Arnt they all, dead that is, Only now its the little miss princess thats left

Is the oboe a little flat or is it my ears?

Fantastic !!1 Dear !!!

Exquisite

listening in the dark during a thunderstorm while depressed as fuck about this grim point in my life, and my bleak future, or lack thereof

who all came here after watching the dark knight rises

Hoi Nicole

this is some good shit right here

Who's here after watching the Ball scene from the Dark Knight Rises?

I hear a lot of Ghibli in this

0:33 I almost listen to Aruarian dance in this part

I never listened to this while my grandma was alive. She died only a month ago. She was a princess. I treated my own grandmother wrong. This song is for her.

I have always treasured this since I was a young pup in the early 1950's.

Did you know this song would cause a chain of inspiration, with the most recent example being Nujabes's Aruarian Dance?

It sounds pretty similar to Respighi! I love it!

NPR played this after reporting the news that Princess Diana had died, such a sad moment.

Glad I didn't hear it at the time. It would have devastated me.

This classical music piece is perfect for bedtime and traveling using your imagination.

Your lie in april.

love this

Anyone knows the story behind the title?

Sound like "the bygone days" from porco rosso to anyone else?

For those looking for something similar to this joe hisaishi has a similar style

Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Fauré, l'école française dans sa beauté et subtilité, souffle délicat de "luxe, calme et volupté"

This reminds me of Rurouni Kenshin Trust and betrayal or something like that 😌

il y a des instants de beaute de melancolie apaisants en ecoutant cette merveilleuse pavane dans ce monde brutal tellement necessaires

The first 10 seconds reminds me of another piece I don't know the name to. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

3:40, I find it intriguing that the melody here is vaguely mimicking that of 'Dies Irae'. After all, Dies Irae is otherwise known as the melody of Death.. Fitting for a piece like this.

I swear this was featured in the third? Harry Potter movie! It sounds so similar to some of the score

This song helped me in 1999 when I was away , such wisdom I thank you Mozart

But.....it was written by Ravel, at a time when Mozart was long dead.

Oh ok it was on a tape cassettes that I was informed in was he this is very interesting

Calming, sad and sensual at the same time

I got to play first horn for this in my college orchestra one semester. It is still one of my very favorite pieces ever.

This was so magical to listen to. Where has Ravel's music been all my life? 💫

https://youtu.be/4fvx551LxAg

I think about Anastasia Romanov.

Sublime

Such a beautiful piece! In my orchestra I'm playing the 2nd french horn part on a trombone and it's so difficult to get the sound right, but when I do it's so pretty :)

ağlamadan dinleyemiyorum:(

Please. Play this at my funeral.. ♡

Are you only a princess ? One day in Arles the baker girl said to my daughter 'for you my nice princess !" And Eléonore said "eh mum, the lady knows me !" :°

@Laurent Lapinte Lestang of course yes. My dad never lied to me (u.u)

Some points from the programme for "CONCERT MUSIQUE AU MUSEE 2004 - Andrew Russo".Ravel said of the piece [nb it's not a "song"]: "Ce n'est pas la déploration funèbre d'une infante qui vient de mourir mais bien l'évocation d'une pavane qu'aurait pu danser telle petite princesse, jadis, à la cour d'Espagne." (Marnat , 1986). [Marnat: did the Ravel catalogue]Basically: It's not a funereal dirge for an infanta [Spanish princess, nb not "enfant", child] who has just died but the evocation of a pavane which such a princess might have danced, at that time, at the Spanish court.Piece dedicated to Winnaretta Singer, the princess Edmond de Polignac, one of the Singer sewing machine family; she died 1943, the piece is 1899, so she's not the "dead princess." [what follows tl;dr, I know, my own input]So what is the significance of "pour une" [for a]? --not pavane danced by, but written or danced on behalf of? (OK I take the point that Spanish "por" is tricky to translate, into French or English, but even if a Spanish infanta is evoked it's a French title, of course.) Even if Ravel says it's not a threnody, the funereal dance aspect surely comes through here? But I think one line of reasoning might go something like this: Ravel offers his "pavane" (musical composition, ground-breaking in the period, maybe not recognisable or danceable by 17th century Paduans, or even infantas of the 17th century) to a living princess (Singer/Polignac). He wants her to have something the critics would like (apparently it didn't work out that way, although of course the public loves it). She's helping pay his bills, she's hardly his Venus (or Edmond's for that matter) but she is his Maecenas (probably misspelled, Virgil's patron). But he's also projecting himself back to the 17th century (cp. Velazquez): what kind of pavane would a then-living infanta dance to in a melancholy mood (cp. Burton's c. 1630s Anatomy of Melancholy, melancholia can be good)? Of course, such a "real" infanta, ie a historical one, would be long-dead ("defunct") by 1899. So: "pour une": in his imagination, offered to a real infanta by a real composer in say 1670, but also, in reality, a work offered to another real princess in 1899, but to listen to, rather than to dance to.Oh, and since this comment is already VERY long: "se pavaner" in French means essentially to "strut about." I get the impression of a peacock, which in French is "paon". [You can replace the "o" with "wa" to get the verb, ie pa-wa-aner", and the noun follows , or vice versa] Adds a touch, maybe. OK, so it's supposed to be a dance from Padua, but maybe Ravel (French, not Italian) got his roots somehow twisted?

