Pletnev: Tchaikovsky June: Barcarolle

[kuplais]

Great music played by great musician!

[1935Dora]

CRANKO USED THIS PIECE IN ONEGIN, ONE OF HIS MANY MASTERPIECES

[evildancer101]

just started learning this piece....

[hahanickyhaha]

@evildancer101 same here... gonna be such a fail for me :(

[evildancer101]

@hahanickyhaha ikr me 2

[rccx]

Close your eyes. Imagine yourself laying outside on the grass on a summer night. Up above you is the starry starry night. What a beautiful world.

[Jessicaisrealawesome]

Exam for this tomorrow..... currently in the process of memorising all the different key changes! :(

[weijiunn]

recent pop song by Jay Chou from Taiwan adopted this piece.

take a look!

YouTube link v=YVztn55foBw

[rostocky61]

brilliant...

[Wushu17]

I first heard this song as a soundtrack from the movie The Bear, one of my favorite movies growing up. I was only 6 or 7. I remembered it so well that I found the name and artist when I was 22 or so. I'm 28 now and I still love it as much as I did 22 years ago.

[marian444]

Wonderful!!!

[danielkol10]

i play it perfectly :D

[sulla940]

I am so happy, after months of practice, I finally master this beautiful piece!

[ChronosCypress]

June, star filled sky. this is a beautiful piece.

[SweepTheMind]

I just don't know what to write... should i say i like tchaikovsky? should i remeber the subtile cords as the melody throws me into possible close downs but all of them with a trade-off? with possibility of choice, but still, a divine touch. as the roar of the lion echos across the savanah, so does this song in my deeper thoughts. Had to share, abraço! :)

[underscoreisnotvalid]

i first heard this on the movie the bear when i was little. i still cant get over how amazing it is.

[Xpiano1]

very nice and relaxing music not like these nowadays...but still 5 persons who listen this on mute or in the same time with justin biber or lady gaga

[alexvivacqua]

A intimidade com o piano. Um teclado impecável. Leveza e pontuação acertadíssimas. Tudo muito belo. Isso é arte.

[meeeeaahhhhh]

another thing, i think it's funny how on songs like this where the music is thought out throughly and there's actual meaning behind it, that people must discover, there aren't mean comments between people, and when you go on the popular songs of today that are about shallow things the people listening to the music are fighting. just an observation. i think classical music has soul to it, it doesn't even need words to express how one feels

[zyxonian]

@meeeeaahhhhh I don't think it's because classical music "has soul" or "meaning" which makes people argue about it less. I think it is more about the education level of the crowd of listeners.

[meeeeaahhhhh]

i can play this on piano (:

[LoranBXL]

easy to learn in the early years (9-12y), beautiful song !

[millert1409]

Ahhhhh...........what would the world do without music?

[wanlockhead]

This is the best, the very best.

Thank you

[MusicCherisher]

that is such beautiful playing. Its really hard to control your fingers like that.

[xMOntanaa]

mmmmm <3 Tchaikovsky = Genius :)

[EUTERPE76]

beautiful song, just like a caress

[superpowermanable]

unbelievable

[TheBebulka]

i am gonna play this song this year. I really love it and i am exited about playing it. Also i am gonna play April from Tchaikovsky :) So beautiful song!

[jediardeth]

@Kat10652 and yes, you are eighth grade and you know better then pletnev ? Woaah.. -.- this is his barcarolle and the most beatifull one !

[Kat10652]

2:21 - 2:24 is supposed to be crescendo, not deminuendo

and 2:25-2:28 is supposed to be fortisimo, not pianisimo.......

also, u made no arps... i'm in the eighth grade now... and I am playing this song.....

I dont want to sound like a critic, because I LOVED it... just.... i play by what it says with some minor differences... but not major ones like that..... :(

[gudrungisla]

@Kat10652 I tried to find John Ogden playing this piece - did not succeed. In my humble opinion, one should be very careful in telling other how a piece is supposed to be played. Ogden has the same wonderful tempo as this player, right up my alley.

[Ruvigy]

@Kat10652

I actually like how those parts sound there... :O

Also If you mean 'no arpeggios' with 'no arps', then what's 2:24 - 2:30?

[Kat10652]

@Ruvigy I don't know whay 2;24-2;30 is called, its just that my piano teacher calls them arps ^_^

[shadowchag]

@Kat10652

Haha as students we got to follow the composer. But masters get to do whatever they want =D.

And you never know what is from editors and what is from Tchaikovsky anyway.

... what the heck does arps mean...?

[Kat10652]

@Kat10652 haha, your right. My piano teacher tells me to play JUST WHAT THE NOTES SAY , yet he plays differently..... which is something I don't get ^_^ but ok. Also, the cords for 2:25-2:28 are written with a verticle zig-zag line, and apparently, my piano teacher calls them "arps." dont ask me why.....

[xMOntanaa]

i just love this <3

[xMOntanaa]

<3

[lwtly]

absolutely perfect interpretation!

[Evil6Michell]

My favourite.

[gothicrecital]

He really sped up the end - didn't keep his tempo unfortunately. Otherwise it would

ve been perfect.

[BrillianceforYou]

Best Performance

[21to19x2]

I have probably given this video 1000 views

[Anxi37y]

@21to19x2 make that 2000..

[schrder]

Does anybody have the notes of it?

I had it but then we moved and during that, we must have lost it!

Please send it to me:D

[gravichick777]

@schrder This website will be your new bible ;D imslp(dot)org/

you want to browse by composer, probably alphabetically.

[SpartanG600]

@gravichick777 Thank you so much for the website. I could practically look up any score I would like. Thank you

[lohsbandgeek77]

I'm playing this on the piano right now..it's such a beutiful and powerful piece :)

[Costful]

@lohsbandgeek77 My teacher just gave it to me, I've only been taking lessons for almost a year and I have no idea what she is thinking x.x

[lohsbandgeek77]

@Costful wow she must think highly of you :) ive been playing ten years :)

[KimdraElliottVoelkel]

I always thought it was Offenbach who wrote this, but Tchaikovsky... that makes a lot more sense. Offenbach was a fluffy song writer. This song has a lot of edge. I love Tchaikovsky. LOVE!

[dnnybrd]

@KimdraElliottVoelkel

There is a piece by Offenbach called Barcarolle but it's quite different.

[cuoylyf]

Bravo!!

[LibertyyWendyy]

This is so beautiful, I played it in my orchestra when i was 11. This song brngs back so many memorys. Amazing piece<3

[Decelerated]

The first 20 seconds of this song is the best I have almost ever heard.

[autobatik]

He´s my God....

[blargers123]

Let us go to the shore;

there the waves will kiss our legs.

With mysterious sadness

the stars will shine down on us.

[SIGURDOYVIND]

For a dirty pedofil he is not so bad piano player. Some will probably say that he plays piano better than an ordinary pedofil. He is not an ordinary pedofil. But it is ridiculous to speak of any genuine talant on the part of this dirty twerp.

[Costful]

@SIGURDOYVIND I smell troll... or is it homophobia?

either way; shoo

[gravichick777]

@Costful I love you. xD

[eroicachase]

marvelous

[hellynaw]

la merveille bravo

[drunkenmozart]

Ja, ein sehr schönes Stück, und hier sehr gefühlvoll gespielt.

[oncelostmain]

Very sensual and sentimental. I love this performance

[ARD2012]

Руки прочь от Михаила Плетнева

[cantand0]

lovely

[poiuy877]

Stop listening to a disgusting old beast playing piano music who lives in Thailand abusing poor and young boys! Disgusting Mikhail Pletnev! He deserves to die!

