Debussy: Clair de lune | Menahem Pressler, piano
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024
- Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was given an emotional interpretation on 17 October 2012 at a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris by piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler (1923 - 2023), who was almost 90 years old at the time.
The French composer Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) is a representative of musical Impressionism. Debussy was fond of subject matter from nature such as sea, clouds and snow and attempted to inject these phenomena of nature with musical character, whereby a formal freedom was of particular importance to him. Claude Debussy was an individualist who wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. He started getting noticed in 1894 with the orchestral work “Prélude à l´après-midi d´un faune”; the final breakthrough came with the opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premiered in 1902.
The piece “Claire de lune” is part of the “Suite bergamasque“ composed by Claude Debussy in 1890. It consists of four movements; “Clair de lune“ is the third of these. The piano suite was first performed in 1905. Claude Debussy often drew inspiration from the poetry of Paul Verlaine - sensitive, somber descriptions of the natural world in accordance with late 19th-century tastes. “Clair de lune” was also inspired by an eponymous poem by Verlaine. This particular movement of the suite is a frequent inclusion on concert programs and is exceedingly popular - not just on stage. “Clair de lune” also features on many movie soundtracks.
The soloist Menahem Pressler was born as Max Pressler in 1923 in the German city of Magdeburg. His family is Jewish. After the Nazis came to power he fled the Holocaust in 1939 with his parents, initially emigrating to Palestine and then to the US in 1940. The other members of his family were murdered by the Nazis. In the year 1946, the young Pressler won the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco, and remained in California thereafter to continue his studies. In 1955, he founded the world-famous “Beaux Arts Trio”. The ensemble went on to make more than 50 recordings. Many musicians played with the trio until it gave its final concert in 2008. Pressler has also been performing as a soloist throughout his life.
Menahem Pressler once said: "I'm still hungry for music." And he remained that way on into old age. The piano virtuoso died in London in 2023 at the age of 99.
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So gracefully played! And being 94 piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler had a solo concert at our Walt Disney Concert Hall , he was amazing, one wouldn’t even think of his age. Four encores, standing ovation, the audience didn’t want to let him go. Unforgettable concert!
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@@DWClassicalMusic My pleasure.
Beautiful!
Accuracy of those arpeggios was fn stunning. Like a machine but with a lightness/grace. Not like me to be impressed
Age is a number skill is a lifetime
I am in awe of this master pianist. There is a depth of emotion and purity here that is rarely achieved. It is an absolute joy to listen to this performance!
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Lo mismo pensé,nadie lo interpreta asi😢❤
And the way he lovingly caresses the keys before bringing them to life as only a master can.
Music for the Heart and Soul.❤
I couldn’t agree more Lisa. It’s literally out of this world. What a glorious interpretation/performance with hands gliding around and fingers stroking notes producing such a beautiful and pure sound.
I was lucky enough to be born into a house with music.
My dad loves to play piano, and he wasn't the most talkative person, but when he started to play piano, you could feel him speaking to you.
When I was 2 years old, he would sit me on his lap and play this song. When I was 14 years old, he was diagnosed with cancer, and they told him he wouldn't live to the end of the year (it was August)
He lived for two more years, defying everything the doctors had told him.
He died surrounded by his family, and his last words to me were, "never stop playing, can you please, play for me? And not forget me? Can you do that for me?"
At his funeral, I was asked if I would play a song, and I chose to play this song, the song he played while I would sit on his lap. The song that could bring back a thousand memories.
And now, 8 years later, I sat down at the piano with my beautiful 2 year old girl, who we decided to name
Claire, and played this song for her.
So beautiful!❤
Copy and pasted comment fake.
😢my favourite piece ever ❤I wish to hear my son play it throughout his whole life ❤
Thank you for sharing this with us 💕
No sé si es falso o no, tampoco importa demasiado éso @@hugostiglitz6823
this feels like a last embrace of a mother.
Wow
I think you are right. An embrace it is.
I embraced your momma last night!
more like the last embrace of life, as the universe slowly and delicately takes you away
@@zbuilder4664I dare to like your poetic words!
