Préludes (complete 24) - Claude Debussy - Krystian Zimerman

[@irisbrouwer4421]

the more you listen to classical music, the more you will be able to appreciate it. My mother and father both were pianists, my father often played these pieces. When I was very young and forced to listen to concerts, I hated it. Also, my mother forced me to play the piano which I hated too. But when I got 13, I suddenly loved to listen to classical music. First only Debussy and fauré, later Chopin and Beethoven. Now I'm 16 and absolutely love almost all kinds of classical music. Though I still don't appreciate Mozart as much as I appreciate the rest, I believe later I'll learn to love it. Pop music is fun to listen once or twice, classical forever

[@Stupidiusity]

It took me a long time as well to take a real interest in classical music. I've known the classics for a long time, but I really started discovering composers just a few months ago. Now I love Dvorak, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Would you have any recommendations for someone looking to widen their classical horizons? P.S.: This is the first time I listen to Debussy, but I like it!

[@ironmaz1]

Iris, let me just say this is a VERY long comment! Let me also express my joy at hearing such a young human take pleasure in listening to the gems humanity has wrought. I had written an even longer comment but it accidentally got lost, so thankfully you are saved from all that reading. All for the better! Classical music is eternal, it soothes the soul and elates it at the same time. Ever since starting off with Beethoven and Bach, the endless pieces of genius have filled and punctuated my life, so that each is associated with an emotion or a memory (which are so closely linked). I could write endlessly about it but why do that when I can just suggest or play music for other people? Besides, Oliver Sacks (in his 'Musicophilia' which I recommend) writes better than me!!! The gist was: you may be lucky to have had a musical education at a young age, and I have certainly complained time and time again to my mother about being raised without music. But, with the endless pleasure of finding new pieces and being absorbed in them and committing that memory, I shouldn't be greedy for not having even more of that. All I want is for my life, within reason, to be filled with music in each moment. So who cares about what's sealed up in the past. I can't complain for having to discover it and love it all, which noone can teach you or should force you to learn. Besides, as long as you expose a child to all sorts of music then they can be naturally attracted or repelled to it. So now I have started the arduous path through educating myself, but I do it with tireless mirth. And I will in time come to accept that I do not need to pressure my sister to begin an instrument. All I need to do is remember her remark a few years back, when she was a small child, and upon listening to some Mozart i put for her, called it ''like a magic world''. Perhaps now with her almost a teenager she has lost her child's gaze and complains of my infatuation with classical, but I like to think that Mozart is still her favorite and that the Brahms pieces I put also pique her interest (in particular the Serenades, piano pieces and Haydn variations which are filling me with momentous joy at this moment). I must put some more Debussy next time I visit her though! After this (believe it or not) foreshortened introduction, I should add that I agree and reiterate everything you have said (I too enjoy Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' now and then), except one thing. I am certain with all you have said that you have a very open mind with music... but I cant help but wonder why Mozart hasnt got any love. I have a friend who automatically (used to) expresses discontent whenever I even *mentioned* Mozart... of course I do not know if that is the case for you but still I suspect his element of joy, or as this guy says ''TOO happy'', is a bit unexciting. But far from it 'the greatest troll in musical history', as I call him, is not only capable of conveying the greatest beauty but also of planting a treasure trove of emotions in our heads. When I listen to the piano concertos I can feel an exotic garden of the greatest beauty springing from the soil of my thought and blackness of closed eyes. But anyway, you can imagine my sense of satisfaction when I saw my friend enraptured by the sombre beauty of Mozarts G minor piano quartet, which we saw live. Therefore, at long last, this comment is a list I made for you to peruse some of my favourite of his works and hopefully share that infinite grace that he echoes through time (on a Debussy video, oddly enough). They are not in any way prescriptive or exhaustive, but only for you to dip your toes in that sea... Beethoven said that Bach, meaning creek in German, should be called 'sea'. Well I should say the same of this guy. My haphazard list is aimed at someone who hasn't listened to Mozart much (I assume that is still the case from 1 year ago), and who would like a variety of things. I have not included symphonies (Linz/Haffner and 39-41 is all you need) or many piano sonatas, and Im sure theres so much more I cannot command to the surface for now. But Id be happy to add more by editing this comment :) In addition, I apologize for so many sentences beginning with 'I' or if this reads rushed, but I had to be quick considering I lost my first comment. In any case, let the music speak for itself... enjoy! Very well-known pieces (or I think so, some were in the Amadeus movie): K250 Haffner serenade K299 Concerto for flute and harp The magestic D minor Mass (especially the Recordare) Menuet from D minor quartet (K421), and from last quartet (K590) Duo piano sonata K448 Any and every cadenza from concertos (too many to name, one I though of 1st mov. violin concerto K216) Piano concerto 17 last movement (and any and every piano concerto, 20 and 21 are best known) Slightly less known pieces: KV475 C minor piano fantasy ... this one you will love or hate (I love it) KV563 Divertimento for string trio (

