Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 2nd mvmt

[flutemusing]

It sounds like youtube is compensating the output level all the time. That means, when the orchestra goes to piano or even pianissomo passages, the sound intensity is dramatically compensated. This is very clear in solo passages. There is almost no difference in sound level . no matter if they are playing a tutti, ou a bassoon solo.

[DukeCAAM]

I am not an musician, but I appreciate the fine works of tchailkovky

[SilvianoMatamoros]

que horror los de la tos pero yo soy violinista y me encanta la espesura de tchaikovky

[1812Beethovens9th]

Beautiful, but it gets way too fast in the middle section in my opinion... Oh well.....

[eisayama96]

The coughers in the background totally ruin the beautiful performance by the CSO... 

[tubonianflute]

I'm a flautist; I think I would kill to have that musical conversation with such a wind section within such ambience of those strings.

[ub85zwq]

i like it. not a musician. just apreciate nice art.

[SharkFinn25]

I'm a trombonist. We're tacet on this movement. I don't mind one bit.

[Desolator84]

I feel kind of pissed at all that coughing in the background, but if i put myself in their shoes, i would be in unfavorable position of choosing between going outside to cough, or staying inside not to miss a thing.

[Sithdisturber]

one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written

[jwbeauch]

Beautiful! Powerful!

[pwebsers]

I'm an oboist, and have heard that solo dozens of times; this is by far my favorite recording. I love his interpretation of the melody, how he kept it simple as it should be yet expressive and longing. Too often soloists weigh it down with such heavy rubato that you can hardly hear what Tchiakovsky intended it to sound like.

[Flailwielder]

Tchaikovsky has always reminded me of john williams.

[Clayford27]

@Flailwielder I have much love for both Tchaikovsky and John Williams, and I don't mean to nitpick, but I would have to say it'd be the other way around: John Williams is reminiscent of Tchaikovsky. :o)

[XCantXEscapeXFateX]

@Petar2145 It's mine as well. In fact, it's the reason I came to this video today.

[Masterstate]

What is it about this video and studying late at night in college? It's 2am and I'm still doing my physics/chem! Couldn't think of a better background than this movement.

[VivaLaKyo]

@Masterstate I actually have to write a concert report about this and two other pieces that were played at my university. I love music class.

[sparrowmeyer]

1:20 gives me goosebumps. *sighs in content*

[Starangelz57]

Calming.

[mybigstupiddog]

Petar2145, I agree. That passage has haunted me since I first heard it 30 years ago while studing late at night in college. It is the only part I could recall for years. Beautiful.

[vlavlavla2000]

@mybigstupiddog

OMG I just heard it and i'm studing late in a college myself...

btw I agree this mouvement is beatiful

[johanaoboe]

el solo del oboe es celestial , es hermoso y muy dificil de tocar , por la delicadeza  y por cuestion de respiracion ... wuaooooo !!!!

[meba7531]

I love how the conductor is at the end of the piece.... "Oooookkk... now off to the pizz. He he he." Is body movement is just priceless. :)

[Ric51895]

Don't get me wrong, the Oboe was great. However, David McGill's bassoon playing is -the- definition of perfection.

[lilpinkpiglet35]

I'm playing this for an audition...I hope I do it justice

[krby2821]

Stellar oboe solo in the beginning, by far the best version I've heard of it

[94obie]

Alex Klein is truly the centerpiece of the broach in in the Chicago Symphony

[collectivehippy]

wow, it makes me feel so love sick

[RennerDude]

Eine Freundin von mir hat das Oboensolo gespielt, ich fühlte mich von ihr wie verzaubert... nicht nur von Ihrem Solo!

[burgerboy0095]

I'm playing this tonight :D

[flatcopilot]

it's soooo pretty....

[burgerboy0095]

0:59 Nick Griffin???

[neno4us]

Very beautiful and heart-felt

[ToulBoi]

@agentoboe yeah, kind of strange.

[firehair668]

This was played at my best friend's funeral in November. A perfect selection (made by her brother). She was a beautiful cellist and a beautiful person. It makes me so sad to hear it, but sad in a good way. It is a lovely piece of music.

[Mizzles240]

@firehair668 im so sorry, how did she die?

[Fishcheeksfreak01]

elderly people orchestra are the best... they've been playing the longest so they know all the different techniques to create a great performance

[YesForce]

I'm auditioning for the college where this principal clarinetist teaches. omgomgomgomg I hope I get in.

[Boccaccio1811]

i like his conducting technique at 3:42 - 3:52

[natashaclapp93]

Playing part of this to get into PYS.. WISH ME LUCK :D

[TheArthurChow]

@natashaclapp93 haha me too ! XD

[jdafni]

This is my favorite piece of classical music. I hope i will hear it in paradise

[owenlars1]

@jdafni I agree with that!

[geosulli]

To MitchsayHI, your in the right place. Just search for who you want, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss, Ravel, Wagner, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky. Do a google search for the best of the different eras. Gregorian chant, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, neo-classical, contemporary, Broadway shows, Musicals, then search here. You'll most likely fin d a lot of it here. Good luck

[MITCHsaysHI]

I have no knowledge when it comes to classical music. I only know of a few classical musicians (composers?).

Am I missing out? If so, where should I start to get "into" classical music? Usually it seems fit for either pretentious people or those who know musical theory. I would like to be in the third-party of those who are neither pretentious nor know much about musical theory.

[phoolisness]

@MITCHsaysHI Well, I don't exactly know a lot about music theory, although I may be pretentious.

Yes, you are missing out.

If you like this, try some more Tchaikovsky. Maybe the 5th or 6th symphonies.

[gajda1984]

My orchestra is working on this right now. I haven't played it in 7 years, I forgot that the cello part is pretty damn tough on the 1st and last movement!

[STChan768]

Oh My God, David McGill played that bassoon solo so beautifully:>

[ILIFWDRHT78]

And that is how an Oboe is supposed to be played.

[StarWarsChick27]

When little kids are taught about music, they seldom (if ever) hear the name "Tchaikovsky"! WHY?!?! He is WAY up there with the Beethoven and Mozart we all learned about as children! Beautiful! Beautiful! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[MuimiMoji]

@StarWarsChick27 Our educators are probably too overwhelmed by his music to think straight.

[bigdude627]

@StarWarsChick27 Because the sheer vastness and complexity of Tchaikovsky's music can only be understood after knowing the geniuses before him (Beethoven and Mozart)

[PGauding09]

a bit strident for my taste, definitely prefer gergiev's pace, but it's a different perspective, i suppose.

[DarthCaniac]

If I am ever a conductor, I am going to pause before this piece and ask everyone to open up their candies, take out their babies, turn off their cellphones, and get ALL COUGHING AND SNEEZING out of their system!

[mikeycraigsluman]

Alec klein Is an amazing oboist! 

[Largo64]

The Tchaikovsky 4th is one of my favorite symphonies. This is just wonderful!

[minasgekos]

I'm a huge fan of Mr Barenboim, but with this one I'm a little disappointed.

[Caracalla23]

@minasgekos But what about Mr Tchaikovsky minas. Thats what really matters

[minasgekos]

@Caracalla23 What about Tchaikovsky? I'm not getting it... Great composer, beautiful romantic melodic lines and so much more. But here I was just commenting on Mr Barenboim's vision of the piece.

[Caracalla23]

@minasgekos Tchaikovsky is an outstanding composer (one of the truely great composers) but you seem to be concerned about Baranboims conducting or as you would say his (vision of this piece) but to me this is incidental.

[minasgekos]

@Caracalla23 unfortunately in classical music the conductor's performance is central. This symphony has been performed and recorded numerous times that's why it's so interesting to comment Barenboim's performance as a maestro. It's as simple as that. Maybe you want me to say : "Tchaikovsky is a God, this is heaven to my ears" etc... but I won't, because it has been said one million times before. And since you love this piece so much, listen to Bernstein's version, it is here in Youtube.

