Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
00:00 Haydn & Niemecz (1750-1806) plays Haydn (Flötenuhr)
* "Haydn Flute clocks" made by Niemecz, for Counts Esterházy and Liechtenstein. Niemecz was a cellist who played in Haydn's orchestra, and they were close friends. Haydn had a keen interest in this type of clock and its technology. And, as is generally accepted in academic scholarship today, he created these clocks in collaboration with Haydn. Niemecz and Haydn lived in houses close to each other, and Haydn's role in making these clocks may have been that of a supervisor. It seems to be a more consistent system than the piano roll since everything is set up directly by hand.
5:22 Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910) - Haydn: Sonata 62, Hob.XVI: 52, Movt. III Presto (1905 Piano Roll)
* Recording Source: @RollaArtis. Piano rolls have some drawbacks in terms of details, and that's why I generally don't include rolls in my videos. But this roll is quite valuable in showing the tempo and general tendency of Reinecke, born in 1824, who was known as a "Mozart" expert in the 19th century.
10:22 Emma Boynet - Sonata No. 48,, Hob. XVI:48: Rondo
13:44 Ernö von Dohnanyi - Andante and Variations in F minor (1950)
24:16 Edwin Fischer - Concerto No. 11, Mov. I (1942)
29:41 Yvonne Arnaud - Concerto No. 11, Mov. III (1932)
* Conducting: John Barbirolli
35:02 Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud & Pablo Casals - Trio Hob.XV:25 Op.82 No. 2, II Poco adagio cantable (1927)
41:20 Unknown Artists - Trio Hob.XV:25 Op.82 No. 2, III Rondo all'Ongarese
44:21 Mieczysław Horszowski - Sonata No. 43, Hob.XVI:43, III Rondo (1957)
49:23 Wanda Landowska - Sonata Hob. XVI:34: II. Adagio (1957)
51:30 Wilhelm Backhaus - “Fantasia, Hob XVII 4” (1960)
56:58 Rae Robertson - Sonata Hob. XVI:37: I. Allegro con brio (1925)
59:46 Clara Haskil - Sonata Hob. XVI:37, Op. 30 No. 3: III. Allegro (1952)
1:02:24 Violet Gordon-Woodhouse - Sonata Hob. XVI:37, Op. 30 No. 2: II. Largo (1928)
1:04:29 Marguerite Roesgen-Champion - Concerto No. 6 (1933)
* Conductor: Pierre Coppola
1:12:15 Marcel Moyse - Trio No. 1 in C for 2 flutes and cello, I. Allegro (1953)
1:14:45 Stefi Geyer - Violin Concerto in C-dur, II. Adagio (1928)
1:18:43 Fritz Kreisler - Symphony No. 96, III. Minuet (1924)
1:22:21 Heinrich Grünfeld - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov. II Adagio (1915)
1:26:42 Charles van Isterdael - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov. II Adagio (1923)
1:31:00 Guilhermina Suggia - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov 3 (1928)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
1:37:14 Willem Willeke - Minuet (1924)
1:40:34 Olive Mead String Quartet - "Kaiserquartett", II. Poco Adagio. Cantabile (1911)
1:45:11 London String Quartet - "Kaiserquartett"I IV. Finale. Presto (1924)
1:49:30 Capet Quartet - Quartet Op. 64 No 5, I. Allegro moderato (1928)
1:55:07 The Klinger Quartet - Quartet Op. 64 No 5, IV: Finale (1912)
1:57:06 Musical Art Quartet - Quartet Op. 54 No. 2, I. Vivace (1927)
2:01:52 Elman Quartet - Op. 76 No. 2, I. Allegro (1927)
2:06:47 Max Fiedler - Symphony No. 88, Mov. IV Finale. Allegro con spirito (1936)
2:10:15 Bruno Walter - Symphony No. 86, Mov. IV Finale: Allegro con spirito (1938)
2:14:17 Sir Henry Wood - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), II. Andante (1925)
* Recording Source: @shellackophile
2:19:12 Leo Blech - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), IV. Finale: Allegro molto (1924)
2:22:57 Sir Hamilton Harty - Symphony No. 101 ("The Clock"), Mov. II (1927)
* Recording Source: @vintagesounds3878
2:30:04 Victor Concert Orchestra - Symphony No. 100 ("Military"), Mov. I Adagio; Allegro (1913)
2:34:15 Max Büchner - "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (1904)
2:36:35 Clemens Krauss - "Die Schöpfung" (The Creation): "Die Vorstellung des Chaos" (1942)
2:44:34 Henry Coward - Die Schöpfung: "Die Himmel erzählen . . ."
