This is such a wonderful, almost miraculous performance! If only Debussy himself could hear it, how he would marvel that one day - over a century hence - musicians would be able to realise the subtleties of his late style, with the marvellous range of different instrumental colours and sonorities mixing in a rich and kaleidescopic way. Debussy's music is always wonderfully atmospheric, but in these late pieces he draws the listener into a mysterious world that seems to hover between different parts of his creative imagination: an imaginary exoticism; a post-impressionist interplay of light, colour and shadow; melancholic introspection, and sudden eruptions of wit and playfulness. This is revelatory musicianship on so many levels!
One of the many remarkable things about this piece is the degree to which its subject is the sonorities of the instruments themselves. Most music can be transposed for other instruments without changing the essential character of the piece, as when Beethoven transposed his violin concerto for piano, or made the clarinet in his B-flat trio interchangeable with a violin, or when Brahms transposed his clarinet sonatas for viola. But here any change of instrumentation would destroy the entire atmosphere and character of the piece. Imagine substituting a clarinet for the flute, a bassoon for the viola, and a piano for the harp. The music only makes sense as a celebration of the sonorites of the original instruments.
You could transpose to other instruments, but u'd have to fundamentally change the dynamics to be able to keep the spirit of the writting, wich Is EXTREMELY texture oriented
Flute, harp, viola...so sweet, so fluid, like a farytale.... I was so lucky to see Pahud last year at a concert in strasbourg. A Sunday morning concert, in a small auditorium of the conservatorium...he is just amazing! So were the other musicians, but Pahud puts something infinitely magic in his touch!
Oh Claude! What strange Ancient Greek landscape did you inhabit to bring us these gossamer atmospheres of evanescent perfumes and primordial gestures? So wonderfully played and presented! Many thanks.🙏💐
This incredible sonata is a kind of miracle, really...so ineffably beautiful. The final pages, so intricately composed, though not at all unhappy always leave me close to tears...tears of joy?
Yes, one of the best, but better and more gracefully done to my ear is by Doriot Anthony -Dwyer and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players on the1970 Deutsche Grammophon LP.
@@sitarnut I agree with you, jim. I also like these versions... Heidi Lehwalder (harp), Paul Neurbauer (viola) & Ransom Wilson (flute) Sivan Magen (harp), Kim Kashkashian (viola) & Marina Piccinini (flute) Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Lise Berthaud (viola) & Vincent Lucas (flute) best wishes !
The first two minutes where enough for me to ear... That wonderful musicians are like magicians. (By the way Debussy is one of the big absolute masters in music... Any kind of music)
It's incredible... Yesterday I watched the video with the read-along-score of the piece, and I didn't get a grip on it. It just didn't seem very logic and consistent to me. Now I'm watching this formidable trio play it, and everything is adding up, working. It's just convincing that way, the whole form and structure now seem so organic. It's wonderful!
The secret of 'organic composition' was Debussy's. He got it from observing natural processes and got entrance into the formation behind the surface of natural forms. Also, the fabric of his music is often held together, loosely, by intervallic relationships, inconspicuously, so that it feels organic and interrelated, but not 'consciously constructed'. Of course this way of composing was already done before, Beethoven, Chopin, Wagner. But Debussy took it a 'step further', abolishing all remnants of classical divisions and articulation points, so that the music flows freely from one thing to the other, as in a superb improvisation.
So many memorable moments in this wonderful performance. I like the casual atmosphere of the venue and the proximity of the performers to the audience.
The best pahud performance of this Sonata was an outdoor performance with an incredible viola player. Cant remember his name but the video is here on youtube somewhere. This particular performance is a little bit rushed. But this piece is not so much about the players, its more about how many incredibly beautiful themes and ideas Debussy could imply over other ideas. Thats what makes this so wonderful... hes implying so many wonderful things then merely walking away.
The flute player hovers between a deep and distant past and an unexplored future, in a very philosophical manner. Thank you! Also, the violin and harp are delicately superb! 🧣🤫🧭
Very educated Berlin audience, just before the very end, there was a pause that people could have thought was the end, and in NY people may have clapped already!
Not endorsing a government that committed crimes against humanity might have shown even better education. (Yeah, we've already been told 'we didn't know'.)
if someone clapped before the end is just a part of the game of listening and enjoying music. Being well taught about hearing music is being able to show your apreciation for it at any time of the piece
It's one of my favourite, if not my all time favourite, chamber piece. The interpretation could have been a little bit warmer in the viola. But overall the sentiment is totally there.
"To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers." [Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die Finger bewegen.] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Why play something that is not what Debussy wanted? There is no glissando in bar 5 between the E natural and the A flat, but there should be sul ponticello from measure 14. Little things like that become annoying mistakes in an otherwise beautiful interpretation.
@@roberthead2408 there are those of us players out there who care and respect what the composer had wanted. That does not mean I do not enjoy most of this recording.
This is such a wonderful, almost miraculous performance! If only Debussy himself could hear it, how he would marvel that one day - over a century hence - musicians would be able to realise the subtleties of his late style, with the marvellous range of different instrumental colours and sonorities mixing in a rich and kaleidescopic way. Debussy's music is always wonderfully atmospheric, but in these late pieces he draws the listener into a mysterious world that seems to hover between different parts of his creative imagination: an imaginary exoticism; a post-impressionist interplay of light, colour and shadow; melancholic introspection, and sudden eruptions of wit and playfulness. This is revelatory musicianship on so many levels!
what superb writing you have! are you an actual music professor?
One of the many remarkable things about this piece is the degree to which its subject is the sonorities of the instruments themselves. Most music can be transposed for other instruments without changing the essential character of the piece, as when Beethoven transposed his violin concerto for piano, or made the clarinet in his B-flat trio interchangeable with a violin, or when Brahms transposed his clarinet sonatas for viola. But here any change of instrumentation would destroy the entire atmosphere and character of the piece. Imagine substituting a clarinet for the flute, a bassoon for the viola, and a piano for the harp. The music only makes sense as a celebration of the sonorites of the original instruments.
It was originally for oboe but he changed it to give a sweeter sonority...
You could transpose to other instruments, but u'd have to fundamentally change the dynamics to be able to keep the spirit of the writting, wich Is EXTREMELY texture oriented
(the sound's texture i mean)
Flute, harp, viola...so sweet, so fluid, like a farytale....
I was so lucky to see Pahud last year at a concert in strasbourg. A Sunday morning concert, in a small auditorium of the conservatorium...he is just amazing! So were the other musicians, but Pahud puts something infinitely magic in his touch!
0:00 - I Pastorale
6:55 - II Interlude
12:50 - III FInale
One of my absolute favorite classical pieces.
also for me ...
Oh Claude! What strange Ancient Greek landscape did you inhabit to bring us these gossamer atmospheres of evanescent perfumes and primordial gestures? So wonderfully played and presented! Many thanks.🙏💐
聴いていると浮世の煩わしさを忘れます。
ドビュッシーの音楽はいいなあ
心が洗われます
The perfect assimetry of timbre: harp/flute vs viola. Debussy got it. Bravi.
assimetry ? they sound great together...
@@theopaopa1 symmetry does not always sound best, it can be predictable and uninteresting.
This incredible sonata is a kind of miracle, really...so ineffably beautiful. The final pages, so intricately composed, though not at all unhappy always leave me close to tears...tears of joy?
Ditto.
Amazing viola player and beautiful music
My favorite piece of music for almost 50 years. So beautiful.
Amazing music and amazing musicians! 💔😭🌸
Very high artistry on full display here.
One of the best recordings of this wonderful piece
yes
yes
Yes, one of the best, but better and more gracefully done to my ear is by Doriot Anthony -Dwyer and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players on the1970 Deutsche Grammophon LP.
@@sitarnut I agree with you, jim. I also like these versions...
Heidi Lehwalder (harp), Paul Neurbauer (viola) & Ransom Wilson (flute)
Sivan Magen (harp), Kim Kashkashian (viola) & Marina Piccinini (flute)
Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Lise Berthaud (viola) & Vincent Lucas (flute)
best wishes !
Wow, did you hear that first transition from flute to viola? Incredible. Watch him pass it off to her.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Yes they blend so beautifully 👍
i hate violas but game respects game
Yes! I had to rewind. One of the most seamless transitions I’ve ever heard.
The first two minutes where enough for me to ear... That wonderful musicians are like magicians.
(By the way Debussy is one of the big absolute masters in music... Any kind of music)
Прекрасное исполнение,хороший ансамбль и чувство композитора!
It's incredible... Yesterday I watched the video with the read-along-score of the piece, and I didn't get a grip on it. It just didn't seem very logic and consistent to me. Now I'm watching this formidable trio play it, and everything is adding up, working. It's just convincing that way, the whole form and structure now seem so organic. It's wonderful!
The secret of 'organic composition' was Debussy's. He got it from observing natural processes and got entrance into the formation behind the surface of natural forms. Also, the fabric of his music is often held together, loosely, by intervallic relationships, inconspicuously, so that it feels organic and interrelated, but not 'consciously constructed'. Of course this way of composing was already done before, Beethoven, Chopin, Wagner. But Debussy took it a 'step further', abolishing all remnants of classical divisions and articulation points, so that the music flows freely from one thing to the other, as in a superb improvisation.
Favorite work by Debussy!
yes...
So many memorable moments in this wonderful performance. I like the casual atmosphere of the venue and the proximity of the performers to the audience.
