Claude Debussy ‒ Trois Nocturnes

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918), Trois Nocturnes (1899)
Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor.
00:00 - No. 1 Nuages ("Clouds")
07:54 - No. 2 Fêtes ("Festivals")
14:13 - No. 3 Sirènes ("Sirens")
Debussy originally planned his Nocturnes as a series of pieces for the famous Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaÿe, a work that he completed in 1896, deriving inspiration from the poet Henri de Regnier, under its first title Trois scenes au crepuscule (Three Scenes at Twilight), conceived in the years 1892 and 1893. The final orchestral version of the work was completed in 1900.
The first of the three sections of the work, Nuages (Clouds), provides a poetically evocative opening, a reflection of the movement of the clouds across the sky. It is followed by Fetes (Festivals), a re-creation of holiday festivities in the Bois de Boulogne. The third Nocturne, Sirenes (Sirens), returns to the gentler mood of the first. A traditional riddle had puzzled over what song the Sirens sang to lure ancient Greek sailors to their doom. Debussy provides his own answer, a picture of the sea in majesty, beauty and variety, foreshadowing La mer. The song of the Sirens is represented by a wordless female chorus.

[@chopin65]

Music historians don't place him high enough. Many act like fanboys with their German, Russian, and Italian favorites. Yet here Debbusy was, building crystal palaces of sound. He deserves far better, and in-depth analysis from all historians.

[@TheVaughan5]

If by Music Historians you mean Musicologists Sir Thomas Beecham had them nicely summed up - "People who know all about the theory of music but can't hear it" - lol. As usual Beecham was a brilliantly perceptive man.

[@vibratoryuniverse308]

He is considered by most musicians I know as easily one of the greatest of all time, so idk about that. The simple facts of legacy and universal-influence makes it impossible to place him above Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, or Chopin, but that is all.

[@mrtchaikovsky]

@@vibratoryuniverse308 What do you mean by your last line?

[@timroebuck3458]

I am a recent convert to Debussy. In my younger years, I found his music a bit too discordant, but after listening to him for a few years, I find his music soothing. His piano music especially seems to go well on a Saturday evening with a good cigar and a shot of whiskey. Very relaxing.

[@alexistaylor9092]

"Crystal palaces of sound." How eloquent, I'll be stealing that.

[@guidovernaglione5127]

Nuages is one of the most beautiful pieces in the history of music

[@Grandguisier]

Agree! I'm not fond of ranking and the like, but - - - yes, it is among the - orchestral - pieces I consider the most accomplished program-according. The other pieces I would name as runners-up are Respighi's "La Nascita di Venere" and Vaughan Williams' "Fantasy on Theme by Thomas Tallis".

[@JB174Glebe]

Agreed!

[@_rstcm]

​@@GrandguisierI absolutely agree! Those are my absolute favourites! I would also like to include Bax's tintagel and Barber's Essay no.1 for orchestra to that list.

[@JR_Productions816]

I think Sirenes is more beautiful... (btw I'm not jumping myself off the ship, I'm tied up :p)

[@Phi1618033]

That fanfare in the 2nd mvmt is one of the most glorious things ever put to paper.

[@paulamrod537]

This composer was a complete visionary Kompositeur. No one ventured into such a harmonic language up until this point.

[@charlesdavis7087]

You're quite wrong about that. These are ancient keys and modes. They were here before the pyramids.

[@jacobbass6226]

Charles Davis but never used in this way.

[@p-y8210]

what about ravel

[@jacobbass6226]

p-y he came later.

[@devonc99]

Except wagner, Bruckner, mussorgsky, korsakov, lot of people he listed as influenced and borrowed passages from their works.

[@MegaCirse]

Cette musique est positivement divine....richesse du discours mélodique, harmonies à couper le souffle, orchestration sans cesse renouvelée dans l’utilisation des timbres de l'orchestre, bref une babylonienne architecture sonore érigée par d’humbles et immenses compositeurs-interprètes au service d'un maître de l'art sonore impressionniste !

[@jacobbass6226]

God Damn. I’m a huge fan of his chamber works. But this is making me rethink him as a composer. This is utterly brilliant.

