Richard Goode Master Class: Debussy “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest” from Préludes, Book I

[@connykarlsson9969]

Excellent masterclass!

[@charlessmith263]

I played this piece before in the place where Debussy made his home - France! Keenly, this prelude from Book 1 is tempestuous, stormy, violent, and makes you think of an "l'orage" going on around you - or "thunderstorm" in French. Or imagining a sailor trying to navigate the stormy waves. In summation - this piece is, as I describe it, "an inclement symphonic poem for piano."

[@charlessmith263]

If I were the master teacher, I would say that the cue-note runs down the keyboard (leading to that F#-G trill) before beat 1 in measures 10 and 13 is Debussy's depiction of 2 big cloud-to-ground strokes of lightning crashing nearby at the observer during the storm. Also known as "two big thunderbolt blows." This is almost like a prelude of what Olivier Messiaen would do in his pianistic special effects in "The 20 Glances of the Infant-Jesus" collection.

[@debussychopin2766]

Valiant effort.

[@fryderyckchopin484]

Idk why I don't like the indications of Goode on this piece, maybe it is a question of taste but I find them too exaggerated. The ideal way of playing this is, for me, the way Zimmerman plays it, he plays with a wide range of velocities and dynamics which make me feel the nature of a storm wind

[@fernandorojas1814]

Escuche esta interpretación de Zimmerman, no se si es el mismo que dices... pero si lo es, la verdad es bastante pobre, solo la intención de velocidad con ninguna pulcritud sobre la ejecución de la pieza, si no es el Zimmerman que dices, agradeceré alguna referencia correcta. Saludos.

[@fernandorojas1814]

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[@fernandorojas1814]

2:21 a 2:23 es horrible!