Claude Debussy - Images (Moravec)

[@EASYTIGER10]

For me, Images is the absolute essence of Debussy. If someone asked "what is Debussy like?" I'd play them Images. It is all things Debussy concentrated into half an hour of beauty.

[@alexbizannes7501]

Debussy was SO original There's a carefree aspect to his music, contrasting with the emotionalism of the previous romantic period,which is relaxing and often expressing contentment and wonder

[@alexbizannes7501]

Here you can actually envisage the rhythmic swaying of the branches in the wind,and the fluttering of the leaves in the bursts of wind and the bursting through of sunlight into the tree I love this work

[@rebelguy2684]

2:44 gives me shivers every time. That progression is absolutely breathtaking

[@marinadela1361]

Likewise. What a shame it doesn't last longer.

[@2superlinkbros]

I like the part afterwards at 3:36 where it calms down and magically transitions back to the first theme.

[@pedroochoatango]

Ravel or Gershwin moment.

[@melissaking6019]

This is what Debussy should sound like. Moravec's radiant tone and profound feel for color, and the mysterious atmosphere of Debussy are glorious! I only wish he had recorded more Ravel. His recording of his Sonatine is stunning.

[@geuros]

He also recorded his concerto in G if you're interested

[@ivebarraco]

studying right now the Sonatine and I keep returning to his version, yes! it is different to anyone else's.

[@geuros]

@@ivebarraco indeed, it's absolutely surreal

[@pianobern69]

Debussy's Images are some of the most wonderful piano pieces ever written. Thank you so so much for the upload, your choice of recording was fantastic honestly

[@Sphinxhsu]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Yes it’s a masterpiece

[@geuros]

Agree, it's incredibly wonderful and Moravec makes it sound absolutely transcendental.

[@alexbizannes7501]

Debussy was a genius at depicting mystery like the mystery of the stillness in the moonlight Nature in all its forms,was mngeniously depicted in Debussy's works,something virtually vomlletely new in music -- rain,snow falling ,a bleak sniw strewn landscape, streams,fog,wind and gusts,the sea, moving clouds, moonlight,forests leaves drifting in the wind,dead leaves, sunshine bursting through,swaying branches,swimming fish etc

[@MegaCirse]

We call it impressionism in music,

[@bjarkifreyrbjarnason9419]

There is always something magical, mysterious and otherworldly in Debussy's music.

[@matildeminutoli2794]

he really is an impressionist. i enter another dimension when i listen to his pieces

[@m.a.g.3920]

He was into occultism

[@tsessebe]

I've known Moravec for the gorgeous things he does with Chopin, but was quite unprepared for how glorious his Debussy is. Thank you for this!

[@CharlesDavis-b6p]

I can't help but imagine that Eric Satie and Claude didn't share some of their best themes with one another at the Chat Noir. I haven't drank Absinth... but I hear they tipped a few and saw the green fairy. Moravec has the most sensitive technique of anyone I ever heard before.

[@Meghanishappy]

I'm in love with the second piece. I can't stop listening to it! 💗

[@MJTcompositions]

The gateway to Scriabin. If you want to learn the Scriabin Piano Sonatas, I suggest learning his over 90 preludes, Prokofiev, and Debussy.

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Scriabin's sonatas are difficult

[@johnryskamp2943]

Scriabin is a mediocrity. Ask Stravinsky. You don't understand Debussy.

[@gmfrunzik]

Prokofiev is even harder than scriabin😂

[@PiotrBarcz]

For lack of a better term to describe the genre, I absolutely love the impressionistic piano works, or rather as I call them often, descriptive piano works.

[@visveee6678]

Wow, this recording sounds fantastic! There’s so much color and texture, especially in the first Image.

[@alexbizannes7501]

This work is a masterpiece

[@MegaCirse]

Quand le monde fléchit autour de soi, quand les structures d’une civilisation vacillent, il est bon de revenir à ce qui, dans l’histoire, ne fléchit pas, mais au contraire redresse le courage, rassemble les séparés, pacifie sans meurtrir. Il est bon de rappeler que le génie de la création est lui aussi à l’œuvre dans une histoire vouée à la destruction

[@MrInkSpot]

Bien dit, bon monsieur!

[@stephentarr6588]

Thanks for posting this great performance, a classic

[@IamANoob_131]

8:23 Ravel used the same motif in his Le Gibet!

[@robertcohn8858]

Ivan Moravec gives an outstanding performance. Many thanks for posting this beautiful recording!

