I agree. Very good, indeed, I’ve been playing 65 years if that means anything.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore (坂本龍一 Playing the Orchestra 2013)

Gnossienne No. 1 Erik Satie

想い出は遠くの日々

09.Pavane - Maurice Ravel

Debussy's sublime summer prelude, 'La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin'.

The indicated 'Très calm et doucement expresiff' (Very calm and gentle in expressiveness) is quietly asserting tranquility. This is a piece to be savoured and experienced like a summer's gentle breeze; incentivised by the source for the prelude - the poem that bears the identical title of the prelude, written by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle in the mid-19th century (published in 1874). It is said that Debussy found the inspiration for the prelude within the poem, but for me, the prelude is almost a musical transcription of the poem. I include both the English translation (Laura L. Nagle, 2007) of Lisle's poem, and the original French version as well, below. Read the poem whilst listening to the recording and you will find more than a serendipitous likeness!  
____________________

The girl with the flaxen hair

Who sits upon the blooming lucerne,  
Singing from the earliest morn?  
It is the girl with the flaxen hair,  
The beauty with cherry-red lips.

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Your mouth has divine colours,
 My dear, and is tempting to kiss!
  Do you wish to chat upon the blooming grasses,  
Girl with long lashes and delicate curls?

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Do not say no, cruel girl!
  Do not say yes! I shall better understand  
A long gaze from your large eyes  
And your pink lips, o my beauty!

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.

Farewell to the deer, farewell to the hares  
And the red partridges!  I wish 
To kiss the flax of your hair,  
To press upon the crimson of your lips!

Love, in the bright summer sun,  
Sang with the lark.
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La fille aux cheveux de lin

Sur la luzerne en fleur assise,  
Qui chante dès le frais matin?
  C'est la fille aux cheveux de lin,
  La belle aux lèvres de cerise.

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,  
Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Ta bouche a des couleurs divines,  
Ma chère, et tente le baiser!  
Sur l'herbe en fleur veux-tu causer,  
Fille aux cils longs, aux boucles fines?

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,  
Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Ne dis pas non, fille cruelle!  
Ne dis pas oui! J'entendrai mieux
  Le long regard de tes grands yeux
  Et ta lèvre rose, ô ma belle!

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,
  Avec l'alouette a chanté.

Adieu les daims, adieu les lièvres  
Et les rouges perdrix! Je veux
  Baiser le lin de tes cheveux,  
Presser la pourpre de tes lèvres!

L'amour, au clair soleil d'été,
  Avec l'alouette a chanté.
  ____________________  
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", from Poèmes antiques, in 'Chansons écossaises'
illustration: Monet - Monet - 'Woman with a Parasol, facing right', 1886, Musée D'Orsay, Paris

Claude Debussy - Prelude in G flat major - no. 8 from Book 1: 'La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin'

Two pieces by French Baroque composer, François Couperin - the gentle "La Misterieuse" and somber "Les ombres errantes" from his Pièces De Clavecin, Livre IV, Ordre 25. 

This Wigmore Hall recital was part of Dustin's first prize award offered by the New Orleans International Piano Competition, specifically thanks to the late Richard Goula - a past president of the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.

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Pièces De Clavecin, Livre IV, Ordre 25, II. La Misterieuse

ショパン 練習曲 作品10 第3番 ホ長調 「別れの曲」

ピアノ
YAMAHA P-120

音源
Ivory 1.7 Steinway Concert Grand D
Pianoteq 3.6 (Noise Sample ＆ Overtone)

Chopin - Etude No.3 op.10-3 (ショパン 練習曲 作品10 第3番 ホ長調 「別れの曲」)

ドビュッシー ベルガマスク組曲 第3曲「月の光」

ピアノ
YAMAHA P-120

音源
GALAXY II Galaxy Steinway

Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque, clair de lune (ドビュッシー ベルガマスク組曲 第3曲「月の光」)

第二楽章(2nd Mvt) https://soundcloud.com/pietoso_orche/rach2_2
第三楽章(3rd Mvt) https://soundcloud.com/pietoso_orche/Rach2_3

ラフマニノフ ピアノ協奏曲2番第1楽章 / Rachmaninov Piano concert No.2 1st Mvt

Emile Pandolfi  Once Upon A December

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Arabesque No.1 in E major (c.1891)

Piano - Ryo Fukaura

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Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque, clair de lune (ドビュッシーベルガマスク組曲第3曲「月の光」)

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