The viola is lovely! Thank you....
GOD I LOVE THIS WORK!!!
{15:25~16:13} definitely is my favorite section.
One of the greatest works by one of the greatest geniuses in music.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone comment that many sections are heterophonic.
The best pahud performance of this Sonata was an outdoor performance with an incredible viola player. Cant remember his name but the video is here on youtube somewhere. This particular performance is a little bit rushed. But this piece is not so much about the players, its more about how many incredibly beautiful themes and ideas Debussy could imply over other ideas. Thats what makes this so wonderful... hes implying so many wonderful things then merely walking away.
The flute player hovers between a deep and distant past and an unexplored future, in a very philosophical manner. Thank you! Also,
the violin and harp are delicately superb!
🧣🤫🧭
Viola. Not a violin. As per the title of the work...
Best version of this work so far! Bravissimo 👏👏👏
I had forgot how absolutely beautiful this was.
Muy hermosa interpretación. Absolutamente mágica.
A very compelling piece. More than a picture. Definitely a master of technique.
Thankful for this type of creativity and beauty in the world.
Magic from first note to last
Nous vous aimont beaucoup en Armenie! Venez encore.
Une délicieuse et intense caresse !! Merci !!! 🙂💓💗💗💗
Esto es tremendamente bello
A truly great and amazing piece of music so wonderfully played.
The music and the performance are breathtakingly good.
unusual combination of instruments but they all sound beautiful together
Спасибо за прекрасное исполнение! Красота и магия! Чудесно!
Am I being hyperbolic? I don't know, but I'll say it: this sonata is the crowning achievement of mankind.
Pahud is excelent🤗🤗🤗
he is. i would choose pahud 100 times over galway, tbh
@@sarapiazza7529 I disagree you...Galway is an idol for his generation same Pahud
@@sarapiazza7529 I agree 100%; Pahud has soul.
This is really amazing!
Thomas Mann's "Dr. Faustus" brought me here. What a revelation!❤
Quelle grâce! Merci!
faboulouse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:35 that's what heaven must sound like
最高ですね。Sublime!
What music would Debussy have written if he had lived another 10 or 20 years?
who knows... I regret not being able to know the other three sonatas that he had planned to write...
¡Sublimee! 👏👏👏👏
🎻🎼🌌🌃🎆🎉❤❤
Köszönöm))
Very educated Berlin audience, just before the very end, there was a pause that people could have thought was the end, and in NY people may have clapped already!
Not endorsing a government that committed crimes against humanity might have shown even better education. (Yeah, we've already been told 'we didn't know'.)
@@whyask9275 what
"Very educated Berlin" declared war on the world.
if someone clapped before the end is just a part of the game of listening and enjoying music. Being well taught about hearing music is being able to show your apreciation for it at any time of the piece
@@whyask9275 The government. Not the people.
Amazing ... ❤
Bravo
Pahud & Gordon Ramsey are both God's among men.
It's one of my favourite, if not my all time favourite, chamber piece. The interpretation could have been a little bit warmer in the viola. But overall the sentiment is totally there.
THIS IS IT!
Superb performance, is there a HiRes audio or similar available?
Great!
2 1:22 dance
3 2:18 srednii
4 6:55 part 2
5 9:25
6 11:15
7 12:50 part 3
8 14:38 srednii
9 16:38 rem
Who said a viola can’t play beautifully
2 set violin
@@alexsanchez9247 Yes, that's right hahaha
Me! NOT! ;-)
@@alexsanchez9247 came here to say this lmao
who said who said a viola can't play beatufully
Bravo j adore . Mais comment peut on mettre des dislikes a cette vidéo ???!!!
imbéciles ...
Tres etrange vraiment. Peut etre la jalousie
tres fantastique
🎼💘✨✨✨✨✨✨
just perfect
0:03
6:57
12:51
Perfect
Hello, could you tell me who owns the rights to this video and who I can contact for queries? Thank you and best regards!
lush
i dettagli sono ... tutto!
☘️🧡☘️
"To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers."
[Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die Finger bewegen.]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The flute is a wind instrument. Not a mouth, neither a finger instrument. Pahud, E.
i attempt playing!! Not one note sounds like his equisite sound!!
14:44 Stravinsky enters the chat
6:55
7:00
7:04
7:03
7:12
7:19
Flute melts into violin infused with effervescent harp- supernal fish play and jump
Why play something that is not what Debussy wanted? There is no glissando in bar 5 between the E natural and the A flat, but there should be sul ponticello from measure 14. Little things like that become annoying mistakes in an otherwise beautiful interpretation.
Not if you don’t point them out
@@roberthead2408 there are those of us players out there who care and respect what the composer had wanted. That does not mean I do not enjoy most of this recording.
you're old