Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante défunte)

Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
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Hope you enjoy this performance of Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte by SPQ.
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[@Rousseau]

Ravel. Pavane pour une infante défunte. An incredibly lyrical and reflective piece, the melody at 1:13 followed by the undulating circle of 5ths cadence is personally one of my few favorite moments in the entire classical repertoire. Although the piece is seemingly dedicated to a princess who has died (we would assume recently), Ravel intended this to be more a thought back to a princess who had lived a long time ago, calling it "an evocation of a pavane that a little princess might, in former times, have danced at the Spanish court". Although this piece was originally written for piano, Ravel's orchestration - written 10 years after the original - would go on to become one of his most famous orchestrations, and is a good testament to how orchestral his piano writing was - I can still hear the sound of an oboe clearly at 1:13. I hope you enjoy this beautiful recording by SPQ, and that you've had a happy and healthy start to your March ♥

[@presidentthiccums1615]

This price is very beautiful! Thank you and keep up the amazing work

[@matthewshaw4914]

How is he so good at piano ???

[@CameronLaborta]

🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

[@Tanker477]

Outstanding

[@mitalipandit2891]

*2,500,000 SPECIAL?!*

[@dominationyt7834]

Nothing better than listening to Rousseau on a sad Monday morning

[@dominationyt7834]

JUS TINE lucky, It’s morning for me

[@supermanyoosung2321]

same

[@hannahh4690]

It’s 4 in the afternoon ish here

[@zeantan3942]

It is about to 12 p.m. in Malaysia.I must watch Rousseau's new video before sleeping.

[@erischama1922]

@@zeantan3942 same here in Hong Kong

[@Rousseau]

Is it time for some more impressionism? What are your favorite Debussy/Ravel works?

[@Mike_Toreno]

Rousseau hey can you play el contrabandista?

[@Mike_Toreno]

i wanna see you play this cuz i've seen very few play this

[@bartremmelzwaal5775]

Ravel le tombeau de couperin!!

[@MrHummerle]

Yes please!

[@familyyosipof8143]

You crazy👍👍👍👍👍

[@airsoftmaestro5609]

Why don't we stop requesting so many pieces and just appreciate the songs he uploads. You're incredible mate

[@m.n.1481]

Airsoft maestro agreed

[@thebloodye]

I agree, but sadly that's not gonna happen. Us humans are never satisfied. and it's the same thing with the seasons; when summertime comes, people complain about how hot it is and all the mosquitoes and stuff. they're like "I wish the weather would get cooler." when it does get cooler, they start complaining about how cold it is, and begin wishing for the hot weather again. and then when the hot weather comes, they start complaining about the same stuff they did before. It's in our nature. I wish it wasn't, but it is.🤷🤷🤷🤷

[@emadmary4271]

Sorry for the annoying comment but... It's piece

[@emadmary4271]

@Alexander Scriabin he said appreciate the songs; I'm just saying it's a piece

[@mayflower2370]

Because then we can have more? And so can he?

[@superhuffpuff]

3 years and I still haven't seen anyone write the story behind this piece. This piece was written for a Spanish princess who was married off to an Austrian prince at the age of 16. she struggled to communicate and felt incredibly alone, fell into a depressive state and eventually died at an extremely young age, at 21. The simple layering in the first part of the piece symbolises her life as a child, where everything was simple and straightforward. she lived quite happily. The melody repeats again, this time with slightly more complicated accompaniment. The melody is a metaphor for her identity. She's still the same person, but the accompaniment, her life, has gotten more complex. This is meant to symbolise her growing up, her parents telling her what is to come, and her understanding of how things will change when the day comes. The day finally comes for her to leave Spain, and marry a man she'd never met. Despite this, she's willing to try. The first struggle comes, and she doesn't even realise it until the second washes over, then the third, and so on. The layering becomes much more complicated and slowly, the accompaniment has switched to minor. The accompaniment increases in volume, almost the same as the melody. She begins to lose her sense of self, and eventually, dies. After this comes a more light-hearted section. This symbolises her life in heaven, once again meeting the people she loves, and going back to her ordinary life as a princess in spain. At least, that's what my piano teacher told me.

