Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade (4/5)

[StyleDiary20]

I can listen to this for hours

[skiizee]

i watch this almost twice a day now

[AlcoholicHeritage]

i think i watched this lie 20 times just today

[MrScarsan]

8:44 Too bad youtube's poor sound won't allow to hear the tamb. who's playing the top sensual rythm... (that reminds me of the Night on Bald Mountain, the slow accelerando)

[MrScarsan]

5:25 YAY THE VIOLAS!!!

[LegoRobot17]

Playing a version of this in marching band.

[Diadarra]

UGH The only thing I hate about this is that this part is in 240p and the others are in 360p. Why?!

[kend16]

As children, my sisters and I danced to this.

And those old memories are forever cherished.

[caer0590]

excelente interpretacion, muy buen sonido!!

[SuperCosmos2012]

This is amazing!!! I can never get tired of playing this part.....

[lawsond94]

at 1:03 I get the chill bumps every time

[2january1992]

@lawsond94 not at 1:28? :)

[imsuperior1227]

no one plays that cadenza aggressively enough.....

[mandypants11]

The concert masters tone is gorgeous. I adore it.

[Chrisiant]

Oh, blessings on her hands, that brings such beauty to life.

[Hailstormand]

The fourth movement to me is always a magnificent crash in slowed-down time, where seconds stretch to minutes, the pieces falling slowly, flying through the air, while the party is going on behind them. Marvelous!

[BYUcougar410]

@Hailstormand youre a genius. i never thought of i like that, that's really awesome.

[Hailstormand]

@BYUcougar410 You know, my secret dream is to direct a movie sequence to this piece. LOL

[Xenocide31337]

@Hailstormand That'd be awesome... not as cool as my dream to rule the world, but close anyway.

[Hailstormand]

@Xenocide31337 You and me both... XD

[Hailstormand]

The part where the violin and the orchestra plays the tutti seems to me a culmination of Scheherazade's longings: she longs to be the shah's wife, but she also fears for him.

[pirategirl1492]

one of the most beautiful pieces ever! Just took a nap whilst listening to these, its wonderful!

[jabberwock11]

Scheherazade is one of those few peices where every single note is perfect. There's not a boring part in it.

[halneufmille]

Please bring back Karajan's version!

[cHiNo0s]

@halneufmille especificamente cual es el nombre de esta pieza musical ??

[halneufmille]

@cHiNo0s El nombre de la obra es Scheherazade de Rimsky-Korsakov, como el título. Pero lo que decía es que me gusta mucho más la versión de Karajan.

[cHiNo0s]

@halneufmille ohh ok, e sque yo qeuria esta pieza espesificamente :c en donde suena el violin al inicio del video

[halneufmille]

@cHiNo0s Es el tercer movimiento.

[lindermann]

This piece still sounds so new and revolutionary even to this day. There truly isn't anything like it or anything better (besides Stravinsky), just a bunch of modern composers trying to sound like him and Stravinsky.

[cHiNo0s]

@lindermann specifically what the name of this piece of music?

[jonrellim]

why is this the only one not in stereo? I was enjoying this sooo much!

Beautiful violin solo btw.

[cHiNo0s]

@jonrellim specifically what the name of this piece of music?

[dkerris]

@cHiNo0s

Symphony : Scheherazade - end of 3rd movement "The Prince and the Princess"

then....

Begining of 4th movement "Festival at Baghdad"

Does this help?

[dbgrabbe]

never get tired of hearing this song.

[MagicalTalesOfWolves]

I am playing this piece right now and it's so hard to play it...

When I first saw this I thought I'm soo poor... :'-(

After, I realized that her magic is-she dreams all the time.

This is the best concerto ever...

[elvolutionstudios]

her bow control on those runs is amazing!!!!!

[giligara30492]

@elvolutionstudios

Oh, my god, isn't it?

It's goddamn fantastic.

[dajohnthomas69]

The last movement of this work is so exhilerating and poses a conductor for great difficulties regarding the nuances of tempo and yet maintain the tension

[BLEGH18]

I can really feel the heartbreak, the wonderment... everything that the story of Scheherazade is when i listen to this. It's amazing, i couldn't even begin to put into words how completely brilliant this piece is.

[penrithskaters]

...this is what God listens to on his ipod...

[MX2803]

@penrithskaters More like Allah.

[AnalogShit]

@penrithskaters God doesn't have an Ipod, Satan has..

