Maurice Ravel-Bolero [FULL]

[BrightGarlick]

Without doubt - One of the finest pieces of classical music !

[freakoutisgood]

Very Low Sound :o

[BlueShell36]

@TheTako400 Is that really necessary?

[ajradecki9292]

It's nice to listen to on the youtube, but if this was programmed at a concert I would probably leave.

[Arinapuff]

my favorite parts were at 10;20 , 12:40 , and the last minute of the song :) but gosh this song is loooooooooooong!

[Arinapuff]

whats the metalic sounding instrument at 4:17 ?

[mrspeachie2011]

GO FLUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrspeachie2011]

@mrspeachie2011 AND OBOE!!!!!!!!!

[ClarJMoon]

@mrspeachie2011 Clarinet??? 8D

[mrspeachie2011]

@ClarJMoon na there is an oboe somewhere. i mean you cant have a solo with a flute and not have some oboe there. that would just be weird.

[mrspeachie2011]

@ClarJMoon probly is a clarinet but an oboe too.

[Nujabesblend]

je to takove,takove vojenske.ale co...

[matakaguda]

Yeap, I'm falling in a deep trance:))))



[Phoenixgirl175]

I hate this song! It's so ANOYING I dare anybody to listen to all of it.

[computerdl]

@Phoenixgirl175 Warning, troll spotted!

[jahigh1]

@Phoenixgirl175 It's not a song.

[AndersonDerekSteven]

The trombone part at 8:00 gives me goosebumps every time i hear it, without fail. amazing how jazz was such an influence in orchestral 20th century music. love it!

[geniusboy98]

Who performed this?

[jonhiblass]

Este song !! aparese en Digimon !! :O

[8430windycity]

Bravo Thank-You ..Windy

[lindapatan]

I read once that when Belero was first performed in Paris the audience demanded that it be repeated.

[pikkunemmi]

I heard this in digimon!

[THEFRESHISHERE]

@pikkunemmi same here

[n00b1356]

now back to the g0:00d part!

[thevideoman011]

one word

EPIC

[Menetho1]

This is one of my favorites, and that of an old friend I have not seen in awhile, Natalie Cline I miss you. K.K.W

[TheTako400]

Perhaps the escalation of this music is the same as the escalation one has during sex?

[Msilikenachos]

amazing, just... wow :) *claps*

[mchenneptrixxx]

This is one of the best music made by men!!!!!!!!

[jmj4879]

Thank you! Is it the original version, directed by Ravel himself? Jean Michel, from Paris

[ricpez718]

@jmj4879 SAMO?

[FreshDouglas1]

REMINDS ME OF MY I-WEEK

[IamRedleaf]

The song gets the Job done! Now, get off of your Asses And Live!! And, Again!

[extremelyawesome92]

That is one sexy trombone at 8:02.

[casablanc88]

A God Damn Magnum Opus!.. 

[rocky454x15]

Best tune that ever happen by far. A Freaking Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!

[the81stviewer]

I had a person (not really a "friend") tell me once that he found this song (and in some ways the composer) a bore and a trife because this was nothing more than a warm up for an orchestra before they were to play "real" music, and was thus not worthy of any adulation or performance under any circumstances.

[matt47forTED]

@the81stviewer what does he mean? this isnt a warm up

[ChiP2sumP]

@the81stviewer

some ppl could not find sausage if their dick was in the grinder...

[EZTIVANS]

I adore this song. Repetitive but catchy :D

[matt47forTED]

@EZTIVANS i agree, some people seem to think that the repetitive nature of it sucks but i think that it just gets stuck in your head much better that way, iw ant the good line over and over personally, better one good line a thousand times than a thousand bad lines once

[Nobodyknowsme021]

Why are all these boleros so damn quiet.

[ChiP2sumP]

@Nobodyknowsme021

It is supposed to start very quiet and then build to a towering crescendo.

[alejandroinchauste]

If the world does come to an end on december 2012, i'll be watching it happen with this song on the background.

[sh4d0w2013]

To think this would've been the theme song to the legend of zelda is mindblowing

[albcyborg]

The best part of this Masterpiece is from 00:00 to 14:52

[stevewaugh2]

Brilliant !

