A Night On Bare Mountain/Mussorgsky/Leibowitz

[silsae]

too much cake.......

[jesusfields35]

This video is a favorite on Wellington

[tacsandamps]

Excellent preformance, really enjoyable. Thanks for uploaded this one. Lol Daphne

[Samspank]

4.19 ,,,,,

[LOLPombaer]

00:13 BLASTBEAT !!!!!

[LeChevalierDuFeu]

@LOLPombaer yes he invented it!!!!!!  long before death metal and grindcore!!!

[masterbrice]

Seigfried from the anime Kenichi brought me here. What a voice.

[stigomaster]

Perhaps the original title is in Russian and that "bare" and "bald" are two different translations to English. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[guitarguy098]

@stigomaster I've heard that the russian word used literally translates to "bald" but in the context of a mountain means bare

[ItsTheFizz]

*record scratch* /replace with ear-bleeding muzak

[TimelordUk]

Hi lord akira, You should listen to 'danse macabre' if you like this

[mandinbj]

The name of the song is Nightmare on BALD mountain NOT nightmare on BARE mountain!!!!!

[TheUrSkeks]

@mandinbj You're an idiot. Do some research before you criticise others. You have no clue what you are talking about.  Nightmare? Idiot.

[MadDogOfist]

@TheUrSkeks yeah, and since the original title wasn't in English, the difference between 'bare' and 'bald' is really just a translator's note. I would, of course, concur that 'Bare' is the more elegant term. I think most, if not all, translators agree.

[mandinbj]

@TheUrSkeks WELL FOR ONE MY PHONE AUTO PUT NIGHTMARE (IDIOT) AND FOR 2, STFU!

[TheCJShamelessFTW]

@mandinbj or you could just look at the fracken picture on the screen...it says BARE,thats what we're going with

[mandinbj]

@TheCJShamelessFTW Night on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists n, atleast, 2 versions, a seldom performed 1867 version & very popular fantasy 4 orchestra arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Night on the Bare Mountain, based on the vocal score of the Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad! So how bout putting this in ur info so ppl understand & dont argue its all the same!

[mandinbj]

The name of the song is Nightmare on BALD mountain NOT nightmare on BARE mountain!!!!!

[martinsahb]

too quick

[BiliRubinLP]

OH GOD!!! IT'S THE TOXIC AVENGER!!!!

[noahdanielg]

Satan is coming!:-0

[Etheryczna]

Really exciting music!

[MrTimber101]

Rene Leibowitz was a very fine conductor who deserves more recognition for his very remarkable recorded performances. This is certainly one of the more spectacular versions of the Mussorgsky music, as arranged by Rimsky-Korsakov. It compares favorably with the performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski, including his famous stereo recording for Walt Disney's "Fantasia," which leads into "Ave Maria."  The ending on this recording is quite different from others.

[henriquekeller]

It´s Bare or Bald?

[aelredtheless]

@henriquekeller I've seen it as both. I assume it's a disagreement on how to best translate the Russian original title.

[LordAkira]

anyone suggest any other dark opera pieces?

[HonestMan395]

I saw this on Fantasia as a very young child and it hooked me to classical music for life. My mother had thought she was taking me to a usual disney cartoon and had no idea what it was.

Her musical limit was popular songs and church hymns.

Classical music to her was Gilbert & Sullivan, but i shall be eternally greatful to her for not taking me out of the cinema when she realised what it was.

[Gonnakillyou]

@HonestMan395 why would she have taken you out anyway?

[HonestMan395]

@Gonnakillyou She would have assumed that I would not of enjoyed it, because she didn't.

As I said, my mother's taste in music was limited to light operatta, church music and singers like Bing Crosby.

She often referred to clasical music as just a lot of clashing and banging.

[YouSayWhat100]

this guys a beast!!!

