Debussy: Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un Faune | François-Xavier Roth & London Symphony Orchestra

François-Xavier Roth conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. Recorded live at the Barbican Centre on 23 April 2017.

Produced, filmed & directed by LSO.
Edited by Wash Media

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[Transition]

I WATCH THIS OVER AND OVER! This video is enjoyable not only to watch the amazing performances of the musicians and conductor but to listen to such a beautiful piece of music. Thank you so very much.

[runnymedeworks]

That wide shot at around 5:23 when you can see the orchestra all moving in time was wonderful. This composition always makes me feel like everything's going to be ok.

[fabioernestotagetti]

A musical piece with no beginning and no end, a magic circle of unbearable beauty

[jamesburton]

Orchestral design down to smallest detail observed by the LSO, keeping Claude's desire that it should sound as though it had not been written down. Two tiny mini cymbals, two - then one, harps, solo flute and oboe - world class - no nerves. Bravo!

[jeffrey]

4:15 to 6:15 is the most beautiful 2 minutes of music I think I have ever heard and ever will hear. This music truly moves me and so strongly expresses many complex feelings, and while I might struggle to describe them in words, my soul has no difficulty understanding.

[cliffhughes]

This is wonderful - a great recording of a truly great performance. And a respectful silence from the audience before the applause begins. It's my favourite version on YouTube.

[ferociousgumby]

I just have to unload something here. I just watched a dreadful BBC music special about the Romantics, with some dreadful English lady with two curtains of hair and big teeth, narrating with a constant, fatuous smile on her face. She began to talk about de-BEWW-sea, and when introducing this piece said, "This marvellous orchestral feast portrays the wonder and awe of a young deer as he slowly walks through a forest glen." A young deer. A fawn. *_BAMBI!_* The BBC thinks a "faun" is *_Bambi, _* not some langourous half-drunk satyr wallowing around with stray goddesses. Even _Wikipedia_ gets it right: "The goat man, more commonly affiliated with the Satyrs of Greek mythology or Fauns of Roman, is a bipedal creature with the legs and tail of a goat and the head, arms and torso of a man and is often depicted with goat's horns and pointed ears. These creatures in turn borrowed their appearance from the god Pan of the Greek pantheon. They were a symbol of fertility, and their chieftain was Silenus, a minor deity of Greek mythology." The huge stir this piece caused when it debuted in Paris had little to do with the sensuality of the music, and everything to do with WHAT it portrayed: a lustful pagan goat-man in full rut. But oh, no, the good experts at the BBC, ALL of them, for surely the text must have been vetted by all of them, think that Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune is about A BABY DEER, a *FAWN, * *_Bambi!_* I don't know why I expected better from a British "music expert". But shit, I knew what a "faun" was when I was _eight_ and my parents dragged me off to classical concerts.

[joaocarlosavila]

I woke up in the middle of the night dreaming of this piece.

[clickhand]

what it sounds like when human consciousness is transcended with orchestral music. thank you Debussy and LSO. life is patiently waiting.

[sofiennehathout]

It's surprising to see how amazing and fascinating this piece remains; 130 years later

[eEdselEdsel]

I'm on my fifth prestige in the Mesozoic Valley in Cell to Singularity and this beautiful piece of music mocks me as I try to get the achievement medals for 200 of the last four creatures.

[MiaFeigelsonGallery]

Thanks for posting this wonderful performance of one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written. Maurice Ravel went so far as to say in an interview that it was his innermost wish to die to the sounds of this 'unique marvel in the whole of music'.

[Transition]

It’s time to come back again and listen to this most beautiful piece brought out so magnificently by FXR. I’ve never heard a more beautifully performed version. I listen to this with earphones and transcend to another place; an unbelievable experience!

[theMad_Artist]

2:31 he looks like an angry Debussy lol

[patriciamccaw]

Can’t add much more to previous comment, sublime indeed, and share Ravels wish. Patricia

[shin-i-chikozima]

The comfort and wonderfulness of Debussy‘s music are out of this world, and irreplaceable

This masterpiece digs up old memories, and I shed tears


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Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

[giuseppemariaperego]

Questa musica 🎶 strapperebbe un sorriso 😅 a chiunque ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie

[ambranoe]

To enter in a magic natural world full of surprises...

[patlopez]

This song played in the movie.."The Portrait of Jennie."

[giuseppemariaperego]

Fantastico!!! Grande interpretazione ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie