Debussy plays Debussy | La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral), Prélude Book I, No.10 (1913)
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- Claude Debussy plays Debussy (Piano Rolls, before 1913):
Prélude for piano, Book I, L. 125 (117), No.10 La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral). Profondément calme [Composed in 1909]
Claude Debussy, Piano, 1913.
La Cathédral Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral): Debussy effects a striking musical depiction of the mythical submerged cathedral of Ys with "archaicisms" like modality and parallel harmonies. The work's rhythmic stasis, combined with its massive sonorities, creates an overwhelming sense of awe and grandeur.
Each of Debussy's Préludes, Book I (1907-1910) is a short but substantial work that conveys a particular mood or impression suggested by its title. Still, as musicologist Rollo Myers notes, "the pictorial element [is not] unduly stressed if stressed at all; these Préludes are pure music." In accordance with the composer's practice of assigning a title only after the completion of a work, the titles of the Préludes are placed at the foot of each, rather than at the head. The Préludes represent the pinnacle of Debussy's keyboard art; each may be rightly regarded as a miniature masterpiece.
Every pianist who is preparing to play this in recital should listen to this first. This is how Debussy wanted it to sound, and indeed it sounds great!
I am amazed at the sound of that piano roll!
There is also the school of thought that you should interpret the music yourself
How fantastic that this was recorded on a piano roll, so it can be played on a modern piano, with the mechanical device, of course.
Yes with a device named "push-up"
Without Debussy and his great performer ,
the classical music world would have been very lonely and insipid ,
the enjoyment and pleasures of the classical music would have been less
Debussy's existence is beyond description , immeasurable , unfathomable , inspirational , specutacular and incomparable
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Did anyone else notice that the last left hand octave in m 21 at 1:43 Debussy played an Ab instead of an Eb? This is significant considering as it is notated there is no Ab in the entire preceding 3 bars, resulting in modal ambiguity.
Yes, sure. It gives this passage a beautiful spanish mood which is not written in the score...
the astonishing thing is the chords are almost "arpeggiated" when I worked so hard for doing these all clean...
My favourite Debussy piece. Thank you
mine too, one of the few I play well.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close brought me here! Its an amazing book and this is an incredible piece of music!
Me too! I'm reading it right now. What a wonderful thing.
This is great. Pianists use way too much rubato with Debussy. The master himself doesn't.
True !
Yes, nicely stated!
This helps. I think rubato is overrated...
While I agree that Debussy shouldn't have too much rubato (he was not a romantic), I find this comment curious. I certainly can not keep a steady beat as I follow along with the score. The bars leading into and out of the E major section have some creative note durations.
Toda la razón. Creo que hoy en día hemos exagerado el rubato con Debussy, pero tal y como aquí podemos comprobar, él no lo percibía de esa manera o no quería que sus obras fueran interpretadas así.
Lol the dramatic zoom at the end
Je connais beaucoup de versions d'une de mes compositions préférées. Aucune n'égale celle-ci, pleine de retenue, d'intensité, de profondeur. C'est une découverte à partager...
Absolument
Insurpassable, et sans lenteurs inutiles !
I am an American (USA) His beautiful playing was recorded on paper, now played via a "player"piano or electronic transcription. God bless you forever Claude!
lol
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I’m a European (UK)
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UK means you're English =_=
@@lightyagami1058 and England is in Europe
poetry is rap and springs up while the notes come to mind…
The duo art version of this sounds like a mechanical piano. The Welte which this is no doubt a roll for, had a much smoother and life like ability. The Ampico B is probably much like it.
because the duo art device is very difficult to regulate . A good duo art is very rare
I like his interpretation very much, lol.
There are two weird dissonant notes, at 4:49 and 4:56, that are not part of the score. I'm wondering if the piano roll this was made from was somehow damaged. The notes make no musical sense, as far as I can tell.
I think it's a flaw in the piano roll and it happens twice. The note that sticks out is C, which is in the score. But in the recording it comes late, is much louder than the others, and holds longer than the quarter.
Debussy is known for instances of dissonance, a modernist precursor. He was a friend and colleague of Satie and Mallarmé, who boldly introduced dissonance in poetry. Things sound melodic to us now that were radical at the time they were introduced. I'm struggling to understand. The website lumen learning has quite a bit about Debussy's "new concept of tonality in European music." I'm sure many here know much more about this than I do, but Debussy is credited with a "synthesis of monophonic based 'melodic tonality' with harmonies." Maybe what transpired later was no longer a synthesis but an embrace of dissonance itself.
Perfect❤
Came from Johnny Carson interviewing Frank Sinatra. Frank said he listened to this piece.
So did this piano roll include tempo and dynamics mechanically or does the operator have to interpret the roll to a degree?
Yes, the piano roll cannot store dynamics. Everything is simply stored as notes played at a particular time. So speed is there, no other dynamic.
@@richardsmythe1085 Not true. It was recorded on a Welte Mignon,:"It automatically replayed the tempo, phrasing, dynamics and pedalling of a particular performance, and not just the notes of the music, as was the case with other player pianos of the time."