[japanesesweet]

@poiuy877 His Bach is also very good eg. Partita no.6

[snoopywoodstock20]

simply amazing

[poiuy877]

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev, founder of the Russian National Orchestra, was charged with rape of young boys in Thailand....No smoke without fire....This is a bastard pianist who prey on young and poor boys in Asia. Hell to him! Hell to his performances! He deserves to rot in hell! Boycott his performances!

[mitaibiru]

great work by Tchaikovsky good job by pletnev!

[SillyLilly000]

i love this song. It's so beautiful.

[IntelligenceFactor5]

;) I'm soo using this for my project. It's an anime. Very sad... I'm working on it at the moment. You know, sorta sad when I was drawing the pictures :(

[NameNotRequred]

@IntelligenceFactor5

id like to watch

[IntelligenceFactor5]

@NameNotRequred Its not on anymore... but thanks anway :)

[rozafa23]

i love it.. its a great song. i dont know how to tell how wonderful its .

p.s. sory, for my bad english.

[Tdeppe1966]

Purely beautiful. I fell in love with it when I heard it on the X-Files.

[BecuzIt]

I was taken to a quiet June in 19th century Russia. This piece made me trip balls.

[BalletCava]

Happy 170th birthday to Tchaikovsky. This piece is so brilliant!

[thomandy]

Love it :) One of my very favourite Tchaikovsky pieces :) ThU

[TheMCjai1991]

this is a splendid interpretation, although i'd prefer richter's...the sense of loneliness can be stronger to make it better=D

[PiaVioPro]

@TheMCjai1991

I disagree.....Richter's interpretation is a bit too dragging and it sets the mood to be a bit too sad. After all, this is called June, and it is one of the most fortunate months in Russia, therefore it should be a bit happier.The lively part in the middle especially gives me a sense of anticlimax. I personally like Pletnev the best. But we all have different opinions, and I respect yours.

[FreerunnerHartsa]

@PiaVioPro I agreee with you on the richter part. However in my opinion pletnev is not even close to being best. I dislike how he plays the song with arpeggios. In my opinion Lev Oborins version is excellent. Especially the middle part he plays perfectly.

[vijaybhattiprolu]

his piece is so beautiful it gives you shivers down your spine the first time you hear it

[mitaibiru]

I love Pletnev's interpretation

[lubis1991]

absolutely beautiful <3

[angryflan]

Clears my mind, Sets me straight, Put me upright.

Addictive.

Seductive.

Attractive.

Favorite.

[angryflan]

I think I did.

[bezoomyazure]

@stephenburtondepp

liar,

you did not JIZZ to this tune...

[thesilvershining]

This is one of those little pieces of the perfection pie of classical music. You hear it once and it will never be forgotten. So beautiful and touching in every way.

[TheMCjai1991]

this is a better interpretation comparing with the other recording of pletnev subjectively. the articulations are just spectacular!

[Faustnh]

Poetry

[thelord2000]

I am sure Tchaikovsy would appreciate.

Unlike some of you.

[Emo77397]

das ist ein soo schönes lied das will ich jetzt lernen ;D

*_*

[stephenburtondepp]

Ich hab den musik, ich fru mich da fur!

[apaltanea]

This is an exceptional interpretation. Equal notes, all in the same manner - very very good technique. Even if some could argue that this a litte too sad vision on this superb tchaicowsky piece, we should all admit that the point of view of the pianist is a fair one - a point of view greatly sustained by a flawless interpretation.

[tpmoonwalker]

sounds good!

[nick69rose]

yeah some rubato is nice but i agree somethimes it's too much and I think he should push on with the phrase.

Also I don't like it when he appegiates some of the chords. it stops the flow of the melody line. apart from that its still a good recording!

[westparkwolf]

Find the sheet music and you will see the chords you refer to are supposed to be played like that, you utter tool.

[paopaomanalansan]

So quietly beautiful!!!!

[daniele88e31]

The pinist is very good of course, but I don't like the way he plays this piece. Because he makes to much trills and ailments, when he should do perfect chords.. It's a free interpretation... sometimes to much free, to me.