How can it be that a piece of music written nearly 120 years in a different time and world can still resonate with people of today and move them,The magic of music
Because classical music is real music. Everything else is fake.
Because back then musicians studied how certain notes made humans feel. Now it's washed down to "this beat slaps"
It,s just beautiful.❤
Parce que c'est Français 😂
NOOOO! The magic of creativity and human ingenuity…
Once in a while RUclips algorithm gets it right. Thank you.
Cual es el nombres de la maravilla que estoy escuchando
))) Bravo!
Something like this is worth living for
Yes, let us hope…
Ja, ich denke auch
well said
❤
I think that is the best version of Clair de Lune I have ever heard. Such delicacy and feeling. I am off to explore this man’s recordings. Thank goodness there seem to be many.
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I agree. This is the most exquisite version I have ever heard.
Only someone nearing the end with a life time of emotion and love could play that interpretation .
I agree beautifully done.
My thoughts exactly. It pierced my soul ❤
Managem just passed away last year, a few months before his 100th birthday. Such an amazing gift to humanity. He will be missed 😢
This is absolutely my favorite ❤❤❤ it always brings tears to my eyes because it is so beautiful!!!
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Master Pressler also played Clair de lune as the encore of his recital in Taiwan in 2017, and I still remember it vividly.
His touch, tone, and its gentleness is not coming from technique but his humanity. I don’t want to say like just he’s a genius. He’s just a great human.
In that you are perfectly right. Regarding his history, he was a great human, and an inspiration for all of us.
🥲
We make good ones occasionally ❤️
プレスラーの奏でる音は、とても美しく、晩年になるほど磨かれて、宝石の様です。
素晴らしい芸術家の芸術に触れることが出来る悦びは、この世界に生まれてきた喜びです。
ありがとう。メナヘム・プレスラー
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@@DWClassicalMusicI have seen many comments on different languages under this video, but you asked to change the language only this commenter. I am guessing why you ask only this one.
By the way, I have no idea what language it is, I only know it is Asian, but I perfectly read it with the You Tube translations.
Уважаемый, благодарю Вас! Сказано прекрасно! Согласна с Вами! Мира Вам и счастья!
Rest in Peace, dear Menahem Pressler. You have contributed to music, specially chamber music, a lot. We will never forget you. In your music you are still with us.
1923 ~ 2023 R.I.P 🕊
I think the piano has to be the greatest instrument ever created.
I'm torn between it and the hammond organ with leslie.
These old hands may tremble at times but they will forever know the music! He is the music ❤️
Just like Lahey WAS the liquor, right?
ამ ხელებით ის ეფერება მუსიკას.
He knows the tune, and the tune knows him
He was the piano teacher of my daughter's piano teacher.
Повезло ❤
He was also the teacher of my son’s teacher ❤
@@afip4n6doc you guys are blessed!!
He taught one of my teachers as well
Ce bucurie ca l-ati avut in preajma!❤❤❤❤❤
This version made me shed a tear. A golden standard of Clair de Lune, so masterfully played!
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Ditto.
Yes, what a fantastic rendition 🌿
Himmlisch!!!! 😍🤩🥰😇 Danke fürs Hochladen. ❤
Most beautiful Clair de lune. Bravo
It’s the prettiest, most expressive rendition I’ve ever heard. Best expression of this piece ever. Ever.
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Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 ❤❤❤❤❤
Wherever he is, Debussy is smiling and enjoying as much as everyone who's listening to the pianist.
Bravo!!!
Moved to tears!
Those hands! ❤
The best performance of Clair de Lune I have ever heard so far!
Same. I think perhaps that amount of feeling only comes from a life lived.
Divin! Mulțumim!
You know the performance has been riveting when the applause are delayed such as they are here. He was of my father's generation. Same age. I know these extraordinary magical people can't live forever. But sometimes I wish they could.
Это повторить нельзя! Фурор! Он не просто виртуоз, он - Океан звуков и красоты чувств! Большой художник! Маэстро! Браво! Люблю Вас!
A maestro. Something beyond talent at work here.