[@hannahcarter4106]

Did anyone else have their earphones turned up super high for the first one and then have their eardrums blown out by the beginning of the second one...cuz I did😀😆

[@josephalvarez5315]

Every. Fucking. Time

[@lindimashinini7237]

Lol 🤣 🤣 thanks for the headsup... You just saved a pair of eardrums

[@cynic150]

I knew it was coming, so I turned them down, but too much!

[@Dylonely42]

The orchestra with the Siren’s voices seem to take you somewhere else.

[@belartful]

Debussy and Ravel were rivals,but highly admired each others music. I wonder if hearing each others works didn't say "Hell I wish I had written that!"

[@Dylonely42]

Actually, Ravel owe a lot to Debussy although he composed himself some pieces better than Debussy’s.

[@that_oneguy_yt6329]

this wasn't really how ravel thought of debussy. rather, he respected his music and said that nobody else could compose like debussy, other than debussy himself. ravel's musical organization was much more traditionally organized than debussy, who wrote music that kind of melts into the next sections. this is all my personal understanding and feelings, anyway... both were incredible composers in their own rights!

[@evankajikawa1277]

ravels music always sounded like more virtuostic debussy to me. and also a little more vague tonality-wise

[@paulamrod537]

My first love of the truly impressionistic style of Debussy. This piece sends me spiritually into the deepest of space.

[@user-gr5hi4um2u]

*Scriabin knocks the door*

[@mirandac8712]

For me, the two truly wondrous geniuses of music -- by which I mean it's just hard to explain where they come from, it's so difficult to account for what they did -- are Mozart and Debussy. Not that they're _better_ than other composers, but they just seem to come out of nowhere.

[@hpfan6880]

Our high school orchestra played Fetes; this was my first real introduction to Debussy in particular and Impressionistic music in general. I’ve loved both Debussy and the Impressionists ever since!

[@paulamrod537]

@@hpfan6880 Hi HP fan Do you know of Alexander Scriabin? He is a Russian extension of Debussy starting with about Opus 43 till the end Opus 72. Poem of Ectasy and Poem of Fire are my favorites. His piano sonatas from 4 till 10 are also marvelous. Many good days, Paul

[@96KibaOokami]

10:40 to 12:04 best melody ever! Un thème magnifiquement bien écrit, je suis très heureuse de pouvoir jouer ces nocturnes de Debussy dans l'orchestre symphonique de mon CRR BB :)

[@jorgefraile218]

I know, c'est très magnifique!

[@timjacobs5057]

How have I never heard this until today. This is brilliant! What amazing music Debussy wrote.

[@evm81029]

1 часть - «Облака» Крайний раздел - A 0:05, B 1:10 и A 1:40 Средний раздел - C 4:45 Реприза - A 5:42 Кода - 7:08 2 часть - «Праздненства» Крайний раздел - A 7:55 и В 8:57 Средний раздел - C 10:26 Реприза - A 12:03 Кода - 13:24 3 часть - «Сирены» Крайний раздел - A 14:15 и B 16:07 Средний раздел - C 17:38 и D 19:19 Реприза - A 20:29 и B 21:29 Кода - 24:01

[@user-kk9jw4dv3y]

Добрый день!

[@andrewfortmusic]

I adore this piece in every way. I love the melodies and harmonies, but the bass lines in Fetes are iconic.

[@TheVaughan5]

Yes my favourite work by Debussy.

[@MrSOLOPIANIST]

Brass lines???

[@andrewfortmusic]

@@MrSOLOPIANIST I said the bass lines, not the brass lines, but the brass are cool too!

[@arugula_fan]

17:46 sounds so much like the lever du jour from Daphnis and Chloe! That dotted-quarter eight-note motif in the voices especially.

[@virtuousvibes2852]

It does indeed. Maybe Ravel was influenced by this as well (Daphnis et Chloe came out only in 1913)

[@polinakozlovska4311]

šuriņbērniem K.Debisī: simf.triptihs Noktirnes: I Mākoņi: mal.daļas 0:05 vidusd. ♫ 4:45 II Svētki: mal.d.[tarantella]: 1.t. 7:55 2.t. 8:40 - - vidusd. [maršs tuvojas] 10:25 III Sirēnas: 1.tēma 14:13 - - 2.tēma 16:05

[@michelinemarin1726]

comme dans un rêve ...

