Ravel's harp writing is absolutely incredible. I don't think many people realize how hard it is to write for harp.

@late8641

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... it requires a deep understanding of the mechanics as well as the player's capabilities. I'm amazed how versatile his harp writing is. He's able to bring the best out of the instrument and let it truly shine.

This has to be one of the best performances I've seen of this piece. Everyone's dynamics/tone/levels were SPOT on. Also this was mic'd and video-d extremely well too the harp sounded very full. Kudos to all involved!

@zhou_sei

3 жыл бұрын

sounds great, i just wish i could be there. i have to have my mouse on the volume slider to strike a balance between being able to hear the quiets at all (100% volume) and not waking the neighbors (10% volume on the slider)... it's a striking dynamic juxtaposition.

What Ravel does with the harp is only excelled by what he does with the flutes - sweeps us into delicious tranport

Ravel and Debussy, Debussy and Ravel. I go back and forth listening and can't tear myself away, looking for pieces and instrumental combinations not heard yet. Losing sleep, not wanting to miss anything.

@jvegaalbela

5 жыл бұрын

Dude you gotta get into some messiaen, takemitsu and lili boulanger

@yankeesstink27

3 жыл бұрын

this too is my existence hello kindred french impressionist spirit

@laurencedankel4751

3 жыл бұрын

@@jvegaalbela - Dude, Dude, DUDE!

@Millennium647

3 жыл бұрын

Pentatonic tone 😍

@alexs1504

Жыл бұрын

@@jvegaalbela dont forget Bax

Haha, the first violinist near the end: 10:08 - "There's something wrong with this pizzicato... it isn't nearly loud enough." 10:13 - "Okay. I need to play a bit louder. It's still not enough though!" 10:19 - "THERE we go."

@nonenoneonenonenone

4 жыл бұрын

They all play too loud, as everyone does nowadays, no idea how to play Ravel, or with a harpist.

@zachlewis6798

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonenoneonenonenone just out of curiosity, what IS your idea of the only correct way to play with Ravel or with a harpist?

So wonderful, and so nice to have a male harpist!

@ROGER2095

6 жыл бұрын

With the right hair and clothing, he could be Harpo!

No matter how much I've listened to this incredible piece, the last chord always surprises me ! To me it's like fairy dust to dazzle me and leave me speechless.

The final moments of this piece are just breathtaking. Some of the most beautiful music I think I've ever heard.

The Harpist is magnificent! All the musicians are superb. The understand this music!

Cette pièce parfaite devrait être jouée plus souvent en concert. Cette interprétation est fabuleuse, comme la prise de son. Merci !

This piece has so many ranges and themes, yet everything is in consensus with each other. No one does harmony quite like Ravel, maybe Debussy, but they're distinctly awesome in their own right. Definitely one of my all time favorites. Thank you for such a great performance!

@jmack8767

Жыл бұрын

I hold the common, but controversial opinion that Ravel > Debussy...

@ravelness

10 ай бұрын

of course, Ravel is better but this fucking world never understand the real genius@@jmack8767

Ravel = Genius

@rik9372

3 жыл бұрын

A par del Bolero es clar.

When I heard this recently, I easily dismissed it as typical early Ravellian fluff, where he aims to impress with sudden sixths, doubled melodies, pizzicatos, and modulations, generally a weaker Daphnis, but I keep coming back to it, over and over again. There is something really very special in this work. 8:59

@edwardmontoya50

Жыл бұрын

Lush

Simply breathtaking!!! The overwhelming beauty of Ravel's music takes your heart and caresses your soul

@wendyhumphreystebbutt5782

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@edwardmontoya50

Жыл бұрын

Word!

En vous baladant dans les prés du présent, vous pouvez cueillir des bouquets de fleurs folles et improbables, revenir avec de somptueux extraits de ce musicien sensible et écorché et dire que vous gagnez parfois du temps à ignorer tant de ces musiques contemporaines pour enfin gagner en force et sérénité💖

This is one of my favorite pieces, played with incredible sound, dynamics, and articulation. You absolutely nailed it. Bravo!

Wow!! I’m a beginner harpist and I hope one day to play such a beautiful piece.....

@phyllispetras3369

2 жыл бұрын

Do not give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What wonderful music and what a superb performance. Vive Ravel !!!

This is the purest definition of what the perfect interpretation/recording looks like. If only every piece has this quality of recording- it would be incredible.

Very nice. Very fluid and terrific coda. I used to play this with Martine Geliot in Paris.

this video should have more likes for this outstanding performance especially by the harpist who plays at perfect volume better than any harpist I've heard. the fact that this video only has 63,069 views and 788 likes shows that people don't know good music anymore.

@nonenoneonenonenone

4 жыл бұрын

Try the recording by Ed Druzinsky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Jean Martinon. That's the best.

I feel like I am in the fairy's forest or sth. I really love every instruments' sound in this work.

I have NEVER heard a better performance of this work!!!!.... Absolutely PERFECT!!! Emmanuel you are FABULOUS!!!!!.... and the players you have with you here are incredible!!! Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!

What a beatiful piece. Great artists. Wonderful performance

A radio announcer once said this piece was written to show off the new "double-action" harp, so that must mean the chromaticism demands a lot of the harp's pedals.

Beautiful

I just heard this piece in a faculty recital at FSU two weeks ago. The harpist was unquestionably way superior to the man in this video. She made the piece one of the best live performances I have ever heard in my life. I am 80.

錄音,演奏的條件所帶來的感觸是：如獲至寶! 仙樂飄飄! 能寫出如此傳神氣氛的作曲家,不禁讓我好奇地想問,他的智商到底有多高! (可能是自己也想變聰明吧!？😅)

I didn't know Elton John played Cello...

