Claude Debussy: La Mer (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado)

[@katherinewang3466]

Thank you TwoSet! Otherwise I would have missed this masterpiece!

[@Drachenschnauze]

I found it on an anekdote in a Don Juan - Masterclass, it was very funny :)

[@miriamvg5389]

Same!

[@wordjunkie289]

Brett and Eddy have led so many music lovers to KZbin classical music channels I feel they deserve a commission! These channels must be wondering why there has been a spike in viewership in recent years. Hope they read the comments.

[@emmyborsboom6649]

@@Drachenschnauze pppp

[@_seiru_]

Same💞

[@IceOfPhoenix88]

This is 100% my favourite recording of La Mer.

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

This makes me weep- sometimes, I’m afraid to watch it…the power of an orchestra of this size - with every tiny part slotted in place - like a great machine! And Maestro Abbado - already so frail - in his element, & REALLY leading this magnificent orchestra through such a well-loved piece… I feel so happy that someone, somewhere, is seeing/hearing this for the first time…Welcome! Thank you to Two Set for sharing! 🙏🏻💔🙏🏽

[@louise_rose]

Wonderful interpretation of this powerful symphonic suite. I've seen it several times on TV (Mezzo) and I'm happy to find it here on KZbin. Abbado gets awesome nuances of sound from this orchestra, and this is of course a work that's been very influential - not least on classic film soundtracks!

[@louise_rose]

Beautiful performance and a great team effort from every musician on board! 💗Yes, you can tell how drained Abbado is at the end when he's facing the audience, but what a keeper of a performance! I've watched it on Mezzo a couple of times and came here to see if there was a permanent upload. :) This music from the dawn of the 20th century is the fountainhead of so many film scores, we can hear techniques, colours and dynamic changes here that would resurface in hundreds of classic Hollywood soundtracks, but which were quite new and revolutionary at the time.

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

@@louise_rose 🙏🏻💔🙏🏽

[@louise_rose]

@@Cristobels-Green-Boots For some reason my earlier comment here didn't show up ;) Never mind - just like you, I LOVE this performance! :)

[@monicaarcher7107]

Me for the first time

[@devtogoru]

in the age before disney and youtube, Debussy can fill our minds with the sea, the crashing o the waves, just by few musical instruments. Impressionist music works like magic.

[@culturalivrebr]

Catapel nice your reference about Disney. all my images of the sea, including the images this music suggests, are related to my experience with Disney old movies.

[@culturalivrebr]

Catapel this is pure 40's Fantasia to me

[@pega17pl]

+manotsva Where do you think got Walt Disney his imaginations?

[@spliff22]

He didn't like to be called Impressionist although I see where you're going with that.

[@salvorizzo8671]

@@spliff22 In facts, more than impressionist, Debussy was a simbolist.

[@itopus1]

MAGNIFICENT ! A majestic orchestra, under full sails, it just blows you mind away. Maestro Abbado at the very top of a musical Himalaya.

[@brightlin777]

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra never disappoints, Claudio Abbado is truly a good conductor, not to mention the amazing musicians.

[@rena2168]

Claudio Abbado bravissimo, la migliore versione de "La mer"

[@salvorizzo8671]

Simply, my favorite symphonic work of ever, of all the time. And this version is probably the best one above all. Thanks Claudio, rest in peace!

[@salvorizzo8671]

Also, at 21:57 we can here the trumpets section, often omitted by many directors, and at 22:33 the strings section is very clear, especially the cellos, whose notes are in contrapposition to the violins ones. In a few of bars there is the whole art of Debussy!

[@pedrodiniz92]

I think we should be thanking both Claudio and Claude for this one! 🤣

[@Henning_S]

Seeing Bernanrd Haitink giving applause at 24:36 always warms my heart

[@Djdkkxkxkxkxk]

By far the best version, amazing!!!

[@tanakaasuka]

Wow the expression at the climax of the 1st movement is so unique 😳😳 that just emphasizes the flutes’ melody rather than the brass 😳very impressive 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jeysusasombal0827]

I was really frustrated and stressed at my job at the same time with my study but when I hear this materpiece it's so relaxing that feels like I'm floating on the air while closing my eyes and listining to it with all my heart and soul...

