Sergei Prokofiev - "Obsession(suggestion) diabolique" op.4,No 4

[dafTpunKEctriCKmx]

Awesome *_*

[hsl1993]

It's "suggestion diabolique" =_=

[QsarShuffler]

@hsl1993 The original russian term could be translated as "obsession", which is more accurate than "suggestion". "Suggestion Diabolique" is the most common translation of the title for this piece. Some users stated it before, by the way.

[G1GAR0]

Do you know the name of one of this pictures?

I´m only know "la piedad"

[christiaanmeyer]

The skeleton looks like "One Missed Call"

[Nakata995]

I love Russian composers. You always get something completely mental from them.

[Misducky03]

Dali´s surrealism and Prokofiev energy... a great combination

[ValentinAmadeus]

@Misducky03

Thank you for your comment.

[PabloDelRococo]

realist music and surrealist paints, haha, IT'S PERFECT!!

[carmen71280]

Remarkable.

[ravenpt]

Great playing, keep up the good work! You are amazing

[SkaalSokrates]

Seriously mister Valentine, bloody great job.

[malit1234]

:-)

[malit1234]

@ValentinAmadeus You're so polite

[malit1234]

AWESOME!!!!

[ValentinAmadeus]

@malit1234

Thank you for comment.

Valentin

[matheuspa42]

This music scares me to death. And I love it.

[ValentinAmadeus]

@matheuspa42

God bless you!

[Vesivian]

@matheuspa42 Try alkan's mad woman on the sea shore :)

[miasmesia]

Bizarre & beautiful

[ValentinAmadeus]

@miasmesia

Thank you!

Valentin

[LohengrinT]

the word genius is too small to describe salvador dali

[ValentinAmadeus]

@LohengrinT

You're right!

Valentin

[shandelear]

@LohengrinT Well, he did proclaim himself exactly that!  He also made Alka-Seltzer commercials, so go figure...

[shadowmalik009]

i watched this ar 12 30 at night and the turned the speakers way up without realizing so i could hear the low register opening notes... i nearly jumped off the couch

[ValentinAmadeus]

@shadowmalik009

It's what this music's supposed to do!

Thanks!

Valentin

[Goregunzoleuh]

@shadowmalik009 pussy

[theOfficialTrooth]

Grotesque

[zombieconverse4]

Is the artwork by Salvador Dali? This video is exquisite anyway.

[ValentinAmadeus]

@zombieconverse4

Paintings by Salvador Dali, music by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.

V.B.

[redhootie123]

...Creepy, yet oddly captivating...

[odinglaz]

you are not right naming this piece obsession. "suggestion diabolique".

[ValentinAmadeus]

@odinglaz

Suggestion diabolique - is a wrong translation of russian word "Наваждение"(Navazdenie).

Obsession - more accurate!

All the best - V.B.

[timsons7777]

@ValentinAmadeus its pronounced "Navajhdenie"

[Chakiejan]

Great video man! These two enhance the hell out of each other. Particularly the music to the paintings.

[ValentinAmadeus]

@Chakiejan

I'm happy we're on same page!

[goncalocurto]

It's actually diabolic SUGGESTION, not obsesion

[Automathan5388MR]

This is a bad ass combination!

[20somethingstories]

I've heard a lot of pianists tackle this piece but few play it as nicely as this. The visuals are wonderful and fitting, as well.

[ValentinAmadeus]

@20somethingstories

Thank you, dear friend!

[heyaidkwhut]

This piece effin rules

[t3tsuyaguy1]

Developed. You should be please. :)

[rakatanttttt]

fue perturbador y hermoso, gracias por esa interpretación.

[OrionoftheStar]

I hereby proclaim this song to be the official music of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

[CryingBird000]

I'll probably never realize if they miss-touched...

[jiririji]

es mi interpretacion favorita

[udistritalextrema]

It's only 2:57, long, but it can last an eternity

[ValentinAmadeus]

@udistritalextrema

Thank you very much! Sincerely - Valentin.