My soul just floated into the firmament ❤!! May he rest in peace. And may God embrace him in heaven so he can play with all of His Angelic Choir and musicians!
the firmament lmao
Завораживающая магия звука... Музыка Дебюсси донесена гениально! Благодарю, Мастер!
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- learn Russian, also Google offers translation right underneath, gut? It was a nasty comment.
That is a great piano that can respond to his touch like it does!
My favorite piece of classical music. He was wonderful.
Para quitarse el sombrero.Olé❤
Pour un soir de Pleine Lune,quoi de plus joli que cette Magnifique Mélodie 🌙✨
The delicacy that he plays this piece is perfect.Makes the song even more emotional and beautiful
Gosh, I saw that he was 94 and also saw that this was filmed in 2012, leading me to know the odds weren't good that he was with us anymore. What a lovely performance... even with a shake in the hands, the notes feel so perfectly placed and effortless. Bravo and rest in peace sir. Thank you for sharing your gift.
He was not 94. Do the math.
Quite possibly the most beautiful piece of music ever written or ever will be written.
This was my friend Roy's favourite piece of music, he passed in 2011 from cancer and it has been wonderful to hear this beautiful interpretation and sit and have a quiet reflection of a wonderful friend who is still missed ❤
Thanks for sharing these very personal memories with us and our community ❤️
I must ask you, although I doubt it is the same person! I had a friend named Roy who passed away from cancer about that time! He lived in New Jersey, USA!
@@dr1214. Thank you for asking, it wasn't the same person as Roy was from Beeston in Leeds UK. Sorry for your loss
@@sheffkev And for yours also! ✝️💜
Moonlight from the perspective of an old man ❤.
is very good
See! Not all old men are bad for this world! I sure get tired of how younger people completely reject older people in America. We have all been through a lot more of life's challenges than today's young people will ever have - or live through. I mean, they are sitll struggling with who and what they are - male or female? treated equally? intitled to everything we had but only free! Will follow AI instead of learn for themselves! Have horrible listening AND thinking skills. I'll take us old guys 24/7!
Old is a state of mind.
You will end up old as well!
Grazie per questo magnifico Debussy
Sublimely beautiful.
Wow, first time I've seen this gentleman play. Such control and dexterity, and such feeling. Beautiful.
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Thank You! Perfect! Wonderful! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💐💐💐
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Time just get stopped, such a great musician!
Magnificent! 💞😍❤️
He feels the music in every fiber of his his being🥰
I love the delicacy of touch he achieves, despite such swollen arthritic fingers….truly a master! This is a rendition for the ages!
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Watching his old, gnarled, wrinkled hands dance so gracefully over the keys while he perfectly plays this melody is mesmerizing.
You can tell he genuinely enjoys playing this piece, and is emotionally invested in every note. It’s transcendent.
One of the most haunting songs ever, and my mother's favorite bc it was my parents' song for 62 years. I wish you could have heard her play it.
Absolutely perfect!😮❤
Ótimo ouvir num sábado, pela manhã, quando tudo está mais calmo. Obrigado.
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Grande cultore del suono.Ottimo pianista
La interpretación de calidad hecha desde la perfección conseguía por la edad
For a brief moment we where all taken away to another world filled with piece , love qnd tranquility.
Goosebumps. Just like Daniel Barenboim. Fricken Flawless. B E A utiful.
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A beautiful life, a beautiful song, and a beautiful moment. ❤😢
I can believe the Amazing Wonders of the Tune Intertwined . Definably Classical😊
I don't know How I express my emotions
A teen in early 70's, I preferred some classical music to all the obnoxious rock n roll stuff! This was one of my faves! Love this now, too!
I've always appreciated most jazz, Frank Sinatra-Dean Martin songs and Strauss---even at ages when I was much too embarrassed to admit it to my peers. Now, well into adulthood, I enjoy what I enjoy without a care as to what others think.
Makes me tear up watching this, love from Austin, Texas❤️
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I feel the same, greetings from Germany........
Este é um bom sentido da vida: viajar com a música no tempo e viver dias felizes, ensolarados e distantes.
