Debussy - Arabesque No.1 and No.2

The Two Arabesques (Deux arabesques), L. 66, is a pair of arabesques composed for piano by Claude Debussy when he was still in his twenties, between the years 1888 and 1891.

Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form. Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys, and achieves evocative scenes through music. His view of a musical arabesque was a line curved in accordance with nature, and with his music he mirrored the celebrations of shapes in nature made by the Art Nouveau artists of the time. Of the arabesque in baroque music, he wrote:

“that was the age of the ‘wonderful arabesque' when music was subject to the laws of beauty inscribed in the movements of Nature herself.”

Arabesque No.1
Arabesque No.2

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[ryanthegreat]

Light- Mozart
Gravity - Beethoven
Atmosphere - Debussy

My Mother would play this flawlessly when I was a child. She went to heaven 6.25.19. God rest her soul.

[theycallmerye]

This piece is enough to convince anyone to start learning the piano

[articusam]

Debussy has the power to make you forget all troubles and feel almost weightless

[stargirl]

He hasn't dropped an album since 108 years ago. Is he ok?

[florb]

My first girlfriend was an amazing pianist.
She won an award for her musical talents and played Arabesque no. 1 for a live audience, which I was part of.
We were both 16, and I was so impressed by the talent and grace with which she played.
We went our seperate ways after 3 years, and there was a great deal of pain.
Looking back now, the bitterness is gone. The serenity and beauty of the music takes me back to a vivid memory, to a time which will be clear in my mind as long as I live.
Life really is an incredible thing, and the beauty of music is that it has the magical ability to make us take a step back and appreciate it in all its wonder.

[Air-pthb]

I lost my mom yesterday. Arabesques inspire me hope and strength to keep on fighting.

[Alaska-mkok]

This guy is still hearting comments 7 years later, what a legend.

[sam-fbvc]

My crush played this piece in front of me and i was in tears, it was the first time i heard this piece and i completely fell in love with it and even more for that boy. Oh god he was so beautiful playing it ... now i can’t stop listening to it cause it reminds me of him .. I admire him so much but i don’t think he feels the same :) anyways this is pure art

[LukeFaulkner]

I fell in love with these pieces 20 years ago. Now I am a concert pianist.

[Sunshine_]

According to Shazam the performer here is Ronan O'hora. Really should be credited in the description, this is one of the best interpretations of Arabesque 1 I've heard.

[eliberes]

I’m a cellist and last year I’ve had a Christmas concert with the orchestra. I’ll always remember that night, because my whole family came to see me play. They never come to my concerts. Later it was time to go home and as I was packing my things and getting ready to leave, I heard someone play the piano on the stage. There was a group of people and a girl playing this piece by Claude Debussy. We became friends few months later when I told her about how I fell in love with her playing. She changed schools tho and had to move this year so I’ll probably never see her again but my dad got me my own piano for my birthday!!! I’ll try to be as good as she is at playing Debussy. Hopefully everyone is having a fantastic day!! (sorry if my English is bad :/ )

[matrags]

Debussy's music always manages to fill my head with dreams. The man was something special.

[lukelewis]

I listened to this when I was a concert pianist. Now I’m 12 years old

[guitaroman]

I first heard this piece tomorrow, now i can travel through time.

[thuhanguyen]

Debussy's style is so dreamlike. Clair de Lune and Arabesque 1 are perhaps the greatest examples

[thewaywardpoet]

"Arabesque no. 1" in particular is so dreamy. I just imagine myself in a Mediterranean coastal town on a warm summer's day.

[chloedorward]

For anyone else who was wondering who plays this, it's Ronan O'hora for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It's one of the most moving pieces of music I've heard in my life

[nettuhkore]

All jokes aside, I heard this song from a ringtone on a phone I owned when I was 12. It was my alarm tone. Now I am 26 and hearing this song as it was originally intended for the first time. How wonderful it is the way music works.

[martienne]

Debussy est mon compositeur préféré... Ces œuvres sont des parenthèses enchantées dans ce drôle de monde et époque dans laquelle nous vivons. Savourer chacune de ses notes est une gourmandise absolue. Une bulle de plaisir... Prenez soin de vous, de ceux qui vous entourent. Et profitons de ces moments de volupté que la musique nous offre...