[YouSayWhat100]

im playing this song in my band class...don't worry its the easier version

[GeorgeGeef200]

Anybody else think it should end at 09:13 because what comes after sorta ruins the mood?

[hideousdwarf1]

@GeorgeGeef200 Thing is, its St. John's Night on Bald/Bare Mountain, and is supposed to include the morning sun and salvation from evil. Many classical pieces included stories and this one is no different

[sesaruman]

@GeorgeGeef200 This is kind of watching a movie... as you may know, this piece is supposed to tell a story about a witches' sabbath, so that's why it begins with this scary and misterious motto; then it just goes harder and harder showing the witches' dance with the devil and the sacrifice to then finish with the dawn and the quiet arrival of the sunlight... sure it ruins the mood!! :)

[WilipichinXD]

Fantasia of Disney!

[TheTurkshaman]

I'm there now listening this masterpiece.

[HarmlessToxins]

in my middle school band we are playing the easier grade 3 or 2 version :) but it still sounds awesome...but man its to fast

[ballaghadereen]

wonderful

[ocarinaoftime2011]

There is only one thing to say: an absolute masterpiece!

[MichaelGaribaldi]

The comments on "hell" and "spooky" is right on the money.

This piece is about a witches Black Sabbath. Yes, it does involve the devil being present, and in the original score, the devil's supposed to come out victorious, I think the first conductor could bear that, so he had church bells peal at the end.

But yes, it's supposed to sound spooky. Saturday Night Fever has a f_cked up version of this song on the sound track :)

[jessegladsaget]

Yes...

[HardyRStudios]

This is the definition of Halloween music.

[Riodria]

Sounds like the soundtrack for a nightmare

[Ragtime44Films]

This piece is like a story that starts at the climax....

But anyway, I like how Leibowitz added the windy noises at 5:24.

Very cool version of the piece.

[ACruelPicture]

Bare or bold, it's confusing in English. In Sweden we call it Blå Kulla, which means litterary Blue Hill, but blue was the old norse word for black so really it's Black Hill.

A Night at Black Hill, sounds pretty scary to me.

[LedSatriani]

I don't know why, this song makes me think of Hell for some reason. Every time I hear something about Hell I think of this song.

[0111person]

@LedSatriani have you ever seen a "bald" mountain?

seems pretty ominous to me

[kingjezza]

@LedSatriani This piece was originally a tone poem of Mussorgsky worked on by Rimsky-Korsakov. The following is the description of the program:

“Subterranean sounds of unearthly voices. Appearance of the Spirits of Darkness, followed by that of Chornobog. Glorification of Chornobog and celebration of the Black Mass. Witches’ Sabbath. At the height of the orgy, the bell of the little village church is heard from afar. The Spirits of Darkness are dispersed. Daybreak.” =)

[ticklemepink188]

At 1:08 all I think of is a haunted circus. lol

[Diemotherfkr]

@ticklemepink188 Lol pretty good way to put it

[ultraslang]

MELVIN'S ON FIRE, MELVIN'S ON FIRE!!!

[frohman3]

Your Toyota is now suffering from a stuck throttle.

[69Techno69pt]

Great music. Thanks for the upload.

[CheshireKhat1]

ah.  thanks for this. stunning.

[bethbas]

This actually gives me nightmares and I don't know why I'm listening to it. Really quite disturbing. I get shivers down my spine. Still, brilliant music.

[Aelkamal]

it's Bald mountain not Bare...

[jin12345678]

@Aelkamal doesn't matter, the original title is russian, both are translations. Bald is a more literal translation, used here as the same meaning as bare. bare is used a lot as well.

[Aelkamal]

@jin12345678 i did not know that !

[beautywithalex]

@Aelkamal it is bare, i'm playing this in my band class, and it says and i quote "a night on bare mountain"

[Aelkamal]

@beautywithalex  i have a version that says Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve...