1st of all I make a scrunchy ugly face when the progression is so beyond truly beautiful. I've played this piece on repeat for an hour or more. I am having blissful memories of music school.

a beautiful performance...love the violinist's smile at 7:40.....sublime!

What a glorious sound! Thank you, all of you, for this wonderful performance. Yours in Gratitude

Wahnsinn, das Video hat mich selbst als eingefleischten Ravel-Fan von den Socken gehauen!

Amazing! So much feeling. A vibrant performance. You guys rock!

What a joy this piece (and terror) this piece has been for these musicians.

Emmanuel CEYSSoN !!!

legendary piece from Ravel indeed

Wow, wow!! The cadenza was especially good! Wish I could have been there...

Bravo.... so well played!

@AnetteMaiburg

8 жыл бұрын

+Ilze Robertson Thank you!

Thank you. Applause from the world

It's a gorgeous piece m full of longing I think

Bravo 🎈🎊 ce petit français 🇫🇷 a la harpe dans le sang !

Bravo bravo bravo.....♥️

I can't even find a word to describe how terrific this piece is! Thanks for sharing!

This is beautiful

Emmanuel ceysson maravilloso bravo!

@AnetteMaiburg

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he is incredible! Wonderful to play with him.

Tbh the clarinet is the best part for me and it sounded so beautiful at the end.

So good!

Love this piece, so peaceful

wonderful thank you

Stunning!!

Magnifique!

Magnifique😍

Very sweet - a wonderful performance. Thank you for posting

This piece is sounds absolutely gorgeous!

wonderful performance!

I'm blessed to have heard you.

amazing performance!

Masterwork ...

LUSH.......so wonderful..........

Wow!! Fantastic! I'm overwhelmed in a good way, thank you!!! 💕🙏🎶

Wonderful performance! Enjoyed it a lot ... Thanks for sharing 👌☺️

Oh my God Bravo! What a breathtaking performance!

Splendid performance. Wonderful insight.

Beautiful relaxation

Impressive! Beautiful playing. Love this piece!

A first rate performance of this masterpiece. Thanks so much for posting!

A great performance wonderful musicians bravo

Magnifique ! Belle prestation. Bravo.

Simply a beautiful performance. A true understanding of the piece. Bravo! and so happy the recording is loud enough to hear the well crafted colors of Ravel from each instrument -- Other harpists hide in this piece. Just magnificent.

Stunning

this is one of my Ravel's fave :D

I love the 1st violin face at 10:09

Adorei...

AMAZING

Awesome!!!

@AnetteMaiburg

8 жыл бұрын

+PussyJazz Thank you!

Esquisida interpretació i genial Ceysson.

Precioso..cuantas visiones fantásticas..Ninfas..Efébos..Dionosio ..agua..bosque..cielo..pureza..almas..Música i Danza..Juegos..i amores..miradas..promesas..

He moves the harp around so much while hamming it up, you'd think they were playing Un Barque sur l'Ocean.

Preciosa música, suena a España y a agua😮

Delicious. Celestial. Idylls of pastoral life come to mind.

Must have heard it over a hundred times over the decades. No surfeit here.

Wow, wow, wow, wow!

Oh, what a wonderful performance of Ravel's swoony piece!And to think that it was a commission to show how the Erard harp was versatile enough to not be superseded by a double stringed harp. Ravel delayed holidaying with his friends for a week while he worked on it - hard graft I imagine, BUT LISTEN TO THE RESULT!

@robertm2000

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent historical note! And what a result Ravel produced!

wow!

The cellist's shifty eyes at 8:27 are perfect.

@rene1821

6 жыл бұрын

and what about the fleeting head movement and glance of the cellist at 10:05? worth seeing it too!

The faces on that cellist.

Harp. Lover. !!!!!

1:14 A cello players dream

What a stunning performance of this Ravel masterpiece. Fantastically vibrant and rock solid harp playing and a lovely sound from the violist and cellist. This is a very difficult piece to make it sound effortless and rhythmically focused,. This ensemble might well have produced the most engaging version available. Wonderful clip so thank you.

WOW

Why would you put the camera at the 1st violinist while the harpist is playing solo passages??

Beautiful performance... cellist looks a little like Mark Hammill!

Excellent, excellent ensemble performance! Excellent technical video & sound. Question to all: is this piece what is also called Ravel "septet"?

@stynway59

5 ай бұрын

I think it was written for a nine-piece ensemble wich might be called a "nonnete". But I've heard it as harp and piano only, which was lovely

Cellist's face at 8:05

@elisabethkontomanou9781

8 жыл бұрын

+AJ yeah totally into it ;)

The figuring on the maple on that harp though...

My favorite harp piece...does anybody know of anything as good or better?

@maouAOUT

6 жыл бұрын

Danses sacrée et profane by Claude Debussy is the closest in style to the Ravel. You may also enjoy Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra by Gabriel Pierné, Concertino for Harp and Strings by Jean-Michel Damase, and Concerto for Harp and Orchestra by Reinhold Glière

@anruo8705

6 жыл бұрын

ballad of the goddess

@jochenschmidt-hambrock

4 жыл бұрын

maouAOUT p

💞🕊🎶‼️

no sabia que Elton John tocaba el cello!!!

Very Nice ! Where can i fond the CD of this wonderfull performance ? Thanks.

@AnetteMaiburg

4 жыл бұрын

It's a pity, but we didn´t record the piece...bust we have a nice CD "Classica Francese" (Label Dabringhaus&Grimm) with music from France (classic and Chansons).