[Andrewnette1959]

I first time I heard this Symphony it was being performed as a dance by Rudolph Valentino and his partner in a movie. I'm not saying I'm that old I just love this Symphony its my favorite!

[mjaooajm]

@Andrewnette1959

This masterpiece was originally written as ballet, commissioned and perfomed by Ida Rubinstein (famous ballerina between two world wars).

[orangebhuddy29]

My friend thought it would be funny to play this song today in jazz. I was ready to wring her neck.

[edslides1]

@orangebhuddy29

frank zappa did it, just like your nightmare dictated.

look it up, then give your girlfriend a kiss.

(rumor has it that woody allen played the coronet section)

[orangebhuddy29]

@edslides1 i meant she made us listen to the whole piece over and over again. and she isn't my girlfriend

[HuckleFilms]

TOP GEAR!!!

[lowercase18]

this was going to be used as the zelda theme!!!! :o

[demonpiggy09]

I gotta hand it to anyone who decides and is able to follow through with the choice of becoming a percussion performance major... This song, no matter how amazing it may be, shows off the true patience and dedication one must have to do this. Every strike of the snare or timpani has to be perfect, you must pay attention the whole time, and crescendo as gradually as possible. This honestly has to be the most difficult part to this piece, but this is what makes it so great!

[zsuzsu19]

@demonpiggy09 I am a percussionist and wanted to play this in college but my conductor wouldnt do it. I just love it. I probably would of played tympani.

[Cavin8r]

@demonpiggy09 As far as percussion goes... this is really easy, bro. Repetition, and the dynamics on percussion really aren't that hard.

[Alkelei]

@Cavin8r I beg to differ. The thing of the snare drum is that any mistake, any variation in the tempo or dynamics, is appallingly apparent, and quite audible, because it alone keeps the relentless tempo throughout the entire piece. It may seem easy, but playing exactly the same for each and every strike for a piece as long as this is quite trying. Not to mention the sequence of notes is bland enough to bore someone to the point of losing attention and messing up a strike here or there.

[Cavin8r]

@Alkelei Sure, but every instrument needs to learn consistency. Granted, it's not the easiest thing in the world, but it's a lot easier than most instruments. Instruments with pitch have a lot more to worry about, and then if you're a string, you gotta pay attention to a lot of other things as well, since dynamics are even touchier. Even the hardest instrument would think that this is nothing. Except the triangle; the triangle is a bitch to master, nigh impossible.

[windstorm1000]

@Cavin8r you are too modest---most of the rest of us would get on ruinous off beats after a minute. I imagine the snare drummist has to have an absolutely steady hand (no drinking the night before) and even then I'm sure there are TWO drummers and they switch off the tiring rhythym.

[TheWandev]

The crescendo is amazing, the difference in the first half and second worth seriously listening for and the coda always knocks me out.  I lisent to this when I can turn volume up on full and really enjoy!

[voivod]

UPTOWN GIIIIIRL!!!!

[raf2532]

@voivod She's living in her uptown world!

[HK4491]

hail to the purple and the gold!

[aroundtheworldkick]

really a masterpiece.. eargasmic!



[ward445]

It's like a beautiful descent into madness.

[NBK1122]

British ice dancers Torvill & Dean won Olympic Gold to this tune back in the 1980's.

[AVCHonline]

so what i mean is...what ever people comment about this music...it is really have so many point can say. truely a masterpiece

love it! YO!WOW!^^

[AVCHonline]

the one odd thing is Ravel himself really hate this music he composed....he had comment that "this is not even a music"

i think this music doesn't have the deep meaning or skill, and it also not the orginal sytle that Ravel used to have....but to everone ,this is a very special break through,and the music has the soft power and the strong power,like beetoven,mozart , mahler....those combine ,the streng never stop like the flowing line but the beat is clear and strong.

[TheKlein99]

i love the whole song but my favorite part is at 7:00 when the music is raised and you feel like you can be on heaven ...  :)

[IndianaSurfGuitar]

About 12:41 is my favorite spot in this piece.

[TheKandjar]

Merci Maurice Ravel pour ste shit la l`gros serieu !!

[kittiedeluxe]

I Love This!!!

[knoxkuken34]

A Napoleon era Battle scene would fit it just like a glove.

