Víkingur Ólafsson - Rameau: Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours (Transcr. Ólafsson)

[@deutschegrammophon]

Ólafsson draws a parallel between the three verses of the piece and the three characters in the video - do you think they match?

[@hoipolloicassidy1594]

"Crutches for the handicapped!" - Gustav Mahler

[@Baard2000]

Sehr geehrter Deutsche Grammophon, Dank fur diese schöne Ausfuhrung! In dieser Zeit wurde es schön sein wenn jeder Tag einen Klavier Spielerin oder Spieler eine Interpration von derartige Stücke zur bemutigung auf Ihre Kanal hochladen darf /kann... (Und naturlich auch ohne diese Zeiten...) Wunderbares Stück!!!!!!❤❤❤💞💕💞💕👋👋👋👋👋👋👌👌👌👍👍☝️👍🤝🤝🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@keybawd4023]

What a bleeding stupid question? What condiscension Why don't you take your market stall and set it up somewhere else?

[@gustavolosio]

I love the composer, i´ts sublime the interpretation, but i´dont very like the story. I think that opaque the music. I´think that, sorry!

[@facundolopez159]

@@hoipolloicassidy1594 I should hate to live in a world where the handicapped cannot enjoy walking or the uneducated the blessing of musical appreciation merely because they are working class or unenlightened by musical taste and knowledge/education. All need training wheels before riding on a two-wheeled bicycle.

[@Oakrider0]

My dad passed away two days ago while I was in flight to see him. He has gone peacefully with mom and brother aside. I now know he is a good spirit flying anywhere anytime he wants to go without pain. Wish he can reunion his mother, who passed in his early childhood in heaven back in time. Dad, you are and will be best forever. Thanks so much for every thing you have done to me. Love you, my my my dad.

[@kj-te8ej]

So sorry !

[@8413Lucas]

I've listened to this hundreds of times but never commented. It's so delicate and the sound is pure yet very deep, just so good!

[@jan-pietervanwaasbergen9870]

What a great music Rameau and sublime performance. I write this on 15 march 2020, the world is in crisis for the corona virus, my country the Netherlands is closed, no concerts, no restaurants, but there is music, there is Rameau and it will comfort the soul and it is stronger than corona

[@sibionic]

what a beautiful post

[@IrinaReylander]

Indeed what a beautiful post, we need words like this!

[@danielthomas8432]

That's exactly how I feel today. This recording helps me breathe again...

[@monsieurgrigny]

Cool

[@freespirit995]

Dank u Veel! That is a wonderful post and totally appropriate for the dark times we are living through. Happily we have sublime art to help us.

[@jamtavana4833]

If I had the power, I would preserve this video in the memory of history forever, making it one of humanity's legacies throughout our existence in the universe. The video and the music are just masterpieces.

[@EleniOperaNoir]

I come back to this often, since I discovered this pianist. The tranqillity it brings me is out of this world. Thank you Mr. Olafsson.

[@mirellaczajkowska-turek5819]

Music that is calming my aching heart. Music that is touching my fears. Music that is taking myself high into heaven. May this music last forever

[@ingeboeltjes7656]

Good morning mister vikingur, Thank you for your wonderful music. I am grateful that people like you exist. Love from the Netherlands Inge boeltjes

[@AlfredoLopez-do5ed]

As I write this my godfather is passing away and this piece is bringing me much solace and healing. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@roisin252]

Bless you both.

[@roisin252]

Bless you both.

[@AlfredoLopez-do5ed]

@@roisin252 Thank you

[@aymerichm8835]

This moves me to tears. I am not ashamed of saying you are one of the greatest living pianists. You always make me rediscover pieces I've heard hundreds of times as if it was the first. I love complex and delicate baroque ornaments but here by skipping most of them you are going straight to the core of this serene poem, without any excessive "romantic" sentimentality, you've just reached the perfect balance. I am in awe. Also, the cinematography adds a lot to the emotion, so congrats to the team!

[@leidenhelma5579]

“Straight to the core of this serene poem ...” - how perceptive of you & how perfectly expressed. You are a poet!

[@prototropo]

Your appreciation is so dignified and elegant itself, Aymeric, that I feel honored to enjoy this music with you.

