Debussy - Entre Quatre-z-Yeux (Documentary with Daniel Barenboim, 1999)
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- Debussy wanted his piano preludes to be played and listened to privately. This film pays tribute to his wish, featuring Daniel Barenboim interpreting the first book of these delicate musical pieces in a surroundings reflecting the composer's ambiente of the turn of the century.
Architecture, old photographs, a dancer, and pictures of nature appear, evoked by the music and the personal circumstances of the composer's life, with comments by his friends. Quotations of French lyrics which inspired the music as well as the composer's own thoughts and diary entries give the film an exclusively intimate touch.
Everything is kept short, leaving room for the listener's mind to wander in this very special realm of the preludes which Barenboim explains as being "a hommage to Bach and Chopin. In these small pieces Debussy summarises his whole oeuvre."
Original Version with English subtitles (to activate in the player bar)
00:07 Préludes - 1er livre, Danseuses de Delphes
05:38 Prélude à l'àprès-midi d'un faune
07:19 Préludes - 1er livre, Voiles
11:29 Nuages (Nocturnes)
13:01 Préludes - 1er livre, Le Vent dans la plaine
16:36 Préludes - 1er livre, Les sons et les parfumes tournent
20:40 Préludes - 1er livre, Les Collines d'Anacapri
24:14 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe
26:56 Préludes - 1er livre, Des pas sur la neige
31:47 Préludes - 1er livre, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
36:15 Préludes - 1er livre, La Fille aux cheveux de lin
39:05 Préludes - 1er livre, La Sérénade interrompue
42:56 Préludes - 1er livre, La Cathédrale engloutie
50:00 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe
51:36 Préludes - 1er livre, La danse de Puck
55:09 Préludes - 1er livre, Minstrels
57:40 Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe
A documentary with Daniel Barenboim by Paul Smaczny - Hudba
Thank you so much Euro Arts for uploading such wonderful videos
+Rafael Hurtado You're very welcome! :)
Daniel Barenboim is an amazing Debussy interpreter, to me what is important about Debussy's music is the silence between notes, and Debussy even has a quote saying that "music is the silence between notes", and I feel Barenboim was fully aware of this while playing. Just my opinion :)
Barenboim mindfully and sensitively shares verbally and musically Debussy's truths. An ongoing emerging evolving process. 🌿
I was never a fan of Barenboim's playing although I respect him as a musician who has earned his place in pianistic history, however, the discovery of this documentary has given me the opportunity to rediscover him through his interpretation of Debussy and I'm more than pleasantly surprised. Thank you.
Exactly my thoughts! This is a brilliant documentary.
How beautifully Mr. Barenboim conveys us with his wonderful play and interpretation of Debussy's exotic dream thoughts
Daniel Barenboim is amazing. The day he will pass away, the world would recognize what a huge job he did with music, human subjects and politics. He is a modern "saint" if I may say so. It took me about forty years to think like this, but I say it now and believe it. Thank you, Mr Barenboim.
Ty Uploader- what a mood this creates. I wish Liszt was mentioned. His incessant experimentation paved the way sonically and pianistically for Debussy and Ravel , and beyond. But this vid is beautiful and insightful !
Helps to understand his music even better. Thank you so much for uploading this video !
Very, very great document. I'm not totally fond of his interpretation of some of the preludes honestly, but this has to be the very best Flaxen Hair version I've ever heard.... truly! Plus his ideas and reflections about the life and works of Claude Debussy are very just in my humble opinion.
How beautiful is the match of the music and architecture.
Barenboim is actually a great Debussy interpreter.
What a treat! Thank you for uploading!!
A must have to listen and listen again and watch becouse here everything is harmony and beauty. Thank you
Stunning. Remarkable. Transcendent.
After having watched this twice, I've now purchased the DVD, which I expect to view dozens of times.
Hello everyone , Can someone tell me what the main messages of the video are. Should be at least 5. Thanks to the nice person who can answer this for me
Oh my god I am SO happy to have found this!! This was phenomenal! Thank you for uploading this!
Hello everyone , Can someone tell me what the main messages of the video are. Should be at least 5. Thanks to the nice person who can answer this for me
Thanks for sharing this documentary. Very much enjoyed it. 💜☀️
i remember the first time i heard a music of Debussy i thought: this is my preferite composer! i have complete my personal music puzzle
Lovely Post Thanks so much
WONDERFUL!
thank you...
What a wonderful video. Thank you very much for uploading it.
MrLextune my go that chord voicing you have as a profile pic is amazing, What is it, a D9#5?
Thar chord in his profile pic is Scriabin's Mystic Chord.
Beautiful work..
Daniel Barenboim is an absolute musical scholar. We couldn't want for a more nuanced and sympathetic interpreter of Debussy be it in words or music.
Tres Bien. Merci Beaucoup.
There is a mistake in the name of this documentary - the purpose of footage is to reflect the uncatched - the music - (the most abstract among the arts). everything - the seen (furnishing /the light /the dancer ) the recitation / pictures of nature etc serves the idea of acquiring the unique musical style of Debussy. And Maestro achieves this goal - the listener at the end is enriched ultimately
This video was recorded at modernist psichiatric hospital Pere Mata, masterpiece from catalan architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner in Reus (Catalonia).
Magnific Building
Interesting, seems like an unusual choice for filming. Especially as psychiatric hospitals are very specialized places with vulnerable patients. Not familiar w the building, thanks for info
Gracias por echarme a perder ( spoiling) el placer que sentía al ver los hermosos lugares que aparecen. Saludos desde México.
If you want to know Debussy read his published letters. He's very humorous "if he (Bach) had a friend, who could have told him to take a day off every week, we would have been spared several hundred pages in which you have to walk between rows of mercilessly regulated and joyless bars...", and sometimes sarcastic and critical, "I think we're going to pay dearly for the right to dislike the music of Strauss and Schoenberg". Not a romantic hero (he would have found that silly), but somewhat of a rebellious character who, at the same time, loved what he did.
I also remember that he said of Beethoven's music something of the sort that "Oh this is the development section [of a Beethoven sonata]...I can come back later"
I’ve never come across those “joyless bars” of Bach. How odd.
What dix he mean on bach part i dont get it ?
@@johnnytable9217 Debussy was a music critic and his nom de plume was Monsieur Croche, or Monsieur Croche, antidilettante (which in English translates as “Mr Quaver, the dilettante hater”). Debussy had quite a sense of humor, so you have to keep that in mind. When Debussy playfully suggests that Bach should have taken a few days off, he’s inferring that some of Bach’s music seemed “repetitive” and perhaps “mechanical”. I put those words in quotes because they are my own, not Debussy’s. Maybe a good example would be Bach’s Chorales. Yes, it was his job to harmonize chorale melodies. Regardless, if you’ve heard one Chorale, you’ve pretty much heard most chorales. They’re all variations on the same few techniques. And while I still view them as masterworks, there’s no doubt they’re a bit repetitive. Debussy, in his funny way, was just pointing this out.
@@tahiragibson6407 Keep in mind that Debussy was a jokester. With that in mind I can only imagine how “joyful “ one would feel if forced to listen to all 365 Chorales in one sitting. As much as I love and have studied them, I would certainly go mad. And keep in mind that Bach harmonized Chorales for a living, (and his family helped out), so surely there must have been moments of “we need another Chorale in G for tomorrow morning.” 🥺 That’s how I take it.
Damn, I am such a slave to Debussy
Barenboim Conducting the Chicago Symphony, Tchaikovsky, Symphony#4, 4th Movement
*(Listen here on CZcams, that says all I need say.)*
Even his Empathy for Humanity is expressed in this work.
These quotes are amazing, where did they find them?
wonderful! I wish I could live permanently in a Debussy piano universe...
Barenboim's comments are brilliant. I never heard him speak before: what a smart man. I also enjoyed the language switching without subtitles. Too bad about the shitty lighting and photography, though.
the master composers were emulating the horrendous beauty. a beauty that lives and shines a mere millimetre away in every possible single object perceived by the very ordinary experience of all sentient creatures. including humans. this is something of what great music is.
Hello everyone , Can someone tell me what the main messages of the video are. Should be at least 5. Thanks to the nice person who can answer this for me
I think I like Barenboim's interpretations of the Preludes better than Gieseking's. This music definitely evokes the subtlety, beauty and variety of creation on God's green earth. For those of us in barren arid desert climes, the vicarious experience of lush rich nature enlivened by sparkling water offered here is an especial treat.
Subscribed. - nyc, 10/9/2020
No hay subtitulos en espanol castellano?
I thought that on the top of Louvre's grand staircase is Nike of Samothrace. Les danseuse de Delphes were always exhibited in the museum of Delphi, in Greece. Does anyone care to elaborate? This video comments on this point at 5:32.
Does anyone know where this film was shot? I tried looking up info on the location but couldn't find any. This house is quite special. Thanks in advance
Institut Pere Mata
Disappointed not to hear the Clair de Lune from the Suite Bergamasque, but yet this is a deep and touching documentary ! Thanks !
That's because it's not in either book one or book two of the preludes. It's in Suite Bergamasque.
Subtitulos en español?
So No subtitles for the parts in French though?
There are subtitles, that is why I can enjoy this documentary, cause I don't know any French, except Baguette and stuff like that.
FirstGentleman1 lol. Well then how do I turn them on? I'm using CZcams app on iOS...
App and iOS? I don't know if you have all the wonderful possibilities a
PC user has when watching CZcams videos, I guess not cause it is very simple here. Almost next to the "button" were you can go into
fullscreen, you will find a button you can click on which gives you
English subtitles, the name of the button must be "Subtitles" cause here in Germany it's called "Untertitel" you cannot miss is on the PC. If it can't be done I'll give you one of the best quotes by Debussy himself
from the documentary "Whatever people may say about my music leaves me cold."
FirstGentleman1 actually I figured it out and if WAS super simple. I overlooked it at first. I'm glad I did too because this was a beautiful movie with wonderful narration and beautiful poetry
Hallelujah!
Borenboim is actually great Mozart and Beethoven and Haydn sonata and John Sebastian Bach interpreter. His style like Cloudio Arrau and Alfred Brendel and Wilhelm Kempf and Wilhelm Backhause .......... These famous Classic Pianist are belong to German and Austrian School of Thought.
Can't say I am mad for his playing of Debussy. I like his Beethoven more.
The scene in the library made me laugh. It's a bit too silly and precious.
what's the song that starts at 24:15 ?
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (1915)
eighty eight keys, no missed lunar dust no forgotten craters>>>
Avec Tchaikosky est le compositeur qui excelle le plus dans le domaine du rêve et de l'illusion !!
what composition is playing at 11:50 ?
That piece is called Nuages (Clouds) from the Three Nocturnes for Orchestra. I believe it was premiered in 1899 or 1900.
Magnifiquement utilisé dans le film " le messie sauvage " ( Savage messiah )
In the speaking sections Barenboim seems to be dressed like Tony Manero.
I'd swear that's Meryl Streep narrating. Cant be. Streep has narrated classical music documentaries in the past though.
debussy and the fluffy silent documentray
ps thats not a house its a museum , and impressionism just another way to pigeon hole the things he created .
Some of this is very good, but the parts with Daniel Barenboim and the woman are a bit silly. I keep expecting him to say "Debussy's music is like a beautiful woman." Got Daniel. Everything to you is like a beautiful woman. 😂
24:48 Satíe with starbucks cold brew decaf
Hello everyone , Can someone tell me what the main messages of the video are. Should be at least 5. Thanks to the nice person who can answer this for me
1 hour doc. 20 min of french 20 min of music 10 min of vides and pictures and 10 min of english . but thanks anyway
Why everyone who is not French is trying to sound French when saying French names but don't say Russian names with Russian accent.
Boulez needless to say will always remain one of Debussy’s greatest interpreters. Barenboim is fine but I find the playing to be lacking quite a bit of the magic. Just my take.
terrible decadent kitsch