[@is_fpr5f1]

That’s so sad

[@ryeryeryerye]

Unfortunately that’s not true😅 I had read that Ravel said he just liked the word combination…nothing to do with a princess. But please correct me if I’m wrong!

[@dendilintangpangestu6367]

@@ryeryeryerye yeah you're right, i was search it in chat GPT

[@m0ment219]

@@dendilintangpangestu6367 "I asked ChatGPT" is the equivalent of "trust me bro"... but you're right xD

[@trihaodonguyen4844]

True or not, I still think the story and the connection it has with the music itself are beautiful. I almost cry haha.

[@lucasj0]

Big nostalgia here. My grandmother, a piano teacher and an extreme virtuoso, used to play this for me when I was a little kid, right before I went to bed. Now, about 10 years later, she is teaching me. I dream of being able to play this piece one day. Thank you Rousseau for the beautiful interpretation.

[@allegrovivace6806]

[@BarBQChips]

This piece isn’t even hard lmao. Practice for like an hour

[@josh6499]

@@BarBQChips Oh cool, so you should be able to show us how easy it really is then! I look forward to seeing your version of it on your channel an hour from now. I'll wait.

[@lucasj0]

@@BarBQChipsTo play the piano is one thing. To play the piano with emotion, is something entirely different.

[@Looosid]

josh6499 it really isn’t hard to learn but perfection is another thing

[@thatguymork]

Nobody gonna mention the beauty of the tiles here? Absolutely gorgeous...

[@fungustoe]

For some reason, I found this comment weirdly funny.

[@handledav]

@@fungustoe Ahhahahhaaahhahahaahhaahahahhhaaahahhahaah

[@bequerhernandez8487]

@@handledavbro unlocked the secrete letter 😂

[@goof260]

I kind of think they are a distraction. I would prefer a nature scene. :>)

[@jacks5463]

This piece is devilishly difficult to play well. Ravel composes it in such a way that it doesn't sound hard at all, just beautiful. But it is extraordinarily dense and very tricky to pull off. Makes performances of it that much more wonderful to listen to.

[@ayeyeyeyeyeyeye4329]

The left hand is purposely made slightly off beat I believe so it makes it kinda hard to coordinate

[@SeaRasp]

Agree I tried sight-reading through it and it was so much more difficult than I anticipated

[@altarred]

Im trying to learn it rn and I'm not having a good time 💀💀 I realized my rhythm was off a little at some parts after listening to this

[@altarred]

My hands can't stretch that much at some parts, like the beginning of the reprenez le mouvement section

[@sochichionlineshop7036]

@@altarred oof, just do some excercises lol, you can do it! 🎉

[@KrispyKrome]

6:28 and this inspired the lamp is low, which inspired Arurian dance, where my life changed

[@jericobongosia3992]

"You're not a princess, and I am not Ravel" -Arima Kousei

[@chasegrange1288]

I hope it reached her.

[@etc4725]

Wait when did they play this in your lie in april?? What scene lol i think i missed it

[@jericobongosia3992]

@@etc4725 i think it is in episode 17-18 where kaori was playing a melodica in the hospital roof. There's also as scene i think it was on ep 16 where koisei heared that music and he ran away.

[@aimer1154]

I'm friggin crying

[@AristoM90]

Kaori 😭

[@jody.lumbantoruan]

03:45 How to vibrato on piano

[@tristan1511]

You can make a vibrato by moving the pedal briefly but it's not easy note this :)

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

XD yeah

[@francit.7636]

@@tristan1511 you say pressing more and less? Or litteraly moving left and right(i don't think it's possible😂)? Sry, my english isn't so good so i didn't understand😉

[@nakaj1580]

This isn't a 'vibrato' attempt. This is just a common technique used to help relieve tension.

[@febatista2932]

FallPiano i think it‘s silly honestly. For me it just looks like totally unnecessary movement. It doesn‘t do anything for the sound and I can‘t imagine it relieving tension.

[@Rousseau]

It's the attention to details in classical writing that I always appreciate so much - have you ever noticed that the ii chord is minor at 1:41, but major/dominant at 2:19?

[@witchkingofangmar9373]

No, but actually yes.

[@mitalipandit2891]

*2,500,000 SPECIAL?!*

[@dfg_one7674]

Play wish you were here (pink floyd) on piano It will be so cool Edit:Pls say if u agree!!!!