[@gljamil]

A masterpiece conducted by a master. Wonderful

[@freddyharvey2405]

Abbado is my favourite conductor, his sense of balance is brilliant

[@okavango5937]

The best La Mer i have EVER heard! It just rocks!

[@wardropper]

Just wonderful! I'm pretty old by now, but this is about the most thrilling thing I've ever heard. Fabulous how he lets the tempo push and relax, "breathing", like the sea. So many conductors just beat time, and all we get is a mere photograph of the ocean. This is so alive and full of movement. I'm there, in the sea, splashing around like a kid, awestruck by the sky above and the miraculous light around! I can see Maestro Abbado is too.

Such a beautiful comment. I can relate to all words that you share…

[@josjanssen6733]

Watch Abbado from 22:26 to the moment where he anticipates the fanfare. How his facial expression changes. No exaggerated stuff, no histrionics. Just the wisdom of a man and his musicians who are perfect in the moment. It brings a tear to my eye....

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

On the anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth anniversary, what could it better than listening to this amazingly brilliant performance by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the baton of one of the best and humblest Conductors of all time ? In 'La Mer', Debussy managed to capture the heart and spirit, the true essence of what the sea can evoque to any of us, to all of us. The countless almost infinite states of moods that the powerful, mighty sea may inspire us, are undoubtedly rendered by this masterly score performed in a way I have hardly ever listened to. @EuroArtsChannel, thanks for sharing this mesmerising Video with us all !

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This masterpiece is indescribable feelings , and indescribable beauty, and something indescribable

[@giuseppemariaperego8937]

"Sono commosso!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Rest in peace Grande Maestro Claudio Abbado ❤❤❤ Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie

[@wardropper]

About the most wonderful thing I have ever heard, and Abbado's control of tempo is just perfect. Nothing goes so fast that it becomes sloppy, yet everything moves forward with the natural urgency of life itself. I can't praise these musicians enough, and no one has ever done Debussy more justice. It is so obvious, too, that they are full of love for this miraculous music, and that certainly transmits to us as listeners. I'm repeating myself because I'm so bowled over. (See comment below...)

[@Nhnhnfk]

Abbado was an absolute master.

[@cipotlar]

23:01 did anybody else feel the fire from the double basses? Bloody awesome. First time I heard the double basses so prominently in that section of La Mer.

[@areyounatz]

Yes! This is the only interpretation, I believe, where you can clearly hear that.

[@francistamio3904]

Those two splash of waves at 12:36 and the following waltz always get me. Definitely my favorite sections of this masterpiece.

[@GIANCARLOCARPINO]

"Ho avuto il privilegio di ascoltare un’esecuzione di La Mer di Claude Debussy sotto la direzione del maestro Claudio Abbado. La musica ha saputo trasportarmi, evocando immagini del mare in continuo movimento, con una bellezza e intensità che solo una grande interpretazione può offrire. Abbado ha catturato l’essenza profonda della composizione, trasformando ogni nota in un'esperienza sensoriale avvolgente. La sua direzione, di una delicatezza impeccabile, ha rivelato le sfumature più intime di questa straordinaria opera. Debussy, con la sua capacità di evocare l’infinito movimento del mare, ha trovato in lui un interprete capace di trasmetterne l’incanto e la poesia con sublime maestria. Un momento indimenticabile di pura armonia tra due geni." In questo modo, la ripetizione è evitata, mantenendo fluidità e profondità.

[@emberdrops3892]

I love Abbado's expressions at 22:27 During the buildup, he's tense, and then at 22:30 with the release, he just says: well done, now bring it :D

[@mariapaolarosapepe3726]

Eccezionale! Nothing can be compared to this music and her magistral execution

[@krystalreacts]

7:50 things start getting lit!!! Love this piece and Abbado's execution is just perfect. This is perfect.

[@mateushayasaka]

I never see another condutor put enphase on main theme like him.

[@irenecarrillo6750]

I always cry at this point, it's so beautiful

[@carlospinilla7735]

uff... .ese choque orquestal de la ola, imperial, decisiva, sobrenatural, qué música...! dan ganas de eternidad

[@dariogalizzioli2416]

The capacity to make every sound perfectly audible, Abbado was the only one with this skill, mastering the musicians, without reading the musical score.

[@pianopera]

Great attention to complex rhythmic details and balance of sound without ever losing track of the evocative, dramatic quality of the music -- this is devoted music making of the highest order.

