Repin and Lugansky play Fratres(Arvo Pärt)

[kronos213]

3:30 The best part of the song for me, begins so fast that i have multiple orgasm i mean god, this is so freaking beautiful, fucking musical drugs <3

[BambosNeophytou]

God that Stewart Lee's a very talented man.

But he's put on a bit of weight though.

[voxombrae]

0:55 why is annyong in the background

[thethomaspiano]

heel mooi nummer! greetz from holland

[PetrichorAllegory]

I don't know if they really "get" this piece, but still a gorgeous performance.

[Tobias15111985]

Was soll man dazu sagen? Einfach grandios!

[dandylionphotography]

is it just me or does the opening piano melody sound similar to pyramid song by radiohead. love this piece, the violin is amazing

[kivo33]

Is there an mp3 somewhere?

[eiroight]

@kivo33 i can give you mp3 of this if you still want?

[danielumlauf]

@eiroight I would like the mp3

[eiroight]

@danielumlauf ok send me your email

[nikossyren88]

WONDERFUL~THIS PROFOUND HUMAN BEING...THERE IS SOMETHING SO MYSTERIOUS ABOUT THIS PIECE THAT DEFIES ALL EXPLANATION...I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT,CHEERS,outereconch04.

[1hipster1]

I feel this is a very dark piece...in parts, it's on the edge of being bearable, and yet it's that same quality that makes it so magical...so very palpable.

[jasonhats]

Pärt = Genius



[TheTundrawolf]

@jasonhats That "Genius" is his connection to God, as he dwells in a cursed and fallen world, heaven can live in the heart while the soul is tormented by the darkness of life on earth. That contrast is what creates this beautiful music.

[phoenixdef]

sounds like the end of the world.

[Quorthon213]

what a great duo!! and piece by Pärt!!

[monteverdi79]

today I've heard this on the radio for the first time in my life and I am still in shock...

[LiteWaiter]

Wonderful performance.

[people discussing their opinion here must have bigger egos than they have sense of what music really is (for)]

[skerbadger]

Such a beautiful version of this piece. I can't stop listening to it, must be driving my neighbours crazy!

[Fjacmans]

So disturbingly beautiful...

[nvcaster]

@Fjacmans Or so beautifully disturbing...

Anyway, does somebody know if there is a recording of Lugansky and Repim's Pärt-interpretations?

[nvcaster]

@nvcaster Repin* :)

[p51abc]

I watch this video multiple times a day. The greatest compliment I can give is to say that I feel every note of this song to the core.

[Arthounot]

9 people listen to easy listening music....

[hughaanderson]

@Arthounot Indeed

[sylla999]

This is just pure magic. Both play with great intensity and marvelous sonorities the piano is luminous and is not relagated to a simple accompaniment role like in many versions. Repin playing is very touching and sponataneous. I feel proud of mankind when i hear this, it goes strait to my hearth. thanks for uploading :)

[Fjacmans]

This intro to me is like the total of everything and nothing...alive and dead, the beauty of this world, love, passion, nature, light and mankind....and all that is ugly....war, death, destruction, rape, violence...but this whole piece is just so "full circle", so finished....so wanting to be alive, so wanting to create!...just lovely!

[mtnintendo]

omg its the music from the ring. I had no idea he composed it

[EnglishyAboard]

Best modern composer

[onechildsband]

@EnglishyAboard I agree. He is so different from the others and so amazing.

[Arthounot]

@EnglishyAboard There's always the best, in a subject.

[hughaanderson]

Evokes one's quest for self-realisation and the struggle for existential fulfilment

[Arthounot]

@hughaanderson Agreed, and the pause of time..

[elephantman2222]

It is such a treasure to have this on video, at no price but the few minutes we spend in reverence.

[ChoppaC1000]

Love it

[1115WOLF]

I wonder why more people have no clue who Arvo Part is... This piece, by the way, was prepared so very brilliantly... it's hard to imagine the effort it took to adapt such an amazing work into this amazing version... God Bless Arvo Part...

[Fezziekid]

Who cares where he's from, this is certainly something that transcends cultural boundaries.

[Ampdd]

Who knew vince vaughn rocked at violin?

[majav15mg]

He looks like the rapist from American History X.