[@gixelz]

Thank you for pointing things like this out, it helps me appreciate the pieces more

[@dfg_one7674]

Pls play wish you were here on the next video Pls🙏🙏🙏

[@ViktorVonfuling]

My girlfriend used to be really suicidal and depressed, and I always told myself that if she died, I'd learn this piece for her, both because it's a beautiful piece, but also because of it's name, since one of my nicknames for her was princess. This was about a year ago, and now, she's no longer suicidal. She pulled through and she's happy now, and I am so indescribably proud of her for it. That said, whenever I listen to this piece, beautiful as it is, I can't help but get really emotional, remembering how I feared that she wouldn't be with me anymore at some point, and how I used to envision myself learning this piece if I lost her. Might just learn it anyway though, and play it to her, since despite all the things she went through, she stayed strong, and she's still here to listen to it.

[@lui_vxvxd]

damn man.

[@kinshi6090]

this is so beautiful, i’m happy for you guys!

[@rekhabhatt6771]

Wow you are a master strategist in disguise...

[@Ealsante]

Learn this, play it to her, and take good care of her. All the best to you both!

[@humb1_e100]

this is poetry life is a beautiful thing and I'm glad she can still spend hers with you tell her i said hi im very glad you guys are still together and breathing

[@techmaster1769]

I'm getting sick of those simply piano ads.

[@lindaplayspiano]

Same omg they're so annoying

[@bhooshanpandit1344]

Day 1: C Major scale Day 7: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Day 15: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Day 30: Gaspard de la nuit 😂

[@antt2228]

Day 1 Twinkle Twinkle Day 2 Mary had a little lamb Day 3 Every scale ever Day 4 Alla Turca Day 5 Fur Elise Day 6 Rondo alla cappricio Day 7 HEROIC POLONAISE Day 14 HR2 DAY 21 BALLADE NO1 DAY 60 ALL TRANSENDENTAL ETUDES ALL HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES FANTASIE IMPROMPTU FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE WITH ONLY 2 FINGERS

[@mohammadn4459]

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[@saradsilv305]

Techmaster I know 😤🙄

[@YoloAnonymous]

The funny part about this, earlier today during school, I was like "You know what would be fun to learn to play on the piano, Pavane for a dead princess" then I go check my phone to look up a music sheet and as I turn on my phone I get a notification about you uploading this piece and I'm like "What a coincidence"

[@fn3108]

I just discovered this video today, but about last week I finished a novel with this particular piece as a central point in the story (the title of this piece makes obvious spoilers lol but I kept reading anyway). A coincidence too.

[@fn3108]

@Love Myself Alliance of The 15s. It's a Japanese novel.

[@johncunningham650]

The algorithms know us better than we know ourselves

[@pathfinderii7037]

Did they commit double suicide? Sorry I didn't finish it because I can't go to the library because of quarantine

[@fn3108]

@@pathfinderii7037 well spoiler but you asked for it 😂 No they didn't

[@spacetaco048]

Wow he is good at expressing emotion. It isn't often that I interpret what the composers are trying to say but here I can actually hear the happy sadness. It makes me sad myself and not just in general but for whoever the princess was. This definitely had to stir some emotions when it was played.

[@evy_mad]

I heard this piece first in orchestral version. It made me cry... Not much complicated but very sincere piece of art

[@alexavieralagao3343]

"you keep saying you're fine but you're not really fine" meme intensifies.

[@workhardworkhaderthanevery9387]

Lol

[@kensi_7927]

👏🏽......👏🏽.......👏🏽...........👏🏽

[@LivingGuy484]

Normal Ravel: let me blow your mind This Ravel: let me encompass you in sadness

[@andrewfortmusic]

He was just out of university at the time, I think

[@TheMysterySch00l]

This is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

[@aadimalaviya4298]

So bittersweet, this is my new favorite classical piece. It truly moved me. I don't know what it is about the piece and specifically the main theme, but it reflects on the past and conveys the mourning of the present. There’s a tension between peacefulness and the despair.

[@SeaRasp]

I did not know of this piece before and it is one of the few pieces that made be tear up on first listen.

