What Makes Debussy Sound Like Debussy? Rêverie (1891), Analysis and Performance

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 22

  • @nsk5282
    @nsk5282 2 года назад +4

    Your extensive knowledge of music theory and music history paired with the ability to analyze musical pieces is amazing! I loved your re-writing of a phrase from this piece, that was a great illustration. Now I better understand what "French" sounding music is, which I previously recognized instinctively. I think, the beautiful music of Michel Legrand has a certain "French flavor" and Debussy's influence, "Summer of 42" as an example. The performance is flawless, as always - bravo, Cole!

  • @pamelav4628
    @pamelav4628 6 месяцев назад +1

    Touches my soul. Sublime.

  • @pacificcoastpianos
    @pacificcoastpianos Год назад

    I truly could listen to you talk/play all day 🖤 great work as always

  • @johnrock2173
    @johnrock2173 Год назад

    Great piece and performance. Thankyou!

  • @WaltzTime
    @WaltzTime 2 года назад +1

    Such a beautiful piece! I enjoyed this performance very much!

  • @grahamtwist
    @grahamtwist 2 года назад +2

    Heaven! Thank you so much, Cole, for this exquisite performance of Debussy's 'Rêverie' and the fascinating analysis you provided beforehand. I just love the sound paintings Debussy created from his earliest to the last compositions. This gem, with its gentle ebb and flow of a dream-like melody with shimmering dissonances always conjures in my imagination beautiful French landscapes I have been privileged to visit on many holidays. But I was shocked to discover that Debussy had a very different opinion about this music when it was published by Fromont: “I regret very much your decision to publish Rêverie. I wrote it in a hurry years ago, purely for material considerations. It is a work of no consequence and I frankly consider it to be no good!” Those of us who love this composition would strongly beg to differ . . . and I struggle to forgive Claude for declaring the work to be "no good". Sacré bleu - c'est magnifique!

    • @nsk5282
      @nsk5282 2 года назад +1

      We are our own worst critics...

    • @grahamtwist
      @grahamtwist 2 года назад

      @@nsk5282 So true!!!

  • @Anonymous-re9fd
    @Anonymous-re9fd 9 месяцев назад +1

    that B natural at 11:58 is something only debussy could pull it off

  • @theponderingplumb9790
    @theponderingplumb9790 2 года назад

    I’ll never thank you enough for Introducing me to the Impresiones Intimas by Mompou! Those and his other major piano works have left a lasting impact on me.

    • @TheIndependentPianist
      @TheIndependentPianist  2 года назад +1

      I'm so glad they made such an impression! I share your feelings about Mompou. Those pieces really stay with you...

    • @RanBlakePiano
      @RanBlakePiano Год назад +1

      I had the pleasure to me mompou in a clinic in Barcelona years ago his wife ,Carmen helped arrange this in a Barcelona hospital .love his vocal
      Piece ,Aquesta .I really have to praise the kindness of Marta Villavecchia fir the introductions

  • @LeVercune
    @LeVercune 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you!

  • @kopperbunny
    @kopperbunny 2 года назад

    Wonderful performance! Amazing coincidence that I just started learning this piece last week. Your analysis really helps. Also funny enough, Chopin's first waltz (op. 18) is one piece I distinctly remember from early childhood.

  • @b1sing53
    @b1sing53 Год назад

    Wonderful channel.

  • @historicalpiano
    @historicalpiano Год назад

    Great as always! Just a remark, I - V/V is commonly seen in Chopin pieces, Op 37 No 1 Nocturne g minor comes into my mind for example (in the middle section).

  • @itsjudystube7439
    @itsjudystube7439 2 года назад

    Thank you

  • @jz3433
    @jz3433 2 года назад +3

    Great analysis as always! Were you recording by the ocean? Quite fitting :)