[Kamissick]

The man who created this piece of music, is Russian I assume? 

[Jamethius]

@Kamissick Estonian. It's quite bad to make racial assumptions.

[2cello]

@Jamethius actually... he was mostlikely looking at the name... and no, russian is not a race.

[Jamethius]

@2cello arvo part is not a Russian name. It isn't nearly Russian at all. I just try to preach the importance of qualifying racial claims. 

[2cello]

@Jamethius Part is estonian, i believe. Look, ive never gotten into it with someone on youtube... but honestly... unless someone actually says a blatant racist claim, dont call it out.

[Jamethius]

@2cello 

[yaelypower]

@Kamissick No, he is from Iceland

[Graziosamente]

@yaelypower Nope, he is estonian, but Björk is from Iceland ;)

[IAmMediocreAtBest]

I can turn pages better then that lady. How do you apply for that job?

[FUBARbyBOOZE]

Repin does so wonderfully well here.. Lugansky slightly annoys me, it sounds like he can't keep up? Either way, brilliant violin side of fratres.

[cheddarpuff]

Check out the version from "There Will Be Blood" which can be found if you type in Arvo Paert and the title of the movie. It's a little commercial, but still my favorite.

[HorseSafety]

This has me in tears...it is so moving.

[helpon2]

Extremely beautiful spirit.

[hanenburgB]

wow his violin has great tone! in at 3:36 or so, is such a powerful part of the piece :)

[Fonkeling]

WOW!

[donniecatalano]

7 people are deaf, or braindead :-(

[bean5626]

This is the most amazing thing I've ever heard.

[megscello]

Absolutely beautiful!

[megscello]

Absolutely beautiful!

[Tjid7ske]

Brilliant, beautiful Great!

[TioFema]

Me encanta!!!

[bizintin]

Fratres,Arvo Pärt: This music-sheer, sleek, soaring, scaling walls to heights, unknown, life manifesting in all its wonder, rapture, dazzle, creating, birthing, dancing the air, above and within, the ordered chords, steadfast, progression through out all time, chords that plaintively call from the depths of one's soul, all is well, deep river running beauty's way, wrenching, assuredly, rightfully, always onward, upward, music that says, "Know this to be true".

[hancoxnich]

japanese page turner is cute... :p

[grangekid]

Painfully Beautiful.

[Laroling]

I checked out some other performances and personally I think this one is one of my favs. Because I like him playing it with a lot of emotion yet he still keeps it (mainly in the beginning) in a pretty 'stable' tempo, which I think adds to a certain meditative repetitive power. It comes closest as how I interpret this piece...a hauntingly calm piece that expresses both grudge (anger/extreme pain) and acceptance (the calm eerie tone and steady pace).

[MissGuideMe]

extraordinary

I am not a musician, however, I would agree the intonation in this particular performance is not the same as other versions I have heard. Wonderful it is remains however. sublime *****

[UnwrittenPaul]

This is a really really good performance of this piece. I've heard a lot of them and this one is my fav. I always come back.

[Haraldssss]

wow, that ending is amazing, it's so hard to maintain line there

[lusioklia]

De loin la meilleure interprétation que je connaisse : puissante et profonde.

[EilisErina]

I'd love the score for that on...it's great !

[OpheliaImWahn]

sounds brilliant!!!

[MarcheseCadmio88]

Pärt is becoming my musical drug.

His tintinnabuli tecnique is amazing: two voices suspended between monody and polyphony...

[jules153]

Pretty amazing performance and nicely filmed and recorded. Shame about the pianist's last few notes.... ;-)

[draculauploader]

4.30 - 5.23 fantastic

[cesarvelez90]

minimalismo hermoso ¡¡

arvo part ... ¡ grandioso ¡

[sneathsadie]

this is so beautiful it hurts.....the intro is pure magic

[niamhino]

@sneathsadie yes it's very accessible

[benedetti]

@sneathsadie I totally agree with...it hurts, correct! But it's not painfull...on the contrary: beautiful.

[zorromono]

beautiful!

[mpercussion]

repin is repin .... i cant comment , the comment is in the music! amazing

[biggiesmartypants]

it's so beautiful :')

[Northwinds100]

Dammit, this is incredibly amazing. Five stars.