[@ironmaz1]

tldr; listen to masonic funeral music :)

[@jaehocho3336]

you have great parents

[@henrywoodburn9217]

@just a name I would love to have the same appreciation for Mozart that you have. However, compared to other more romantic composers, he just doesn't compare. I do believe that there will be a day when I learn to love Mozart for what he is, but I also think that to enjoy his music requires a maturity that I might not have yet. I am young, and things like Debussy and ravel and Rachmaninoff easily captivate me.

[@padraicfanning7055]

Menu/Credits - 57:20 The Garden - 40:59 The High Street - 14:08 The Back Gardens (note: this timestamp skips the "God Save the King" quote) - 1:11:36 The Pub - 28:28 The Beautiful Miniature Golden Bell - 1:19:28

[@nicolasadams2204]

Hönk

[@Bortki]

My very favorite rendition of these wonderful Preludes. Amazing colors... Thanks for sharing!

[@kubyco]

Along with Bach's Preludes and Fugues, my desert island music.

[@aidengregg]

Such aplomb and delicacy together! You hear every single note. No fudging or vagueness! A revelation!

[@BonkoTheFat]

Oh my GOD this music is incredible!!!

[@alicedelarge]

I love the preludes and Zimerman's interpretation.

[@claudexaintrie]

L'émotion du matin ! Ecouter dans un demi-sommeil, si possible avec un chat contre vous. Une précision, une discrétion, une retenue - pourtant pleine de lyrisme et d'une sensibilité subtile - : un chef d'oeuvre d'interprétation. Que j'aurais aimé me trouver dans le public, ce soir-là !

[@mikepen3477]

There will never be another Debussy.

[@mike8015]

that's because his only kid was a girl

[@mateovial8000]

Guess where he comes from? from debussy of his mother

[@andantemusic02]

my friend's mother went to school with a blood relative of Debussy.

[@spensert4933]

There will never be another Socrates and leave mike pen alone.

[@benjaminnylander1355]

@ Ravel

[@doltifantara]

Debussy composed such wonderful and endearing piano music

[@not2tees]

I may be too impressionable, but I feel that to submit Zimerman's artistry to comparison might be in poor taste.

[@phormynx]

dass alrigh Debussy wuz a impressionist!

[@TheJohnnyAlex]

Fantastic! great interpretation of Zimerman

[@EpreTroll]

How damn quiet can you make a video jesus, it is that I have speakers with volume control pff

[@Stefan25897]

Hello there, I was wondering if this music is in the public domain. I've seen Untitled Goose Game use some of these tracks and i'd like to pick some others to include in my game project so I was wondering if you know if it's public domain. Thanks in advance

[@josephalvarez5315]

Stefan25897 the music is, but this recording isn't

[@kathiachader3274]

J'adore.

[@wrenpetkov8092]

Anyone here because of goose game?

[@fancyfox3602]

Yes, I am.

[@lecorrecteur4033]

I can not spend one day without classical music...

[@edwilliams9914]

After hearing 50 years of different versions, starting with (Gieseking) I'm delighted when I am introduced to a new performance that brings out new and marvelous things I've never heard before in these pieces that I think I've known note for note for decades. ZImerman's performance is a marvel! I hadn't known about him -- thanks for the introduction!

[@papagen00]

how did you like Thibaudet's version?

[@01ha]

amazing amazing interpretation!

[@caneti3]

..the rest is noise..

[@uberLejoe]

Care to elaborate?

[@dancaro4411]

thats acually a fallacy endemic to a postmodernist fallacy based on rhetoric of dubious merit. And really its quite bourgeois

[@xx_villager12_xx97]

57:20 main menu untilted goose game 40:59 Untilted goose game level 1

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Zimerman,s performance is incomparable . The wonderfulness of his spectacular performance is amazing by an order of magnitude more awesome

[@JulianHotaling]

Prelude 1, book 1- Debussy was a student of Jeoasos in past life; the prelude is also perhaps sadness over the death of the god Christ, which occurred before 500 A.D.. "I will explain to you regarding the Aeon from which I come; that to which I am going"... (Gnostic interpretation of words). The Gnostic attunement was really with Necewef and Viraj, not gods Parallel to these, Christ and Barbhelon, which latter two were both removed before 500 A.D. in actuality.