[javilack]

Those chords at 7:20 and are awkwardly but delisiouly positioned

[nononomybucket]

This is in Star Trek Voyager :)

I must say, i rather like it. Even though is quite a different genre then my usual.

[HerrWarja]

@nononomybucket I would say that Star Trek Voyager is Tchaivkosky since he was first, haha!

[nononomybucket]

This is in Star Trek Voyager :)

[alternatehistories]

Hee hee...what is the conductor doing between 1:54 and 2:01 ???

[frodo2x1x]

kill that cough! cough! guy at the oboe solo :) 0:07-0:39

[Brassman388]

I can't help but think, that, the reason Tchaikovsky was such a genius was because he could describe every bit of emotion that we would feel in everyday problems. This piece reminds me of nothing more than a challenge in life. But, what makes it magnificent is the fact that this piece describes it. All of it.

[atcueva]

I get chills listening to this!

it's just amazingggg

[withbarehands]

why do 3 people not like this song?? i'm a string player and 5 flats is a nightmare but i fell in love with this peice. its just so beautiful and timeless.

[vpviolin]

amazing fagot player

[Kaelien1]

@vpviolin Fact. The bassoon player is fantastic. What year was this made? Is that Dave McGill?

[dohtlord]

@Kaelien1 yea... thats Dave McGill. says 1997 in the info for when it was recorded. He's only a little more than really good. I love the way he hesitates just as he enters. Still can't figure out why he gave up Cleveland though... The oboist is Alex Klein.... also absolutely wonderful playing. His Telemann fantasies are absolutely remarkable.

[Wavewolfaroha]

@dohtlord McGill and Klein are both phenomenal musicians!

[Abdallah0822]

an eternal masterpiece

[BeowulfVids]

OK to everyone who is saying mvt. 4 is the happy ending is off. The fourth movement is 'If you do not find hapieness in yourself, go among the people and learn what makes them happy. Go among the unlearned and simple.'-PIT. It was almost about revolution really. PIT was going through hard times during this symphony, and he was only happy with the peasnty and the cossacks.

[alternatehistories]

@DarthCaniac ...must be something in the air...I'm sitting here coughing in front of my computer screen!!

[LittleFrenchy72]

This is my favorite music piece of music

[laughingfirefly15]

@DarthCaniac: The coughing hides the crying, of course! I saw a performance of this symphony two nights ago and there was plenty of "coughing" going on during this movement, especially from the men.

I lost count of how many tissues I soaked during this movement--it's more haunting and beautifully moving than words in any language can ever hope to describe!

[MeshMo]

In the many times Ive listened to Symphony 4 the first 2 minutes of this 2nd movement always got me in tears... pure, beautiful... what a genuine show of emotion.

[mamiymana]

Really I love Tchaikovsky

[526Tony]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shoot that person coughing in the background at the beginning

[feenix00]

gotta love tchaikovsky! :)

[DarthCaniac]

Why does EVERYONE cough during this piece? Not just in this recording but every recording of this.

[pancho4vr]

I really really like this piece of music. Even though this version by Chicago Symphony is good I think the Philadelphia Symphony does a much better job in conveying so much emotion and thus play it better than this version by the Chicago Symphony.

[amazonjn]

Ahhh, try the Michael Tilson Thomas version:

[amazonjn]

no, this is much too fast and marching along. I prefer the swaggering, swinging, faultering drunken version of the oboe solo.

[chesslooser86]

3 britny spears ass-lickers

[Paules8460]

To Cwilliams:

Glad you had such a great experience. That's "TENOR" by the way. A "tenner" is a $10 bill!

Cheers!

[b286guy]

David McGill is such an incredible bassoonist. For that matter, this whole orchestra is like an All Star team.

