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

[@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?!*

[@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👍👍👍👍👍

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@airsoftmaestro5609]

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

[@salvadordabahia5]

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?

[@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🙏🙏🙏

[@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! 🎉

[@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.

[@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.

[@luivwtf]

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

[@jericobongosia3992]

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

[@LJ_Callisto]

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 😭

[@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.

[@Smashedpumkin-09]

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

[@cavicchioli.]

yeee, came here just to see if any1 was talkin bout that

[@hrdept6618]

nujabes brought me here too!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@occidens6350]

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

[@mf_nano]

fr

[@techmaster1769]

I'm getting sick of those simply piano ads.

[@veganplayspiano]

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

[@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.

[@robertwall2690]

My 10 year old daughter played flute and I played piano as we performed this piece for her first public solo appearance. No father could have beem more proud of how she played with so much depth at this age.

[@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?

[@TheMysterySch00l]

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

[@williamtaittinger4529]

not a song my man

[@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

[@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

[@Tanker477]

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

[@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

[@Aristos_Arete]

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

[@jin6104]

When I heard this piece, I decided I must play it. I’ve spent an hour at the piano fixating on the first eight measures to master Ravel’s texturing through the legato’d staccato and rests. This piece is a treasure trove of Ravel’s incredible insights in how to utilize seemingly contrasting markings on the piano. There is so much freedom with the pacing, as we see in Rousseau’s performance. The piece is marked 80 BPM, but doesn’t lose anything by playing it slower. Because of this we have performances of up to eight minutes long and down to five minutes long. Ravel’s seventh chord harmony and dissonance makes this one of my favorite pieces in the entire piano repertoire. Thank you Rousseau for contributing to KZbin’s musical scene as well as for providing us with a high quality recording of this piece

[@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.

[@lucasgoncalves459]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@josephquillian2866]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@danielperanginangin5981]

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

[@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.

[@user_-qg6yd]

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

[@alexavieralagao3343]

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

[@workhardworkhaderthanevery9387]

Lol

[@kensi_7927]

👏🏽......👏🏽.......👏🏽...........👏🏽

[@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. .

[@peppapig9987]

This piece is so sad that it makes me cry everytime. By the end of it, my shirt is usuly filled with tears. This sorrow is one of the best things I have heard. Not even Chopin or Rach can compare with the magnificence of this piece. This piece has saved me from suicide, led me to friends, saved me in school, helped imensly with my depression, got me into clasical, and healed my broken soul. One year ago on this day I descorverd shostacovich. My auto play was on when this piece ended. This piece gave me the joy of good music, and saved my life. I have no idea how to pay it back. The only way I can say thanks back to Ravel is to carry on his music, and now I am working my way up to playing this piece. I am atleast a year away, but I will never stop until I can play it. Thank you Ravel, and thank you Rousseau.

[@nelsonloga6955]

Your story make me think of my step grand father who was a radiologist and Who said to my mother, who was wondering what she was doing, what she wanted to do in her life, and was thinking of giving up her art studies to start medical school, thinking in the long run that she would make a really useful job for people : “You know, I’m about to retire. I have seen many patients in my life but very few with real problems. If there’s one thing I’ve understood in my 45-year career, it’s that Mozart has certainly saved far more people than the best doctor in the world. Faith can work miracles in people and music is undoubtedly one of the things that gives them the most.”

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Sounds like something out of this World. Thank you.

[@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

[@egregoriansymphony]

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

[@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.

[@AkinduDasanayake]

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

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@Simh97444]

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

[@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.

[@カリ-z3l]

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

[@spencerfleurymusic]

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

[@m0ment219]

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

[@anammorar]

Thank you for playing . Applause, applause, applause

[@nateworzel6044]

Ravel was one of Bill Evans most significant Classical influences. I think this song may have been the inspiration for Time Remembered 0:50

[@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"

[@andydoesthings3801]

This sounds like a really peaceful dreamworks song

[@newbynooob232]

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

[@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

[@barbaramuller2191]

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

[@ms.annthrope415]

I'm standing watching the rain pour down the bay windows of my imaginary house in Santa Barbara. It's another cold, wet, dreary gray day in winter. But there is a roaring fire in the fireplace, and i have a big hot mug of my favorite tea to keep me warm. Nothing but the sound of this melancholic piece and the rain, and the occassiobal boom of thunder. All is quiet. My cat is asleep on the couch closest to the fireplace. My world is complete.