[sma8282]

R-Korsakov is amazing at creating sceneries. I can almost vision the moving ocean, voyage, and starry nights...

[nancizh]

wow elena is soooooooo good

[SaraVietta]

Spectacular!

[crazyking1325]

Did the bassoon mess up at 6:10? It sounded behind with the dotted quarter note and 3 eighth note passage.

[tomorocko]

@crazyking1325

Yeah I think it did but it may have been how the conductor wanted to interpret it (but probabley not). The basoons are already doing it so they were probably pretty tired. You could only notice it if you know the piece well and they managed to stay in time. if you get out of time in this piece of music you are pretty well screwed. It is a extremely difficult piece of music when it comes to stanima (and it is rather tricky to play as well).

[crazyking1325]

@tomorocko yea that's what i thought. I was surprised when my high school conductor made us play it and we actually got through it really well. I remember our basoon was having trouble in the same spot but she nailed it at the concert.

[betancurable]

This performance gave me goose bumps. Absolutely beautiful.

[redlinechavez]

My music teacher was talking to us a while ago about how when he was in High School all the music kids got picked on by the jocks and when he recently went to a reunion a jock told him, "I'm sorry, I wish I knew how to play an instrument." Because he got beat up and worn down, music stays with you. unless you make yourself deaf. I remember he had us listen to this and close our eyes and write down what we imagined, of course given the knowledge of the princess and the two princes.

[ispaht]

This is my favorite movement, especially from 1:03 to 1:48.

[THEbuchalski]

it must be hell trying to kepp everyone in time with the basses often playing 2/8 and the melody in 3/8.

[porsche911sbs]

I don't think I've ever heard a snare that was too quiet. (In fact, quite the opposite...)

[queennesreen]

Love just love this piece . heard it in the background of a movie and recorded it on my Phone , took it to a few music stores and no one could help me , until i saw the movie again and someone mentioned the name of the symphony . wow took me 3 months to buy the CD and enjoy it properly . I love it .

[flyingtadpole]

Excellent. i believe R-K would be satisfied ;)

[PIanoReview]

It's too bad there are so few cameras and that during the climaxes from 7:30-8:15 have a lousy orchestra shot from the side. I hope the lighting was better than what is in the video.

[danutpopescu1]

nice to hear especially during the winter time.

[TK2008BEST]

whats the point with winter time?

[ubergossen]

hmm this one's in mono instead of stereo like the others. Still great! But even better in stereo, haha.

[MegCantThinkOfAName]

We're playing this in band

[contevizzo]

It's forever......................

[Blackthorne369]

5:31 sounds like the Wicked Witch of the West flying in the Wizard of Oz.

[victoriadaniel]

FANTASTICO  KORSAKOV

saludos desde LIMA - PERU

[Snarician]

I don't why every seat in that auditorium was not filled.

[Christianitylol]

@Snarician everyone else was at a lady gaga concert

[jootakahuy]

@Christianitylol HAHAHAHA nice one

[LaurikoMilk]

@Snarician Rimsky-Korsakov is not as well known to those outside of music classes as he should be. 

[pooma25]

@LaurikoMilk never had a music class, except band class I guess, but we just played music, anyways, my Russian history teacher showed me The Mighty Handful and I love this SHIT HAHA

[cHiNo0s]

@LaurikoMilk especificamente cual es el nombre de esta pieza musical ??

[dadautube]

@Snarician - fewer people love classical music these days ...

[monkylicious]

@Snarician I was thinking the same thing

[heaven355]

can you say me what movement is this?

[VengefulSpoon]

Movement 3 - The Prince and the princess and Movement 4 Festival in Bhagdad

[Opieandchong]

ughhh

terrible cymbal crash at 1:30

everyone else is exceptional, especially the violin soloist

[nkip9230]

Im not a percussionist, but what makes a cymbal crash good or bad out of curiosity?

[kl0441]

@nkip9230

there's quite a lot actually that goes into making a good crash. Everything from the angle of the cymbals, to the relative location of the cymbals, to the amount of time that the cymbals spend together. They seem so simple don't they?

[japowpow]

@kl0441 ...but what about the triangles? lol. Those must be a bit more simple.

[kl0441]

@japowpow

I hate to say it, but there's just as much that goes into a good triangle note. A series of identical sounding notes on a triangle might be one of the most difficult things to do as a percussionist. No joke...

[RoryXavierFarrell]

Can I ask, what is wrong with the Clash Cymbals?