[@jorgefraile218]

This is the most epic part! 11:30-11:58

[@davidrehak3539]

Claude Debussy: Noktürnök 1.Felhők: Moderato - Un poco 'animato - Tempo I - piú lento - Ancora più lento 00:00 2.Ünnepek: Vivace e ritmico - Un poco 'più animato - Moderato (ma ancora molto ritmico) - Tempo I - Sempre suono e movimento di serraggio - anche Movimento 07:54 3.Szirének: Moderamente animato - Un poco 'piú lento - Animando, soprattutto nell'espressione - gradualmente tornare alla tempo I - Aumentando gradualmente - Tempo I - Lento e tiene fino alla fine 14:13 Montreali Szimfonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Charles Dutoit

[@valerieheinderyckx4506]

Quelle merveilleuse musique...chapeau bas, un génie. Merci infiniment. ❤

[@nichammond5837]

10:27 makes me melt every single time.

[@96KibaOokami]

Aristurtle me too!

[@mkalsterboy1234]

This gives me a lot of the rite of spring vibes by igor Stravinsky

[@legendschant1194]

Sounds like the inspiration source for lots of adventure-fantasy movies...

[@pierrelouis8877]

Très belle version. Merci pour le partage !

[@user-ko9lt8hl2z]

00:01-Облака 7:54-Празднецтво 14:13-Сирены

[@armandssurins3364]

0:05 No. 1 Nuages ("Clouds"), 0:25 Corno inglese, 4:45 Trio (Flute, Arpa), 5:40 Reprise, 7:55 No. 2 Fêtes ("Festivals"), 8:25 -> 8:40 second theme, 10:20 -> 10:26 Trio, 10:40 Trumpets, 12:03 Reprise, 14:13 No. 3 Sirènes ("Sirens"), 16:06 second theme

[@myn1959]

sólo decir......MARAVILLOSA!!!! no me canso de escucharla

[@tomekkobialka]

Marvellous. Thank you for uploading!

[@Medtnaculuss]

+tomekkobialka You're very welcome! :)

[@GabrielRamirez-ue3tp]

Gracias por su aportacion. Thank you.

[@andreafilidei3071]

Sublime

[@harrisonsteudlein8537]

Intriguing and beautiful. Thank you!

[@Medtnaculuss]

+Harrison Steudlein You're welcome! :)

[@joseluivega2644]

Amazing progressions.

[@NatashaSallesSoprano]

7:54 now I understand Ravel's Introduction et Allegro a bit better...and also the Vif et agité from his string quartet...

[@mitchellmeyers8261]

I love ads in the middle of a piece

[@AntKneeLeafEllipse]

Hey man, it keeps it free right?

[@composerdavidgiannivaldez367]

If you go to the end then restart the ads are removed, if you don't want ads

[@losttree9790]

/s

[@legendschant1194]

@@AntKneeLeafEllipse it wasn't this aggressive in the past.

[@_rstcm]

8:30, it reminds me of La mer's brass passages.

[@alonsorodriguez9270]