[SidneyBroadshead]

The setting for the piece is supposed to be a group of Spanish peasants dancing in front of an open air cafe under flickering lamps. The fast pace at the end represents a young girl who is encouraged to dance atop a table by the crowd, who egg her on to dance a Bolero faster and faster until she collapses. Ravel originally wanted there to be a factory or machinery in the background of the scene to compare the frenetic dancer with a rapidly-moving, precise machine.

[XYYX33]

Ein wahres Meisterstück =)

[71519949]

Majestic. Definitely not for people with short attention spans.

[ExtremaDreapta]

Weird...the length on my CD is ticking almost 18 minutes long.

[redbloodnose100]

heute im musikunterricht gehört und gleich hier gesucht...echt cool!



[facisseJ]

I kept wondering why this song sounds so familiar to me and why it makes me so happy. Just realized it's in one of my favorite movies, Life is Beautiful :)

[renanpietrniro]

essa musica é claasica(this music is classic)

[ZolotoeSolnce]

Does anybody knows what the thought or idea of Ravel was behind this wonderful piece of music? :)

[simsfamilia]

@ZolotoeSolnce I actually heard once that the song was written inspired by lovemaking. not sure if it is true. but it makes sense.

[simsfamilia]

@ZolotoeSolnce I stand corrected, it was a factory. Bolero started out as a ballet score commissioned by dancer Ida Rubenstein. Her troupe danced the composition's first performance at the Paris Opera in 1928. It was an instant hit.

, Ravel said the pulsing, rhythmic composition was inspired by one of the factories he had visited with his father, who was an engineer.

[ZolotoeSolnce]

@simsfamilia Thank you for commenting :) talking about the factory I've heard something quite similar. Once at a concert of it, I've been told that it was inspired on the "the coming of the industrial revolution" but I wasn't sure if I had understood it correctly... Now you told about the factory, it makes sense :)

[inkheart1198]

so this was going to be the zelda series' theme song.... wouldve fit well. 'course then it wouldnt be so original :P

[aldor6650]

Slayerkiller, I think you missed the point, man. I just want it to go on for ever.

[colourfulsensation]

this is so calming =) i love it <3

[robbysanders92]

i feel bad for any man playing this snare drum part. that is something i wouldn't wish on anyone!

[AStrekkie1701]

@robbysanders92 As someone who has played this snare part, I can confirm that it is indeed excruciating.

[robbysanders92]

@AStrekkie1701 At least it was easy to learn.

[edslides1]

@AStrekkie1701

therein lies my only peeve with classical music.

can you just imagine if the snare player was allowed a solo?

this piece would be ,uh, something bizarre, if there were any room for improvisation.

replace the percussion section with neil peart, with his 2112 drum kit.

[matt47forTED]

@edslides1 why would u want that, the whole song is fairly simple, i wouldnt want crazy drum solos or guitar solos ruining this piece, i love RUSH and neil peart is the best drummer ever but his style doesnt belong here in this song, maybe in mozart or something but not here.

[shanebennettconnell]

@robbysanders92

I once saw a short film - 14 mins long single shot of a man on the snare drums throughout the full length of Bolero - he was sweating profusely, his body was a perfect machine and he never missed a beat but his face and head was in an almost torture state! Very disciplined and a lot of practice, that's what got him the job in the orchestra :-)

[MrSLAIEH]

UN CHEF D'OEUVRE !!!!

[defffected]

more than a masterpiece, this song is just a perfection, every note is a different emotion for our mind, she is with a soul like a person

[slayerkiller47]

Hey Myles are you really a dumbass or do you just pretent to be. This is a masterpiece...if your tiny brain can't get that then keep listening to the same crap you are used to. Do not waste my time or any one elses by trting to form a thought in that addled brain. The fact that you chose to replay this at least once to find your particular bitch about it shows that you do have a brain...in some form. Shut up asswipe.

[Jwrightthethird]

@slayerkiller47 im not sure if youre kidding or not, but 14:52 is the end of the song. He's saying that it sucks when its over...

[kochan96]

@Jwrightthethird im guessing hes kidding

[TrailblazingMedia]

@Jwrightthethird

thank you captain obvious.

great song by a great composor. loved this ever since my childhood.

