...... but listenless by now. Thomas Labe played so beautiful, really showed the view of " Clair de Lune" front my eyes.
Someone probably already commented this but was anyone else waiting for some prick to cough loudly for half the performance?
no.... why would you expect someone to do that?
YES OMG
I wasn't going to, but I actually feel compelled to say that my last comment where I directed the C word at you was intended as a joke... hope no offence was caused. It just seemed like an opportunity for some comedy.
Coughing would be almost as annoying as a pointless comment about the possibility of a cough. Maybe it will rain today, maybe the sky will fall...waaah. Clickbait fail!
beautiful rendition.... love the mix of emotions the piece is capable of producing when played with an open mind... Debussy was amazing!
Does Arima Kousei play this...eventually??? (Shigatsu wa kimi no osu...Your Lie in April?)
Yes he does, and it's done very beautifully!
Gabriel Garcia Yes when his best friend (girl) gut dumped and was crying :>
Gabriel Garcia yep.... haha
Ahahaha that anime brought me here! Yeah, I remember when kousei was singing this song while walking in the seashore with tsubaki
+Gabriel Garcia yeah he played it in episode 15 where tsubaki finally realized her true feelings
Beautiful.. simply beautiful.
i cant believe people think this is better than real GOOD music like justin bieber or one direction ugh im only 13 and i can see that
i know man, where is the bass? justen beiber is god-tier human at music. y people no liek?:P
i waited for a drop and nothing happened this sucks donkey balls
you dont feel it because you are kids and you lack the emotional inteligence ,dont worry thou it will come with years ,if you are lucky.
***** no we're havin a giggle m8
***** It is actually extremely funny how you talk about our "lack" of emotional intelligence, when you can't understand that we are joking. That is actually, by definition, a lack of emotional intelligence, also known as EQ.
Esta es ......una hermosa composición que brota desde lo mas profundo del alma y el espíritu. Gracias a todo lo mas bello que Dios nos da para ser felices !!!
Excelente ejecución !!!
A lot of this song seems pretty easy. Is it? I want to learn it. I don't take lessons and I never have but I'm fairly good. I can play about half of the entertainer at fairly fast tempo. So is it hard?
It is only as hard as you think it is. Anyone is able to play anything with enough practice and focus. Keep at it. You'll get it!
***** Thanks for nothing, philosopher. There is difference between learning Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and learning Rondo Alla Turca.
Nero Vuk Thanks for your negative comment, cynic. Yes, objectively speaking there's a clear difference in difficulty. But that's not what it's about.
I often hear students and friends say "I can't do that. That's too hard." .. and then they're unable to learn the piece simply because they're already convinced they can't do it. There's also a bunch of young kids who don't have this internal voice saying they can't do it, and they progress really fast.
It is a deceivingly difficult song, especially if played in its original 5 flats. There are a lot of subtle inflections and rhythmic oddities. My mum is a piano teacher and she assigns it to her grade 10 students (the final grade before you go for your ARCT Performing Arts certificate in the Royal Conservatory of Music's system).
In reply to your question: It’s not about if you can learn to play the music but rather can you find the beauty of it deep within yourself to bring it out so lovingly that birds can sing along with you while you play, and nature can breathe something fresh for a change, and that the Moon and the Earth can meet and kiss each other, or to deliver it like in this performance. That’s the question you should ask. But go for it!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful, and no UA-cam crickets. Best version. Thank you.
His name is what now 😭
debussy 🤤
Increible interpretacion; increible tema... gracias por compartir...
Danganronpa V3 anyone?
kaede ;-;
Bravo Bravo. Beautiful rendtion, thank you x. A man in his 40's bought to tears from such joy!
evil within brought me here
same
Me too. Lol.
Me too...Its a beautiful song😍
Gave me the chill.
My favorite of Debussy when feeling nostalgic. It's possible that music calms the soul. I love this piece.