[@JulianHotaling]

Prelude 1, book 1- Debussy was a student of Jeoasos in past life; the prelude is also sadness over the death of the god Christ, which occurred before 500 A.D.. "I will explain to you regarding the Aeon from which I come; that to which I am going"... (Gnostic interpretation of words). The Gnostic attunement was really with Necewef and Viraj, not gods Parallel to these, Christ and Barbhelon, which latter two were both removed. Gnostics were Gael Kelts, as also the composer here...

[@甘楽-k4b]

ピアノのための前奏曲/ドビュッシー 25:19 ｢亜麻色の髪の乙女｣有名なところ。ポツポツ雨が降る冷たい山の中のイメージ

[@GraveyardPoet]

Krystian Zimerman's interpretations are my favorite performances of Debussy's piano preludes. My favorite Debussy piano preludes are these three. His most haunting. "Footsteps in the Snow" (Composed December 27, 1909) (17:40) "Sounds and Fragrances Swirl Through the Evening Air" (10:13) "Veils" (03:38)

[@MarcusHK1]

It's excellent technically but I find that his style doesn't really suit the impressionistic style of Debussy. Compare for instance Arrau, Samson François or Michelangeli.

[@Mozartkugeln16]

+MarcusHK1 I'm no piano expert, but it does seem that Michelangeli better captures the painterly nature of the Preludes. The flowing and swinging of his fingers almost seem to reproduce brushstroke-like movements

[@alyoshaproductions]

Michelangeli!

[@alessandropelizzoli6613]

Absolutely true.

[@VladimirGarciaMorale]

Michelangeli, Arrau et al. are great but Zimerman is better. The technique of Zimerman is much more polished and captures the misterious sound and deep nuances in the music. Zimerman recording is simply perfect and stands well above the others, in my humble opinion.

[@bigyikes3733]

Yeah, same with Pierre Laurent-Aimard. They are too hard, it doesn't sound dream-like and flowing enough somehow. It sounds too much like the mountains instead of like the sea. Still, interesting to listen to and through to get an analytical glance into the pieces.

[@JulianHotaling]

The topnotch pianist here too, from Gael Kelts, ancestrally Leverty... The composer was a Mahavatar.

[@nylehotaling675]

Der Klavierer, vorelternisch Gaul Keltisch; der Name Leverty war auch in Gaul, Belgiqa, vorelternischer Name, gehabt, welcher Name war auch fuer Brahms vorelternisch, Saxon Keltisch... Aus Levertys auch, Klavierer Lugansky, Saengerin Anna Netrebko; sehr viele schoene Weiblichen in allerlei Umgebungen- Leverty bedeutet Faeger, "Bonnie" in Cymric...

[@DJLABYRINTH74]

31 ppl who put "thumbs down".....didn't have the speakers working properly :-). Love Debussy ! Tks for uploading this..........

[@JulianHotaling]

Brouillards: Soirehel, Ur-Frankish fuer Nilfheim...

[@juanbautistatormoscapilla7936]

I know this Zimerman's interpretation is brilliant, but in my opinion the best is that of the ill-fated Dino Ciani.

[@promerops]

Des pas sur la neige: How on Earth (or anywhere else) is it possible to do so much on the basis of just two notes? Sheer genius.

[@GraveyardPoet]

Agreed. Composed December 27, 1909. My favorite Debussy piano prelude.

[@nylehotaling675]

Brouillards: Soirehel, Ur-Frankish fuer Nilfheim...

[@nylehotaling675]

Bruyeres: Ein freier Nachmittag, alles is ganz gut und angenehm, auf dem Land; aber was ist mehr, etwas je mehr und fantastisch gut, woran sie wundern- sie haben unerwartetes Enthuellen- in B-flat dur....

[@nylehotaling675]

Danseuses de Delphes: Unheimlich, Debussy war Student von Jeoasos...

[@EnricoDalbosco]

Un'interpretazione senz'altro 'diversa'...

[@437composer]

46:58

[@malthus101]

This is great from start to finish which cannot be said for all classical piano compositions

[@MacroMihir]

10:13 is what I came for! #Halo5! ;)

[@moimeyo2804]

25:19 :)

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The comfort of Debussy is off the charts Debussy soothes my soul

[@JohnyNewyork]

great interpetation

[@LaPaireYenAPasDeux]

Don't listen the haters Claude, your music is very nice !

[@thomasminot9799]

I love 11:08 to 11:16. That's a really cool tune, with some very cool chords.