[udistritalextrema]

@ValentinAmadeus Since yesterday I have played this video like 20 times at least.

Thanks to you Actually!

[csillagasz]

merveilleux!

[MetGriller]

Musical Intersect!

[KAZADORDEKORRUPTOS]

Grandes pastores evangélicos y sacerdotes católicos gustan de escuchar estas sinfonías y tonos musicales para deleite del oído. Su nombre: obsessión diabolique. De la opera #4 de Prokofiev.

[ValentinAmadeus]

@KAZADORDEKORRUPTOS

Muchas Gracias!

[chammasp]

Prokofiev and Dali are a match made in hell

[hotplate85]

Excellent mix!!

[Pianistrocker101]

Isn't this piece called Suggestion Diabolique?

[aizendarwin]

It's Suggestion Diabolique not Obsession Diabolique LOL

[MetroidMilkMan]

@aizendarwin actually it is "obsession diabolique" but it's roughly translated to "diabolical suggestion" , or something o:

[pieguyfry22]

i would love to see a list of all the paintings in this slideshow :)

[1rockcut]

@pieguyfry22 1) soft self portrait with bacon 1941 2) the vertebrate grotto transfer series 1936 3) study of colloque sentimental 1948 4) part od the red orchestra series, sorry, can't name it. 1944 5) face of war 1940-41 6) portrait of picasso 1947 7) bird 1928 8) the temptation of saint anthony 1946 9) portrait of jaun de pareja 1960 10) followers of simon 1951 11) partial hallucination-six apparitions 1931 12) self portrait with neck of raphael 1920

[Volodyasd]

suggestion is not an obsession.

[ValentinAmadeus]

Gracias, Amigo!

[ThePoserMan]

exelente, buena mezcla de la musica y el video

[KAZADORDEKORRUPTOS]

No doubt music to my ears.

[malbuono]

thanks! for the video!

[Reubunderfull]

I love 2:00 for some reason..

[medal8]

Merci pour ce clip !

[ValentinAmadeus]

@medal8

Je suis ravi si vous l'avez aime!

[TheouAegis]

Anyone else reminded of the original music for Super Mario Bros. when listening to this? Specifically, the underground theme and Bowser's Castle?

[dajohnthomas69]

This music is very much in vein like the diabolical pieces of Franz Liszt: mephisto waltzer, Scherzo und Marsh and of course TotenTanz. I like it

[EuphoricDan]

Hmmm... I like some of Prokofiev's work, own a "Freddy Kempff Plays Prokofiev" CD... but this is a very light and happy song, whether he meant it to be or not... Also, I mean, its also not terribly entertaining or cerebral.

If I want piano music of a "diabolique" nature I'll stay with Ligeti Etudes for now =)

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@EuphoricDan "this is a very light and happy song..." Someone needs to listen more carefully :D

[EuphoricDan]

@th3wing3dpaint3r

Still listening. I'm sorry, I just don't find anything about this song to be... well what we would consider "heavy" and dark now.

A couple tone clusters, a few fff, sure its chromatic, but it all sounds based around a major key (keys) to me. I don't have or feel like analyzing the sheet, is just how it sounds to me.

Again, I find it jovial and light-hearted. Musically there just isn't anything that makes it "dark or heavy" to me.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@EuphoricDan It could be argued that different pieces mean different things to people. But i certainly wouldn't call this piece lighthearted just as i wouldn't call Chopin's Funeral March happy.

Cheerfulness (for me) is in pieces like Schumann's Piano Concerto (3rd mvmt), Not this. I can, however, see an evil being smiling when i hear this. It is satirical, maybe...

[EuphoricDan]

@th3wing3dpaint3r

Look, I don't want to get into downing this piece of music or what it should mean to other people (seriously). I'll concede that even to me there are some big mischievous themes. To me they are more like kids running around on Halloween. I can very easily see how someone else would think this to be very, well "Diabolical" in nature, lol.

