Tchaikovsky - Charles Dutoit - Symphony No.6 Mvt.4

[radioplug14]

Oh no! They took away the music :(

[Atramentumink]

One of the finest interpretation I ever heard of the 4th movement.

[phazonruler3000]

if i were conducting this i would just start crying

[straycat316]

Most beautiful and heartbreaking piece of music ever...Tchaikovsky!

[paul4876]

only a Russian could could have written this majestic piece

[drgrinch123]

Man if I was sitting in that room, I'd be balling out like niagara falls.

[TheAftermath8]

Quite beautiful how it seems to tell Tchaikovsky's life. Through the notes. I don't believe he commited suicide but IF he did. I i believe he died like his music was played. Outstandingly beautiful...

[dennistodd]

pete t has deftly summarized the eternal epic tragedy of humanity in one fell swoop...and, certainly, this..a magnificent rendition.

[TSkniaz]

what is this instrument in 2:26

[ugnex3]

@TSkniaz Bassoon?

[manouchehr7]

Thanks for sharing.

This is so Intense, Thoughtful, touchy and humane.

Truly he is Master of expressing human emotion in an absolute excellent

[Paint]

Well with a name like Tchaikovsky how could he not write the saddest music in the world?

[katinkers]

either the music isn't quite in sync with the video or i'm just not good at following him. still beautiful though.

[MozasFury]

played it recently, this piece is complete genius

[ComposerInUK]

This music destroys me every time. This is a magical performance with Charles Dutoit seeming to suffer the music more than conduct it.  It is sadness beyond words. Incredible. One of the greatest works of art (by which I mean not only music) ever made by man. I'm entirely serious. Utterly devastating, as Tchaikovsky intended it to be. No more words now... I need a break...

[1115youha]

NHK sympony orchestra is my favorite orchestra..

they are good plays..i like it..

[paulostroff99]

A wonderful performance TY.

[shishirth]

Played with such tenderness and pathos.....Charles Dutioit and the NHK offer a truly definitive rendition of this ode to monumental grief.....

[Bret6464]

One of the greatest performances of Pathetique I have ever heard :-)

Maestro Dutoit is incredible, like Masur, Ozawa and Karajan he feels Chaikovsky in his soul. This orchestra is an extraordinary ensemble of great musicians, immensely beautiful sound comparable to the Berlin and St. Petersburg. Thank you for uploading :-))

[calidris2003]

@Bret6464 A very good comparison! Karajan, Ozawa, Masur and Dutoit have Tchaikovsky in their soul, at least in the interpretation of the "Pathetique"!

And there is no better final in the entire symphonic music, although very painful ...

[Bret6464]

@calidris2003 Thank you. I was very fortunate to attend concerts with Ozawa and Masur conducting the Pathetique, and also saw the St. Petersburg with Temirkanov, another great maestro.

Pathetique is the most painful but beautiful symphonic music ever composed.

This performance with Dutout and the NHK Symphony is extraordinary :-)

[marcusantonius90]

To me, this is the greatest piece of music ever written. It is the encapsulation of all the anguish and pain that a human soul can possibly bear. It is the Passion of Christ expressed in music. A superhuman masterpiece beyond belief. The Hand of God guided Tchaikovsky when he wrote this.

[uluru28]

Dutoit is a great conductor - known mostly for French music and his Planets recording, but I think he's fantastic with most anything

[marcusantonius90]

@MoviesByMiles You should wash your brains out, maybe. I feel sorry for you. If you can't appreciate this music, then listen to a vacuum cleaner instead.

[MoviesByMiles]

@marcusantonius90

Sir, I have just read your comment about Jesus and my idea of the song has shifted greatly. Seeing my God die on the cross in my head as I listen to this makes it movingly dramatic and dark. For me, the works of the better known composers seem easier to qualify as one tone. This song, however, jumps between multiple feelings and emotions, and I can say that I didn't even listen to the whole thing when I made that remark. I really enjoy it now when I have a visual to match it(:

[EineAlpensinfonie]

I enjoy it, without any tear production...Rabintranath Tagore telling us " death is only putting out the lamp because the (real) dawn has come. ."

[EnvyAbomination]

me encanta!

[orchestrauniversita]

the best one!!

[annu4e4ka]

This orchestra plays like only russian one can play Tchaikovsky.....strings' vibration in some playses creates the impression of woman's voice, it's for my point. Incredible! Thanks a lot!

[Apache3X]

Their performance impresses me!

Thanks!