[@Artist_Aejoo]

아름다운 연주 너무 잘 들었습니다 감사합니다 ❤️🧡💛

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

Simply the best! I’m not a musician, but I feel able to enter another world with this - I wait for the motifs to re-enter & depart, REALLY leading the different sections to follow….what a wonder! I’ll cherish this recording, for as long as I’m privileged to listen to/watch it…. Thank you so much for sharing! Take care & be well! 🙏🏽💔🙏🏻

[@rorycraig]

The third movement 'Dialogue du vent et de la mer' has quite possibly THE GREATEST ending of any symphonic work. And I have to say, the orchestra and Abbado's interpretation is just magnificent.

[@ceciliasullivan3880]

he looks very in love with the music

[@lawrencewei3583]

Stop.

[@yingchaowang5259]

Wow! Sabine Meyer is in the clarinet sector! So great to see her!

[@b0bfelice]

FANTASTIQUE! Best rendition I've ever heard! Great attention to the dynamic range of the orchestra to evoke the swells of The Sea!

[@_rstcm]

1:10 Just love the buildup. So heavenly! 😇😇😇😇

[@therightmusic7639]

Great conductor and ochestral composition (the sea has always been my favorite place). Bravi!!

[@fargarden]

Just stunning. A revelation of new nuance and colour.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

No performance is as intriguing and captivating and inspirational as this performance

[@ericli3887]

Can we talk about how amazing the articulations are in the oboes are 10:50?

[@camilorm5578]

Debussy ha pasado los límites de mi comprensión. Realmente creó una composición que no parece de este mundo con La mer. Al igual que Ravel con Daphnis et Chloe. Nunca me cansaré de oírlas. Es música del mismísimo paraíso, y aun mejor en esta interpretación de Claudio Abbado. Simplemente Maravilloso

[@ruperttmls7985]

A mi me gusta mucho Debussy... pero sinceramente “La Mer” no termino de digerirla, se me hace pesada y a veces hasta confusa... pocas veces la escucho completa. Falta de costumbre supongo.

[@theingabo212]

This is just splendid! Bravo as always Maestro Abbado, and we’d been missing you a lot. ❤

[@schumacherenator]

Cello soli at 4:36 is just perfect

[@billsullivan3920]

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra was formed by invitation from the conductor Abbado. These are the elite from many European orchestras. Their great sound was unique to many critics. Great soloists such as Heinhold Frederich on trumpet, I think he played in all the concerts through the years, and the very fine Albrecht Mayer on oboe. This is a truly great La Mer.

[@trundholm93]

Also Georg Faust and Natalia Gutman in 1. cello. Cracks.

[@marcelosagredopsathas1021]

Emmanuel Pahud in flute

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

@@marcelosagredopsathas1021 , certainly.. and what a fabulous flautist he is !!!

[@peter4057]

*Reinhold Friedrich

[@barney6888]

Abbado at his best, great playing. Superb stuff

[@TheClovis40]

Une merveille ,on pourrait même sentir l'air du large...sentir l'iode.....fabuleux! quels musiciens...quel chef....!

[@sanjorge520]

que belleza, simplemente hermoso, me encanta

[@davidrehak3539]

Claude Debussy:A tenger-szimfonikus költemény 1.Hajnaltól délig a tengeren - Molto lento 00:00 2.Hullámok játéka - Allegro 8:31 3.A tenger és a szél párbeszéde - Vivace e tumultuoso 15:18 Luzerni Fesztivál Zenekara Vezényel:Claudio Abbado Luzerni Kulturális és Kongresszusi Központ 2003.augusztus 14.

[@parintelebaiazid80]

7:30 the beginning of the epic Sunrise

[@fuadsawyer1054]

i was very lucky to have performed under the baton of claidio abbado in 1975 at the royal albert hall -- wo where has the years gone

[@danfriend9567]

Given that you two were so close,one would have thought you would know how to spell his name.

[@fuadsawyer1054]

attention daniel i was avery young singer in 1975 i performed in a group in south africa who performed at the royal albeert hall with him conducting ..i wasnt an associate of his in a ppersonal capcity .should i find the programme i wil email it ..and as you know as when most of us age we can make istakes ..pls i cant retrack but send me how i spelt his name and mameely im an retired opera singer and play no instrument many thanks fuad sawyer

[@CherryBootielicious]

Daniel Friendnd - what if he were dyslexic? Spelling and grammar shouldn't count for liability.