This is what they should have played at Lady Diana’s funeral.

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Hate to critique such a wonderful piece of work but this version ( like most orchestral renditions of this piece ) do this piece such an injustice. The original piece for piano written by Ravel is not mournful or sad - Ravel never really wrote a sad piece in his life - it is reflective certainly but it maintain’s the Ravelian warmth everyone adores so dearly. The way this piece is performed makes it seem like a dead pavane for a princess as opposed to a pavane for a dead princess ( which itself is a nothing title as Ravel himself he simply enjoyed the phrase “infante defunte” ). This piece is supposed to be just as full of life as any other piece of Ravel - just with a sombre undertone. Those who butcher this piece are very lucky that it is impossible to make Ravel sound truly awful.

TomCL 2000 no hate but such a beautiful piece sounds pretty soothing when it’s more sad

Tallwhalebob Gaming I beg that you listen to a version closer to the original. Of course it is all subjective, but this piece was written to sound a certain way and this performance doesn’t do that.

TomCL 2000 I actually like both and in my opinion I kinda like the sad version better but that’s our different opinions 🤷‍♀️

Source to the original?

theLoveRocketjr https://youtu.be/oPHSHZssOLs this the performance closest to the original tempo on YouTube.

Came here after I watch Mr. Brain (jdrama),i really like this version. Although in the drama it is piano version..

She is gone nowThe people dancenot for the life lostbut the life foundSmooth steps on blank stoneAll but the princewho mourns alone

Maurice's music is incredibly rich and colourful.

Can this masterpiece save and heal the darkness and suffering of people,s mind ？ I don't know . However , this masterpiece quietly penetrates my heart .From Tokyo in Japan Which national are you watching this video ？

si émouvant j'adore Ravel et Debussy et Mahler ce tableau est magnifique merci .

I think what makes this particular performance so good is that it is the "dream of olden days" that Ravel intended when writing this piece, instead of being a sad song. It is true that this version brings a sort of debussy-esque feeling to it, which to my eyes is an immense compliment.

3:10... part b of Impressions by saxophonist John Coltrane

Porcco Rosso with the rip off

Rest in peace, Naomi

La princesse est morte, vive la Reine... 💕

No actual princesses were harmed in the making of this pavane.

Clifford Hamm Anastasia was the last best princess.

OH YOU DIDN'T

You made my day. Ethernal thanks

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

what a wonderful song

u stupid ass thats a piece

I play it on repeat, until I fall asleep.

I think I'd cry anytime if listen to Ravel works :< because those are so beautiful

Thank you lord for this

i watch clannad and i saw this song they said this song name Maurice Ravel

I came here from aruarian dance.

the ancestor of aruarian dance

Ravel,s works is Forever . Forever is Ravel . Other than this song , there are no songs that conveyed the waves of deep emotion to the depths of my heart . From Tokyo where is the cherry blossoms in full bloom everywhere . Which national are you watching this video ？ ２０１９年４月１２日

Come to Brasil

Hisaishi intensifies

I have to play the horn solo during the beginning as part of my high school band audition, wish me luck because I need it

well said, Steve. Very nice, and i'm happy for you finding these pieces too. Try some new age, or ambient music too,,,,, there's so much. tc guy.

et du lac impavide se tournait la lumière comme voulant rendre à ces flots sa naissance des nuages...

Anyone here from space dandy?

Love this music

to think i didn't know this existed until now...

Eeethoven's9th, last movement

It reminds me of studio ghibli ;___;

thanks nujabes

Makes me think of how peaceful nature is when no ones watching

I am playing this piece, it's so beautiful. I wish more people talked about music, all people think of now is technology.

I’m in a symphony and we are playing this song. I’m a 2nd clarinet so then it is very very slow, but this is my favorite piece we are playing because it feels and sounds so smooth and graceful. I just love it :)))

is this Joe Hisaishi?

Harpae....

All these amazing youtube comments. Wow!

i'm playing this currently and nobody likes it. i'm sad because it's so pretty :')

Aruarian brought me here

I was 6 years old in an ancient church in Tuscany, the orchestra played and the choir sang the" Magnificat" ! It was so emotional that I went there over and over. Later when I studied classic music, I understood that Ravel "Pavane pour une infante defunte" inspired the catholic composer of "Magnificat". Merci Monsieur Ravel

Majestically Beautiful

Does someone realize that comments on classic music are actually normal? Look at Fortnite content or minecraft and you will see a big difference

This is beautiful. Nujabes brought me here. Arurian Dance.

R.I.P Nujabes

i came here for nujabes

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"◔ ◔¨ *,,thank you ;';;'

"◔ ◔¨ *..dead ;'';';;' Princess

Incredible how Nujabes was inspired from this to create aruarian dance. RIP my dude.

Sometimes it reminds me Joe Hisaishi.

who here after nujabes?

Reminds me of Porco Roso

Musica linda😍😍😍

Inspired me all over again!

It has been 17 years today; 17 years and still that hole remains in my heart as I sat there watching the life drain from my child and it was after that I heard this composition and played it constantly. It summed up every thought, feeling, and memory of her.

I am deeply sorry for your loss. I lost my mother just over a year ago.

4:26-4:47 = epitome of femininity and I was blown away by it <33

I love that you made your way here :)