[@davidduaneh]

He plays so simply and so beautifully. And that is not an easy thing to do.

[@france4me117]

This certainly sends a strong message how ordinary people and there passions in life are well valued :) Rameau's Les Boréades is a fine example of tranquility and total simplicity in form whilst sophisticated pianist like Víkingur Ólafsson transform this work into a beautiful journey never wished to end. I simply love his interpretations. Thank you for making me feel a better person.

[@france4me117]

Merci Deutsche Grammophon pour présenter une si belle musique. Sa passion pour l'âme et fait fondre mon appétit pour plus jouer du piano. Je ne fais que de la musique car je n'ai rien d'autre à vivre à part le chien bien-aimé Clément ..

[@cieszewskimariusz]

Your comment and this music made my day. Thank you!

[@TheNarcotricks]

Dans la présentation du morceau Vikingur indique que les harmonies sont si complexes qu'il n'y a quasi plus de tonalité identifiable au morceau. "Masquer l'art par l'art lui même"

[@MartinaD.]

I just love this wonderful piece of music. I can listen to Vikingur playing the piano for hours. It makes me happy, gives me peace and strength. ❤❤

[@술톤윤돼지탄핵]

This beautiful music got me through the last year, 2020. Thanks for making life a bit more bearable. Time stands still whenever I listen to this.

[@davidvictor7042]

Probably the most beautiful recording that I have ever heard. Quite wonderful.

[@Currabell]

Love this performance. The video is magical too. All three have passions. Love how the camera lingers on their beautiful faces. A reminder that we humans are overwhelmingly kind in a world that has gone mad in 2020. 2021 can only bring something better and hopefully calmer.

[@pianomonty6543]

I find that Rameau’s melody sometimes sounds like a popular music. Vikingur’s artistry matches perfectly with the music and the images. Thank you for introducing this timeless beautiful music of his.

[@antoinemozart243]

You are spot on. Popular music is the source of all music.

[@ericp483]

Do you know that Rameau composed "brother Jack" ? Such a popular music !

[@chiii222]

Gentle, calm, peaceful...🌈 Im sure this beautiful work must go straight everyone' s heart so deeply. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@itzeldunn427]

All his new videos have the most absolutely beautiful sounding piano. The resonance and clarity is amazing, of course due to his playing and sound engineering.

[@DavidBoycePiano]

And, evidently, a most excellent piano technician.- Sigurdur Kristinsson on the Bach and Glass CDs and presumably here also. This is my ideal of Steinway D sound, and what skill it takes on the part of the piano technician to achieve it!

[@zeljkom8235]

it’s a really great piano sound and recording - reminds me of some Fazioli recordings

[@RobertOrgRobert]

Agreed, the sound of perfection

[@DavidBoycePiano]

@@zeljkom8235 To me, Faziolis, which are instruments of the very highest quality, can sound rather cold and 'lean' in some recordings.

[@DavidBoycePiano]

I notice that two piano technicians are credited for for the Dubussy and Rameau CD; Sigurdur Kristinsson and Thomas Hubsch

[@j.erickson8571]

Outstanding. Such a beautiful rendition.

[@operaforlife6551]

This makes me cry, but I can't stop listening at the same time, thank you for this reincarnated Rameau

[@pierrelesage7097]

La grande musique française qui était en partie oubliée et ramenée à sa juste valeur par cette magnifique transcription au piano et cette interprétation toute en subtilité.

[@alfredkeppeler5582]

Wunderschön gespielt...tolle Atmosphäre, Ausflug in eine schöne Vergangenheit voller Emotionen.😍

[@claudinelasjuilliarias879]

Ou trouver la transcription piano de vikingur olafsson ?

[@wolfgangweber2516]

Hochkultur! was für ein einfühlsamer Pianist. wundervoll!

[@willdon.1279]

Like floating on a cloud yet drawn into a dream of complex ideas. Great stress remover. Thanks DG.Rameau and Vikingure. :-)

[@evanmorse5065]

I get emotional every time I hear this gorgeous music. I feel like I belong to the time of Rameau.