[@edwilliams9914]

+Thomas Minot YES! Glad you've found him. And every modern jazz pianist owes him - try to imagine McCoy Tyner without him standing on these giant shoulders. For more try Debussy's 12 Etudes - if I had to pick a moment in time to say "20th Century Urban Music starts HERE" (standing completely on it's own harmonically without hanging onto the 19th Century's apron strings) the Etudes are what I'd pick. Try them played by maybe by Paul Jacobs but many other great interpreters.

[@GraveyardPoet]

One of my favorite Debussy piano preludes. "Sounds and Fragrances Swirl Through the Evening Air".

[@silzai1]

música íntimamente arraigada a nuestra infancia, gracias por esta magnífica versión.

[@jamesonrichards5105]

25:19

[@Ian24s]

Must hand it to Mr Zimerman

[@Zanthxs]

Perfect! Thank you.

[@goopindog4627]

Collected most of CD'S music in the 70's, this is great!

[@lilyonthehills]

Great pianist, but the recording by Youri Egorov is still the standard for me. He paints these pieces instead of playing them.

[@landlubber541]

Egorov is too slow imo.

[@BuckshotLaFunke1]

lilyonthehills Youri Egorov is still well remembered in the Netherlands, where he died. A great young pianist.

[@lyrianmusic]

Alas, poor Youri. I knew him, Horatio. Actually, I heard him in an intimate recital featuring Reflets dans L'eau. He was indeed a marvelous Debussy player.

[@MapALife]

Does anyone know who the painter is of this landscape? It's really good.

[@kathrynegan]

Mediterranean Lanscape by Renoir

[@slipperylilbutterguy]

da bussy

[@AfroPoli]

Thanks to the ads I know exactly what not to get.

[@laspiano765]

Maravilha de álbum, obrigado por postar. Krystian Zimerman pianista de primeira linha que já admiro a muito tempo e gosto muito de tudo que tem gravado, sempre o ouço quando posso, a música de Claude Debussy e sempre relaxante e calmante para a alma;

[@azzouzhassan8721]

thos fingers men those fingers !

[@trenatragedie]

I love it when i listened in the first time

[@shin-i-chikozima]

No musician can describe aesthetics musically like Debussy can

[@futurists7076]

There are many versions of these preludes in the discography today. Among them is Michelangeli's sublime and rather unique version. But I sincerely believe that Krystian Zimerman's is the most extraordinary of all at the moment.

[@edhanslick5630]

He might be extraordinary, but this is NOT Debussy!!! For godness sake, listen to Gieseking, Michelangeli, Uchida, Kocsis, Thibaudet. Zimerman plays Debussy like Czerny Etudes ( of course, technically superb), however, Impressionism sounds different (look at impressionistic paintings!).

[@futurists7076]

@@edhanslick5630 To be sincere this type of comment is very sterile, I prefer to tell you. Nobody can claim what is Debussy or not, everyone can only give his opinion. The only person who could have judged this question is the composer himself. Zimerman plays this text in his own way, and personally I think it is perfectly right.

[@edhanslick5630]

@@futurists7076 Well, this was my opinion. Find out what impressionism is, and LISTEN to those names. (You may also listen to Debussy himself, he made couple recordings, but it is not how his music may sound, since the interpretation also depends on technical abilities of a performer).

[@futurists7076]

@@edhanslick5630 It is precisely because I am well aware of what impressionism is, both pictorial and musical, that I believe in all lucidity that Debussy's preludes of Zimerman are to be placed among the peaks of the discography. A brilliant recording is a combination of things, the pianistic vision of course, the technical means used (you underlined it and you are right on this point) and the sound recording. For a composer such as Debussy this is particularly important. Michelangeli's album was a huge success, it's true, but I think it's inferior to Zimerman's because the latter breathes a very special atmosphere into his version.

[@edhanslick5630]

@@futurists7076 In this case, it is a matter of taste and preferences. Zimerman is surely a great pianist (I remember him sice he won his first competition as a 16 yrs old boy). I personaly prefer Gieseking or Uchida.

[@BLAZINBEATS123]

0:22

[@Jojodabaker12]

Since womb for me... really understanding forms,structure, and colors came around 13 though :)

[@DJLABYRINTH74]

La fille aux cheveux de lin..............no words.........Thank you for uploading this. Thank u so much ...!

[@emilcioran7160]

Im not even on acid but I cant watch that picture without having psychodelic impression. Everything is moving. Is that normal or I have to see an oculist?

[@papagen00]

best-sounding zimmerman debussy preludes on youtube.