[quemlar]

I love this piece it has always intrigued me, the way the key keeps changing is genius especially during the second half of the movement. Wonderful music, full of emotion and mystery. He was very deep and that's why I love his music. Symphony 6 is another favourite of mine, very very dark though.

[cwilliams223]

I go to lakewood high school ...our symphonic orch performed this for state contest.it was probably the hardest thing ever.most for the cello was in tenner clef.but it was an amazing experience ,and is a beatiful song.I LOVE YOU MS HANKINS

[Arcadeburner1]

@cwilliams223 are you sure your english class isn't the hardest class? I've read a couple pieces in TENOR clef, wasn't too hard.

[Azlaier]

Tchaikovsky: Best gay composer ever.

[robynsalain]

brillantissime !

[arthur9993]

bassoon solo is just incredible, ive just performed it and wished it never ended!

[glamordimmas]

it's a highly tormented world like highly tormented beings can only understand

[zoltanczirok]

this music is very beauty and i like tchaikovsky

[sashamironov]

questa, la metterei accanto alla aria G di Bach !

[sergiobantam]

Eureka!

Hípermarvelous...!

[ctrxc]

He plays it in one breath IMO.

[saturndesign07]

at 1:23 i think is one of the most important changes in the history of classical music. probably TCHAIKOVSKY is the strongest and deepest composer of all time

[thesilvershining]

@saturndesign07 I know, isn't it just so amazingly beautiful? Tchaikovsky is very deep and definitely my favorite of all time.

[MrSoreljulien]

@saturndesign07 I totally agree, the change at 1:23 is one of the most emotional moments of classical music history.

[CyferOlitaire15]

@saturndesign07 You can't just write this stuff...Tchaikovsky was a deeply emotional man and suffered much throughout his life. All of this is conveyed through his 4th Symphony.

[mcphibbit03]

@CyferOlitaire15 He did indeed suffer. However, the 4th symphony is the beginning of his story. With the 5th, we get a clear idea of what type of man he is. In the 6th, the deed is done. The story is told, and he absolutely opens his heart to reveal his pain the the naked eye.

[xdiscotique]

heartache

[dmg123]

Sounds like Scene d'amour from the movie Vertigo.

[SupermansDead93]

Ray Still = Badass oboist

[mroboereedmaker]

@SupermansDead93 that's alex klein.

[dddampfi]

@SupermansDead93 How does he do that in a single breath without any obvious circular breathing???

[theothercanadian]

@dddampfi I circular breathe the thing, whereas my friend can do it all in one breath.

[theothercanadian]

@SupermansDead93 are you sure its not alex klein

[dohtlord]

@SupermansDead93 Isn't that Alex Klein? Looks just like him and Klein took the principal seat in Chicago in 1995.. this is '97

[dohtlord]

@dohtlord whoops. i see. you fixed this earlier... forgiveness >.<

[valeriealmamarie]

Tout simplement merveilleux.

[canopus101]

My favourite movement of this superb symphony. Plaintive oboe and, achingly sad, strings. This conjures so many memories. I love his ballet music but this is sublime.

[acgama]

Great Alex Klein !!!

[Oblomov18]

@acgama he does it in one breath? or circular breathing?

[acgama]

I think he makes in one breath.

[jordanb2432]

@Oblomov18 I would think that that would have to be circular breathing. Either that or he has the most beast lungs ever

[likemyviolin]

Huge.

[thesilvershining]

People say Mozart, Bach and Beethoven were born to create music... P.I.T. falls into that category because in my opinion he's written so many of the prettiest melodies I've ever encountered in my 20+ years of obsession with classical music. I really can't decide between his 4th, 5th, and 6th symphonies. All are absolutely beyond words.

[Capcoor]

They say Tchaikovsky only wrote three symphonies:his 4th,5th and 6th.

[thesilvershining]

And they say Beethoven only wrote three as well: 5th, 6th, and 9th ;) Kidding.