An absolute master of the piano ❤
There are songs that accompany us throughout our lives. Very special.
I'm floating on air from beginning to end. Bliss ❤
It always amazes me how something beautiful can come out from fallen man.
Manifique musique et très bien interprété par monsieur pianiste Merci beaucoup. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂 très belle musique (.merci à se compositeur. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂
For all these years that i couldn't endured 10 seconds of any other renditions , glad i was right all along
finally a proper expression of the piece 💕
Пианист сыграл потрясающе! Браво,Маэстро! Ким Гаус,Kaunas
I attempt this & am well aware of my ability. I play for me & enjoy myself. This genteel man has thrilled me beyond belief. I’ll never be a threat to anyone but I’ll look forward to enjoying myself, perhaps entertaining my neighbours & think of this unbelievable performer & the only things we have in common: I own a Yamaha Grand that makes me sound good; I know how to open her & I know how to sit. That’s where any comparison I have as a pianist ends. But I know how to close my eyes & listen to the Master. & thank you Lord for sharing him with the world.
Lovely words, and good luck with your playing and entertaining your neighbours.
@@melvinpartridge688 thank you Melvin. It could also be interpreted that I torture my neighbours!
Simple and most eloquently expressed sentiments with which I can so easily empathize. This mesmeric performance is a wonder in achieving a platonic ideal of Clair de lune. Nice to know others are feeling the same. How could one not?
That's beautiful, I know my limitations too but I feel good when I get a note right
Gentle and well seasoned musician gracefully performed by a true master. Such a great composition.
No composer expresses the magic of the infinite like Debussy. Favorite composer by a country mile.
This is the music of my soul. Whenever I play it on piano, I am transported to another world... the Cosmos, and I am truly at peace.
Incredible accuracy and clarity and expression and delicacy. Amazing for his age here. Not a missed note or smudge.
Menahem is a legend...
i feel like he is adding little flourishes that make the song even richer. this is definitely a fantastic rendition of the song
He added nothing. Just saying.
@@organboiSheet music-wise
СЕРДЕЧНО БЛАГОДАРЮ!
so beautiful !!! thanks for the video...
What a gorgeous begining. The pianissimos are beguiling, ravishing.
This man ...gentle touch the piano ...is like a run of a wind through his piano...
Bravo!
Il a été vraiment un merveilleux pianiste. Hommages à lui.
Simply mesmerizing! ❤
❤This is the loveliest rendition of this masterpiece I have ever heard.
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The exquisite notes in this composition are truly moving me to tears.
Pam here….you can ‘feel his fingers’ with the softness of the music….truly made the soundboard of the piano hum sweetly
なんとチャーミングな「月の光」でしょう。
そして今まで私が知らなかった音やフレーズが、こんなにいくつも聴こえてきました。
そして私は自分が息を止めて聴いていたことを知ります。
Uma das músicas mais lindas de todos os tempos. Uma verdadeira obra de arte.
I find it impossible to listen to other renditions after hearing this. What a joy.
I am amazed at how this master extracts sound! such delicacy! Such softness! After this video, I began to look for other recordings in his performance. He's amazing!
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Probably one of the most beautiful pieces every played.
Gosh, this is the most beautiful performance of Debussy's Claire de lune I've ever heard
....such an amazing pianist...thank you Sir, and thank you to all involved in the production of this video...may God bless you all abundantly
Glad you liked it! 🥰
How lovingly he touches the keys, allowing them to resonate the music sublime, such intense emotion he draws out of the listener.
For we are OLD; yet out hands are loving and tender. And we bring to you the masses
This man is not just a master, he’s an artist. He was painting a tapestry of emotions with that piano. If you close your eyes, you can imagine a clear star filled night sky with mother nature buzzing around you. This version was truly a masterpiece.
The sheer emotionality that this piece carries, burns a light under the soul, a flame of which ignites curiosity and reverence, that can create nostalgia for a memory that didn’t exist in the first place.
He played the strings of my heart
Perfection is in the moment of performance when u communicate how you feel....Beautiful
He makes the piano speak to me!