[@Johan-kc9hd]

The organ version is also very nice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnbIiZh8m66ag8k

[@chrismckeown1297]

Absolutely wonderful playing and beautiful piece.

[@hakankimakya1321]

Vikingur how beautiful your music and your performance. Know your creativity transcends all boundaries. Each of us has our own “time machine”, which takes us to childhood... And this is wonderful. Greetings from Kazakhstan, Almaty.

[@josiane4566]

Un rythme fort séduisant qui nous emporte avec bonheur , nous suit et poursuit encore même dans le silence .Bravo !

[@catherinevandagriff1865]

I love the gentle smiles of the three when they are with the collections they love. This beautiful music captures that nobility. The first time I saw the little robots my heart grew a little.

[@glenngouldification]

The simplicity and beauty of this performance is stunning. Vikingur is the Icelandic Gould !

[@vollmacuser]

Finally!

[@phebus2005]

Gould had anything but simplicity ! Thank God, this Icelandic pianist stood away from Gould ! (Incidentally, Bach always sounds awesome thanks to Bach’s writing, no matter how disturbed whoever mangled his work may have been. No other composer was ever that brilliant). Beauty is back, here. I could compare this pianist with Alexandre Tharaud, in the same repertoire (If you can sing it whilst listening, the job is well done).

[@robtaylor7772]

Such a sonorous performance - this seems to be the trademark of his playing whenever I've heard it. Fabulous!!!

[@bertrandbarbedienne8662]

Belles interprétations et sérénité ! Quelle pureté de son ! Merci DG , et V. Olafsson !!

[@nikoulph]

This melody spins in my head like the moon around the Earth...Thank you Vikingur Olafsson, your interpretations are priceless. I think more interpreter should consider this creative side to bring older music to a more contemporary time.

[@luissoutosoubrier50]

I’ve read some derogatory comments with regard to the clips and i do understand the purists’ concerns. Anyhow, i just listened to this piece together with my 6-year-old daughter while taking her to school. Perhaps we are educating an excessively visual generation but i also feel that little gems like this offer to a wide array of distant listeners (distant in spatial terms but also in terms of life circumstances) the opportunity to experience contact with the arts. Thank you for that and keep up the intuitive drive.

[@ortobei]

Merci pour cette sublime interprétation, notre cher Rameau aurait été ému. Merci ❤️

[@elenam5740]

Прекрасное исполнение, возвышенное и нежное!

[@mami-vo6cj]

It's a wonderful song and performance that makes you feel honest and quiet in an instant.

[@shartingfish5761]

This was an ad, and so beautiful i listened to the whole thing, then searched for it..

[@hughgregorywaldock8738]

Undyingly, seamlessly, and timelessly beautiful and so sensitive! That really does make me cry.

[@karenseymour10]

Exquisitely beautiful, the music and the transcription. Víkingur plays it with such sensitivity and gentleness. I requested it on BBC Radio 3 recently. Víkingur is the best concert pianist of the last twenty years for me. Bravissimo! 🎉❤

[@deutschegrammophon]

Thank you very much!

[@wolfoffire4533]

Gosh,I love this piece. It brings back lost memories that I would’ve never have remembered,thank you Ólafsson.

[@blankname4716]

Great job putting the video together. You don't see enough of this kind of thoughtfulness with the potential of the music.

[@petrbrabec6095]

This Is absolute Dream! Great combination of old maestro in new arrangement. So much inspiring. Thank you very much!

[@williamjueschke9960]

Beautiful, I just heard this piece of music for the first time on KUSC in L.A. I’m so glad I did.

[@marycavender7136]

Yes it describes them in a musical expression of sentiment, passion and creativity! There is personal satisfaction and accomplishment with all of them combined!

[@tleekauai]

Wonderful pairing of the music with video vignettes of people enjoying their private hobbies and artistic pursuits! Very touching modern interpretation of this Rameau masterpiece!

[@france4me117]

Merci Deutsche Grammophon pour présenter une si belle musique. Sa passion pour l'âme et fait fondre mon appétit pour plus jouer du piano. Je ne fais que de la musique car je n'ai rien d'autre à vivre à part le chien bien-aimé Clément ..