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918), Trois Nocturnes (1899) Interpretado por la Orquesta Sinfónica de Montreal, Charles Dutoit al frente. 00:00 - Nº 1 Nuages ("Nubes") 07:54 - Nº 2 Fêtes ("Fiestas") 14:13 - Nº 3 Sirènes ("Sirenas") 1 - "Nubes" Exposición - A 0:05, B 1:10 y A' 1:40 Sección intermedia - C 4:45 Reexposición - A 5:42 Coda - 7:08 2 - "Fiestas" Exposición - A 7:55 y B 8:57 Sección intermedia - C 10:26 Reexposición - A 12:03 Coda - 13:24 3 - "Sirenas" Exposición - A 14:15 y B 16:07 Sección intermedia - C 17:38 y D 19:19 Reexposición - A 20:29 y B 21:29 Coda - 24:01 Debussy planeó originalmente sus Nocturnos como una serie de piezas para el famoso violinista belga Eugene Ysaÿe, obra que terminó en 1896, inspirándose en el poeta Henri de Regnier, bajo su primer título Trois scenes au crepuscule (Tres escenas al crepúsculo), concebidas en los años 1892 y 1893. La versión orquestal definitiva de la obra se terminó en 1900. La primera de las tres secciones de la obra, Nuages (Nubes), ofrece una apertura poéticamente evocadora, reflejo del movimiento de las nubes por el cielo. Le sigue Fetes (Fiestas), una recreación de las festividades navideñas en el Bois de Boulogne. El tercer Nocturno, Sirenes (Sirenas), retoma el ambiente más apacible del primero. Un acertijo tradicional se preguntaba qué canción cantaban las sirenas para atraer a los antiguos marineros griegos a su perdición. Debussy ofrece su propia respuesta, una imagen del mar en su majestuosidad, belleza y variedad, presagiando La mer. El canto de las sirenas está representado por un coro femenino sin palabras. Nuages, de los tres Nocturnes, ejemplifica la interacción del timbre con el motivo, con el tipo de escala y con otros elementos para crear una imagen musical. Hay tres secciones en una forma alterada ABA’. La pieza empieza con un esquema oscilante de quintas y terceras, adaptado de una canción de Musorgsky, que transmite una impresión de movimiento sin dirección armónica, una analogía apta para las nubes que se desplazan lentamente. Cada vez que el esquema aparece en la sección A 0:05, combina colores tímbricos o tonos diferentes, o ambos, en ocasiones modificándose en series de tríadas paralelas o en acordes de novena. En la abreviada sección A’ 1:40, el esquema prácticamente desaparece, lo cual da la impresión de nubes que se dispersan. Yuxtapuesta a esta inconstancia de las figuras se halla una que cambia un poco: un motivo del corno inglés que asciende rápidamente y desciende lentamente a través de un segmento de la escala octatónica. El corno inglés omite o repite en ocasiones algunas de sus notas finales, pero el motivo nunca se desarrolla, se transpone o se otorga a otro instrumento; el corno inglés en ningún momento toca otra cosa: hay una identificación completa entre el timbre y el motivo. El motivo suele recibir respuesta de las trompas que tocan un trítono u otras figuras de la misma escala octatónica (en la sección A) o de la escala de tonos enteros (en la sección A’). No está claro lo que estas imágenes musicales representan, si es que representan algo; son ellas mismas, aportando coherencia a la música y contribuyendo a transmitir una sensación de quietud y contemplación.

[@Dylonely42]

Gracias

[@Belfreyite]

I read that Debussy was inspired to write his Nocturns by the paintings of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who was introduced to Debussy by Claud Monet.

[@Dylonely42]

Sublime…

[@jakalful9768]

Это потрясающе! Храни господь всех причастных к этому людей

[@Yapostadodat]

Complex yet available enough to be enjoyed by the most pedestrian of listener.

[@glorianiet]

Belleza !

[@drc4168]

All you people coming here to listen to this incredible music for free and then complaining about KZbin ads interrupting your blissful listening. PAY FOR MUSIC. KZbin Premium, CDs, vinyl, stop devouring great art for free.

[@galaxypho2089]

found this on a terminal in the institute glad I looked up the song.

[@parryking5728]

DUDE I THOUGHT I WOULDNT FIND ANYONE ELSE, SAME

[@SassySlayer69]

Tailor Kuun holy crap same!!! I thought I was the only one lol

[@nomennescio317]

i wrote out the whole score as graffiti in the bathroom stall

[@jacobbass6226]

nomen nescio ??? Really???

[@dimitrisdodorasmusic]

1:06 - impressionism in a nutshell!

[@insearchofpeace2151]

What?