[kcaj48]

they were dampened too quickly, i think

[annaleah87]

agreed. in the 3rd movement too it was so horrible it just irked me..

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

i love this piece, but its sooo hard! i have to play an excerpt from the 4th movement for my all state audition :|

[samysunshine22]

this piece is absolutely beautiful. it makes me want to play music forever.

[japowpow]

@samysunshine22 Same...I was breathtaken when I first listened to this song about the sultan and then scheherazade who comes in and cools his anger... [=

[soccerloverbc]

elena was great...........a favorite piece of music for sure

[lamjoy]

really wonderful!

[Albertan1956]

Wow,Bravo, I wish Arthur Arnold, and Moscow Symphony would tour North America, especially Western Canada :) Thanks for the wonderful upload of Scheherazade. Nothing like listening to one of your favorite pieces in the comfort of your own home :)

[mrlancem0]

maby one clone

[mrlancem0]

omg i love the first violinest, she is amazing, if cloneing was real i would make a hundred clones of her so there would be alot of people that were as amazing as her, then the whole wourld would be amazing and every one would be able to play the violen as good as her because all of her clones would take over the wourld and force every body to learn violin the i would have to sae the wourld by going back in time and telling my self not to clone her

[Khu827]

cloning is real.

[dragosenescu]

Bro, if everyone would sing like that, than that would be normal and not special anymore. That is the whole reason behind the evolution of species :) It's called the Red Queen i believe, look it up.

[Accardostudent]

magic music

[longebane]

*violin solo *

*cough cough*

[cy0619]

I love this orchestra which has subtle and very artistic sound with a very good conductor.

[faloradog1]

Definitely the most passionate and urgent of the four movements, although I felt this was perhaps a little rushed... the soloist however has a wonderful tone and depth. It's a shame this movement is so overlooked - the mushy Prince and Princess from the third have a lot to answer for! Give me a raging storm any day of the week!

[PensiveNoodle]

Although I feel that the orchestra's sound was a bit muddled...the soloist violinist was definitely the highlight of this piece. Her bow control is amazing.

[sandmanPWN411]

her tremolo is very fluent, and her emotion and phrasing is apparent, and as she starts doing the runs near 35, all her notes are clear. and when the oboe comes in, FLAWLESS.

I play tuba at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville Florida, and this is DEF. inspirational literature.

[SirNewt]

Gotta agree. Overall, this lands a ways from the top of the piles of performances of Rimsky but that solo is phenomenal.

[Springeragh]

Who is the brilliant and lovely violinist leading this ensemble?

[antimatt0r]

For anyone interested, Rimsky-Korsakov had a pretty significant case of Synesthesia. In his mind, he associated keys with colors. For example, E was "sparkling sapphire" and G was "Rich Gold"

[Springeragh]

I can understand this in a way, since I have mild synesthesia myself; my only associations are g minor with green, f minor with brown, and e minor with blue.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

I too,very similar to you,e minor is blue and yellow sometimes,g is green,in minor and major mode.D minor and major is blue,a minor is red.

[wefasdf23]

Mine is exactly the same!!!

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Brilliant commentarie,he was a genius and imaginative composer at the extrem.

[metallicargirl]

Ohhh, I got to play this when I was in high school! It's still one of my favorite pieces.

[cookiesdrop]

My favorite part .

[eliasthegreek]

I think Rimsky Korssakoff was the Master of Arrange.

[funkypunkno2]

This with Capriccio Espagnol justifies Rimsky-Korsakov as my favourite composer of all time.

[Soulill0quy]

such a great piece, from one of the greatest orchestrators

[ultradmann]

i love this song its the best one ever

i love all the parts in this song including the trumpets and i play clarinet

plus im only in high school

so when i get out i wanna play this song

bravo!!!!!!!!!

[Rheesoman]

the only thing is that the last movement of the scheherazade should remain whole....it loses its graness and flow of the peice being split up

[tohhma]

wooooooow

its nice relly verry nice

[ashrafserwy]

you love it

[harpo10]

Man!! That bitch on the fiddle bust out a mean jam!

[Harle4]

well put, dude, couldnt have said it any better. thumbs up haha

[abookire]

is the concermaster a soloist?

why is she standing up???

[musique55]

actually the concertmaster didn't play the solo part. the girl is the soloist of the orchestra. the concertmaster is a guy.

[quarknugget]

First comment! Love this piece.