[@davidherman29]

Never get tired of listening to this piece of music, it's so beautiful 🥰

[@jodane6186]

I keep returning to this video. Love it

[@ericp483]

Je suis un grand admirateur de Rameau. Cette transcription est magnifique. Le jeu tout en retenue de Olafson fait ressortir l'émotion qui se dégage de cet interlude, que je connaissais déjà dans sa forme orchestrale. Nous entrons, avec cet enregistrement dans la catégorie "chefs d’œuvres". C'est digne des variations Goldberg par Gould. L'album, dans lequel entremêlent des pièces pour piano de Rameau et de Debussy, est devenu mon album de chevet.Il fait ressortir toute la modernité de Rameau et une parenté entre ces 2 compositeurs.

[@한영자-b2x]

I stopped crying after listening to this pieces. It's a piece with a story and a deep impression.

[@sebinheo8762]

Oh my god... I'm literally crying now.. So touching...

[@aftermanyasummer2585]

I love those videos showing ordinary people in things they do and/or like.

[@jeanlouiscellario2225]

Ça c’est une pure merveille, un bijou de délicatesse ...

[@pascalgys4021]

Transcription et interprétation de toute beauté

[@annabulanaviti1200]

Formidable, splendide, excellent! Grand merci👏⚘⚘⚘

[@taenggom-xy7ry]

On hearing this, I just couldn't help keeping playing it over and over again. Am I the only one to feel ultimate peace?

[@piero.peuceta]

Two little-known circumstances relating to this composition that is part of a larger lyrical tragedy, "Les Boréades": 1) was composed by Rameau at the ripe old age of 80, 2) after its first public performance in 1770, the complete work was performed publicly for the second time only in 1982.

[@jonathangoodman2636]

Not quite. The fully-staged work (an opera of sorts before the word was applicable) was preceded by non-staged performances in the 1970s.

[@leopierreventura22]

Thank you. I needed to listen to this, without even knowing. Greetings from Mexico City~ :')

[@michellesugimoto914]

Thank you for this. Have been listening on Spotify (listened a thousand times) and came here to learn more about Oláfsson. Beautiful.

[@normandieparis8548]

Et Rameau traverse les siècles et les genres musicaux. Merci M Olafsson

[@uigliam]

For me this aria by Rameau, which I heard by chance on the radio, in my car, years ago, performed with the orchestra, is among the most beautiful and enchanting of all the Baroque. The degree of grace and lyricism impressively exceed all expectations of that historical period and reach up to our time, and, again, up to our heart... 😑Also beautiful on the piano.

[@michaelfierman3256]

Your Bach interpretations are sublime. thank you for this gorgeous pice as well

[@kanako6659]

This sound flattens my mind. It seems to make me feel better and take a deep breath.

[@mandrej]

Perfect music video. Love the overhead shot of the piano at the end.

[@directionofease]

So, so beautiful. All of it. Thank you.

[@marieclaude5360]

Juste magnifique ! je plane et ne sais qui remercier de Rameau ou d'Olafsson...peut-être les deux !

[@lapain5]

Ici, on dirait que Rameau se retourne sur sa vie et la regarde avec tendresse, comme ces collectionneurs dans la video. Belles images. Monsieur Olafsson est la cerise sur le gâteau, qui met en valeur toute la profondeur sentimentale de ce morceau tellement touchant. Dans l'édition musicale il y a Deutsche Grammofon.......et les autres . Vous ne trouvez pas?

[@CarlBowlby]

Love Rameau, but only know his work for Clavecin. Don’t know any of his operas, though that was a good deal of why he is remembered today, or, what he was famous for in his lifetime. Thanks for bringing this to light. I, too, am a collector of many things. My most ongoing collection is my music book collection in the hundreds...and mostly from Barenreiter and Breitkopf, so not exactly cheap scores. Anyway, great, sensitive playing. And great video idea. Gives one pause.

[@rosangel123qw]

Do listen to Rameau’s operas, they are masterpieces..

[@CarlBowlby]

Andronico Scarlatti yes I’ll have to, I’ve heard a lot about their beauty.