[Passienou]

Goosebombs..that`s the word

[Passienou]

chickenskin..we call this in Holland, Superbe!!!

[UnwrittenPaul]

8:54 Fucking Hell!!!

The mood is being set and the piece is at those awesome haunting harmonics and someone has to fucking cough. I swear. I'm in the library now and I haven't heard someone cough in a while....I fail to see the correlation between classical and coughing

[bioperluc]

Yeah, The intro is sub-par. It would have been a lot better if they had just slowed down the tempo a hair, so that he could give the notes their full value.

[Rocky1990]

what you find on Pärt's CDs is even faster I think.

[bioperluc]

Doesn't mean it's better. Look at silly putty, wasn't intended to be used the way it is used best. Or in art, look at Tolken, went to his grave saying The Lord of the Rings isn't about WWII, but that's how it's interpreted.

[Rocky1990]

let me correct myself, on Pärt's CD the violin part is faster but the piano part is actually slower than in this video.

[Descalabro]

@Rocky1990 you're totally right, and for that reason I prefer the cd version

[simmonnh]

While I'm at it, I'd like to point out that Arvo Part's compositional style absolutely depends on intonation. Personally, I would make intonation my top priority when playing his music. That is probably the main reason why I'm not a big fan of this performance. Listen to some of Part's vocal pieces while you are at it!

[bizintin]

@simmonnh

Can you suggest Part's vocal pieces on You Tube. Thanks.

[simmonnh]

We are all entitled to our opinions. Even if he plays this piece better than I, that doesn't mean i have to like his performance.... nor does it make him a "bad" violinist. A lot of people don't like Sarah Chang's playing, a lot of people don't like Joshua Bell's playing, that doesn't mean they aren't good. Anyway, I don't understand why we are criticized for posting our opinions. In fact, I think it helps me be more critical about my own playing.

[mnfchen]

I whole heartedly agree with you, but that doesn't mean I like your statement :PPP

[harrrbo]

@simmonnh So true, taste has nothing to do with quality......Just because people like something doesn't mean it's good and if someone dislikes something it doesn't mean it is bad . Popularity is mostly about taste , though it is irrelevant when it comes to the likes of quality or genius.....

[quartercherries]

@simmonnh Were you speaking of validity of measurement? Judging art can be complicated, eh? You'd sort of have to be extremely erudite.  Luckily it's very human to have a heart and be inspired, or find a competitive reaction to stir the cultural pot.

[barberjazz]

@simmonnh

We are not entitled to our own opinions.

Music defines and derives the sum total of what we can and should think about it . The transcendental performance, regardless of particular technical niggles, must be accepted for what it is. Your own playing is not good playing if it fails to recognize the performance as sacrosanct.

[sylla999]

@barberjazz

I agree with you when you say that the performance must be accepted for what it is, as a self-sufficient and self-defining moment. But even if in that sense we are not entitled to our opinions (and it can be an interesting thesis in a theorical debate of art philosophy) still a given performance will resonate differently for every single person. In practice i dont see why we should refrain from expressing our opinions and impressions about a particular interpretation.

[mandingo1]

Arvo Part is a genius.

[simmonnh]

i didnt say he was a bad violinist. there is a big difference.

[UnwrittenPaul]

Fantastic interpretation. It's impossible not to feel reflective deep feelings when listening to those chords. Magic. I love it!

[samuelmaurin]

La perfection existe...

[contrafagotto]

Suurepärane! Elagu Arvo!

[JUANCHOBIG]

shut up

[simmonnh]

great piece, but he clearly didn't practice it enough.

[92Matt28]

He's one of the best violinist ever!!!

[RaRaLandEQ]

(Don't understand why you got so many thumbs down) Repin is a master level violin player, but I've never seen him play like this. He must have not been feeling well, with the flu or something.

[yjbruno]

@simmonnh Agreed. I have a feeling he is half sight-reading. Repin, just for kicks ;)

[djpaulsweed]

theman21, you do sound like a dick. You are right that certain tendencies can be passed down by parents, its the way you say it thats pathetic. But then doorsof is also right, that people don't have to repeat what their parents do and can make their own decisions.

Both of you are right. Now please hush up and enjoy the music.