[@annesharoy7127]

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

[@jazminfuentes5025]

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

[@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.

[@stuartfoster5819]

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

[@neutral_puma845]

Yes!!! More Ravel and Debussy!!!

[@joanet501]

Rousseau every new song you upload is more beautiful than the last one. I LOVE you

[@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~

[@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.

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

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

[@legallydoodled9783]

I've been listening to this channel for almost 3 years and this piece always had a special place for me. I have really bad anxiety and now im listening to this before a vaccine shot to calm myself down so i just want to thank you for making this video

[@Nalanrd]

Ravel’s music is the most elegant 😍

[@TridentTrist]

4:25 through 4:32 sounds like Howl’s Moving Castle theme 😭

[@Falkan.]

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

[@snowteam3332]

What a wonderful composition. Brilliant choice of colours

[@iversonpaulalay5514]

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

[@pranspan]

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

[@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.

[@callyfana]

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

[@gregsun974]

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

[@sandeegrey5977]

Holy moly, Eargasm alert 😂

[@iadtag1853]

It had been so long. Welcome back!

[@mirosealtidor7052]

2:39 extremely beautiful

[@ericanorton71]

My mother used to play this on her baby grand piano. My daughter and I would lie under the piano and listen. This was her favorite piece of music.

[@aureliajian5660]

当她踮着脚尖踱过漫长的月光回廊时，梦中的画面比任何一次都清楚地出现在了眼前。夜空是比以往更澄澈的深蓝，衬映着她曾经深爱着的这个世界。怜爱地注视着荡漾在柔和的水面上的月亮被一次次碎裂，被揉皱又融合。连轻轻抚摸着她的脸庞的微风都在道着不舍，朦胧的萤火虫忽明忽灭。晚安，月亮--她想--晚安。在支离破碎的世界中再一次起舞吧。她会忆起比回忆更遥远的城堡，不曾被诅咒过的那段岁月吟唱着悼念的哀歌，却是为了铭记自由。再见。这样想着，她瞥见自己的倒影在水面上似乎模糊了，接着慢慢沉睡。

[@cyzhouhk]

Oh my god! This iis literally one of my favourites! I'm thrilled that you did it!

[@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.

[@xxhonstarxx]

I was healed. Thank you

[@adrien2291]

This one hits different

[@Dylonely_9274]

Indeed

[@MacMaky1981]

Isn't just me or this piece makes me cry everytime i listened a certain part like from the beginning? Because of this, this melody reminds me of my grandma will soon disappear, it matches the emotions of these melodies, and allowing me to think about between me and my grandma's good memories. Good old times, the way she raised me, her soft smile, etc. Right now she's old, getting older, I'm starting to get worried, I feel like I can't accept this. Right now, while writing a comment I shed tears again. I'll play this piece when my grandma passes away

[@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

[@googlemademedoit806]

Finally!! I’ve been waiting so long for you to play this!

[@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.

[@jacobdegeuss]

I'm learning this piece right now, I'm so happy you got this song out while I was learning it

[@afroman5918]

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

[@creidvite9152]

It's my first time to watch anything on this channel, and wow, the subliming crystals visualizer fits this piece so well.

[@-juddthedudd-485]

"You're not a princess. And i'm not Ravel" -Arima Kousei

[@aud_balez]

Don't- 😭💔

[@mashingans7071]

am I supposed to be happy I get it lol

[@m.g7548]

@@N4k3d.Sn4ke kashiwagi is iconic ✨

[@carnalpulpo6298]

I love that anime

[@monkeymuncher2]

@@N4k3d.Sn4ke I actually didn't like nao :( she just seemed to me like that person who acts nice but inside she hates you lol

[@LoveCheeselover]

Thanks Avalon le Fae, the story that keeps on giving

[@ninjabreadman8166]

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