[euphemismleicester]

My dad used to put this on when I was a kid to scare me :(. Still don't like it and I'm 24

[Triviumisi]

again, musician orgasm

[StravMishkin2]

One of the most powerful, modern and original orchestral pieces in the music history!

It's a excellent synthesis of Slavic, European and Oriental spirit, phantasy and drama.

Indestructibly genial! Deeply Russian!

[whythewar1]

How did I get from "Cute sneezing panda." To THIS! o.o

[whythewar1]

Now I know where Shostakovich got his shtick 

[whythewar1]

I imagine the bloodiest , most traumatic , emotional , fucked up , dead filled , inferno of a battle scene in history in this song.

[thefifthteen]

chernobog has been scaring small children mroe than michal jackson

[AnneMarie54321]

@thefifthteen

If you're going to post childish comments about a pathetic, stupid lie, then please learn to spell.

On a lighter note, I love this piece.

[KellyPedro]

Splendid music that the world owes to the russians, to Thchaikoski, to Rimsky, to Rachmaninoff, to Prokofiev, to Stravinsky, to Mussorgsky, that soul brother of Edgar Poe...

[tamigleason]

OMG the orignal album cover!

[YoungZer0]

When i hear this, i imagine hell. And a word in a space suit in it.

[YoungZer0]

@YoungZer0 I meant Worm. :P

[rancidrabbit100]

toxic avenger !!!

[TheMadisonMachine]

Almost as good as "Night On Disco Mountain"!! ftw

[shangaimorrison]

This, this , is the biggest piece of art of darkness I've ever heard and felt

[SEMIbuttTUBE16161]

Which part in fantasia does this piece come in?

[partiallyimpartial]

@SEMIbuttTUBE16161

The Gargoyle on the mountain.

[Brownie25Maizii]

@SEMIbuttTUBE16161 second to last mini animation. with the dancing demons and fire maidens. god i loved it when i was little.... love it even more now!

[zabuzato]

when i hear this sound, i feel like i'm followed by sum star wars shyt:/

[destrvctio]

EPIC

[SpyrotheDragonBoy200]

i'd remember hearing this in Kingdom Hearts and Crash Tag Team Racing

[GrindingDinny]

classical blast beat ! this fast version might be my favourite

[ieatpoopforlunch]

This was in level 2 of Earthworm Jim. Cool!

[Gniflpif]

@ieatpoopforlunch

thought i was the only one recognizing it from earthworm jim ;)

hail jim :D

[joeygladsaget]

Absolutely brilliant, one of my all time favorite classical compositions!

[jonrellim]

much much more powerfull and more stressing sound with the snare drum.

love the ending

[zmov1]

@savalimast Cool!

[RJJameson]

Shouldn't it be "A Night on Bald Mountain"?

[Gokan1690]

@RJJameson That's the only problem with the title. The song IS named "A Night on Bald Mountain" rather than "Bare"

[zmov1]

@Gokan1690 It is a matter of translation. On this record, although blurry to read, it is, 'Bare'. Google it for more info.

[filmloverql123]

@zmov1 yeah on the music that ive got from orchestra it says night on the bare mountain

[FredericaBimble]

@Gokan1690 -It is either one.

[nudjilad]

Listen song from band MARDUK, song GLORIFICATION OF THE BLACK GOD... :)

[greenchia]

where metal was born

[jimbobubbadj]

This is what life is all about!

[batcountryrabid]

i heard this playing in a therapist office once...NOT a good choice \:[

[skramamme]

@batcountryrabid That's hilarious.

[testyourflex]

hahahahaha lovely

[Gokan1690]

@batcountryrabid Was that therapist on crack or something? O_o NOT exactly the calmest nor most relaxing songs. Johannes Brahms- Hungarian Dance would have been a far more intelligent choice than this in a therapists office.

[spadehatesscrewtube]

@batcountryrabid yeah that totally would've scarred me too.