[alinzelnan]

this yt discussions are so exciting xDD

[jmplowe]

both this and the version with cello from "There Will Be Blood" are fantastic. the cello version provides a deeper sound, while this version is more intense and high-energy with the higher notes of the violin. i can't get enough of part, especially this piece, Spiegel im Spiegel, and Magnificat.

[LLJtbone]

This is really beautiful music for sure.

[mike0mike]

Most beautiful song I've ever heard. Goes great with the BBC program ' Auschwitz, the nazis and the final solution ' Thanks for uploading this.

[ninnin6]

but you must take into account that some are born with less of an ability to attain said intelligence, not retarded, just with worse memorization skills (which have been linked directly to intelligence). so to say that everyone has an equal opportunity to learn would be correct, but not everyone has the same gift of being able to retain a lot, and therefore, to say less smart people are worse than you because they did not utilize their brains correctly would be wrong and insulting.

[DoctorBlowjob]

drainage...

[sauvagemusic]

you know I kind of agree on that point, but I do like video games and minimal classical aswell as several genres of music, vangelis, arvo part are my favourites composers

[hardy0815]

never heard such a beautiful piece of minimal-classic before... absolutly great!

[ezekieloak]

More people can read today than ever before in the history of man. It is your pride that separates you. If this is not causing you and others suffering now it will. There is no lower breed. Unless you subscribe to one of those stupid ´God of the Desert´ religions where everyone else is deemed less valuable than you and yours. Try understanding that everyone suffers. It is a good start.

But yes, Pärt doesn't get the air time of other grrreats. I know because I was a Classical D.J. once.

[ruskita19]

The piece is great! Beautiful violin and nice sound! a bit out of tune at 7:04... But I forgive him, great violinists can also get nervous!

[RH98]

Because that is what people are like. They feel they need to quantify and compartmentalise everything.

[schmidtkristin]

haters or not, there's better recordings!

[kasutuses]

but the pianist is going on too fast

[Chzn8r]

Yeah, something about part of the song definitely seemed too fast, but then, tempo is all up to interpretation right?

[kasutuses]

this peace is really complicated to play for the violist..

[virgildisgrace]

Yeah what's the deal with that??? D: Maybe it's just the shitty youtube sound...

[carpenoctus]

the violine seems to be kind of uncontrolled sometimes, some mistakes, sometimes bad timing. it ruins the piece, the contrast calmness and restlessness is lost. i've got a recording from martha argerich and gidon kremer, an it is much better, though this recordíng also has very nice parts.

[carpenoctus]

sorry, it was gidon kremer (violine) and keith jarrett (piano), not argerich

[ekirbizzle]

ugh i hate repin. he thinks he's above playing in tune or something?

[LumaniLienedel26]

Could you play it better?

[johnmannno]

Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Reich, Messiaen, Bartok; they are all far better composers than Arvo Part. Cheezy music. Excellently played, however.

[JessySkis]

I would hardly call Pärt's music cheezy. It may not be as analytical as Schoenberg or Bergbut I don't believe that is what Pärt is going for. I find that his music is more spiritual that analytical.

[a20008137]

I don't like Párt too much but it isn't a criterion for say that others are better than Pärt. I think that Arvo was very corageus for write her music (in her "new style") when the classical music was in the avant-garde's dictadorship.

[virgildisgrace]

"her?"

[celloguy]

Arvo Parts music is every bit as procedural and 'analytical' as Schoenberg's music - it is what gives it its profound logicality and 'rightness'.

[handyhandyhandy]

Too much Repin, not enough Pärt

[Rocky1990]

sounds almost exactly like the recorded version. Massive live performance!

[parelaca]

Wooow, what a spirit! Where can I get notes from this amazing piece?

[musicallo]

to si ty nat? parelaca? (-:

[SurfCombatant525]

The best performance of one of the best pieces pf music I know. Wonderful!

[ritaviolin]

Thank you for uploading! Wonderful! Interesting acoustic... All these overtones make an illusion of additional string group playing background...

[KolodziejczykKuba]

This piece has incredible atmosphere. These musicians are building it masterfully. I personally think Vadim Repin is one of the best violinists.

[outereconch04]

They playing "Fratres" composed by Arvo Pärt(Estonian composer).I revised the title.

[farzadvengerov]

what piece is he playing??