[@Alexa11789]

I first heard this song when I was in my high school orchestra and we performed it for one of our concerts. I fell in love with the piece. My grandmother loved classical music and when she got diagnosed with cancer, I was often at her apartment to help cook for her and take care of her. I played the song for her on her speaker one morning and she really enjoyed it and wound up falling asleep to it at one point (the chemo made her tired). She passed away a few weeks ago. Now whenever I hear this song, I'm brought back to all the time I spent with her in last months cooking and cleaning while she dozed on the couch. This rendition is gorgeous. Beautiful work as always, thank you for bringing me back to happier times.

[@tommyvercetti1827]

My great grandma just died and I felt like listening to this beautiful piece. Altough you will probably never read this, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this beautiful arrangement Rousseau and I really hope that you will come back whenever you feel like it.

[@clementguigne4519]

Me : "Ok Google, bring me real sadness." Google :

[@allegrovivace6806]

lol

[@joaopedrolessa2242]

Clément Guigné you should listen to rachmaninoff's prelude in B minor, that's real sadness lol

[@KatyaLishch]

Please play *"Danse macabre"* by Camille Saint-Saëns

[@user-ch6gh2tj1n]

Which can be loosely translated to Macabre Danae

[@abnotrogiente1602]

There is a two piano arrangement or the one written by Liszt for one Piano

[@MrDublem]

Please indeed, I second this!

[@FreakieFan]

yess!!!

[@cclarky194]

Ohh yeah I love that song

[@duchi882]

_"You are locked away from my reach below the ground or above the sky._ _I cannot truly Love you. For our Love is an impossible Love"_

[@leo_puck]

Duchi what’s show is that?

[@listeven1159]

Your lie in April

[@SoleaGalilei]

To me this piece is about tears... from delicate pianissimo teardrops, to forte sobs, to the unseen weeping that we hold inside. Beautiful performance. Maurice would be proud.

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

Solea It’s about happy memories and times. It has all the life and character of any other Ravel piece. Unfortunately, people play this piece very slowly and make it sad when it isn’t supposed to be.

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

Arpicembalo True, but it is not supposed to be overly sombre. It is a dance, after all. Ravel said it all himself - he wasn’t a fan of the way people tended to interpret this piece.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart3425]

I was addicted to classical music 2 years ago, you have just started this channel. You had like 20 K, and after a while I didn't enjoyed classical music like I used to. You had like 100-120 K. Now I came back here just to see you have 2.6 million subscribers.Congratulations friend!

[@oliviali3544]

Oh hi Mozart!!!

[@Dinooo1234]

xd

[@alicemargatroidivii3287]

Well it's now 4.18 Million in 2021~

[@michaelchi4678]

Bro ur dead

[@fredericchopin7332]

how can one stop enjoying classical music?

[@jessicablog4668]

I don’t think anyone would have expected this piece to be so challenging to play until they try it

[@michaelkarkar5711]

I was searching for a comment like this one - it’s an exceptionally challenging song to play and is super deceiving. I’m trying to learn it now and the first two measures took me a bit to get

[@diogomanteu7148]

memorizing it all is by far the hardest haha

[@TheJedo]

I'm learning this at the moment and I definitely agree. For me, the easiest way to learn it is to separate the different voices, and then put them together once you're confident with how you play them.

[@hithere2426]

THIS! my exact experience with this piece

[@beatwallah]

Truly. .

[@danielperanginangin5981]

Petition for Rousseau to play Liszt Spanish Rhapsody❤️😩🙏🏻

[@andydoesthings3801]

This sounds like a really peaceful dreamworks song

[@newbynooob232]

That really peaceful dreamworks song sounds like Ravel’s Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

[@benhair1418]

This song makes me think of those days when your home alone. It’s raining outside and all you can hear is the drops of water on your roof and you sit looking out the window throughout your quiet house and you don’t hear a sound but this song playing in the background. It is sad, but calming in a way that makes me happy.