2:48:28 Pablo Casals - Die Schöpfung: Finale (1964)
2:51:41 Pol Plançon - "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons): "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann" (1905)
2:55:05 Albert Fischer - "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann" (1922)
2:59:34 Unknown Artists - "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann"
3:01:56 Lucy Isabelle Marsh - "With Verdure Clad" (1909)
3:05:57 Jo Vincent & Louis van Tulder - "Die Jahreszeiten": "Einleitung und Rezitativ" (1930)
3:10:29 Charles Panzera - "Premièrs baisers" and "La vie est un rêve"
* Recording source: @kadoguy
00:00 Haydn & Niemecz (1750-1806) plays Haydn (Flötenuhr)
* "Haydn Flute clocks" made by Niemecz, for Counts Esterházy and Liechtenstein. Niemecz was a cellist who played in Haydn's orchestra, and they were close friends. Haydn had a keen interest in this type of clock and its technology. And, as is generally accepted in academic scholarship today, he created these clocks in collaboration with Haydn. Niemecz and Haydn lived in houses close to each other, and Haydn's role in making these clocks may have been that of a supervisor. It seems to be a more consistent system than the piano roll since everything is set up directly by hand.
5:22 Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910) - Haydn: Sonata 62, Hob.XVI: 52, Movt. III Presto (1905 Piano Roll)
* Recording Source: @RollaArtis. Piano rolls have some drawbacks in terms of details, and that's why I generally don't include rolls in my videos. But this roll is quite valuable in showing the tempo and general tendency of Reinecke, born in 1824, who was known as a "Mozart" expert in the 19th century.
10:22 Emma Boynet - Sonata No. 48,, Hob. XVI:48: Rondo
13:44 Ernö von Dohnanyi - Andante and Variations in F minor (1950)
24:16 Edwin Fischer - Concerto No. 11, Mov. I (1942)
29:41 Yvonne Arnaud - Concerto No. 11, Mov. III (1932)
* Conducting: John Barbirolli
35:02 Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud & Pablo Casals - Trio Hob.XV:25 Op.82 No. 2, II Poco adagio cantable (1927)
41:20 Unknown Artists - Trio Hob.XV:25 Op.82 No. 2, III Rondo all'Ongarese
44:21 Mieczysław Horszowski - Sonata No. 43, Hob.XVI:43, III Rondo (1957)
49:23 Wanda Landowska - Sonata Hob. XVI:34: II. Adagio (1957)
51:30 Wilhelm Backhaus - “Fantasia, Hob XVII 4” (1960)
56:58 Rae Robertson - Sonata Hob. XVI:37: I. Allegro con brio (1925)
59:46 Clara Haskil - Sonata Hob. XVI:37, Op. 30 No. 3: III. Allegro (1952)
1:02:24 Violet Gordon-Woodhouse - Sonata Hob. XVI:37, Op. 30 No. 2: II. Largo (1928)
1:04:29 Marguerite Roesgen-Champion - Concerto No. 6 (1933)
* Conductor: Pierre Coppola
1:12:15 Marcel Moyse - Trio No. 1 in C for 2 flutes and cello, I. Allegro (1953)
1:14:45 Stefi Geyer - Violin Concerto in C-dur, II. Adagio (1928)
1:18:43 Fritz Kreisler - Symphony No. 96, III. Minuet (1924)
1:22:21 Heinrich Grünfeld - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov. II Adagio (1915)
1:26:42 Charles van Isterdael - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov. II Adagio (1923)
1:31:00 Guilhermina Suggia - Cello Concerto No. 2, Mov 3 (1928)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
1:37:14 Willem Willeke - Minuet (1924)
1:40:34 Olive Mead String Quartet - "Kaiserquartett", II. Poco Adagio. Cantabile (1911)
1:45:11 London String Quartet - "Kaiserquartett"I IV. Finale. Presto (1924)
1:49:30 Capet Quartet - Quartet Op. 64 No 5, I. Allegro moderato (1928)
1:55:07 The Klinger Quartet - Quartet Op. 64 No 5, IV: Finale (1912)
1:57:06 Musical Art Quartet - Quartet Op. 54 No. 2, I. Vivace (1927)
2:01:52 Elman Quartet - Op. 76 No. 2, I. Allegro (1927)
2:06:47 Max Fiedler - Symphony No. 88, Mov. IV Finale. Allegro con spirito (1936)
2:10:15 Bruno Walter - Symphony No. 86, Mov. IV Finale: Allegro con spirito (1938)
2:14:17 Sir Henry Wood - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), II. Andante (1925)
* Recording Source: @shellackophile
2:19:12 Leo Blech - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), IV. Finale: Allegro molto (1924)
2:22:57 Sir Hamilton Harty - Symphony No. 101 ("The Clock"), Mov. II (1927)
* Recording Source: @vintagesounds3878
2:30:04 Victor Concert Orchestra - Symphony No. 100 ("Military"), Mov. I Adagio; Allegro (1913)
2:34:15 Max Büchner - "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (1904)
2:36:35 Clemens Krauss - "Die Schöpfung" (The Creation): "Die Vorstellung des Chaos" (1942)
2:44:34 Henry Coward - Die Schöpfung: "Die Himmel erzählen . . ."