[@opalicfractalia]

@@insearchofpeace2151 parallel 7th chords

[@dieulinhtran]

Облака 00:00 , английский рожок 00:26 Праздненство 7:54 , марш в среднем разделе 10:26 Сирены 14:13

[@dieulinhtran]

4:45

[@seohyeonlee2862]

정말 신비로운 곡 ㅜ

[@buffplums]

Wow this is interesting as a very very amatuer saxophone player who only got to grade 2 … I struggle with rhythm especially trying to get the hang of sight reading … but what was interesting here and trying to follow the top line… i was listening to at the particlar passage a sequences of triplets and (I hope my terminology is right) and I was imagining how the conductor follows so many instruments at once. But correct me if a wrong. From my limited understanding I felt that perhaps the conductor can take an overview and where necessary, focus on a particular lead instrument at a time? But I felt that once I stopped trying to imagine the pitch of the note I was reading with one particular line, I switched off and felt the rhythm from the music and the rhythmic perception I gained from reading the rhythm form the score rather then from a pitch context was interesting… beautiful music … I’m off to listen to it once again now with my eyes shaft and visualise The Clouds …

[@MrSypratt]

Disgusting how KZbin intentionally interrupts this beautiful music with obnoxious, volume-turned-up ads just to goad people to upgrade to their premium version.

[@drc4168]

You should pay for music. KZbin Premium at the very least.

[@karl.t.d.]

use an ad blocker

[@Breakbeat90s]

good piece

[@dsbschumann]

Disculpen la molestia. No puedo creer que haya cortes en la reproducción de esta obra increíble. Me parece algo que no se puede explicar. Gracias a quienes publicaron esta obra, y lamento enormemente que tenga cortes por publicidad. Es como cortar el cielo con una tijera.

[@jorgefraile218]

Literal

[@michaelrobinson9023]

Am I hearing the Dies Irae at the beginning?

[@tamaiya.j]

The main theme was totally used in beauty and the beast. I love having the full context now!

[@legendschant1194]

Where?

[@tamaiya.j]

@@legendschant1194 Right when the Beast is becoming Human.

[@legendschant1194]

@@tamaiya.j and which theme exactly?

[@tamaiya.j]

@@legendschant1194 the opening. It’s not exactly identical but very close

[@legendschant1194]

@@tamaiya.j oh yes I see now, thank you!

[@geometricart7851]

this first feels like wading into a warm soothing bath then being tossed into a raging river and over the falls. Multiple times. Kind of like life isn't it?

[@user-ei3lm4rf3o]

00:00 야상곡 중 1악장 구름 14:13 야상곡 중 3악장 사이렌

[@flaminsky53]

0:26 ~ 1:15 The Study of Orchestration 2-11 (2nd edition)

[@Tokolos]

Phenomenal )

[@legendschant1194]

Notes for myself: Beginning, confusion 1:24 (magari aggiungere parte armonica così) 1:50 low strings sur la touche 2:25 horns 3:16 4:46

[@lorenzobettucci4361]

Am I the only one to think that Ravel paid homage to this work with the beginning of his 'L'enfant et les sortileges?'

[@user-hg6lg7hs4c]

07:55~14:12

[@alisekeita3921]

I Mākoņi: pamattēma 0:05 II Svētki: mal.d.[tarantella]: 7:55 vidusd. 10:25

[@xris9593]

Why does the initial information say Montreal/Dutoit, but the "Music in this Video" section imply that the 2nd mvt Fêtes is Cleveland/Maazel? Makes no sense. Which orchestra/conductor are we really hearing here, and in which movements? (Hopefully the same team for all three, but which?)

[@hotline_1017]

John Williams seems to have taken a good bit of inspiration from this piece. The Clouds theme is reminiscent of Rey’s theme from the sequels, there’s also one or two bits in the second part that remind me a lot of the horn usage in the Phantom Menace. Kinda funny how composers borrow from earlier composers, it just works. :) 4:34 sounds a lot like a bit heard in either the prequels or maybe the original Star Wars scores, can’t recall where exactly. 8:30 sounds a lot like the music for Naboo from the Phantom Menace.

[@chrise1491]

It has nothing to do with any of that. What you're talking about is just tempo and established styles.

[@davidsimmons654]

The is magical!!!!