[nomadicification]

@slayerkiller47 *Facepalm*

[idonthaveaname145]

@slayerkiller47 unless you're pretending, then you're really a dumbass...

[Myles0Harcourt]

@slayerkiller47

I think you need yo use your brain, if you are capable of it, you imbecile. Look at the significance of 14:52- I have even given you a link, so you don't have to stretch your brain too far as to have to use counting skills to work out where the end is.

[Myles0Harcourt]

@slayerkiller47

And just for your information, yes I do like this piece very much.

[jhakb]

This song makes my heart race! Made this tune the centerpiece of my wedding ceremony.. stunning music.

[valeofsecrecy]

This masterpiece takes you to another realm, or dimension if you will. Of peace and tranquility im my oppinion. Sounds corny but hey

[zombieX111222333]

this is way better than bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb wub wub wub wub wub wub bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb wub wub wub bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb aka dubstep

[CoolIizard]

@zombieX111222333 Depends on who you ask. Many contemporaries (including Ravel himself) viewed the Bolero as having "no form, properly speaking, no development, no or almost no modulation". Arguably, these are some of the same reasons people find dubstep repulsive and artless.

Dubstep = "bbbbbbbbbbbbb wub wub wub wub wub wub"?

Bolero = "Laaaaa la la la la la la laa la la laaa la la la la la la la laaaaaa... chkchkchk boom chkchkchk boom chk chk chkchkchk boom chkchkchk boom chkchkchkchkchkchk".

[RagingMoon1987]

We went over this piece in music appreciation class today--I always loved it but didn't know who did it. Now I know and I'm very pleased. Excellent piece.

[danielleamorim]

Watched this video alone in my bedroom. Clapped when it ended.

[neilzep]

@danielleamorim nice to hear.

[Mackey0331]

You want intense? I'll give you intense! Make love to this piece.

[william3231954]

I once read how this originally was supposed to be performed as it was written Inside a tavern in Spain, people dance beneath the brass lamp hung from the ceiling. [In response] to the cheers to join in, the female dancer has leapt onto the long table and her steps become more animated.Ravel himself, however, had a different conception of the work: his preferred stage design was of an open-air setting with a factory in the background, reflecting the mechanical nature of the music.

[HOMUNCALCULUS]

For the love of God, someone tell me what orchestra or conductor or arch-mage is responsible for this gem.

[Leaguefor4ever]

You guys know what I really hate about videos like this?

Not the music, no I love the music but I hate people arguing about what

good music is and what not.

Does it really matter if you like 50 cent or Justin Bieber instead of Mozart, Ravel or Schubert?

I at least think it does not and people that criticize other for their tastes should get of their high horses.

You're not especially smarter for listen to classical music or anything.

So shut up and enjoy the music, that's what it's made for.

[UberTranceK]

@Leaguefor4ever  I so argree with u on that note, I gonna stop typing and enjoy this wonderful piece

[IETCHX69]

@franklywrightbitches alrighty, but you have to listen to Sam Roberts, a song called Detroit 67...

[IETCHX69]

this is the best piece of music in the history of the world, this statement comes from a rock musician.

[triplettam]

@IETCHX69 I am a rock musician also. And I pretty much agree. "Bells of Moscow" and "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "1983" (Hendrix) are right up there, but this . . . is as good as it gets. : )))))

[katlinke1]

He was talented and good-looking

[IETCHX69]

i picture camels crossing the desert, then, ships departing on the sea,... in technicolor...yeah...

[chac343523]

una cascada de sentimientos que van desde lo primitivo hasta lo sublime en forma espiral constante y que desemboca en una catarsis que te deja los sentidos

alterados . es una sensación increíble

[Nontheistism]

10 people have no class

[demonpiggy09]

what is the instrument at 7:58 ? it sounds like a trombone but at the same time it sounds like a french horn... anyone care to answer? this has been bugging me for a while lol.

[Sidero29]

@demonpiggy09

well, it's difficult to say.....I play myself the trombone and I would say, that it is a trombone, because of the sliding. although it sounds like a french horn

[Croski1]

@demonpiggy09

It is a trombone, our History of music teacher gave us this piece to write the instruments who have solo parts.

The correct answer was trombone.

