Tchaikovsky - Valery Gergiev - Symphony No. 4 Mvt.4

[NMC21887]

Take a drink every time Gergiev adjusts his hair...

[xzeta]

I drooled at 5:19

[Atramentumink]

Excellent, Mr Gergiev

[alexanderpit2006]

Excellent... So many recordings of this finale are slow and emotionless, this one has power and thrill.

[larryryals44]

Love the fast tempo and edgy energy. String players FTW!! 2nd most exciting performance of this I've seen on youtube after MTT and the SFSO.

[sahand144]

@larryryals44 I agree

[LoraOssetian]

Vivat Ossetian!!! Proud to be from Ossetia too!

[fambellort]

Really good!!!

[jamieblond1]

That was frantic, man.....props to Gergiev, too!

[sgjr03]

I love Valery Gergiev more and more!

[JC5268]

Really impressive... And this is super crazy (all strings players know!!!)

[RPaulM]

I think you might have meant "this man is a genius" (unless you think he solved some kind of a puzzle or something).

[MsTheconductor]

Well conducted ! has lovely control over the orchestra. Excellent

[d3vill0ck]

Until I saw "The Master and his Pupil" I didn't really know what kind of influence the Conductors had into music. This man is Ingenious!

[sandree7]

the conductor looks dirty

[MaxxUS08]

Gergiev is up there with Ozawa as the most entertaining conductors to watch. They always give one hell of a show.

[Flight3164]

Hell of a low brass sound at 2:15!!

[zachiase55]

don't know how that poor orchestra follows that man, but they sound great!

[pitbull2005]

Wow the sexist orchestra has been kicked up the ass. It takes a good conductor to do that!

[Levill91]

JACK NICHOLSON!

[bauladu]

Great, great Gergiev. I love him, he takes incredible things out of the orchestras he conducts.

[BrassThunder26]

this blew my mind

[BassplayerTCL]

those are probably the cleanest 16th notes i've ever heard

[royalpaininthearse11]

The poor bass section, this is by far the most difficult and most enjoyable piece I have ever played.

[imsleepyanddead]

Maestro Gergiev conducts only half the time. His combover does the rest.

[ubersuperbatman]

Wow, what a conductor! It seems like if you mess up a part, he will run up to you and kick your ass!

[JASmahler]

1:07...what a down bow. Cut the strings in half!

[peppersax]

Mad skills for the conductor. Tchaikovsky..............THE BEST! He was light years ahead. So much raw passion..........In the year 3010 people will still marvel.

[petrwinci]

great

[vrin1]

Whether you like classical music or not I don't understand the 4 people who clicked dislike. I am a classically trained Rock musician and this piece inspires me.

[LetItBe920]

Also, notice how clean their playing is despite Gergiev's unconventional gesture. Simply amazing. :-)

[LetItBe920]

People can comment all they want about how his gesture is unclear or unconventional...the bottom line is that if an orchestra wants to stay together, they should listen to each other rather than follow a man waving his arms. Gergiev is fantastic, though, and this is an impassioned performance by a great orchestra.

[vrin1]

@LetItBe920 Have you ever been in an orchestra? He is not just a man waving his arms, he is CONDUCTING the orchestra. It is his interpretation of the piece that is coming out.

[LetItBe920]

@vrin1 Have YOU ever been in an orchestra? If you ever were, you would see that this gesture is not exactly clear, and would throw off many players. In case you didn't see my comment, I actually complimented Gergiev on an "impassioned performance". Learn to read English and stop wasting my time with this gradeschool garbage.

[vrin1]

@LetItBe920 OK, so insulting people is the way you respond? You're an idiot. I've forgotten more about music than you'll ever learn. So crawl back into your hole.

[JC5268]

@LetItBe920 Have YOU yourself ever been in an orchestra? You ever saw Rattle and Karajan conducting? You call Gergiev not exactly clear? Look at all those great conductors and you can easily find some big guys with 'not exactly clear' conducting. But they have excellent control over the orchestra and the music. not everyone conducts like Toscanini, and Karajan once said that 'the greatest damage that I can do to my orchestra is to give a clear instruction, because it prevents communication.'