@@richardsmythe1085 me when i lie
Wow.
Fascinating how much he deviates from the score in rhythm and notes. The notes could have been a mistake (end of Eb section), or on purpose (added inner voices in bars 84-85). Either way, very cool performance.
im following along with the hinson edition of this song, and i realize that some of the dynamic markins are lacking in either the sheets or in the recording. will show this to my teacher and ask her of her opinion. interesting, in all honesty.
@Elianna Gardner - It is not a song. Do you have anyone singing lyrics to the song? This is a piano piece or a prelude but it most certainly is not a song. Look up the definition of song in Wikipedia!
@@JD-qd5zp Needless pretension
@@JD-qd5zp Yes, there seems to be a tendency in some quarters to refer to all pieces of music as "songs". Maybe there are some cultures where no distinction is made. J.S. Bach wanted his inventions to be played in a 'cantabile' way, and I appreciate it when piano teachers say that my melody 'sang'.
@@JD-qd5zpclassical musicians when they successfully bully a kid into suicide for calling musical pieces songs
How does this century old recording have better audio than 60's films?
The audio was not recorded in Debussy's time. He recorded his playing to a piano roll (a physical roll on which perforations are made corresponding to the notes played) and this piano roll was played back on a mechanical piano in more recent times. It is the audio recording of this mechanical piano that you're hearing.
@@lennardvaarten7791 Oh................. ty
素晴らしい演奏が残っているんですね！ドゥビｨシーは実際に沈める寺を見たのか、写真で遺跡の城が海辺で波に洗われながら海に呑み込まれようとしているものを見たのか、どっちだろうか？
彼はおそらくそれを頭の中で想像したでしょう。
Yeah definitely
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Is there a translation of the French direction somewhere? Different interpretations go into " doubletime". Is this noted snywhere? Can you play the lh chord on the 3rd page? 3rd measure, top score?
This work and performance of Debussy give an deep impression and a pensive feeling in my heart by the overwhelming force that nobody can surpass .
The performances of works named Debussy are all good to me .
Especially this work and performance are best to me .
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Which are you watching this from ？
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The music that he play on the piano is sleek and powerful . His performance soften and in the melody， Are you who listen to this music a person of what country ？
Italy
France
Indonesia
小島信一 United States
Belgium
Debussy lookin like Ricky Gervais
*Ricky Gervais looks like Debussy
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0:42 Is there a note missing ?
Yeah, he doesn’t repeat the G# there
The lowest Bs are also missing like at 1:19. The Wente Mignon player piano didn't go that low!
Thanks for your answers. The same thing happens in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's recording. No other pianist, as far as I know, omits the same note.
These recordings are not the piano rolls of Debussy.
It's not a fake .
Great sound to be Debussy himself playing in 1913 ! is it digital recording? :D
Piano roll
I love it. Thanks
It was recorded in Abbey Road studios on the same 4 track recorder the Beatles used for Sgt. Pepper. Ancient recording equipment for sure.
@@ronnieguitar99 lol
Dang, I didn't know Peter Dinklage had piano talent!
SOUNDS LIKE HAPPY HAPPY TIMES IN ARKANSAS NIGHTS
1:12, batt 16-19
I think we're underestimating how much the piano roll loses. Use it for timing, maybe glean something about phrasing, but I can't imagine this captures the true "piu pp" vs fortissimo dynamic range. Also the rolled chords throughout seem like a mechanical artifact. All in all I doubt this is how Debussy "wanted it to sound." It's a nice clue to be sure, but not definitive. You still have to read the music.
finally one pianist who is faster than me! and it is the master himself. i find slow tempi rather too artificial.
agree, sometimes the piece can drag if played too slow.
The faster renditions don't capture the essence. I think this is the fastest it should be played.
Believe it or not but The late great Frank Sinatra brought me here.
Is it a joke? It is clearly a modern recording. No way a recording of his time would have this quality.
It's a modern recording of a restored wente player piano that recorded dynamics.
anyone else look this guy up from that one family guy episode ?
This is not Debussy playing himself. No composer plays Quarter and Halfs in the same tempo. This is awful. Look at the score. This is a bad pianist but not Debussy himself.
This is indeed Debussy. The issue about quarters and halves and the concomitant tempo change has been widely discussed in the literature. Many modern editions have added the tempo changes in accordance with Debussy's playing.
@Sydney Bean Debussy bad pianist?
Well, i mean, from our modern perspective he can seem quite ... unprecise you know. But just bc one doesn't always quite understand his interpretation (which is the original interpretation after all) does not mean it's bad. Check out his idea of Préludes 1ere Livre No. 12 for example: m.ruclips.net/video/aj6wFpjW_ps/видео.html
He would definitely not be accepted at Juliard with this performance but in its unique way it's the best version of Minstrels that i've ever heard.
@Sydney Bean its supposed to translate the movements of a specific kind of dancer (a "minstrel") into music and nobody gets that idea across better than Debussy himself.
This is Debussy. He played measures *) doux et fluide (on the score) 7-12 and 22-83 in double speed
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Boring. Is there no Satie plays Satie?