2:48:28 Pablo Casals - Die Schöpfung: Finale (1964)
2:51:41 Pol Plançon - "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons): "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann" (1905)
2:55:05 Albert Fischer - "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann" (1922)
2:59:34 Unknown Artists - "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann"
3:01:56 Lucy Isabelle Marsh - "With Verdure Clad" (1909)
3:05:57 Jo Vincent & Louis van Tulder - "Die Jahreszeiten": "Einleitung und Rezitativ" (1930)
3:10:29 Charles Panzera - "Premièrs baisers" and "La vie est un rêve"
* Recording source: @kadoguy







![Claude Debussy and his Friends/Pupils plays Debussy
Claude Debussy is one of the most important pianists and composers of the 20th century. This selection shows how Debussy played the piano, how he wanted his piano works to be interpreted and I tried to explain Debussys piano concept in the information I gave in the video. All the recordings I chose from pianists associated with Debussy.
Debussy was generally dissatisfied with the pianists playing his own works: I assure you one cannot imagine how my music is disfigured; often I can scarcely recognize it. . . . Pianists dissect my music into bits and pieces, like a roast chicken.
Marguerite Long, one of Frances most important pianists and piano pedagogues, would describe Debussys influence on the French Piano School: We never listened to or played the piano after Debussy in the same way as we did before him . . . He was an incomparable pianist. Jacques Durand: A full sonority, a remarkable delicacy, a perfect mastery of nuance, an impeccable finish, an imperceptible rubato always framed within the beat, an astounding use of pedal: all this was what defined Debussys playing.
Debussy said that he had heard only two fine pianists in his lifetime: ... my old piano teacher, a small, fat lady who threw me into Bach and who played him as no one does nowadays, making him live [...]. The second pianist was Liszt, whom I heard in Rome. Debussy was definitely influenced by Chopin and Liszt. His teacher was a student of Chopin. He gave references to Chopin throughout his life and dedicated his Etudes to Chopin. And he had heard of Liszt himself, and Liszts use of pedals especially impressed him.
Even if the understanding of the piano came from Chopin and Liszt, there were serious innovations. First of all, Debussy did not like Bel Canto opera and Chopins pianism had a Bel Canto influence. Debussy removed this Bel Canto and vocal influence on the piano. Secondary, Debussy had a piano approach similar to Liszt, he thought orchestral. But it was not a large orchestra like Liszts. Debussy does not have the percussion piano understanding of Liszt. For Debussy, the piano was a stringed instrument, and the piano was not a miniature orchestra, piano had its own timbre. It was not like a reproduction instrument. He had a knowing of limits perspective like Chopin. Debussy removed other interactions and sought the pianos own character. The piano was not an instrument imitating songs or a miniature instrument imitating all instruments. The piano was a harp and bell-like instrument with a distinctive timbre.
There are no recordings in this selection of pianists like Moriz Rosenthal and Victor Staub, whom Debussy might have liked, because I have no conclusive evidence of any connection to Debussy.
All works belong to Debussy.
00:00 Claude Debussy - Mes longs cheveux descendent
From Pelleas et Melisandre, Rec. 1904
00:26 Elie Robert Schmitz - De pas sur la neige
From Preludes, Livre I, Rec. 1943
03:52 Marcelle Meyer - La terrasse des audiences du claire de lune
From Preludes, Livre II, Rec. 1956
08:01 Daniel Ericourt - Canope
From Preludes, Livre II, Rec. 1960
11:13 George Copeland - Voiles
From Preludes Livre I, Rec. 1933
15:06 Alfred Cortot - The Snow Is Dancing
From Childrens Corner, Rec. 1947
17:39 Marguerite Long - Jardins Sous La Pluie
From Estampes, Rec. 1929
20:40 Marcel Ciampi - Les collines dAnacapri
From Preludes, Livre I, Rec. 1928
23:40 Harold Bauer - Clair de Lune
From Suite Bergamasque, Rec. 1929
28:08 Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Reflets dans leau
From Images, Livre I, Rec. 1926
32:34 Guiomar Novaes - Poissons dor
From Images, Livre II, Rec. 1962
36:15 Ricardo Vines - La soirée dans Grenade
From Estampes, Rec. 1929
I should mention that I obtained some music recordings from channels on YouTube. Schimitzs recording is from Richard Masters, Longs recording is from davidhertzberg, Ciampis recording is from Pianopera, Novaes recording from Instituto Piano Brasileiro - IPB. Claude Debussy and his Friends/Pupils plays Debussy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ui-S76MRxyY/mqdefault.jpg)