[@occidens6350]

3:20 - 3:38, years later = The lamp is low, ++ years later = aruarian dance. Evolution of music is insane

[@mf_nano]

fr

[@Tanker477]

You have no idea how many time have I been waiting for this piece to be played by you... Thanks!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

I was deeply moved to learn recently that this favorite masterpiece of mine was played at the funeral of the French great author Proust in a church as his favorite piece . There is something extraordinary in this splendid performance From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@Soulful Notes Thankyou so much to your wonderful comment I hope you are well Currently It's very cold in Tokyo Be on the alert for the infection

[@Oblivitana]

Let's talk about Ravel, cause he wrote a piece called "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Pavane For a Dead Princess), it is a slow and quiet piece, a theoretical piece of music Ravel wrote that a princess could have danced to in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Ravel is 20th century) implying that the "dead" in "Pavane For a Dead Princess" is only meant as a way to say it was meant to sound as though it was from a long time ago. And if you were wondering, a Pavane is a stately court dance, music having the slow duple rhythm, a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century. It just means the song is written for a 16th-century princess to present herself with. Now, Ravel. He wrote a very melancholy piece and yet was adamant that it was not a funerary piece, Ravel was at pains to point out that it 'Is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane that might have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez'. all of the confusion could have been avoided if he had chosen his world properly.

[@josephquillian2866]

I absolutely love this piece … the piano version is lovely and gives me such joy. Greetings from Querétaro, México.

[@Aristos_Arete]

I love the points at: 3:16, 6:25; it's like it reaches a point of tension--and then breaks...

[@lucasgoncalves459]

My father plays this song all day long, and it’s just beautiful thank you rousseau again

[@jinnkazama8240]

"you really are a strange person, you came to the hospital to visit me, and yet all this time, you haven't said a word". .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

[@bastienzerdidierzer7908]

Arima Kosei ? Your lie in april ?

[@jinnkazama8240]

@@bastienzerdidierzer7908 She talked to kousei at the hospital.

[@Tesana]

'H H H H H H H H'?

[@aadimalaviya4298]

Exactly what I was looking for! They should have had this song keep playing after he heard it. It fits so well. It is played at the end of ep 16 when Kaori is in the hospital, when that quote is said.

[@10nc-phamthixuanthu43]

one of the books that watari brought to the hospital for kaori, the book is " ichigo doumei" , translated as "Aliances of the 15s", it appeared at the end of ep 16 on the wheelchair. Kaori and Arima had the same situations like the main characters in the book, so the quotes " Wanna commite a double suicide with me?" and " you really are a strange person....." are also taken from it. This piece was also played in the book by the main character ( Ryoichi) and in ep 16. when I know the english title of this piece, I realized the hidden meaning of Kousei quote " I'm not Ravel, and you are not a princess" I have to say, after reading it, the book is super dark and sad, the characters are so miserable, but when I read the book and listened to this piece, I wondered why did it fit so well, I cried so hard and then, I remembered this anime. That's why I love your lie in april so much, cuz it's very beautiful.

[@israelsantiago1522]

You got fingers like a angel playing that piano and it makes me think how well you do it and thank you for putting this on KZbin I really appreciate it and blessed be to you and your beautiful fingers peace out

[@luzfeliciano4073]

So true you got fingers like a angel.

[@adrien2291]

This one hits different

[@Dylonely42]

Indeed

[@chief1325]

I didn't even recognize the english translation of the title

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

he translated infante into princess because infante is the term speaking of a child princess at the court of spain (in french) but there is no real translation so that's why he probably wrote a wrong title.

[@kerryxu119]

Infante defunte, where infante would not exactly mean “princess” per se, and, as the other comment pointed out, “young, princess”. Defunte isn’t exactly “dead”, I’ve seen it translated as “deceased” which is better, although really it evokes a feeling of melancholy or vague regret.

[@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286]

@@kerryxu119 can you point out a difference between dead and deceased? No.

[@kerryxu119]

@@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286 Context is important. "Pavane for a dead princess" implies tragedy, it implies a situation where the pavane is lamenting the recent death of a princess. "Pavane for a deceased princess" implies something much more permanent, sort of like a princess who is long gone but yet is still remembered. If you look at it in the original French, the word for deceased, defunte, is also very different from mort, the word for death. A piece named "Pavane pour une infante defunte" could have a completely different meaning than "Pavane pour une infante morte"

[@gsm5104]

@@kerryxu119 People don’t understand the connotation of words. Dead or deceased, cry or weep, clean or cleanse. Synonyms aren’t equal.

[@m0ment219]

"This is a pavane for a dead princess, not a dead pavane for a princess" -Ravel, after some guy played it too slow 😊

[@Azian2DaMax]

Thank you so much for modernizing and making classical music accessible to a much wider audience. As a young enthusiast of the genre it pains me to see how neglected classical music is within my generation. I really hope one day classical music will become "cool" again. These works are some of the greatest artistic achievements in the history of mankind (in my humble opinion) and deserve so much more attention!

[@pleasecontactme4274]

One of my all time Ravel favourites! It's pretty emotional...

[@user_-qg6yd]

Ravel is my favourite composer. Thank you for sharing this piece. Beautiful as always

[@wes2891]

Thank you Rousseau to making my Monday’s tons better. Your plays are remarkable and display the true form of the sheet music’s message. Thank you.

[@nicklittle8399]

Absolutely incredible... I love the way you fuel your music with emotion, it's so much better than a typical classical musician. You can *feel* what the music was meant to express, and you're one of the few musicians I've found who can properly do this to a powerful degree of precision. Very beautiful work, as per usual ❤

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

I LOVE this piece, it’s soooo special ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for uploading it!

[@annabellekahle5230]

omg, what a coincidence, I just discovered this piece a few days ago and fell in love, just before Rousseau posts it!!

[@user-gu7wb3ij4p]

5:48 is my favorite part, well played Rousseau. Well done friend.

[@AkinduDasanayake]

One of my favorite pieces from my favorite composer. Thank you for this.

[@eg08aau]

prelude 24 by Chopin - the storm

[@mitalipandit2891]

Yesssssssss!!!!

[@manuelbes]

I'd like the 12th prelude

[@leo17921]

mAnu i’d like 8, 12, 16, 19 or 24

[@a_sad_pianist_.]

Its very difficult but rousseau can play it

[@johndoe4202]

Yeeeeeee pls

[@theartiszt980]

1:07 Rousseau pulls out a tenth :)

[@listeven1159]

How?

[@manokmj8014]

Li Steven Very easy if u dont have very tiny hands

[@motor5ito406]

He does 11th in Wrong Note Etude

[@theartiszt980]

@@motor5ito406 I'm pretty sure it's rolled. Just like how in Liebestraum there is a 12th early on in there that we people just roll.

[@spiel175]

@@theartiszt980 still able to hold the 11th tho lol

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Sounds like something out of this World. Thank you.

[@ismailavci1822]

One day, i want to play this piece in my school at night. The melodies ringing through the corridors, the moonlight is shining, everything is just...calming and peaceful.

[@quaesitor]

When heaven rains music I let myself wander The streets of my mind Without an umbrella I let myself be drenched Skin to bone With joy

[@simonhoarau-piano9679]

I love Ravel so much, I'm happy to see more of his works on this channel

[@snowteam3332]

What a wonderful composition. Brilliant choice of colours

[@callyfana]

Thank youu for posting this!!! This is one of my favourite pieces I've heard so far, and I love it!

[@Nalanrd]

Ravel’s music is the most elegant 😍

[@andrewfortmusic]

I play this piece almost every day; I just love how lyrical and yearning it is, and I was actually probably playing it at the time you uploaded! Thank you; we need more Ravel~

[@sherisheepsworth8432]

Thanks Avalon le Fae, the story that keeps on giving

[@jazminfuentes5025]

It breaks my heart but it feels so good. Thank you Rousseau for such beautiful music.

[@barbaramuller2191]

Makes me think about my life.... very beautiful!

[@clappedtrim2319]

Such a beautiful piece You always make my day and I listen to one of your pieces every night before I go to bed Continue playing beautifully

[@deboravitoria5330]

Just wonderful, very pleasant to hear ...(I'm from Brazil and I love to hear your melodies, they always comfort me.)

[@schwi1253]

Surprised yet glad to see this piece, one of my personal favorites, played by you. Thanks

[@civildawn7840]

This is sad... and I mean it is really really sad. This reminds me of my dead great grandmother. She was the one who would put up music for our family during thanksgiving and Christmas parties. I don’t remember her playing classical music, but something about this piece reminds me of her.