[thesilvershining]

God, is there *ANYTHING* sadder than this song in the entire 500+ years of classical music?

[otherjoe1234]

i don't think so

[zoetropez]

@thesilvershining If there is, I don't think I want to hear it. Tchaikovsky was probably "happy" for a total of five minutes in his entire life, yet we get to hear this. It's almost as though the darker the experience, the brighter the creative light has to shine. Sadder than this? Perhaps the music of Clay Aiken, though I don't think he intends it be so wretched. I can't listen to his music without wanting to kill myself. Pretty much goes for 99% of anything on the radio.

[marcusantonius90]

@thesilvershining The Hungarian suicide song, maybe; or the song 'If You Go Away' by Jacques Brel. Mahler's 5th symphony, slow movement, is really sad as well, as is Albinoni's Adagio, Schubert's 'Unfinished' symphony - I could go on.

[TSkniaz]

@thesilvershining Mozart's requiem...

[DerBayer1843]

@TSkniaz sure, Mozart's requiem is sad, but in an other way...this piece is just so dark and you can see how depressiv tchaikovsky was at his end.

This is one of the greatest symphonic moves.

[pspvampire]

@thesilvershining If you go beyond the classical genre there are some excellent modern artists that play melodic death metal. Some is so melancholic, so brutal yet beautiful. I would highly recommend it to all classical music listeners that can appreciate music that is a little "beyond the pale".

[bin4ryst4r]

@pspvampire

dont compare your horrible death metal to fucking classical what a shame man what a shame to even think there on the same level is ignorant kthxbai

[pspvampire]

@bin4ryst4r

Talk about ignorance. If you knew anything about music, which you evidently do not and were not close minded, you would realize that some melodic death metal bands utilize a lot of classical stylistic features in their music, for example 'In Flame's' Subterranean album contains a lot of baroque influence. But you can't even spell "they're" correctly so there is no point having an intellectual debate with someone like you.

[bin4ryst4r]

@pspvampire

ai do not has inteallectuals debatez ?

[pspvampire]

@bin4ryst4r I stand corrected.

[bin4ryst4r]

@pspvampire

did i say you can stand?

[pspvampire]

@bin4ryst4r It's an idiom.

[bin4ryst4r]

@pspvampire

and your and idiot

[pspvampire]

@bin4ryst4r "And", "you're", "an" "idiot."

Oh, the irony.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

@pspvampire HAHAHAHA

[bin4ryst4r]

@pspvampire

thats the point :D

[ewparkentity]

@thesilvershining Not sure if you meant this to be rhetorical or not, but you might look into Barber's Adagio for Strings; Albinoni's Adagio & even the 4th movement of Shostakovich's 8th.

[xaviervandepoll]

@thesilvershining Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber would get pretty close!

[Jonlovescake]

@thesilvershining Mauersberger's Dresdenner Requiem

[raoultak]

Tears.....no words. All my credit for the composer, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Charles Dutoit.

[tubamarius]

nice song

[mario54671]

Slow and soft, yet SO compassionate, SO powerful...

[soccerloverbc]

never heard my favorite piece of music conducted so well.........total fan of Charles

[MartinSlovakian]

the best piece of music ever. I want this music one day on my funeral. Love this finale, the deepest depression and dissapointment of life... very depressive, but truly and sincere. Let me cry and listen to Tchaikovsky for one moment of perfect sadness which carresses my soul...

[tranthethong95]

so extricate, relaxing, takes your breath away, the refrains are fantastic, this is one melancholy melody-Tchaikovsky last symphony. The sound of this symphony is his greatest voice

[jordan3461]

El dolor que exhuda es casi insoportable...

[desjterc4]

Unbelieaveble. Such an incredeble piece of music. A giant work, maybe his best work. (Or 1812 Ouverture)?

[Trequartista99]

So many nutriding faggots in here. I weep.

[marklavar]

And who the fuck are you, dickhead?

[marklavar]

I'm coming to find you. People like you need to removed from the planet.

[marcphilos]

I can't listen to this without shedding a tear. Truly majestic.

[Trequartista99]

I can't listen to this without falling asleep. Truly majestic.

[marcphilos]

Go back to sleep then.

[marklavar]

I can't listen to this without wanting to beat the shit of out of your brain.

[PEBELICIOUS]

omg! es la mejor sinfonia que he escuchado, tsn depresiva... te hace pensar en cosas tristes y dramaticas... fue un compositor algo apasionado

mi favorito!