[DunneBroProductions]

@batcountryrabid yeah well i heard this playing at the dentists 0_0

[IceIsNice286]

@batcountryrabid Nonsense, Romance-style metal is ALWAYS a good decision.

[OpenCadence78]

@batcountryrabid That's just him securing his clientele. If you were a therapist you wouldn't want anyone walking in to something tranquil and end up not needing treatment...

[kujasbride230]

@batcountryrabid YIKES!

[billyguns2]

@batcountryrabid LOL! It's amazing to me what music one hears in offices, restaurants and public places; ear-splitting salsa at a supposed health-food, "New Age" restaurant, awful Chinese bell music at a macrobiotic restaurant, fast tempo, nervous violin music at a Taoist meditation room, etc. all made me vow to never to return to those places in New York. I've often been told that music is to keep the staff happy, but what about the customers?

[mkakashi1993]

Heh my orchestra's playing this. Its a bit different due to the fact that we only have stringed instruments and it's a little slower! I absolutly LOVE it!

[Crisco552]

This song is amazingly hard to play even for a Viola. until you get close to the end, then the Viola's have like 60 measures of rest...

[cra777ig]

this is quality beyond belief.......

[zephyr89s]

cra777ig is right, the audio quality, and indeed the caliber of the song is magnificent. I can really feel the boom from the intense parts on my sub woofer. YEE HAA!

[Noctamul]

the perfect dark night!

[Conspirator1337]

*Slowly starts clapping.*

[steveisgood]

The conductor must have been sweating up a storm! I've never heard it quite so fast....fascinatingly different!

[OsvaldoPaese]

Talk about dynamics....wow.

[GoonerAli]

ISH BIN UND VUNDERBAR (lol)

[sundaymorningsleeper]

<3 this song so much!!! Absolutely amazing!

[BakusPT]

i have this vinyl... xD i remember the song from when i was a kid...ty

[teamaliceandedward]

we studied this in class 2day

i fell in luv:)

[MrPivotNovice]

has this been sped up?

[zmov1]

No. Straight from the record.

[jimbobubbadj]

@MrPivotNovice Some like the slower versions, I like this "sped up" version much better, to each their own.

[carcassmountain]

@MrPivotNovice

Heard this one when I was a child... It scared the shit out of me...

Now I'm more into electronic and grindocre but this one fits it too.. It's one so MASSIVE piece of music... It's really worth to hear it LOUD man... Got to hear it live some day

[JoshBurrito]

I love this version.

[DSM1G90]

The classic and rare RCA-Victor Red Seal, VCS-2659 .. which is on Harry Pearson's TAS list. A definite collector's item. I have a copy of this LP as well. Recorded in London at Walthamstow Hall in the summer of 1962, produced by Richard Gearheardt and engineered by Ken Wilkinson from DECCA. This presentation here is prob from the CHESKY CD release..

[tamigleason]

@DSM1G90 My Dad has this recording on CD under the same label!

[MCRxXDxIxLUVxU]

I'm playing this in orchestra!!!

[abslch]

I agree, this is the best version I've heard as well.

[lorddemox]

This is the best version i have ever heard

[Tanks4meSTC]

I'm playing the version edited by Clinton F. Nieweg for All County Orchestra. (I'm on the Tuba.)

[npetrie76]

ha it's funny people are talking about metal on a vid like this. that snare in the begining did remind me of blast beats tho ha.

[hhhpsmlh]

Is it Bald or Bare or Bear

[YearoftheKitsune]

Bald

[Erikuzuma]

yes its bald

[TXOrchDork]

First two are accepted, the last is off o.0

[YearoftheKitsune]

ok, the response to my comment was removed, so allow me to clarify. the literal translation from Russian means bald. in this instance, it's used figuratively to mean a mountain without trees, which you could also say that the mountain, in having no trees, is bare.

though the literal translation is the correct, 'A Night on Bare Mountain' is also used because of this. both titles are acceptable, but technically the actual 'correct' title is 'A Night on Bald Mountain'

'Bear' is definitely wrong

[wid85]

The litteral translation is 'bald', but a proper idiomatic translation is 'bare'. Both are common. 'Bear' is wrong.