[DragonerPhoenix]

You have no idea what arpeggiation is, do you?

[daniele88e31]

I know what an arpeggiation is, of course. But if you read the original Tchaikovsky trascription of the barcarolle, you will see that are not arpeggiations in the main chords. So if Pletnev chois to play arpeggiations in the main chords, it is a free interpretation of him, and I don't like it.

[uberzeldamaster]

Everytime I listen to music a story pops in my head. This one is of a cloudy, windy day in the middle of praire land. Beautiful.

[sponsoredwalk1]

Uh oh!!! I went to click a thumbs up for your comment and I accidentally clicked the thumbs down, :( Sorry!

I tend to smell the air and picture the clouds overhanging the fields when I imagine that particular scene, and also there is a long road sort of covered in fog...

[RipperMen17]

@uberzeldamaster I thing i have the same story in my head but more cloudy,and windy

[TehKMS]

I think it's about 2 bpm too slow.

[97669]

Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[paranoidpeacemaker]

Believe I"m using this piece as audition material :) Maybe...I like it

[limunovapita]

this piece is simple but yet so giving. It gives the listener a specter of emotions to choose, from all of P.I.T. works for the piano this one touched me the most ! I hope everybody feels the same when they here this beautiful beautiful piece !

Спасибо Чайко́вский !

[oscar6541]

i love that..

[aroshrathnayake]

♥♥♥♥♥ its marvelous ♥♥♥♥♥

[drshalchi]

I love pletnev"s interpretation...so brilliant...entrancing...

[lovelySweetSakura]

This sounds great. but there is too much rit. for my liking.

[jccat26]

Awsome、！

[espp1973]

Excelente pieza.

No hay palabras suficientes para describir las emociones que provoca escuchar esta melodia.

Tal es su belleza =).

[Physdelicdreaming]

This song reminds me of those late spring days, when the sun is rising on a dewy afternoon. It was cloudy in the morning, and the sky is still pale from the after mist, the hills are hazy golden-green in the background, birds are singing lazily in the distance, butterflies are dancing on the breeze, and the trees are blooming - lemon yellow, soft turquoise, violet, vermilion...

[MusicCherisher]

@Physdelicdreaming Are you a poet? That writing is really, really good. You should write compositions and publish them

[Physdelicdreaming]

@MusicCherisher - I am! :-) I actually play the piano myself, and a lot of times I write things down or paint something and then create a song behind it...it's wonderful to sit and dream.

[MusicCherisher]

@Physdelicdreaming That is awesome!!!! Expressing your feelings like a true artist. You know, I write for fun too, but probably not as good as you write.

[musicisfun2000]

marvelous!

[sellisti89]

I love this one... almost brings tears into my eyes. So emotional and masterious composing. Love you Tchaikovsky!! <3

[pensieroyaya]

@sellisti89

SORRY

I MARKED WRONG

[axelmimi]

Esta maravillosa perla musical me trae gratísimos recuerdos de mi infancia. Mi abuelita paterna la interpretaba maravillosamente. Ella fue una insigne poetisa y destacada pianista. Pienso homenajearla, dado que soy barítono lírico, cantando esta melodía con líricos alusivos compuestos por mí.

[RCROQEHSUS]

reminds*

[RCROQEHSUS]

This music is beautiful. Subtle, yet powerful. Remins me of Dostoievsky's books. He's my favourite writer.

[musicyt98]

Bravo!!!!

[dalecampbl5]

lol

[xSpookyGirlx]

This is so beautiful!

So pacific. Love it

[PianoKelvin]

This is the sweetest intepretation i ever heard!

[BalletCava]

I agree. I can almost see him feel the music and live within the music!

[ktalebian]

why do people have to keep criticizing interpretation? I love to play music just because I enjoy it! Simple as that. I don't want to think too much, or anything. I want to play it the way I feel like at the exact moment! I never play any piece twice the same! Each time it is different! And to me, that's fun, and that's music!