...Wondering what I consider the most cheerful piece... Maybe Ode to Joy (yeah, cop-out). Oh well, I tend towards the heavier stuff.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@EuphoricDan Could you clarify what you mean by "heavy"? You've used it twice & its purpose is vague to me at this point.

"...Maybe Ode to Joy" you see, i'd have never thought of that because (i'll readily admit that) i don't understand a lot of Beethoven's music. Had it not been called "ode to JOY", i probably might have not made the connection. When i listen to it, it looks like a serene tea party set in the 1800s with wigs etc... (Probably because that's the way it's used in movies:D)

[EuphoricDan]

@th3wing3dpaint3r

Hammered right now. Would love to oblige, will do so when soberness overcomes me tomorrow. Wonderful question though. Is amazing to explore music.

As for Ode to Joy... As I said... Cheery music is generally not my genre. Though I do have some "As My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love version)" running through my speakers as I type.

Love to people!

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@EuphoricDan Damn you! now everytime i hear this i see kids playing around at night on Halloween :S

[EuphoricDan]

@th3wing3dpaint3r

lmao, I'm sorry

[eomcello]

@EuphoricDan The light nature of the piece only enhances the satirical, caustic delirium of the speaker. The dark feeling, in my opinion, comes from this destruction of mind painted so accurately through Prokofiev's genius.

[spheere1]

to the marriage of true minds, let me not admit impediments ... thank you for uploading :-)

[MIICHEMI]

This is..one of the most fierce, most perfect and cynic piano pieces I have ever enjoyed. Thank you for posting; it really is appriciated. Wonderful artwork, too.

[pianotalent]

I like it very much..

[FranzLisztian]

What is the name of the picture at 2:26?

Thanks

[karakuliambro89]

"suggestion diabolique"

[KeithStreet007]

Keith Whiteduck would be proud! :)

[coolfool64]

so many of the painting's have a moment where all of a sudden, they click, you realise what is actually there and coupled by Prokofiev i found that quite profound. 

[MarilynMacron]

Perfect!

[8Maik]

what's the title of the painting in 0:50?

[Rhademanthus]

This really does capture the anguish one feels when in the rapture of the forbidden, and the frustration of chasing a mystery that is always, always out of reach. This pieace is all tension and no release, because there is no respite from desire.

[Amputecht1]

Amazing use of the tritone! Cerebral and magical.

[valeriealmamarie]

Nice video !

Well done indeed.

[exlibrismarilyn]

Devestating.

[BNM321zxy]

a little scary paintings

[filopaa1990]

try some pictures of basquiat and bacon.. :D

[mindpastah]

Fabulous combination, well done!

[nissa2525]

Great combination, Salvador fits this music really well, colour me impressed;)

[malibu64]

This is what youtube is all about, Well done!

[Spareknikov]

The music, the artwork, the editing. They all fit together so well... Brilliant!

[Arthud2]

Y faltaron los sueños liquidos! buenisimo!

[1978christos]

This video is fantastic....

One of the best i've ever seen in Utube!

[yaotzin216]

Wonderful

[mahler151]

Great idea putting this to the work of Dali.

[manlyman80345]

Agreed; wonderful pairing!

[24Hermes]

Thank you !

[Remoxx]

This is from another realm, far from this plane.

[7855waldo]

Yuck.

[AinsiSoitJeLoli]

Splendide musique !! Dali est superbe !!!

[ibanezmannn]

Anyone know the painting at 1:14??????

[rapeking]

any one how knows that crazy painting at 2:19?

[Aerovistae]

That's Dali's "The Temptation of St. Anthony"

[codeman2008]

'The Temptation of Saint Anthony' by Salvador Dali. :-)

[interceptor6]

what is the correct name of this piece? obsession or suggestion diabolique?

[JoshDuJour]

suggestion diabolique

[Lymphaticnessicity]

Huh... that was pretty freakin cool!  It's been said a dozen times, but I'll say it again. Awesome combo!

[dsyglym]

woooooooow fantastic glissando!!!!