[@artysanmobile]

Debussy was a true genius. His writing owes little to nothing to any other composer. Just wildly original and gorgeous music. And, what a performance!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I always like to think that F.M. Rogers was highly, highly inspired by Debussy.

[@johnryskamp2943]

He owes a tremendous amount to Wagner. It took him years to escape the influence. There is also the wonderful influence of Chabrier--the most underrated composer.

[@artysanmobile]

@@johnryskamp2943 I hear no musical debt whatsoever to Wagner of all composers. For me, Debussy occupies an entirely different world from Wagner’s dense pomposity. Just zero common ground.

[@johnryskamp2943]

Then you know something Debussy did not know.

[@ThisGuyFrritz]

This upload combines Books 1 & 2. You can find this 1982 digital recording on a double CD, "Moravec Plays Debussy and Chopin." Note that it was originally released as a single disc "Moravec Plays Debussy."

[@handznet]

Beautiful music and Moravec plays it really well 👍🏻

[@isisjamil9430]

Belas composições, a essência de Debussy, em puros sons, acordes perfeitos, cadências ímpares ... Tudo de melhor que esse Mago da Sonoridade ofereceu à Humanidade!! Parabéns pela sensibilidade! 🎼🎶🎶🎶

[@Dylonely_9274]

C. Debussy’s writing for the piano is fascinating.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Debussy's music is almost ALWAYS about Reflection. 🙂 I always loved how F.M. Rogers' pieces were extremely introspective, whimsical, and airy like Debussy's as well.

[@christianvennemann9008]

I can't believe I'm just now hearing this amazing recording! I feel as if I've just uncovered a hidden pearl. As much as I love the magnificent Rogé recording, this resplendent recording by Moravec makes me feel like I'm truly listening to this for the first time 😍😍

[@Dylonely_9274]

Amazing indeed…

[@stravinskyfan]

do you know where to find the Rogé recording here on KZbin that had more than 2 million views? did it get deleted?

[@christianvennemann9008]

@stravinskyfan Unfortunately, the Medtnaculus video of the Rogé recording got taken down. I found this recording, which is the same audio as the Medtnaculus video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SVna2CqMlqbZYsi=9HAs036tKMKfjWbh. I have no clue why it got taken down, but it's a real shame 😔

[@SpockMonroe]

Thank you. Following the music is as breathtaking as listening to it. To have conceived such a manner of approach, I suppose one had to be living in that time. How lovely it must have been.

[@bradforddavis6497]

Wow! Heavy hands. Great tone, color, in and out time. Captures the beautiful and wild heart so well. Loved it. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@Mingled_RiverOWO]

The pieces are amazing, and the performance is also brillant! ❤❤❤

[@Teddy_Toto]

Beautiful interpretations. The Images is a masterpiece in itself, both books. But the ending of Reflets dans l’eau is unparalleled. In my opinion, the most beautiful ending in the piano repertoire.

[@Bigblackpiano]

It's so peaceful yet powerful😢

[@lecomar7220]

I agree! The way that three note melody is there in the beginning but get's presented so clearly in the end. What does it mean? I always wonder. It's so beautifully done. Do you know the ending of Feux d'artifice (the last prelude of the second book)? It is ingenious in a similar, but different way as well.

[@박상현-u3d]

Thanks for uploading!

[@SenicoOcines]

I love it. So inspiring

[@titicatfollies6615]

MORAVEC IS THE BEST!

[@claudewallet3287]

Almost. Michelangeli!

[@scherrer4715]

@@claudewallet3287 Phew. Michelangeli's Debussy is very overrated

[@Cybi0]

It seems that Claude Debussy participated in building the path leading to Jazz in 1905 : at times i hear Bill Evans and other works from Jazz composers of the 20th century. I also heard the premices of Rhapsody in Blue around 3:33 ... amazing ♥

[@sandeegrey5977]

People seem to forget that this kind of music came way before Jazz. Has nothing to do with it (Just look at Satie's Sarabandes from the 1880's)

[@stuartdryer1352]

But some of the great jazz pianists like Bill Evans loved Debussy.

[@Dee.CeeHaich]

Incredible interpretation

[@Sedyon]

Debussy is one of the best composers that have ever lived, way better than Scriabin! But I think Schoenberg is even better, atonal music is life 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@Dee.CeeHaich]

@Sedyon Hmmm I believe no one is better than anyone, all composers are equal in quality! Something my brother wouldn't understand since he just hates music 🫤

[@Sedyon]

@@Dee.CeeHaich I said this because your brother hates Debussy and hates Schoenberg even more, whereas he loves Scriabin

[@Dee.CeeHaich]

@@Sedyon I know, I know! But I'm not just his opposite brother. My mission is to bring dignity back to Music, something my brother is planning to destroy

[@eddieandmaxie]

@@Dee.CeeHaichwhat the plot twist

[@aaaAccount]

it calmes me down so good so praceful so nice... no?