[MineURshowTime]

Amazing peice of music that is!

[RoboSlater]

This is okay, but a highly recommended version (e.g. Penguin Guide) is that of Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (and NHK). What makes it special is his use of the saxophone to carry one of the segments, which actually fills out the sound of the brass section and adds immensely to the total romantic experience of the composition. High quality stuff.

[xlego6]

I.F***G.LOVE.THIS.PIECE

[boosk23]

thank you Daddy for making me love true orchestrated music . You would study law and play the classical station on your tiny bad am fm radio . I will always know that when studying it is best to have great classical works to awaken and inspire the mind .

[churchplayer777]

One of my all time favorite classical music pieces! I used to hate classical music when I was a kid, because my dad would play it nonstop, but this piece was the only that I liked when I was a kid. And now I love classical music!

[lilbrainyballerina]

Whoever disliked this must have ADD...

[RitsOfFallsCity]

9 People listen to Cannibal Corpse.

[Myles0Harcourt]

This music really starts to suck at 14:52.

[Urgiapain]

@Myles0Harcourt that's what the replay button is for. You're welcome:)

[triplettam]

@Myles0Harcourt Ha!

[dushmankush]

@Myles0Harcourt I think if you said that to the snare drum player, he'd kick you in the taint.

[bert11031967]

i think this the best song to be makin love

[charon128]

@bert11031967 Da fuck....

[orangebeans8]

My all time favorite childhood song when I was 5 :) Still like it at 18 <3

[kianga0]

@orangebeans8 I thought it was absolutely wonderful at five, however now, at eighty, I think it is the best music ever written

[orangebeans8]

@kianga0 I would have to agree =)

[ardenesa]

conoci a quienes en los tiempos antiguos, sus motivos tendrian, pensaban que tan solo era un encantador de serpientes... claro que luego cambió la cosa...cual motivo seria? claro que a mi me encantaba...

hasta cierto punto, cuando me di cuenta que era imposible recuperar...

[ardenesa]

conoci a quienes en los tiempos antiguos, sus motivos tendrian, pensaban que tan solo era un encantador de serpientes... claro que luego cambió la cosa...cual motivo seria?

[lucasfranzcanada]

This masterpiece is an orchestration class, so simple but so complex! Ravel was a genious!

[tenthredemption]

ravel himself did not like this piece. having finally listened to it in full, i can see why...

[lil2pac786]

looks like Jimmy Conway!

[asencio33]

It makes your imagination fly... AWESOME...

[petesandlisasdad]

This piece of music ranks with Beethoven's 9th and some of the works of Saint-saens, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Handel to name a few.I think that a 14 minute versus a 17 minute is actually about right as far as tempo is concerned.

[bekplr]

Temptation, anticipation, spiraling to the madness of war and destruction but from that ordered chaos comes creation and beauty

"Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of battle." John Milton, Paradise Lost

[Synaps4]

If they'd taught me good stuff like the opening to this on recorder in music class, instead of "marry had a little lamb" then maybe I'd be a musician, not an engineer.

[Blizzara316]

Listening to this song I feel I'm traveling in a desert, near an oasis. The sun beats down. There are caravans in the distance. And all of it is painted by Salvador Dali.

[trasmethrash]

when i listen to this it comes to my mind a powerfull army of rockers preparing for the war agains the hipocrecy and the shit of the world, dying, getting hurt but filling with courage once again and standing up to give the last drop of strenght... at the end, they win

[mario54671]

Isn't it a bit fast? Considering that Ravel himself stated that the piece is about 17 minutes long, and it's marked "Moderato Assai."

[avandesande]

@mario54671 My, aren't you the clever googler?

[mario54671]

@avandesande Nothing wrong with Googling things. :) I'd much rather Google something than ask the question on YouTube comments, as Googling takes much less effort. ;)

[dl81599]

@DBuilder- burger king commercial

[ebbotube]

this is the greatest piece of classical music ever written ...first i listened to it i was 4...it's in my heart ever since ....oh god :D

[sonofavestal]

this is just symphony...at its best!

[DBuilder]

Oh God, I know I heard this on TV or some movie somewhere. Anyone else know what movie might have had this piece in it?

[BlissLady1113]

@DBuilder "10" starring Bo Derek