[PhilosopheClassique]

Dear god, I love too much Dali and this obsession diabolique, a-m-a-z-i-n-g

[ValentinAmadeus]

Thank you so much, dear Philosophe!

[pyskute]

Wow, these two really match together.

A great, fantastic work. Excellent!

[ValentinAmadeus]

Thank you very much , dear friend! Valentin.

[xdarkfalcox]

im your pain when you cant feel...

[ValentinAmadeus]

Bravo!

[dsyglym]

It's Suggestion diabolique not Obsession =)

[suicideclub]

what the name of the painting at 0:43

[ValentinAmadeus]

The name is "Sentimental Colloquy". All the best - Valentin.

[suicideclub]

i mean the one right before that

[ValentinAmadeus]

"Two Figures"

[Gilgamoosh]

Those images.. Oh god!

[turokcalde]

Is that surrealism in your video?

[ValentinAmadeus]

No,dear friend it's the true life! Sincerely - Valentin.

[turokcalde]

Haha, life is surreal!

[ValentinAmadeus]

Thanks!

[Aikobako]

1:45 great! Just discovered it!!

[strangehands89]

this piece is played awesomely,it contains such a morbid atmosphere,sounds really like satan suggested the notes to this masterpiece

[ValentinAmadeus]

Yes, so is it! But this kind of interpretation demands a lot of inner transparency from the pianist! Best regards - Valentin.

[shortestgiant]

One of the all-time best piano pieces. This is music that Franz Liszt would have gobbled up! It reminds me very much of Late Liszt, just more percussive.

[ValentinAmadeus]

You're so right, dear friend! It's an absolute master-piece full of inspiration. All the best - Valentin.

[LeAzEMOval]

shit pictures but good music EEK

[azharoslan]

Artistically orgasmic....

[nKLsblahvlahblah]

Well chosen paintings. Many of them reflect that mysterious, bizarre and naughtly dark accent from this magnifical piece.

[pikachun00b7]

Not many pieces of music can surpass Suggestion Diabolique.

[tigrankalevian]

The title is "suggestion", not "obsession"

[iluvS2music]

Ah.. I must subscribe to you haha

[tranceoxide]

This performance is unbelievable. I have learned from you. Thank you.

[ValentinAmadeus]

Thank you, dear friend!

[Kalen1457]

You have a nice taste in art.

[WojciechPiotrowicz]

Suggestion not Obsession... :(

[Kneenibble]

The paintings conflate so well with this music. Great collage!

[auresius88]

Prokofiev is amazing. Such energy and musicality!

[Faxe90Swe]

Man is strange, or as Strindberg said:"I pity mankind"

[Polorf]

scuse me but this song is call..SUGGESTION IN DIABOLIQUE

[ValentinAmadeus]

Dear friend,this is bad translation from russian "Navajdenie". Obsession diabolique(in french) sounds more correctly. All the best-Valentin.

[acortez48]

this is beautiful ! do you have any recommendations for a beginner to classical music ?

thank you

[StrmUndDrng]

what do you mean?

[phiastardust]

are you asking for recommendations for composers? i'd stick with the russians, hehe, rachmaninoff, shostakovich, tchaikovsky :)

[Pollther]

For beginners?

[Atropos911]

the music alone never appealed to me...but with the paintings it's extraordinarily demented.

i love it!

[ssprokofiev]

Fine performance! I wonder who Valentin Bogolubov is. There was a Ukrainian chess player by the name of Yefim Bogolubov many years ago, and I wonder if the pianist is related to him. Anyway, a fine video, though I would prefer to see the performance instead of the Dali paintings.

[ValentinAmadeus]

Dear friend,thank you for your comments!Valentin Bogolubov works actually a lot by the synthesis of the arts (like A.Scriabin's "Music-Light-Image-Dance etc." project).Hi's not related to Yefim Bogolubov.

[fatherwkd]

tHANK yOU VERY MUSIC fOR Dali's paintings!!!

[ValentinAmadeus]

I'm happy you like it.Best regards-Valentin.