[MiizeKazze]

i♥it...

i play Barcarolle on piano too... and... it's so... beautiful...

[rumbato]

i just want to add that the piano chords progression in stevie wonder song they wont go when i go reminds of the intro of this piece, i wonder if someone share with me this feeling?

[espp1973]

Beatiful =).

[devilishdreamz]

this interpretation is so much better than the other one that i hear.

[mkatphun]

Love this interpretation!

[mdoub]

pletnev is so sensitive... he gives us so much to feel and touch. i believe in the piano, in pletnev's control

[rumbato]

u can tell Tchaikovsky was not comfortable with summer, a very gloomy person. June should be the happiest piece, but it is not. December is a happier piece.

[NapSeason]

Since it's a barcarolle, he probably wanted it to sound like a venetian boat drifting on a summer night. I think it fits June well... summer isn't all about sunny daytime, there is night time too...

[rumbato]

The term barcarolle has to deal more with form and rhythm than the geography or the melodic folklore of venice.

[garfieldme]

LOL

very interesting opinion.

I love this piece.

[georgesman33]

I dont think so because summer represents the closeness of the weather. its not like spring where life is coming back!

[rumbato]

georgesman i typed my message with Moscow in mind. Moscow summer is like the spring in the mediterranean. A moscow spring is still very very cold. Summertime in moscow is the only time where there is a bit of normalcy and warmth, the rest is freezing gloomy cold. I hope u get the idea.

[georgesman33]

hum yes youre right on that point i didnt thought about the fact that tchaikovsky was russian :P

[Rita50]

You know very little about russian soul than, it doesn't have to be funny or jolly. It is hot for ... sake and who is happy?

[alenastar90]

I absolutely love this interpretation! It is the best one I've heard so far.

[coolio9488]

Lyrical and probobly one of the best interpretations that I have heard.

[Tiffystars]

i've listened to many interpretations and this is how i wanted to hear it being played :)

[iiiiiccccc]

same here!

[gwendolynko]

fantastic!

[ForeverIsis]

this is SO beautiful. le mie 5*

[klausknulp]

i am deeply touched Mikhail! i have to play it as my first try in 2 days. after your interpretation it is hard doing well enough. but you gave me a lot of new ideas and........i can feel the mystic in this masterpiece. thank you so much. I am your fan!

[ForeverIsis]

.. y yo soy tu FAN nº1!

[Rita50]

He plays simple and touchy that makes it so special. My piano teacher back in Russia used to say that melody should sound natural, from the soul.

[littleasu]

i love playing this song =] it's really epic if you really focus on the dynamics

[Zeremonie206]

wow this is SO beautiful. What CD is this from? It's evocative.

[billyguns2]

Pletnev's playing reminds me so much of the great pianists of the past, i.e., superior and unafraid of expressive rubato and cantabile! Bravo, bravo, bravo Maestro!

[iiiiiccccc]

Beautiful, I'm teaching myself to play this at the moment. Wonderful interpretation!

[Leo199169]

i just cry when i listen to it.... everytime it gets my deepest feelings out.... his music is everything, genious!

[Nirmis01]

Beautiful interpretation.

[charvi007centrum]

The nicest performance I hear. Pletnev is perfect pianist.

[charlene1128]

wow...am i on a boat?

[BachLoveNat]

Pletnev is great! beautiful playing!

Thank you flute1982 for sending it to me

:)

[DiamondGirl579]

it's beautiful.......

[carlo300123]

this is great....

[thefatpenguin2003]

Not familiar with tchaikovsky , but can it sound any better than this? This performance is outstanding . Bravo Pletnev !

[deeedeee]

I too, am absolutely speechless.

[autobatik]

Was für eine zärtlischer Selle hat der Meister gehabt.So viele traurigkeit, melancolie, hofnung und trotz allem Ruhe.Was hat ihn ispierirt?

[Artecrouge]

Great

[pianoholickyp]

beautiful...