Ravel's harp writing is absolutely incredible. I don't think many people realize how hard it is to write for harp.
@late86412 жыл бұрын
Yeah... it requires a deep understanding of the mechanics as well as the player's capabilities. I'm amazed how versatile his harp writing is. He's able to bring the best out of the instrument and let it truly shine.
@InstrumentManiac5 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best performances I've seen of this piece. Everyone's dynamics/tone/levels were SPOT on. Also this was mic'd and video-d extremely well too the harp sounded very full. Kudos to all involved!
@zhou_sei4 жыл бұрын
sounds great, i just wish i could be there. i have to have my mouse on the volume slider to strike a balance between being able to hear the quiets at all (100% volume) and not waking the neighbors (10% volume on the slider)... it's a striking dynamic juxtaposition.
@StripeRich6 жыл бұрын
Ravel and Debussy, Debussy and Ravel. I go back and forth listening and can't tear myself away, looking for pieces and instrumental combinations not heard yet. Losing sleep, not wanting to miss anything.
@jvegaalbela5 жыл бұрын
Dude you gotta get into some messiaen, takemitsu and lili boulanger
@yankeesstink274 жыл бұрын
this too is my existence hello kindred french impressionist spirit
@laurencedankel47513 жыл бұрын
@@jvegaalbela - Dude, Dude, DUDE!
@Sun220703 жыл бұрын
Pentatonic tone 😍
@alexs1504 Жыл бұрын
@@jvegaalbela dont forget Bax
@thethikboy5 жыл бұрын
What Ravel does with the harp is only excelled by what he does with the flutes - sweeps us into delicious tranport
@kentst89568 жыл бұрын
So wonderful, and so nice to have a male harpist!
@ROGER20956 жыл бұрын
With the right hair and clothing, he could be Harpo!
@burgerhex4 жыл бұрын
Haha, the first violinist near the end: 10:08 - "There's something wrong with this pizzicato... it isn't nearly loud enough." 10:13 - "Okay. I need to play a bit louder. It's still not enough though!" 10:19 - "THERE we go."
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
They all play too loud, as everyone does nowadays, no idea how to play Ravel, or with a harpist.
@zachlewis67983 жыл бұрын
@@nonenoneonenonenone just out of curiosity, what IS your idea of the only correct way to play with Ravel or with a harpist?
@cyrilgerardon1999 Жыл бұрын
Cette pièce parfaite devrait être jouée plus souvent en concert. Cette interprétation est fabuleuse, comme la prise de son. Merci !
@susanmjordan3 жыл бұрын
The final moments of this piece are just breathtaking. Some of the most beautiful music I think I've ever heard.
@aaronbenha2 жыл бұрын
This piece has so many ranges and themes, yet everything is in consensus with each other. No one does harmony quite like Ravel, maybe Debussy, but they're distinctly awesome in their own right. Definitely one of my all time favorites. Thank you for such a great performance!
@jmack8767 Жыл бұрын
I hold the common, but controversial opinion that Ravel > Debussy...
@ravelesque34 Жыл бұрын
of course, Ravel is better but this fucking world never understand the real genius@@jmack8767
@flavio1367 жыл бұрын
Simply breathtaking!!! The overwhelming beauty of Ravel's music takes your heart and caresses your soul
@wendyhumphreystebbutt57823 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@edwardmontoya50 Жыл бұрын
Word!
@simonkawasaki42292 жыл бұрын
When I heard this recently, I easily dismissed it as typical early Ravellian fluff, where he aims to impress with sudden sixths, doubled melodies, pizzicatos, and modulations, generally a weaker Daphnis, but I keep coming back to it, over and over again. There is something really very special in this work. 8:59
@edwardmontoya50 Жыл бұрын
Lush
@MegaCirse4 жыл бұрын
En vous baladant dans les prés du présent, vous pouvez cueillir des bouquets de fleurs folles et improbables, revenir avec de somptueux extraits de ce musicien sensible et écorché et dire que vous gagnez parfois du temps à ignorer tant de ces musiques contemporaines pour enfin gagner en force et sérénité💖
@arnaudstegle50344 ай бұрын
No matter how much I've listened to this incredible piece, the last chord always surprises me ! To me it's like fairy dust to dazzle me and leave me speechless.
@AnotherFishyMuffin3 жыл бұрын
Wow!! I’m a beginner harpist and I hope one day to play such a beautiful piece.....
@phyllispetras33692 жыл бұрын
Do not give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@brothermarkspencer36224 жыл бұрын
I have NEVER heard a better performance of this work!!!!.... Absolutely PERFECT!!! Emmanuel you are FABULOUS!!!!!.... and the players you have with you here are incredible!!! Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!
@fliszt118 жыл бұрын
What wonderful music and what a superb performance. Vive Ravel !!!
@zwjeffrey3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite pieces, played with incredible sound, dynamics, and articulation. You absolutely nailed it. Bravo!
@jaysparc4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Elton John played Cello...