[soccerloverbc]

sad but gorgeous.makes one cry

[basikgurl11]

As a senior in high school, we played this song. At first I didn't think we could do it justice, because the movement, the whole symphony is beautiful. Tchaikovsky was an amazing composer, able to write symphonies, so beautiful so complicated, that grand orchestras such as this, can be moved, yet so simple that even a high school band can play it!!! Bravo

[samdajellybeenie14]

You guys are just a bunch of educated old ladies. Stop arguing over the music and just listen to it. gosh!

[WMJBJS]

Such pain. Such despair. I weep.

[mischevious3]

incredible ...beautiful...a wonderous masterpiece ...

[firstalto13]

Beautiful. I can barely play this piece whenever it comes around in the concert series. Its so emotional and full of sorrow that I just have to start weeping.

[soccerloverbc]

Wonderful Huge fan of Charles Dutoit......sad yes.but more beautiful than sad

[kwrkrlz]

8:50

[RANDOMNAMEISRANDOMQQ]

This gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[EASYTIGER10]

Strangely, no one actually plays that haunting falling melody at the begining of the movement. The first and second violins swap the melody and lower harmonies from one note to the next. If you heard the first violins alone, you may be surprised what they actually play! Does anyone know why Tchaikovsky did this?

[violinscratcher]

With this "swapping-technique" Tchaikovsky created a kind of an "stereo-effect". By this effect the melody becomes much more fragile and painful. But this is only hearable when an orchestra uses the "classical" seating arrangements with the second violins vis-à-vis the first violins.

[danolpe]

Beutiful interpretation!!!

[ljringley]

I heard the Monterey Symphony perform this piece a few weeks ago - it was an amazing performance and, as expected, I cried through the whole 4th movement. Sadly, as a hornist, I have never had the opportunity to perform this piece, though I'm not sure i could make it through this symphony, especially the final movement, even on stage without tears running down my face

[maestrojeremy]

ljringley

As a hornist, I have played this heartbreaking symphony. An experience I will never, ever forget.

[manouchehr7]

This beautiful piece of music has such an emotional power which penetrates to deepest level of ones feeling

[mjd5157]

anytime i have ever played or heard this movement i cry without fail, and this performance definitely does this masterpiece justice!

[nocturne163]

this is the most beautiful , breathtaking and heartbreaking music piece ever ,

Tchaikovsky is THE GENIUS , anf this is an amazing performance LOVE IT !))))))))))

[ljringley]

Dutoit's facial expressions and movements show his passion for this piece - his face shows the joys and sorrows of each phrase, the despair, it is so beautiful...

[lillamb33]

Brings tears to my eyes! What a talented man!

[ljringley]

James Garner from "The Rockford Files!"

[hollywdliz]

I love this piece. I saw Dutoit conduct in San Francisco today and was really amused by how passionate and physical he was -- it was like he was conducting with his entire body, even jumping up and down sometimes. I had to see more of him. Also, I love this piece!

[mothanas]

Bill Muray?

[ianislios]

Dutoit looks amazingly like an American good old actor. I cant remember his name.

[derek44344]

Tchaikovsky is an amazing composer

im only 14 yrs old, and I hope to play some of his music as I grow.

No words can describe his music.

He poured his soul into this beautiful song.

May he Rest In Peace

[ericgsant92]

i agree wholeheartedly

im 16, and therefore a young musician myself

i, too, hope to play some of his amazing music

[mishima1974]

You hear a great deal.

This was Tchaikovsky's last composition. His last words before committing suicide were, "At last, I have finally written a piece that I am satisfied with."

Indeed, the Maestro's last breath and final heartbeat can be heard in the final measures.

This was his final statement.

[radioplug14]

Tchaikovsky committing suicide is a myth. Just like how Mozart never made any revisions of his compositions.

[fagoon]

these are not equivalent stories.

[mishima1974]

No myth. Listen to the heartbeats and breaths at the end.

Anyone wilth enough sensitivity will come to the conclusion that Tchaikovsky did indeed commit suicide.

[MillyProductions]

i see what you're saying, tchaikovsky just doesn't seem like someone who would kill himself.

[MillyProductions]

i wouldn't say tchaikovsky commited suicide, more like death by unwise actions.

[mishima1974]

LIsten to the last movement again.

The final breaths and heartbeats are all the confirmation that I need.

Tchaikovsky killed himself.

[JiRocket]

That is kind of silly to say, you will never understand how anyone of the past truly felt!

[mishima1974]

Learn to be more musically sensitive.

Then you'll understand.

[JiRocket]

Still impossible.