[@nananananana1143]

Thanks! 8:39

[@aramzulumyan6380]

I liked the second one

[@mirandac8712]

For me the most exciting and inexplicable talents are Mozart and Debussy. Bach is the most profound, and Josquin is the ultimate vocal composer, and Monteverdi the most intellectual and Stravinsky the most thrilling, and Beethoven is the humanist, but I can't quite see how Debussy created his world, the way I can't see how Mozart could come out of the style gallant. Americans are Germans and they don't 'get' half (at least) of European music. The French go all the way back to Machault, and in a way the Italians are part of this thread, since Dufay was the one who invented a European synthesis in the first place. Debussy is incredible

[@Ysy85263]

드뷔시 오케스트라곡 세개의 녹턴 교향시의 연작 1악장 구름 2악장 축제 3악장 세이렌 인상파 그림을 영감받아 작곡

[@cahiermusical]

4:34 Is it me or some instruments are missing in the score

[@orbsyzt11]

2:11 - 2:29 best part

[@tikitak9132]

녹턴 교향시 2악장 구름

[@asd-bm9rj]

0:32

[@martinlazarov8103]

top Number 1

[@siempremusical]

PLEASE DONT PUT COMMERCIALS AT THE MIDDLE OF THE PIECES!!!!

[@tomlin1312]

感覺至少杜特華指揮的節奏速度很得宜(但第一樂章「雲」中的撥奏音量是否小了一點 !? 第二樂章的「美國女子樂隊(?)」有些樂器聲部似乎不太清楚 !? 第三樂章「女妖」的女聲是否太近太大聲了!?) ! 所以非常好聽,在加上德布西的音樂古色古香的,成就了非常耐聽的音樂 ! 作曲家的非凡天賦,讓人很難想像當初做音樂家之前的志願竟然是去當水手 ! 可能是看上的對象很像是大力水手中的奧利薇吧(笑) !

[@MegaCirse]

这与您写的内容非常相关，但请多谢您以英语或法语将其重新张贴。 最好用法语，因为英语不在欧盟范围内（笑）

[@lucienr7931]

4:45

[@andreaguarino8207]

Who is the conductor please?

[@sadrevolution]

Lol, took me till now to realize this is Debussy's turn with Dies Irae.

[@humaskmusic]

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[@fuzip_]

0:05

[@ModernClarinetist]

I love this recording, but the conductor/orchestra really took some liberties with the orchestration in the last movement.

[@xris9593]

?? Precisely where and what? Please cite bar number, which elements of the orchestration have been altered? As an orchestral player (have played the work, rehearsed it tons), I've gone over it several times carefully, with an eagle eye to the text, and honestly can't find anything not true to the score.

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@xris9593 Hmm... No offence, but I think you need to improve your listening skills I think. I listened to this twice, casually, and though I only spotted one difference, it's quite a big one. At 23:28, the rising and falling quaver idea is heard in the choir twice, rather than being heard in the choir once then imitated by the clarinets.

[@Kris9kris]

Yes! I don't know what the fuck was Dutoit thinking. Well, at least there are 100 million other recordings of this piece we can listen to instead...

[@EricA-dw5st]

He male epic compositions in the late 1800s

[@FueganTV]

2:23 So cinematic. Could be straight from Lord of the Rings.

[@legendschant1194]

4:47 prelude a l'apres midi...

[@Dylonely42]

d’un faune

[@doveellis]

10:34

[@seo0_music]

미춌다

[@Walt_Kim]

11:26 snr 12:25

[@FeonaLeeJones]

When you look at Western European music it does not have the same qualities as Asian and other world music. Debussy was highly influenced by gamelan and other non-western music.

[@MegaCirse]

Oui, son oeuvre sonore est biblique, dramatique et immense. Je voudrais m'identifier à cette musique. Une ancienne légende sacrée visitée par un génie éternellement contemporain. Mélangez avec le souffle de la plus majestueuse & sournoise Apocalypse. La désolation épique des anciens Dieux!

[@TempodiPiano]

Je n'entends pratiquement rien à cette partition.

[@johnsavvidis2313]

no 1 nuages

[@horowizard]

A little clumsy and awkward here and there but it"ll do in a pinch.

[@johnnyg3007]

right!

[@solidsnake9332]

These are far too quickly performed. I cant feel the pulse needed for the piece to breathe

[@brianyi7500]

4:41

[@pu4124]

0:06

[@user-is4vy1cl9j]

10:41