[@SH-UK030]

Yes, I feel like so

[@sigil5772]

0:43 THAT chord there - I hope Jacob Collier has heard it

[@ジャガーマン-l5h]

映像第一集 Reflets dans l'eau 水の反映（水に映る影） 5:13 Hommage à Rameau ラモー賛歌（ラモーをたたえて） 12:01 Mouvement 動き Book II L.111映像第2集 15:29 Cloches à travers les feuilles 葉ずえを渡る鐘 19:54 Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut 荒れた寺にかかる月（そして月は廃寺に落ちる） 25:31 Poissons d'or 金色の魚

[@RedFoxAce]

22:11 unusually human sounding melody from debussy

[@mitchellsloanmusic9658]

This HAS to have been an inspiration for the Phantom Thread OST

[@counterpoints_]

12:11 Dies Irae

[@HeinzLengersdorfPianist]

Much better than Michelangeli and Trifonov … more Sound Control and understanding of the text…👍👍

[@SoundRoshi]

Trifonov definitely, not even close. I disagree about Michelangeli though, I think his interpretation is wonderful. I would definitely agree that Moravec's sound is much more controlled, in a good way. As to understanding the text, I think Michelangeli shows a full understanding as well, but arrives at drastically different conclusions than Moravec. He was always like that, he had a very particular sound so most pieces he plays sound like Michelangeli and not like the composer. Some may like it and others may not, that's ok haha

[@c-historia]

great video!

[@べっこう飴-x8e]

Splended.

[@aindriubradleymarshall6226]

Debussy was a genius.

[@satosmi9408]

Debussy’s most “lush” period.

[@MarcoSavínMoreno]

The Second pice of the book II, in my opinión, is the most complex of the set.

[@l0s_]

00:00 - 0:30

[@steffi4884]

amazing

[@alyoshaii]

Bro must have seen god when he looked in a puddle

[@ChristopherHauser-58]

Sounds like it

[@MS_GOOB]

ANIME REFERENCE at 12:02???????? O_o ...MIND = BLOWN

[@nickiadams4388]

Thanks for this! What edition of the score did you use? Would like to find if possible. Thanks

[@tylerlovesmusic]

International. I got it from IMSLP

[@ratandmonkey2982]

wow, you are good

[@TuanTran-yj1re]

good

[@ChristopherHauser-58]

I heard this long time ago on readers diagest records

[@クマ五郎-e5f]

美しい

[@deerfoxraven2965]

Bill Evans peace piece sounds like Reflects dan l'eau - is it just me?

[@ianop5889]

🙏🙏🙏

[@robertwalker2052]

What a shame Debussy never composed a piano concerto.

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Pentatonic only gets you that far.

[@mgconlan]

Actually he did: a single-movement "Fantaisie" for piano and orchestra from 1889-1890.

[@stravinskyfan]

​@@mgconlan it is actually in 3 movements. Why did you say 1?

[@stravinskyfan]

​@@WinrichNaujoksyou are a complete moron

[@stravinskyfan]

​@@WinrichNaujoksmoronic comment

[@Dasewig_Weibliche]

ㅎㅎ 넘 좋다,,

[@UnaMoscaEnLaPared]

♥

[@skysstillblue1123]

22:14 kinda feel Ghibliesque

[@Dylonely_9274]

1:11

[@SH-UK030]

濁り少なく、統一感をもって高潔なり

[@dredpool3927]

1:55

[@stuartdryer1352]

Jazz before jazz

[@ZorroVulpes]

Debussy

[@claudewallet3287]

Moravec is a great artist, no doubt, but these pieces belong to Michelangeli, in my opinion.

[@Xyriak]

9:18

[@franceskinskij]

Nice, but Hommage à Rameau is way too fast

[@md88kg]

Jazz, who needs sheep music?

[@whocares_bear]

Mostly black keys. Pentatonic

[@Dichweed]

He doesn't understand this music.

[@johnryskamp2943]

You have to learn to eliminate the horizon in music. That's what Monet taught Debussy: eliminate the horizon.

[@SH-UK030]

ドビュッシーは印象派と呼ばれた絵画よりも、象徴派の文学に影響を受けました

[@daph0307]

And what does that mean? Because Monet is all about horizons.

[@calebhu6383]

1:55