@aldoringo4392 жыл бұрын
This is the purest definition of what the perfect interpretation/recording looks like. If only every piece has this quality of recording- it would be incredible.
@lacobymills49305 жыл бұрын
this video should have more likes for this outstanding performance especially by the harpist who plays at perfect volume better than any harpist I've heard. the fact that this video only has 63,069 views and 788 likes shows that people don't know good music anymore.
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
Try the recording by Ed Druzinsky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Jean Martinon. That's the best.
@JMDewald5 жыл бұрын
Ravel = Genius
@rik93724 жыл бұрын
A par del Bolero es clar.
@vakdad10 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Very fluid and terrific coda. I used to play this with Martine Geliot in Paris.
@navixeon3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Applause from the world
@deborahmariewagner14234 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@owenhsalome6 жыл бұрын
Amazing! So much feeling. A vibrant performance. You guys rock!
@earthlightsmusic27435 жыл бұрын
A radio announcer once said this piece was written to show off the new "double-action" harp, so that must mean the chromaticism demands a lot of the harp's pedals.
@claude22435 жыл бұрын
What a beatiful piece. Great artists. Wonderful performance
@ILZEROBERTSON8 жыл бұрын
Bravo.... so well played!
@AnetteMaiburg8 жыл бұрын
+Ilze Robertson Thank you!
@valeska_kevinleahy Жыл бұрын
Wow, wow!! The cadenza was especially good! Wish I could have been there...
@edwardmontoya50 Жыл бұрын
What a joy this piece (and terror) this piece has been for these musicians.
@dominiccrawfordcollins4 жыл бұрын
a beautiful performance...love the violinist's smile at 7:40.....sublime!
The Harpist is magnificent! All the musicians are superb. The understand this music!
@AnneHarp5 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Fantastic! I'm overwhelmed in a good way, thank you!!! 💕🙏🎶
@phyllispetras33693 жыл бұрын
LUSH.......so wonderful..........
@jamaalwilliams13404 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful
@edwardmontoya50 Жыл бұрын
I'm blessed to have heard you.
@jorgsattelmacher26763 жыл бұрын
Wahnsinn, das Video hat mich selbst als eingefleischten Ravel-Fan von den Socken gehauen!
@ghislainebouillon16427 жыл бұрын
Magnifique ! Belle prestation. Bravo.
@crazyorganist16097 жыл бұрын
It's a gorgeous piece m full of longing I think
@ayeonayeon86193 жыл бұрын
I feel like I am in the fairy's forest or sth. I really love every instruments' sound in this work.
@saoconrado5 жыл бұрын
legendary piece from Ravel indeed
@Edgar_Grana5 жыл бұрын
A great performance wonderful musicians bravo
@robertryker95948 жыл бұрын
Splendid performance. Wonderful insight.
@p.maillard15446 жыл бұрын
Bravo 🎈🎊 ce petit français 🇫🇷 a la harpe dans le sang !
@melodylonganglin9975 жыл бұрын
Simply a beautiful performance. A true understanding of the piece. Bravo! and so happy the recording is loud enough to hear the well crafted colors of Ravel from each instrument -- Other harpists hide in this piece. Just magnificent.
@stevenhaff7973 Жыл бұрын
Impressive! Beautiful playing. Love this piece!
@gerardandreani5 жыл бұрын
Love this piece, so peaceful
@gentle10305 жыл бұрын
Magnifique😍
@chaseledet5613 жыл бұрын
Stunning!!
@noelfrancois359110 ай бұрын
Emmanuel CEYSSoN !!!
@Michael-Oh3 жыл бұрын
Oh my God Bravo! What a breathtaking performance!
@Wwise_sounds Жыл бұрын
amazing performance!
@MichaelConwayBaker3 жыл бұрын
A first rate performance of this masterpiece. Thanks so much for posting!
@zaferteomete52842 жыл бұрын
Bravo bravo bravo.....♥️
@edwardmontoya50 Жыл бұрын
1st of all I make a scrunchy ugly face when the progression is so beyond truly beautiful. I've played this piece on repeat for an hour or more. I am having blissful memories of music school.
@WilfriedBerk9 жыл бұрын
Masterwork ...
@flavoredwallpaper Жыл бұрын
So good!
@alexrodriguez2907 Жыл бұрын
Emmanuel ceysson maravilloso bravo!
@AnetteMaiburg Жыл бұрын
Yes, he is incredible! Wonderful to play with him.
@pablocabreplasencia5 жыл бұрын
I love the 1st violin face at 10:09
@yukaviguier93965 жыл бұрын
Magnifique!
@omarlamdaoui70072 жыл бұрын
Beautiful relaxation
@olgacaraveruiz4508 Жыл бұрын
Preciosa música, suena a España y a agua😮
@心臓うめえShinzouUmee4 жыл бұрын
wonderful performance!
@kayalyssmay4 жыл бұрын
Tbh the clarinet is the best part for me and it sounded so beautiful at the end.