[JiRocket]

I'd like to add that, you probably do not understand, a movement like this has a very tragic theme to it, but it is not proof of suicide, emotion is transferred to this composition, but that does not mean it indicated suicide. He may have just died of cholera or just killed himself. But you will never know how a person really thought about life, just from this piece.

People can make as sad pieces can get, but that means they kill themselves right? They didn't.

[mishima1974]

This particular piece is different.

It goes far beyond simple sadness.

Calling this piece 'sad' is like calling WWII 'unfortunate'.

[JiRocket]

Sadness has a whole spectrum to it, yes the it is coined by people to be a Requiem to Tchaikovsky himself, but I thought it was kind of arrogant for you to say that you can feel truly feel as he did through his music.

[mishima1974]

Arrogant, schmarrogant.

The truth is the truth nomatter if the person saying it is arrogant, polite or otherwise.

I have spoken.

[JiRocket]

Very well then.

[HerrWozzeck]

"Don't come here with that posh talk, you nasty stuck-up twit."

The truth is also subjective to many interpretations in today's world, sir; perhaps you should have realized this before you made your incredibly arrogant claims.

[mishima1974]

Go fuck yourself you German Nazi cocksucker.

Yi mach schmo vesichro.

I am right and you are wrong. Ha ha ha.

Go play with your toys, Hitler lover.

[HerrWozzeck]

"Ah, chicken, sir? Certainly!"

And, see, you only proved JiRocket's point. I am not German (and the only reason my username is 'Mr. Wozzeck' in English is because I love that opera so much), I do not love Hitler, and I am not a Nazi.

And now, for something completely different:

This is still beautiful music. It doesn't really matter who's right and who's wrong about what this has to do with Tchaikovsky' death when the music is beautiful, right? Two words: Shut up. I'll hate you less. ;)

[ericgsant92]

bassoon ftw

this is a sobering piece indeed

[Lukecash12]

Tchaikovsky died six days after it's first performance, so this is indeed his requiem to himself...

[marklavar]

This piece is the most heart breakingly poignant in the entire world literature of music. If you are not moved after listening to this, you are not human.

[Lukecash12]

I love it, but i think that scriabin's sonata opus 53 no 5 is every bit as awe inspiring. The sonata is an eclectic collection of near hysterical passion, very mellancholy appreciation of what was once had, and religiously driven thought that speaks of so much more than the closed off little box of a realm we call home.

[gnrtacos]

esta sinfonia si que me hace llorar es demasiado buena !!!!1

[kurikokaleidoscope]

nothing short of spectacular.

[RainyTaro]

This movement makes us realize the mortal moment. I encounterd this symphony at 14 years old, I've listened to it and was moved so many times ever since.

And now I've reached the age at which Tchaikovsky died just after he conducted this symphony.

I wonder if this movement tempted him to death. I'll listen to it till I die.

[jrmvm]

Una pieza que resume una vida, y la despide, dejando plasmado el autor sus inmenso y futil deseo de continuar, de vivir aunque sea un día más. Parece como si la muerte le hubiese llevado acto segido de escribir la última nota, y el hubiese sabido que esa nota sería la última.

Grandioso. Gracias Piotr Ilich

[music0923]

かっこいい。

Ｎ響って感じだわ。

[Chatlein]

"The form of this symphony will have much that is new, and by the way, the finale will not be a noisy allegro, but on the contrary, a long drawn-out adagio. You can't imagine what bliss I feel, being convinced that my time is not yet passed, and I can still work" (Tchaikovsky)

[LJBSasha]

Indeed!!! The only trouble is that people don't dare go almost at all below the metronomic markings, so it doesn't got to be as drawn-out as it surely should!!! I STRONGLY FEEL that, excepting the coda (THERE he could move it somewhat faster than he does), Bernstein (on DGG, NYPO) has the best feeling of all for this movement I've heard so far.

This is a very good performance, in front of an exemplarily good audience, with excellent playing - but it could have been better yet if slower...

[edcassells]

The low brass chorale from 7:58 to 8:46 is about as good as I've ever heard; blend, intonation, balance, tempo, dynamics, etc. And the coda following in the celli and basso is absolutely haunting. And.....big kudos to the audience's etiquette - I didn't hear any coughing or other annoying distractions.

[ltmikepowell]

The Symphony no. 4 4th Movement really made me sad that how depress is Tchaikovsky is. Almost his whole life, he never gets any happiness, not even during his music composition. And worse still, Tchaikovsky passed away 9 days after this final symphony.