[@neutral_puma845]

Yes!!! More Ravel and Debussy!!!

[@arhturf.grayman2491]

In Some Place In The Huge World Your Music Represent The Best Friend For Someone .. It Represent The Only And Everything precious To Him Thanks A Lot Bro

[@nicholasdearcangelis9290]

This is absolutely going to be the next slower piece I learn. It is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for the lovely interpretation, this is fantastic and inspirational as always. 🌹

[@spencerfleurymusic]

Thank you for playing the piece I suggested. It really means a lot that you look at the comments for suggestions! :)

[@afroman5918]

Omg this is one of favorite classical pieces. It sounds great on guitar too!!!

[@kennethpark4143]

no one word can simplify how much this song matters to me.

[@pranspan]

Interesting how aurarian dance is the song for positivity and this is just sadness. Music is indeed beautiful.

[@user-ts5rk7do1p]

I've been waiting so long for this song, it's a beautiful song

[@Leuvre]

So beautiful. Such nice chords. I can listen to this over and over again.

[@subhunder21]

Been listening for years now, keep up the inspiring and talented work you do for us! Always worth the time to listen to your renditions of these amazing pieces. Well done my friend.

[@annesharoy7127]

Rousseau: Uploads video after a longtime. ME: *half asleep* "what a perfect time at night to listen this piece" :)

[@krigen_ulv6815]

I'd love it if you did coffee cold by galt McDermott next. It's absolutely late night rainstorm music and there are no great piano versions. If anybody could do it, it'd be you

[@stuartfoster5819]

I'm just so happy that almost a hundred years later people are still listening to this transcendent music

[@adamkeener6106]

Lovely, lovely, lovely. This was the piece for my first horn solo, back in the day. Mesmerizing.

[@Falkan.]

this gives me chills. Keep it up the great work :)

[@iversonpaulalay5514]

OOOOOOOOH ROSSEAU'S BACK!!! MY MONDAYS ARE COMPLETE AGAIN!!!😍 😍 😍

[@nazkarhan4715]

I had a granpa. He was cheerful and displined at the same time. He never made me mad as i did. I was young and i wasnt loving him. Whenever he comes me i was just behave him unfairly.Even i don't have any pics of him because i was not carrying him at all. And then when i started to understand and love him when he was already ill. It has been 2 years since his death and i cannot forgive myself . This masterpieces reminded those lil and nice moments of our family. I miss it.

[@manokmj8014]

Naz Karhan Sorry for your loss. I too have learned to love all of my family members. Because before you realize it, theyre gone.

i got the chills, amazing piece, thank you....

[@noahbertholon1076]

Arround 5:00 it sounds quite like Debussy Rêverie ^^ Nice feeling :)

[@Shoesucks]

Hano Robelthon yeah it does

[@curtiswfranks]

I have no sense of music, but I noticed that too.

[@dl-2]

I have no enemies

[@faisalnaveed8026]

Why am i imagine a really artisticly dark scenery of a lonely castle at night with the corpse of a beautiful princess lying on a huge bed with the moon light shining on her face through the window there is a smile on her face with a tear running down her cheek A note lying next to her written on it is "i may no longer be alive but i am not dead either i simply left my body here to go on a new journey somewhere"

[@EP07385]

My favourite clasical piece! Thank you!

[@near2900]

I really like to listen to this piece during studying. 😃😃

[@m.g7548]

that doesn't work for me bc i end up humming along 😐👍

[@mariaf.1275]

Happy belated 2year anniversary on youtube rousseau, wish you all the best, and also lets not forget Chopins birthday that was yesterday too

[@wiljammusic]

I love this beautiful piece of music. My favorite from master Ravel.

[@chainuser1774]

What a beautiful piece. Ravel really had an odd way of composition but incredible at the same time. Well done!

[@gregsun974]

3:19 sounds absolutely incredible. made me say "oh wow" out loud

[@sandeegrey5977]

Holy moly, Eargasm alert 😂

[@iball6256]

Can you please do one on *Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue"* next?

[@egregoriansymphony]

This piece makes me shiver every time … thanks a lot !

[@TheRealGovika]

I love this song so much!! THank you so much for playing it!!

[@mirosealtidor7052]

2:39 extremely beautiful