[DaftRaptor]

A little too fast for my liking - still a great piece nonetheless!

[soldierofdragons]

it is an amazing piece of work.

[acerb45666555]

the only Metal this relates to is Symphonic Goth -Metal. which uses much classical music. examples of that are the Dutch band>>Within Temptation. and the Finnish goth-metal singer Tarja Tarunen formerly of Nightwish.

[ThrashingSavage]

Chech out the Cover from Thrash/Prog band Mekong Delta

[Doum92]

Nightwish is so good, this is the best example you could use :)

[GRILLBUOY101]

this is very cool like being on a mountain at night during a hurricane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on halloween

[DaftRaptor]

Brilliant.

[6ceska6republika6]

Metal and Classical forever together!!!. Amazing piece of Musical Genius!!!

[freeeekyyy]

Metal?

[rozniy]

19th Century heavy metal FTW!!

[TheBadAndGnarly]

now that you mention it, it comes across that way!

[funkymonkey556]

lmfao!! hell yea :)

[inuyasha2448]

im sure some of first mosh pits were at these performances :P

[xZehAshley]

We played this in 7th band xD

[Micaela456]

ugh tht was so hard to play

we played it last year in orchestra

i was a HS freshmen

[BareGod]

I'm a HS freshman and different excerpts from this piece are being played for a top-notch orchestra for an AUDITION.

You played it in like, regular orchestra? 'Cause this audition music for me.

[Micaela456]

@BareGod yea, we have a freshman orchestra and an orchestra for all non freshman, and yea we all played it, i was a freshman last year and we did it, but this years freshman suck so we played Eggmont by Bethoveen with out them this year and it will just get harder, but yes regular class played it

[u8qu1tis]

The piece winds down into the morning, when the evil spirits go away and peace is back. The end on this version takes that feeling of peace away.

[Nachtmarchen]

This version is based directly on Mussorgksy's manuscripts, there's a good chance that Rimsky-Korsakov changed the ending in the version you know and like.

[Kanarie1973]

@u8

Americans like happy endings, I know, but you can consider it as a cycle: night-day-night.

[u8qu1tis]

The ending after the flute solo ruins it.

[AreY0uExperienced]

how...

[SpartanM621]

Jesus Christ!

My ears just Orgasmed.

[LFORSK]

fantastic version...

[johndoe43210]

Ah, it captures so well the intense passion and expression of the romantic period. This is a gem!

[lightdiviner]

oh this is like raw power in musical format!

[Kaiamara]

This is so awesome and intense. The orchestra is just wonderful and the conductor did a magnificent job.

Thanks so much for this fantastic upload!

[Arianwubbe]

Wow, this version is on steroids! Check out the blastbeat!

[joengnewheee]

where can you download this?

[otterhouse]

Very nice to hear this recording. Was it originally issued on a Readers Digest LP?

Greetings,

Rolf, Netherlands

On Twitter as @otterhouse

[zmov1]

No. It is on the phono record displayed. One side has 'Bare Mountain' and the other side has 'Pictures At An Exhibition'.

The record: 'The Power Of The Orchestra'.

RCA Victor - Red Seal VCS-2659

[ErikJoeNoise02]

Heavy Metal grandfather !!!!

[music4life013]

This is one of the Iowa high school all-state songs for this year.

[929Hunter]

insanely epic

[davidjb100]

Chills run up my spine each time I hear this. It's a shame Moussorgsky was never able to hear it performed; he'd most definitely be proud of this performance.

[Tsobanian]

This is Rene Leibowitz's orchestration! O_O!!!

WOW at the new material of the ending!!!

Fantatstic!

[jorge1234]

this is certainly moving in so many terrible ways, love it!