O Mighty Lord, May you bless him with happiness that he desires during his lifetime.

[marklavar]

I often think Tchaikovsky was the Jesus of music. He came to earth and gave us the gift of music and melody, but the world was too stupid and evil to accept him and, almost inevitably, he was claimed by his Maker at far too young an age.

[ltmikepowell]

During that time, most Russians were familiar or like musics from more nationalistic The Five.

But Tchaikovsky is different, he emphasized Cosmopolitanism in his music despite some public rejection at that time.

[waltts]

I saw Mr. Dutoit conduct this in Dallas- with the DSO last spring.

It was a fantastic performance. He was so into the first movement - I had chills the whole time.

[maestrojeremy]

My number one favorite symphony of all time. My first time hearing this was a recording of Dutoit conducting Montreal. The NHK here do an amazing job as well.

[galaxyrainguy]

I wrote this while listening to this music .A bridge of sighs, that looms in long sojourn.

To bring unexpected solace at final step.

Remembered place, in light's shadow.

The last step remembered, by hangman and earth.

Last breath heard not forgot.

Solace in time, the breath of the earth.

Remembered, not forgot.

Love's grace, always supreme.

Ok, I'm not not the worlds best poet, yet some' my better stuff harder forgot.

[xcydnas]

Oh I cannot hold back my tears ...

[AnthonyBlunt]

A good interpretation and performance. Thank you for posting. Heartbeaking music.

[mistressmystery022]

omg......... that was incdredible the imagry you see from it, the change of mood it has upon you, its like on a sunny day how a shadow falls over you as it suddenly becomes overcast and it all goes cold and chilling unbeleivable

[theblastocyst]

this is the most amazing piece of music i have ever heard

[Berceuse59]

Heartbreaking i mean, but whatever, it's amazing !

[Berceuse59]

I've watched a beautiful ballett performance by Boris Eifman about Tchaikovskys life with Vladimir Malakhov today here in Berlin , and this was the last part of it where Tchaikovsky died, really makes me cry at the end, so touching and wonderful but really hertbreaking ,love it forever !

[ophicleide77]

The most intense and saddest music ever written.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

To be able to write something with such emotional and musical maturity is not normal. I don't know how any human being can create such a beautiful work of art. Is there seriously anything in the world that has surpassed this in beauty?

[izzomizzo]

Oh man, this song is great. It's super depressing, but still beautiful. I'm playing it at my highschool, and it's one of my favorites. I love how everybody in the rooms never talks until our conductor breaks the silence. And that's saying a lot, because the wind ensemble never shuts up. It completely changes the atmosphere.

[zagonielod]

amazing! how beautyfully played....! BRAVO!

[Berceuse59]

Deathly sad and heartbreaking part, a brilliant and amazing masterpiece, as is the whole Symphony ! Tchaikovsky is a genius, one of my favorite composers,so sad, how much he's been desperated about his own live ,tragic ending !

[APiazzolla]

Last bars in this movement are always darker... Amazing interpretation, we cry in front of the Tchaikovsky's sadness. This is the reason because this symphony is called "Pathètique".

[fort65]

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky-HE IS A REAL MUSIC PROPHET - AND THEN THE STORM BREAKS OUT.!!! A GIGANTIC DUEL BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH BEGINS.!

GOD's STORMS!! Age 6 and you unknown!!! listen and feel !! who is it !!!

[ragmoz]

i can not get enough of this tragic song.Tchaikovsky captured such beautiful sadness in this piece.

[NickSayle]

I get through about 3 minutes of the fouth mov. and crack up in tears! I will one day bite my lip a be able to listen to it fully. This has to be the most desperate yet powerful few minutes of music ever put to paper, thank god for the musical poety the Russians gaves us

[macciboma]

La parte più bella di questo capolavoro

sinfonico, bella per la musica triste che

contiene. Grazie di essere esistito genio

musicale. Grazie del video ottimo.

[peshkin]

My favourite movement of this simphony:)amazing!

[henrykkingdom]

he looks like munch ,hahaha,his teacher

[nachogoras]

la evidente amalgama entre sollozos y desesperación en el arte musical

[maestrojeremy]

The more I listen to Dutoit's performances and read about his ideas the more I absolutely love his work.

[VonRichter]

Love this piece to pieces.

[prokofiev24]

Charles Dutiot is one of the all time great Tchaikovsky interpreters.Just listen to his swan lake recording with the montreal symphony and you will see what i mean,plus his other recordings of Tchaikovskys music as well.