[@HuckleBeary19]

This video made my day! I have always listened the piece on another app,but i never had the curiosity to see the video and get this particular visual perspective. I have really enjoyed it! I will buy this transcription and i'll make my best to get my own interpretation! Thank you!!!

[@pelegrino791]

Very calm and serene ! Thank you for this beautiful trancription.

[@rlunger1]

HEAVENLY! In every way. I will play this over and over and over again.....and again!

[@susancampbell8057]

I heard this piece of music this morning on Sirius XM, and was quite convinced it was a modern composition. Imagine my surprise to find it was written in 1763! This is absolutely beautiful. A piece that was truly ahead of its time!

[@Arriyad1]

Written in 1763, by an 80 years old man….

[@mark-j-adderley]

Subliminal beauty, every note delicately positioned, carefully, delicately and strategically delivered. Ravishing and exquisite. Wonderful use of the sustain pedal.

[@Natalie-dw9jy]

Wow. This is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing

[@victordiscofreak4768]

Me gusta ver ese homenaje a las personas que coleccionamos objetos. Esas creaciones mágicas, diseños únicos. Maravillosa canción y video.

[@sandramahaffey7631]

Music for the soul in theses turbulent times.....so beautiful......thank you.🙏

[@chiayenho4495]

Beautiful sounds, it makes me feel calm and happy❤

[@billbernhard3582]

This gorgeously transcripted interlude from Rameau’s opera reaches and grabs hold of the possibility for a life steeped in fulfillment and beauty as part of the totality of experience. Can we not chase disaffection away, replacing it with the magnanimity of own finest efforts and labors ?

[@maicohann1658]

You always give me opportunities to meet musics I haven’t know and peaces of mind.

[@franckcoinchelin9862]

Une réussite ! , un rare et pur plaisir musical

[@OnASeasideMission]

Listening to music is like studying the universe. Just keep looking, and you'll find something amazing. Thankyou for helping me discover this. A diolch am y gerddoriaeth.

[@deutschegrammophon]

Couldn't agree more!

[@josefelipemartinezdomingue9488]

Que hermoso y que bella sensibilidad y más sinceras y humildes felicitaciones.

[@ann-kristinconde6024]

So different and wonderful.

[@charlusster]

J’adore cette divine transcription qui n’est autre qu’un hommage à Frans Brüggen, me semble t-il. Oui, “Ars longa, vita brevis” Bravo Ólafsson !

[@inna18372]

wow thats sound....interpretation....im in heaven!

[@kevinkazakevich5766]

This kind of performance is a way for both the musician and audience to relax and perhaps extend lifespan with positive emotion. My father was known for his amazing lyrical sound on the string bass. It is the same sort of thing.

[@eduhbas]

Dieu existe... comment peut-il y avoir autant de beauté...

[@elenachatzigeorgaki5990]

I close my eyes and I feel my heart getting warmer. Truly brilliant ❤

[@hesus6177]

If video makers of music can appreciate that just showing the pianist hands is ample. Especially this pianists hands, they are very expressive.

[@southernbiscuits1275]

This is a beautiful piece of music. Olafsson's interpretation is so gentle and comforting. Also, am I alone in hearing hints of the song, "Over the Rainbow" in the melody? Such a moving performance.

[@maurisilliagabriel6020]

Beautiful, delicate, inspiring. Beautiful video and great performance. Congratulations.

[@marycavender7136]

It feels like a gentle floating cloud or smoke disapating into infinity! Gentle and powerful in the right balance of ratios!🌹🧲🎵👍🇩🇪🎼🎶🎭

[@danielrigden200]

Absolutely gorgeous, thank you

[@z-e-r-o-]

He’s also a great transcriber and a song-finder.

[@roboangad]

Such beautiful storytelling in so many different forms :)

[@monpuo]

I am so touched. Amazing, thankyou for this.

[@MarkVeenman730314]

These videos are spell-binding. Thanks so much! Would love to hear you do Rameau's Gavotte avec 6 doubles.

[@miquelsosa]

The music of Rameau is truly beautiful, but listening to "Les Boréades" on piano is simply beautiful.

[@robinmiric2027]

This is a rather good performance, and Vikingur is a well presented performer!