Debussy: Children's Corner - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Claude Debussy Childrend's Corner
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 00:00
Jimbo's Lullaby 02:13
Serenade for the Doll 05:51
The Snow is dancing 08:23
The little Shepherd 11:12
Golliwog's Cakewalk 13:33
Turin, 1962

[@elvioliniste]

Frankly, it is almost perfect..We see Michelangeli loved to play Debussy

[@GabrielaFavre]

Almost?

[@elvioliniste]

@@GabrielaFavre Yes Almost. Perfection is not from our world

[@ax7839]

Well for me it’s perfect

[@jakobfriedrich6554]

@@GabrielaFavre From this absolutely incredible player Benedetti exists other recordings of Debussy´s music. Pieces that are like 100 times more difficult,... actually I didn´t find mistakes there. In this relatively easy one he actually plays some wrong notes ... I actually couldn´t believe it haha ...maybe he was to lazy to do one more take. He indeed was one of the most nerdy perfectionists of all times... >I< If you want to listen to something really awful difficult played by him - listen to Brahms Paganini Variations or more easy listening Ravel´s Piano Concerto in G major :-)

[@JS-ln4ns]

​@@elvioliniste You can submit a perfect homework assignment, if the requirement is to copy a simple page of addition and subtraction. You can notate a perfect C Major scale in treble clef, if the requirement is that all notes from middle to the next highest C be present. Well, maybe you can't do it, but I know I could do both perfectly.

[@thegolgatha5337]

One of the finest interpretations to find here, flowing and sparkling.....

[@hamdinger7145]

A true genius of the piano.

[@John_oR.]

This interpretation is perfect in every sense

[@lucas__machado]

This particular suite always remind me of Mozart in some ways. Not for its style of course, but for its exigency. Without being technically the most difficult pieces ever, I consider them to be tremendously tough to make sound as effortless and soft as ABM does for example. A bit like Mozart's sonatas ! Really, to me it requires the very best pianists to get it right

[@ulengrau6357]

Surely you don't think this is on par with most of Mozart's sonatas... I can picture a 12yo playing this perfectly and without further need for maturity, but I just can't see the same for Mozart. I mean, if we're talking about playing beyond just precision and right notes/pedaling. Can you imagine a child understanding, just as an example, Mozart's A minor?

[@szdxw]

@@ulengrau6357 you need to overcome every difficulties to understand simplicity. It’s probably the highest level of musical maturity. There is no child who can play children’s corner with that simplicity. Children’s corner are definitely not a technical challenge but a musical one.

[@theamaturepro]

Wow, I really love your thoughts on this. Very well said and absolutely correct

[@majollytrust]

The authority on Debussy❤

[@jasonhurd4379]

Actually the Debussy authority par excellence is Walter Gieseking, not Michelangeli

[@wince942]

Quando la perfezione esiste...

[@userziocaro]

Incredibile genio, unico! Mai più avremo il privilegio di conoscere un così grande pianista!

[@Piedi968]

Debussy o Arturo?

[@igo.spekkyjarvonvreich]

@@Piedi968 Penso di Arturo

[@Christian-tw7me]

For me the best recording of all Time 💪

[@cece3392]

I played Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum at a concert the other day.. It was so beautiful just to go up on the stage and play this iconic piece I felt like I own this whole world It was amazing And I get so emotional watching this video like everytime I'm like "I played this!"

[@MartaSilva-mv2eg]

OHHH YEAAAAAH o sware I want to do this!! 💕

[@cece3392]

@@MartaSilva-mv2eg do it, its worth every minute ❤

[@jessepinkman2239]

I can help you with kids

[@cece3392]

@@jessepinkman2239 sir? This is disgusting You don't even know how old I am. Please do not respond with this kind of comments.

[@jaydenmcdonald5695]

Michelangeli is one of my favourite pianists. I watch him all the time and he was my role model when I was learning Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum. Thank you for sharing.

[@MyMelody1203]

Im playing this for my piano exam wish me luck😅

[@sararichards518]

Beautiful playing, lovely sounds, I love these pieces. I played them a lifetime ago. Wish the internet had been around then!

[@ghislainecasaburi5537]

Ce merveilleux pianiste est habité par tous les compositeurs qu'il interprète! Il est Chopin Il est Debussy il est Bach......

[@ax7839]

No il est pas Chopin ni Bach ni Debussy il est just super super bon a interpreter leurs pièces

[@VARIV-1982]

Forse il periodo più bello di Debussy

[@AsrielKujo]

^^^

[@juliaanne6605]

Incroyable la façon dont Michelangeli joue. Quand j'écoute je vois Chaplin et quand je le regarde, je me dis quelle harmonie dans tout ce qu'il est, même ses vêtements jouent. Tout le monde joue, de la queue de pie aux chaussures jusqu'à la racine de ses cheveux.

[@miguelcantu9985]

La mejor interpretación que he escuchado de esta pieza

[@aziglada07]

Beautiful

[@guglielmo6393]

Una interpretazione a dir poco stupefacente. La cura di ogni dettaglio, dal suono di ogni singola nota al contesto d'insieme, come fosse un'orchestra, è davvero geniale. Grande!

[@JD-qd5zp]

Thank you for posting this masterful performance of Debussy. Can it get any better than this? That recording studio must have been sweltering! I could almost feel the heat from just watching him. His playing was exquisite.

[@seanchristopherfranc]

Wow - thank you for posting

[@iamthepinkylifter]

This interpretation is canon (for me)

[@ericleung4313]

me too

[@jasonhurd4379]

Gieseking and no other is canon

[@lisztomaniac2718]

@@jasonhurd4379 Shut up.