@kimmr1007 жыл бұрын
Very sweet - a wonderful performance. Thank you for posting
@LambentOrt3 жыл бұрын
Stunning
@RemunJ668 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance! Enjoyed it a lot ... Thanks for sharing 👌☺️
@kathyreiners68337 жыл бұрын
wonderful thank you
@weslee44234 жыл бұрын
Why would you put the camera at the 1st violinist while the harpist is playing solo passages??
@fingerhorn44 жыл бұрын
What a stunning performance of this Ravel masterpiece. Fantastically vibrant and rock solid harp playing and a lovely sound from the violist and cellist. This is a very difficult piece to make it sound effortless and rhythmically focused,. This ensemble might well have produced the most engaging version available. Wonderful clip so thank you.
@marra48875 жыл бұрын
Oh, what a wonderful performance of Ravel's swoony piece!And to think that it was a commission to show how the Erard harp was versatile enough to not be superseded by a double stringed harp. Ravel delayed holidaying with his friends for a week while he worked on it - hard graft I imagine, BUT LISTEN TO THE RESULT!
@robertm20002 жыл бұрын
Excellent historical note! And what a result Ravel produced!
@difusoseinfinitoslasidorem22416 жыл бұрын
Precioso..cuantas visiones fantásticas..Ninfas..Efébos..Dionosio ..agua..bosque..cielo..pureza..almas..Música i Danza..Juegos..i amores..miradas..promesas..
@rik93724 жыл бұрын
Esquisida interpretació i genial Ceysson.
@DityaSangGita7 жыл бұрын
this is one of my Ravel's fave :D
@roselandiramos70485 жыл бұрын
Adorei...
@sherrypetrovich34617 жыл бұрын
My favorite harp piece...does anybody know of anything as good or better?
@maouAOUT6 жыл бұрын
Danses sacrée et profane by Claude Debussy is the closest in style to the Ravel. You may also enjoy Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra by Gabriel Pierné, Concertino for Harp and Strings by Jean-Michel Damase, and Concerto for Harp and Orchestra by Reinhold Glière
@anruo87056 жыл бұрын
ballad of the goddess
@jochenschmidt-hambrock4 жыл бұрын
maouAOUT p
@VictoriaMartinez-hg5tt Жыл бұрын
I just heard this piece in a faculty recital at FSU two weeks ago. The harpist was unquestionably way superior to the man in this video. She made the piece one of the best live performances I have ever heard in my life. I am 80.
@ScoutSolis7 жыл бұрын
Delicious. Celestial. Idylls of pastoral life come to mind.
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
He moves the harp around so much while hamming it up, you'd think they were playing Un Barque sur l'Ocean.
@benbisogno55787 жыл бұрын
The cellist's shifty eyes at 8:27 are perfect.
@rene18217 жыл бұрын
and what about the fleeting head movement and glance of the cellist at 10:05? worth seeing it too!
@phineasbluster287210 ай бұрын
Excellent, excellent ensemble performance! Excellent technical video & sound. Question to all: is this piece what is also called Ravel "septet"?
@stynway599 ай бұрын
I think it was written for a nine-piece ensemble wich might be called a "nonnete". But I've heard it as harp and piano only, which was lovely
@ajesco9 жыл бұрын
Cellist's face at 8:05
@elisabethkontomanou97818 жыл бұрын
+AJ yeah totally into it ;)
@Rhythmmical5 жыл бұрын
The faces on that cellist.
@DimitriSmith12907 жыл бұрын
Beautiful performance... cellist looks a little like Mark Hammill!
@elementomusical89738 жыл бұрын
AMAZING
@regisvoiclair6 жыл бұрын
Very Nice ! Where can i fond the CD of this wonderfull performance ? Thanks.
@AnetteMaiburg4 жыл бұрын
It's a pity, but we didn´t record the piece...bust we have a nice CD "Classica Francese" (Label Dabringhaus&Grimm) with music from France (classic and Chansons).
@LucySJohnson3 жыл бұрын
WOW
@ronaldthomas743 жыл бұрын
Harp. Lover. !!!!!
@itawambamingo5 жыл бұрын
Wow, wow, wow, wow!
@ivanbeshkov17182 жыл бұрын
Must have heard it over a hundred times over the decades. No surfeit here.
@Harpforyourlife3 жыл бұрын
no sabia que Elton John tocaba el cello!!!
@Clomwellschimdt4 жыл бұрын
The figuring on the maple on that harp though...
@sojeetsharma6 жыл бұрын
All I have to say is... EARCANDY
@aldoringo439 Жыл бұрын
1:14 A cello players dream
@the1despot8 жыл бұрын
wow!
@patriciameierharfe56377 жыл бұрын
Dear Emmanuel! May I ask you, on what kind of harp you are playing?:)
@awesomeari3847 жыл бұрын
Patricia Meier Harfe He is performing on a Lyon and Healy Salzedo!
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
@@awesomeari384 Not very good strings, not projecting clearly.
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