[@wordjunkie289]

@@fuadsawyer1054 I empathise with you. At our age, the fingers don’t tap accurately and we don’t always see the suggested word, especially when we are in a hurry. Daniel is probably a young man; we should cut him some slack. As for Fuad and all the others who commented who knew the names of several musicians in the orchestra, I salute you all with deep admiration of your musical knowledge.

[@Simevolution]

Best version on youtube! :)

[@leakingsock]

I needed this for my music presentation lol 😩

[@victorcubillos8946]

Un maestro inolvidable,Abbado.

[@winstonsmith101]

Claude and Claudio... Both are missed deeply

[@user-8d8h8t8b]

1:26 I 4:37 II 6:49 Coda 8:31 10:50 Ob. Fl. 11:45 Trp. 12:48 15:18 16:47 18:46 21:17 22:10 -end

[@areyounatz]

You can really hear the waves. I always imagine a big ship docking to port in the last part of the 3rd movement.

[@mariya54462]

This piece is so beautiful and magical it makes me cry. It reminds me of Miyazaki's Ponyo 💙

[@geneosis]

Very good execution.

[@theingabo212]

Listening to this while walking along the shore. 😩💗

[@sarahbarten8033]

Gorgeous rendition. The conductor is a dancer and leads the orchestra as if on a dance floor. Watch the scenes of the orchestra from above. They move in unison to the arching phrases.

[@legendpossible7159]

Gave me goosebumps...

[@sonicsnap1173]

Just fantastic! A moment of pure emotion.

[@jlcdyidtjragguwhkvwichs]

Oh...there's an inexplicable beauty......

[@ychinchilly]

ikr! When I close my eyes, I can see the rumbling waves

[@TenorJota]

Maestro, incredibile 🌹

[@fabriziofarena4684]

Grande Abbado. Immensi i Berliner!

[@antoninolatino5742]

Non sono i Berliner ma l'orchestra del festival di Lucerna orchestra insuperabile

[@fabriziofarena4684]

Hai ragione. Mi hanno ingannato le inquadrature su alcuni componenti dell'orchestra, tra cui anche il primo oboe proprio dei Berliner, Albrecht Mayer.

[@Euroarts]

What do you think about the interpretation of this piece under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen? Click here to compare Claude Debussy's interpretation with Esa-Pekka Salonen's as conductors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oamofpp-fNd0hq8

[@salvorizzo8671]

I rather prefer Abbado. Especially in the third part. Violins are so clear, and trumpets before codas are included on the partiture, instead they are missing on Salonen version

[@1987ulise]

I can't hear a great difference between both versions. Maybe this one have a better camera direction. Sorry for my ignorance and thanks!

[@UtsyoChakraborty]

Both are great. But Boulez is just way better than both of them!

[@wardropper]

Superb. Acoustics less dry than in Lucerne. If I were to compare the two, I'd say Salonen is a little heavier - more rhythm-conscious, so that one is sometimes aware that he is beating time and the music seems a bit laboured. It's that eternal search for longer phrases which characterizes masters like Abbado, who seems totally to "live" in the music, so that you don't even realize it is built from phrases. Beauty, feeling and perfect commitment triumph over the baton.

[@BrendanSteffens]

My favorite rendition of the second movement in particular. By far.

[@potatoeslalala]

2nd movement is so good omgggggg

[@aureliomoreira3860]

Beside this masterpiece... For those who doesnt know, Cláudio Abaddo is the maestro reponsible for making the best registry of Brahms Hungarian Dances ever!

[@gabrielbairdmusic]

20:38 - 20:57 one of the most powerful orchestral moments for me

[@corneliakapelinski]

CLAUDIO ABBADO let us hear ' la mer' inside..it our personal " la mer"..he succeeds in dividing the sea und guiding us through.and let us feel every single drop of water..is spirituell how he conducts ..Debussy is part of his shamanic performance

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Every time I listen to this masterpiece , I remember Verginia Woolf's 「 The Waves 」 and get wistful . From chaotic Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun .

[@giuseppemariaperego8937]

"Fantastico!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe

[@charltonprice6431]

Greatest conductor of the late 20th Century in La Scala Milan), Vienna, Berlin, and Lucerne -- with orchestras he created or rebuilt..

[@not2tees]

"If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went." Such is the quote from Will Rogers. If Debussy is not in heaven, then when I die . . .

[@pokopori]

TwoSet brought me here.... (-_-)

[@antoniangai7107]

omgggg same whenever they say how few parts of violin his works include!

[@joyceleung9052]

twoset CHARADES brought me here

[@-511]

Музыканты сами как МОРЕ !! движутся !!! Здорово !

[@jakeplonk888]

Could there be a better performance of La Mer than this? Abbado was a god.

[@louise_rose]

Agree, and I think he had a lifetime of familiarity with the work at this point - he had recorded it at least twice before. This is a stellar performance.

[@hihernan8508]

4:36 para los fans de twoset

[@tamarvasquezhernandez7208]

Y yo que creía que era la única latina que veía ese canal ahora ya no estoy sola

[@naythre2498]

@@tamarvasquezhernandez7208 Sou brasileira e assisto também

[@Sofia-un2hn]

Obrigada 😂

[@imaginario7729]

@@naythre2498 Um amigo falante da língua portuguesa;) e tb sou fan já agr

[@gabrieldantas5867]

Brasil 🇧🇷

[@zwieglupglup]

Take all the best musicians of the world and put them together in one orchestra O.o !

[@mariabelunolli9406]

No, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

[@amaniealhindal8950]

So mesmerising

[@kyowonjeong4860]

감사합니다 아바도

[@ЮрійМусієнко-л9й]

Кращої музики в світі не існує, плачу від щастя❤❤❤

[@oofingtoodling9522]

23:22 someone just shouted woah. Honestly, I would too.

[@andreaskonig451]

So cool.

[@liciaamicone5595]

Musique merveilleuse et sublime.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@albertoaguiardacruz7047]

SRa. Licia Micone por favor, não diga bobagens. mÚSICA MARAVILHOSA E SUBLIME? NUNCA. DEBUSSY NÃO TINHA DIGNIDADE E NEM HUMILDADE PARA COMPOR MÚSICA SUBLIME OU DE QUALQUER QUALIDADE SUPERIOR, SABE PORQUE? ELE SÓ SABIA FAZER CRÍTICA DESTRUTIVA A RESPEITO DOS COMPOSITORES DE QUE NÃO GOSTAVA.

[@lsrecords2473]

Simply wonderful!!

[@jansontang2094]

Those double basses at the end, there's so much pressure coming from there

[@bassoonistfromhell]

this is a really amazing performance

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This performance has the power of big waves off the coast of Shinagawa in Japan like the big wave of genius Katsushika Hokusai From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

[@enryclaptone1668]

Indimenticabile M° Abbado, amatissimo.

[@arthurkosmala5422]

Brilliant recording :)

[@jackgmackenzie]

My wife: “The trumpeter looks like David Cameron in a wig”

[@andrepires8294]

The critics back in that time said they didnt hear the sea at all. Funny thing is that I totaly hear a ship journey through the sea. I think some disney animation would help them.

[@jorgealbertobaron1]

MASTERPIECE DICE JORGE ALBERTO BARON

[@hebemgabriel6991]

C'est très riche la façon comme Debussy exploite les cellos!!!

[@judekanawati7467]

Am I the only one who remembered Disney’s (In the Search of the Castaways)? Or even (Kidnapped)? They both have a sea-like feeling since both movies were adventure-based and contain lots of classical excitement in its own modern style.

[@albertoaguiardacruz7047]

QUANDO DA ESTRÉIA EM PARIS DE "LA MER", UM CRÍTICO FRANCÊS MUITO ACERTADAMENTE OBSERVOU: NÃO OUÇO, NÃO VEJO E NÃO SINTO O MAR. O PRÓPRIO DEBUSSY FICOU FURIBUNDO E RESPONDEU: SE MINHA INSPIRAÇÃO ME TRAIU, ISSO PODE ACONTECER COM QUALQUER COMPOSITOR QUE QUEIRA EVOCAR ALGUM ASSUNTO TEMÁTICO MUSICAL.

[@ЕленаКолесникова-ы7н]

Очень кинематографическая музыка, как будто то фильм смотрю