[Compuwiz04]

@JC5268 Absolutely. The music is between the beats, not the beats themselves.

[TimeStrider]

I just HAD to watch this! Now I can't decide which version I like better, this one or the Tilson Thomas version. Gergiev is fantastic!!!

[herakles120]

This movement is impetuous, proud, loud, boisterous, stellar, gargantuan rolled into one big taco wrapping. Such symphonic feast.

[less01]

Buehhhhh  Dunnooooo but that sounds SUPERB ;)

[Patrascul]

valery RULLZ :))

he really is a genius of ower days

[SHeMaROC22]

The most delightful Conductor to watch and listen to. The musicians are precise in complete union with his lead. It is so fun to enjoy with him this great musical performance as you feel his energy.

[dauiske79]

At times the woodwinds are barely audible

[mrmups]

Such flavour!

[kelseycombs17]

Ahhhhh. JUST BRILLIANT.

[MyMusic0201]

The last 30 seconds are simply breathtaking....Truth in music

[conblacker]

One could perhaps postulate that even the last brush of his hair is on beat.

Not a difficult thing, since, well, he hasn't much left.

Love him, love his hair, and above all his toothpick baton.

[TheKevinV08]

There's something about this guy, he can look like he's a shaggy dog at times, and people say his conducting is absolutely horrendous, but his cues are perfectly in time, and he's conducting the time signature, the basics of conducting. Example being 0'53. The cue for percussion to hop in with they're phrase ending "boom" is perfect, and it looks like he's just waving his arms around.

[MyMusic0201]

@TheKevinV08 That his secret: he knowa exactly what to do where. And not a cue or a beat too much or too little. Absolute master of manipulation, and an incredible virtuoso who plays the orchestra like a pianist handles keyboard.

[Mainharfa]

I love him.. gergiev is the Best!!!

[Mainharfa]

@Mainharfa

[iamachickenwing]

the violinist bows are all in unison

[mariorussi2010]

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

[cutiekatiewhs]

i was just conducted under him in carnegie hall!!! Hes great.

[BovinosII]

kann echt keiner tschaikovsky außer celibidache????

sooo schwer is der nun auch nich zu verstehen aber, dies hier ist einfach keine musik mehr!!

[TheKevinV08]

i like Gergiev's expression at 0:03... makes me laugh everytime!

[eddyeded]

first time i've seen this conductor.

and i'm in love with this guy

:D:D

[otherjoe1234]

bouncy gergiev

[geoffreylarson]

haha Gergiev at 7:40

[Comptech224]

The first conductor I've seen in a while jamming to his own music. Active guy and awesome conductor.

[salsadance999]

V.Gergiev looks scary when his hair is like tht..Hahaha

[etucker82]

what hair?

[qudolph]

what are you referring to?

[PPchopin]

very good valery haha:C:

[macabrocabrontrombon]

jajajaj me da risa tu comentario como puedes criticar a este director estas bien o te falta un tornillo...

[Lonegan63]

Valery Gergiev exhibe un marcado sentido del ridículo. No es una buena interpretación.

[ipvac1]

tu crees??jajaja

[Lonegan63]

Pues sí. El hecho de disponer de la mejor orquesta del mundo (o una de las mejores) no dice nada. Sólo hay que ver (y oír) la lectura que hace, por ejemplo, Svetlanov. Éste le da sopas con honda.

[ipvac1]

En ese sentido la orquesta del Kirov no era una de las mejores del mundo hasta que él no asumió su dirección... es tu opinión, pero estás tirando de forma radical a un verdadero artista por los suelos. Hace sonar las orquestas de manera muy especial, muy fluido, con mucha energia. El gesto es algo secundario a las horas de ensayo...

[Lonegan63]

Hablo de concepto...no de la coreografía gestual que gasta Gergiev..que también tiene tela marinera...aunque sea, en cierto modo, secundario. Prefiero la autenticidad, en todos los órdenes, de los rusos (repito, Svetlanov y Mravinsky). Y con esto no digo que Gergiev sea un "piernas" porque tiene cosas interesantes por ahí..pero este Tchaikovsky. Me quedo con Karajan...

