I Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) by Puccini

[tanquedequeda]

Well, we'll never know if that D should be or not natural, but I would like to point out an example of a mistake in the viola part during that same middle section. Check in your score for bar number 42, last 16th note or, 2:23 in this video. If you play that note as written ( D#), I'm quite sure it will sound horrible; it should be played D natural. So, why not think in the possibility of two other mistakes (bars number 36 and 48).

[magior329]

hope that cougher at 4:00 was thrown out

[geopolicraticus]

The D natural sounds beautiful and lends a certain sobriety and gravitas, but I personally prefer the D# for the piquancy it adds to the performance -- or maybe that's only because my favorite performance by the Martfeld Quartet uses the D#. In any case, thank you for posting this, one of my all time favorite chamber works. I am always very happy to hear another interpretation.

Best wishes,

Nick

[3y3tiger]

My orchestra director is using this recording as a reference for our upcoming performance...thankyou for posting!

[denisej242]

We just played Puccini's Manon Lescaut in my school's orchestra for the advance level festival... man was that one tough too.. his music is all so beautiful :3

[rockstarelectric659]

i'm playing this in my tri-country orchestra!!!!

[iloverainbows4]

Very wel played loved it. i love this piece though it's really hard 2 play. my varsity high school orchestra tried his but it's just so complicated we had a lot of trouble :/ my conductor decided it was 2 hard so he put it aside i REALLY hope we get 2 play this it's really beautiful <3

[SMILEitsAriel]

we're playing this is pyso its so hard D:

[UltimateCellist]

haha. you're in pyso? what instrument do you play?

[Kokeshi16]

very nice job! Very hard piece!

[giggs102]

were playin this in a youth orchestra... damn so hard ,no joke

[Centrus67]

2:33 to 2:56 best part

[francello75]

wonderful piece by great and underrated Puccini's chamber music. Very good performance, bravo to all 4! ...but that D must be definitely natural !

[ManorHouseMusic]

The debate about D# / D natural rumbles on..... we would be very interested to see what Puccini wrote in the autographed score. If it is a D natural we can then make sure all future performances are authentic! Nonetheless, I would be surprised if groups such as the legendary Juilliard or the Alberni quartets would have recorded it with a D# if that was not what was printed it in a reliable edition? Also, the Mendelssohn Quartet have a beautiful version of it on their website - also with the D#

[snowyzn]

@francello75 i meant sharp not flat

[danielbream]

un brano bellissmo. esiste anche la riduzione per duo di chitarre. Grazie per aver caricato questo video.

[rafaeldeaguiar]

I'm a Puccini fan. Never heard a version with that D#. Sounds weird. Anyway, the interpretation is sublime. Wonderful musicians. Thanks for helping spread these puccinian wonders!!! 5*

[paulhallart]

Of horse tail, rosened, drawn across the aging string, does to all attending contentment bring, then I would say that's everything.

And though one says the note is D, viol's sinewave's sqared, so that we see, ultimately, Puccini.

[mrnixie]

I was there! To be honest, I don't care what type of "D" they played, just to hear live music played this well and in this setting of a small traditional English church was wonderful.

MHM played a wonderfully eclectic set of music for us, and i cannot recommend them too highly.

[Damienlave]

Good, but My Gosh! at 2:07 and 2:42, the D is natural! Come on!

[ManorHouseMusic]

Thanks for this feedback, but there is obviously a discrepancy in different printed editions of this work. Apart from our score having the D# at 2:07 and 2:42, it is worth referring to two classic recordings of this piece - one is the 1974 recording by the Juilliard Quartet and the other is the 1979 recording by the Alberni Quartet - both ensembles play a D# at both points, so it seems this is authentic.

[63023FB]

Play it as you want.

[AliveBroom]

Certainly dynamics and such are subject to interpretation, but the notes themselves should not be changed unless there is a mistake present...!

[Tomcatfalsto]

I feel your pain.

[riigoletto]

great job, i love puccini and this work is a fine piece of music. He used the melody later for Manon Lescut opera.... what a genious. Thanks for poting this

[abbycadabra11]

Beautiful...my highschool orchestra is playing this.

[lamppostpizza]

wow what a coincidence... mine is too!

[joeisnice]

if either of u are from river ridge high school, ur version is pretty bad

[demdio07]

very pretty! I'm playing this with my college's orchestra =D

[NiallMS]

Good to see this work being performed rather than just hearing it on Radio 3.

Thanks for that.