[@scuunjieng]

Thank you for posting.

[@arjunasansaar194]

Amazing!!!!!

[@cldavis33]

Brilliant!!!

[@domenicodanna6581]

L unico pianista a non essere un un'interprete. Le sue esecuzioni erano quanto di più vicino all idea del compositore. Una montagna inarrivabile, un gigante.

[@cescorosa61]

Non era un interprete? E cosa mai era? Chopin rinato, Debussy rianimato dalla tomba?

[@vulcanosix7473]

@@cescorosa61 penso che quello che lui volesse intendere fosse che Michelangeli fu molto fedele alla composizione. Non so se mi spiego.

[@cescorosa61]

No, non ti spieghi. Ad esempio, Pollini (che suona ben diversamente da ABM) cosa sarebbe? Un infedele? Esistono solo interpretazioni, credimi. Saluti.

[@vulcanosix7473]

@@cescorosa61 hai ragione

[@togasso]

@@cescorosa61 non c'entra nulla , ma Pollini ha in comune la stessa data di nascita con Michelangeli, il 5 gennaio, ovviamente qualche anno dopo. Imperssionante in Pollini la somiglianza con Rubinstein, figlio illegittimo?

[@cheri238]

Brilliance

[@froggy8919]

wonderful😭😭😭❤️

[@patriziar2003]

Grazie

[@DaphneKuppler-zs1nn]

l love this song and it is so nice ❤❤❤ so much ❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-kz1wt8qz2w]

최고의 연주예요!

[@a.b.c.8816]

En fait c'est assez rare les interprètes classiques qui sont beaux à voir. Parce que là, il dégage beaucoup de sérénité et de décontraction. Il en rajoute pas (pas comme certains qui sont ridicules avec leur gestuelle exagérée et leurs mimiques qui sont censées apporter je ne sais quoi à la musique). Michelangeli est même drôle à force d'être placide ( notamment dans les croisements de main qui sont beaux à regarder).

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

il "sublime" cercato dai Romantici !

[@Darknesss69]

Played nicely

[@dover1129]

fatntastico

[@annamariasommariva5120]

🎉 stupendo

[@elisabethpierre3922]

douceur et délicatesse

[@user-jz5sb6tq7m]

I'm learning Doctus Gradus ad Parnassum, and when he played it that quickly the amount of panic i felt was ..... Embarrassing 😅😂

[@DaphneKuppler-zs1nn]

❤❤❤

[@cybershark1991]

great recording and interpretation. Only part I don`t like is the little Shepherd. To me his version feels quite rushed. I listened to several version of this piece since I'm, working on it myself right now. I liek the slower versions with more feeling to it a lot more for the Shepherd. But otherweise absolutly wonderful and almost flawless.

[@philipelwell4214]

My teacher at Trinity College of Music was due to have lessons with Michelangeli but he said I don't want to see you (he was a recluse). This was in Bolzano.

[@pablosouffron8277]

What is a recluse ?

[@chasecoleman232]

Ne plus ultra

[@davidqualls7986]

A hermit

[@lorenzogiomi6790]

😮

[@Licio01]

ABM ❤️

[@user-bm9dt3qx3h]

Это кайф

[@paulburns1896]

Michelangeli had an aristocratic bearing at the piano---along with a subtle mastery of phrasing, dynamics, and pedaling that few pianists ever achieve. And he managed to do it without the histrionics, the fake acting, and false expression that cheapen today's crop of pianists like Lang Lang and Yuja Wang. This is Debussy at the highest level.

[@carlosilvestri6340]

Ellamadonna

[@nicolaeemanoilpopa3818]

Per me è unico mistico della musica.

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

This set is no ... Cake walk 👀

[@AsrielKujo]

...

[@SearchBucket2]

Freddie Mercury always was a showman ...

[@_Some0ne-]

Humm je la joue pas aussi vite moi😅 d'un autre côté je trouve que l'on a oas assez le thème, c'est dommage

[@amcdonal86VT]

This is nice but the recording is too quiet for my phone!

[@jasonhurd4379]

Go to Settings and adjust the graphic equaliser until the sound is as you prefer it.

[@Sreeve94]

he looks like freddie mercury's grandfather

[@Rickriquinho]

Both Debussy and Michelangeli are overrated...

[@henrigaziel2002]

And your opinion doesn’t make any difference.

[@redrakham8060]

U serious?

[@degreplayspiano]

You overrate your opinion

[@henrigaziel2002]

There’s a reason for that. Debussy and Michelangeli are not overrated. That’s just fact. If you deny it, you’re a pillock.

[@brianhammer5107]

sad that you are such a little tart, isn't it? moron!

[@nicolasvanpoucke.pianist]

Happy birthday ABM

[@stefanoferlaino1895]

Grazie

[@yeminahuertamartinez825]

Qué increíble y maravillosa interpretación.Gracias por compartir! 😁😃🐶☀️

[@iguarni]

Sono un innamorato del genio del Maestro da tanti anni. Nascerà mai un nuovo ABM?...sto aspettando....

[@maridedo747]

Anche io sto aspettando, magari...

[@francescoanastasio2021]

in Russia, forse. Qui agli studenti non si insegna neanche il setticlavio e il solfeggio ormai, nelle scuole si imparano le canzoncine.

[@iguarni]

@@francescoanastasio2021 vero! La musica classica, invece sarebbe una medicina per molti sbandati. Per la disciplina, per l'amore, per le emozioni che sa dare.

[@KarystosEubea]

È come aspettare il Messia