[ipvac1]

Ahi te doy la razón, karajan hacia buenos Tchaikovkys, pero no olvides que Gergiev es ruso, estudió en s. petersburgo con el gran maestro Musin y fue asistente de Mravisnky en la orquesta de la ciudad. Vamos, que tiene cierta idea de como hacer un buen Tchaikovsky.

Saludos!

[rankfrankrank]

That old Gergiev...

[williw7]

This is the worst conducting! He is a joke. Why allow someone of such low caliber to conduct? His conducting is SOOO Sloppy!!!!

[roosta0013]

what the fuck just shut the fuck up, a little bit ideosyncratic, yes but NOT sloppy, on the outset the flapping of hands may look out of place, but they account for this rhythmical and shaped accont of tchaikovsky 4 look at 7:02

[WMJBJS]

Is not this entire movement Tchaikovsky's take-off on the Russian folksong about a birch tree? Whether or not, it is wonderful music -- slow, fast or faster. Bravo Gergiev, and especially bravo the musicians who ran at for all they were worth. And WON the race.

[pfosten87]

0:55 :-)

[pitbull2005]

It is the VPO. I recognise some of the musicians...and they are the only orchestra in the world that doesn't allow women into their ranks.

and what happened to Gergiev, did he swallow his tooth pick!

[JeeRant]

No, they've allowed women to become orchestra members since 1997. They're still a pretty stodgy organization, though.

[pitbull2005]

I stand corrected...

I like what one member of the orchestra said...."Three women are already too many. By the time we have twenty percent, the orchestra will be ruined. We have made a big mistake, and will bitterly regret it"

[rinaa09]

his opinion may not reflect that of the entire orchestra or may just be biased towards the opposite sex.

[frykusley]

Yo creia que solo sabian tocar valses y polcas...ja,ja,ja

JUST THE BEST ORCHESTRA!!!!!

[LLJtbone]

Who cares if it is or isn't the VPO they sound really good! I prefer the CSO but these gusy are smokin' period..

[ljt07c]

This is not the vienna philharmonic!

[1ragnar1]

you're wrong. it IS the vpo

[RobinJM24]

You are correct. This is certainly the Vienna Phil. And, man, only they and the Russians can deliver the rhythm in Tchaik. like this.

[pippwell]

mamma mia

[florinbasstrombone]

this is music and.....this is orchestra.bravo tutti

[Darkasha]

Excelente inspiracion!

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Gergiev is making Russian magic with his eccentric flapping and fluttering.

[FungoBoy]

i think the end should hav a bigger accel. by starting slower

[Comptech224]

The mad conductor look and the way he conducts just makes him so much fun to watch. Adds a bit of spirit to it all ^_^.

[gustokiluh]

agreed

[albairis1281]

@Comptech224

He is genius

[meetykusch1]

@Comptech224 where else is the madness, but in the mind of the looker?

[debartzen]

De lo que podemos ver,creo que es la mejor versión.Roza la perfección V,Gergiev.

[RyomaSpecial]

thanks! arigatou!

[SaLdEv82]

WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!

[neuronauta]

This finale is a musical orgasm-like...

[SteeleJim123]

fuck yeah

[MisterTahti]

Fuck yeah! Tchaikovsky would be cheering.

[orpheusads]

Wonderful!!! He is a star.

[marieantionette]

beautiful he conducted the hell outta that!!!

[Cocoheadedcannibal]

@marieantionette I was thinking more along the lines the orchestra played the hell outa that, while the conductor looked like he'd slept in a trash can,

[marieantionette]

they rode out on the intro lol...quick as heck...

[prokofiev24]

gergiev stinks with tchaikovsky,charles dutiot and eugene ormandy are much better with his music.

[ffmandal]

Dutoit is the man.................

[0OoFACUoO0]

I love this symphony. It's full of power and passion. Thanks!