[@redsugarart381]

Can someone explain what is preludes please? It's for a project at my school :)

[@dkdghfhjfdhfchlfa]

listed.

[@gilardlerner583]

superbe!👌

[@meloncollector6662]

8:23 sounds Messiaen-esque.

[@gilbertdaroy6080]

Debussy was a great influence to Messiaen.

[@pelegrino791]

"Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest" is fantastic. I have never heard such violence and savagery in this great prelude !

[@papagen00]

107 dislikes are Yuja fans.

[@docbailey3265]

Transported to another world…they really like me there, too…

[@ondinehd6889]

I think this is very, but VERY dry, short, abrupt playing, not nuanced, and not fitting of this music... There is no contemplative, surprising, exciting quality to this interpretation, and it does not leave much to the imagination....This is not what Debussy is about...

[@ywxuwei9149]

16,20,23,24. Brilliant.❤

[@cynic150]

Excellent but a little too high-powered in places for me.

[@Gamjakim4429]

8:06 14:08 22:05

[@RobertOrgRobert]

Brilliant pianist but, Dino Ciani is a little more gentle on the keys

[@J1gtbfanpage]

Un maître

[@BOBGNARLY8]

Bra where can i download

[@Vivor64]

Por qué sería anormal ?

[@han-yo9lv]

22:05

[@jayandarbrass]

How come the artist is listed as Kristian Zimerman AND Antonio Rosado? i don't think it's Zimerman.

[@FrostDirt]

It's Zimerman. The album is available on KZbin Music, maybe give it a listen!

[@farahmand4771]

Canope mon dieu... Pianissimo infini

[@pectenmaximus231]

was not ready for 23:40

[@山上明美]

x

[@elizabethconlin2298]

Beautiful music.

[@andrescamiloarevalo7311]

0:03

[@nicolasadams2204]

40:59 : Hönk

[@querilloquerilian]

help

[@spensert4933]

11:28 church bells of the soul

[@GraveyardPoet]

One of my favorite of Debussy's piano preludes. "Sounds and Fragrances Swirl Through the Evening Air".

[@standamysicka1780]

Perfection!

[@ilya8132]

Tysm

[@bonjourmelancholy]

The 8th prelude is so beautiful...

[@tomstearn1641]

Whats the picture of?

[@karelvervaeke7452]

Tom Stearn It's "Paysage méditerranéen" (Mediterranean landscape) by Renoir

[@Pampampilu]

What is the painting please ?

[@johnward3392]

I don't know the painting, but it must be a late Renoir--about 1910. The style is unmistakable: images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVv2mkaRYFxAAkzgnnIlQ?p=renoir+landsacpe&fr=yhs-mozilla-004&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-004#id=22&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads0.wikiart.org%2Fimages%2Fpierre-auguste-renoir%2Flandscape-near-cagnes-1910.jpg&action=close

[@shin-i-chikozima]

大杉漣さんを偲んで。あなたの突然の悲しい知らせを和らげようとして、この曲を聴いています。長いお別れです。さようなら。

[@themusicalgerbil192]

I'm not a huge fan of Debussy but I think Zimerman plays him well here.

[@uberLejoe]

I really do like this rendition. I find Debussy hard to listen to sometimes; he can be very abstract to the point where you can't multitask, but have to focus and carefully dissect the notes.

[@Polygor2]

Debussy and Ravel are far and away my favourite classical composers

[@Farahmand1010]

1:16:20 When Richter was saying that nothing is more haunting than an extreme pianissimo...magnificient

[@djpauljerezz]

*I am 16 years old, Its normaly that i like hear this?* *Tengo 16, es normal que me guste escuchar esto?*

[@mambacore5207]

Demandes-toi plutôt si c'est normal de ne pas écouter cette musique.

[@uberLejoe]

It doesn't matter what age you are, more or less it's about what you were raised on (and if not classical) a deeper comprehension of music. The music here that we're enthralled by is considered something of an abomination by those whom don't know anything other than modern consumer music. Which is a sad though, albiet true. Perhaps if they were to be educated on the matter, they would think differently. One can only postulate.

[@NathanEvansComposer]

uberLejoe You have just said the exact words that I have to explain way too often. It's like challenging and asking a mathematician why they don't respect the most simple algebra. It's horribly insulting and they don't even realize it when they simply declare modern and contemporary music as an abomination to art. My god it's horrifying seeing how sheltered from real beauty most people are. I have so little faith in people.

[@djpauljerezz]

Sape

[@uberLejoe]

Nathan Evans Yeah... Thankfully I've come to realize people are stupid at an early age.