Jean Mitry's Visual Interpretation - Debussy Reflets Dans L'eau & Arabesque 2 (Jacques Février)

Some examples from French film director Jean Mitry's Debussy film, "Images pour Debussy" (1952) and recording by Jacques Février, Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water) and Arabesque No. 2. I learned about the existence of this film while reading philosopher Gilles Deleuze's cinema books. There are not many examples on the internet and archives. In all the samples I found, the sound quality was very degraded, so I used recordings from different dates by pianist Jacques Février, whose recordings were also used in the original film. Since it was different from the original audio recording, I adjusted the timings and did some editing. I preserved the music-visual timing of the original film, with changes, cuts, speed-ups/slow and montages. Also, I think there was a sepia filter that was not in the original, so I removed it and gave it a slight blue tone.
Debussy's biggest source of inspiration was nature. I think the composer might be pleased with this kind of visualization.

[@fredericfrancoischopin6971]

Its simple but impressive and quite fitting "images" on water's spontaneous fluctuations. Great video so thanks!

[@osmancanizin4423]

Very creative, no computer effects, just water.

[@hectorf4610]

thanks for sharing and putting this together. I also learned about this film reading Deleuze's book

[@alainspiteri502]

Les reflets dans l'eau ce sont ' Les Nymphéas " de,Claude Monet , elles sont toujours exposées au Musée de " l Orangerie ' Paris ; Jacques Février cetait plus,Marguerite--Long -Ravel que Debussy avec Walters Gieseking à cette époque

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Oui. Debussy détestait être qualifié d’impressionniste. Mais, Il était ravi d'être qualifié d'élève de Claude Monet.

[@alainspiteri502]

@@OzanFabienGuvener c'est un fait que l'environnement sonore est la base chez Debussy ; très rarement chez Chopin l-etude op25 - 1 jouée par Alfred Cortot ou il y a une atmosphère particulière

[@chopin5981]

Magical

[@berlinzerberus]

Very nice! 👀

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

I agree! There are so many photos of Debussy in places like the one in this movie, I think he would have been pleased too.

[@Chopin1995]

​@@OzanFabienGuvener Do you know if there's any footage of Debussy? I've never came across of it, but would love to see at least a few seconds of Debussy in motion.

[@berlinzerberus]

Once I did the same with Glenn and Schoenberg Piano Concerto.
Enjoy and Greetings!
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[@OzanFabienGuvener]

@@Chopin1995 Unfortunately, I've never seen it.

[@Chopin1995]

@@OzanFabienGuvener Yeah, I'm afraid there isn't any footage of him. Anyway, thanks for another lovely video.

[@kakoou3362]

Hello, is your video on Mozart concerto slow movement taken down?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Yes, unfortunately some videos have been removed from copyright. If there is anything you want to learn, I can tell you.

[@kakoou3362]

@@OzanFabienGuvener thanks for the reply! was just craving for some mozart piano playing from Early recording era... 😥

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

@@kakoou3362 Yes, recordings of Mozart by older pianists are rare and it is annoying that such a compilation is subject to copyright. As far as I remember, the names in the video are Schnabel, Edwin Fischer, Horszowski, Casadesus, Marguerite Long, Landowska, Kempff, Bruno Walter, Haskil, Donhanyi, Elly Ney, Askenase, Hess, Gieseking, Lhevinne.

[@kakoou3362]

@@OzanFabienGuvener thanks for your recommendations!