I love all the P.I.T. symphonies. The first two (Winter Daydreams & Little Russian) were the result of a young, modest composer trying to make a name for himself. They were written very close together and are outstanding in their beauty but not really on any kind of vast emotional level, which is what Tchaikovsky is known for. But they are still good and I would recommend them.

[personof11777]

@thesilvershining Eroica?

[hajune]

thesilerlining - Indeed PIT belongs to the elite few. I often think he is the best. It is close for me between Beethoven and he. As Rubenstein once said "Above all else music must be beautiful." I think PIT wrote as beautiful of music as anybody. What an abstract mind he had! There is so much to say about this piece I do not know where to begin and certainly were to end." Simply stunning and rich in character.

[Treijim]

Is it just me or is the oboe solo undertaken with a single breath? Fantastic and immersive!

[zuchinni13]

I think you are right. That oboist has some amazing skill. Such good support, yet playing so softly.

[xdiscotique]

God, I love Tchaikovsky.

[hajune]

When I was 28 I had an out of body experience. I was taken to a dimension whereby music was playing which I will call Beyond Beethoven Music. As I awoke the music continued for another 15 minutes or so. It was an unexpected experience I do not understand but appreciate it beyond words. I am sure the great masters have had similar experiences. This music is heavenly and words do not do justice. Wish I could have written the music I heard on paper. I am not scared of dieing after the experience.

[Rotemetoot]

I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men; - I believe that he who once has bathed in the sublime delights of this high Art, is consecrate to Her for ever, and never can deny Her; - I believe that through Art all men are saved. - Richard Wagner

[mlapradebsn0616]

outstanding, and almost made me cry.

[violinamateurBX]

Simply amazing...the melancholy.....

im born from different country and this just....nostalgia.....

this is like a release of imprisoned emotions...

simply beautiful

[ScudoBR]

Brilliant! One of my favourite tunes from PIT.

[sissouille17]

ah....I'm too much emotive

[dfoo2160]

Amazing!

[zattacks]

One of the many reasons Tchaikovsky is my favorite conductor. =]

[againstxautomation]

I don't much like the wrong note at 1:12. Other than that... My favorite piece.

[123kwalton]

my god! what is this obsession everyone has with wrong notes?! did it mar the overall piece for you???! i doubt it! get over it or only listen to cds!

[againstxautomation]

It's spectacular, sir.  You need to chill.

[zombiesoiree]

Just lovely ... so melancholic. Perhaps you have to be luckless in love like Tchaikovsky in order to compose such sorrowful and beautiful sounds.

[cliffyrmwc]

I can't stop listening to this. It is from another world. I want to crawl inside this music and live happily ever after.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

Beautiful way of putting it.

[samthesolidmanlass]

I know what you mean, but this particular movement is about the famine in Russia, so they happily ever after doesn't come until movement 4.

[cliffyrmwc]

Famine? Dont think so. Cite your source. This is how P.I.T. described his thoughts while writing it:

How sad to think that so much has been, so much is gone! We regret the past, yet we have neither the courage nor the desire to begin life afresh. We are weary of existence. - Tchaikovsky I know he may have borrowed from peasant folk tunes but...

[UrbanVivaldi]

the best movement

[latarifighter11]

is it not incredible one singular man created these lush sounds which meld into the mind as so beautifully comprehended? one man!

[Sinai83]

God Bless Tchaikovsky

[spinynorman230]

@Sinai83 God Bless the CSO

[sparkystar1]

So beautiful... I love this piece... is my favourite... go Russia!

[Clenella]

hehe... 1:21, Willow anyone?

[mdixon1982]

I heard it ; )

[davidnfilms]

totally, why this song has 5 stars on my itunes

[latinaconflava]

This is my favorite out of the 4movements. It's so real, and there is such an emotional connection there. You can feel this piece. I love it!

[LaBohemienne8]

Ueberirdisch

[ashraniyyah]

Trés relaxant.

[MrJaiter]

Muy bella parte de la sinfonia este movimiento,muy melodico y adictivo!Panama.