Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture(2)

[mtan123456789]

OMG this is ridiculous

Portrays love better than all of the other pop songs

[radostsguy1]

This comes close to being as beautiful as a Mozart Piano Concerto!

[JustinMcNabbIreland]

the energy off this is insane

[TheWickedNorth]

Wonderful.. Thanks a lot for posting this..

[BMWSant16]

I got super goosebumps on @3:05 onwards... such a beautiful music :)

[dempyswoo]

no! 4:03... you can really hear the cellos!!!!

[bondlake123]

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[cshargeit]

i judge this the best r and j on you tube. the percussion was stupendous.

[herpesonyournose]

@cshargeit I lol'd.

[Phanstein665]

@ThePiscopia  Agreed. Also, I would have loved to see the Palais Garnier in Paris in its prime! *sigh*

[SgtPepper303]

breathtaking!

[rosenscharf]

Not true. 6:30 is the best! Reminds me of the old Star Trek movies.

[aine123asd]

@rosenscharf agreeed!!

[rosenscharf]

Not true. 6:30 is the best!

[ThePiscopia]

i wish i have lived in that time...when you had to go to Paris ,Vienna,Prague...to listen to this masterpieces.

[ThePiscopia]

i wish i have lived in that time...when you had to go to Paris ,Vienna,Praque...to listen to this masterpieces.

[cclliiooddhhnnaa]

0:34 nomnomnom

[unpeumoinsvite]

1:35 - 2:33 EPIC !!!

[Affa99]

I came here to listen to how my part fits in to the orchestra. Oh, and I'm playing cymbals. Guess I'll find a different recording ;)

[octavine]

@Affa99 Yeah, find another one... the cymbals here quite suck... LOL

[FelicityCatherine]

I just wish this love theme wasn't so overused. It's a great composition and all but I just hate the climax because of its overuse. the rest is breathtaking. I have to say I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet the best though! Tchaikovsky is an amazing composer nonetheless and I love his works!!!

[VesnaNight]

love it

[Treijim]

The audio changed at 2:25 for some reason. Or was that just me?

[godanddevilareone]

I just love the first two minutes from this part... how the violins keep hanging in the air, then descend while the copper and wood blowers go up and cross each other.... two times. It almost breaks my heart :-)

[godanddevilareone]

I just love the first two minutes from this part... how the violins keep hanging in the air, then descend while the copper and wood blowers go up and cross each other.... two times. :-)

[GirlWithOneTrackMind]

7:25 *_*

[JimmieOC]

Horrible...had to stop listening at 1:40.

[minkeesung]

cymbal fail at 1:37

[warsilver99]

@minkeesung lmao, out of nowhere a large smack of the cymbals..

[TchaikovskyFDR]

(:O

its beautiful

[MusicaSkittles18]

The ending was pretty muddy. Other than that and some parts in the middle, it was nicely done. :)

[ICUC007]

Finally a Post I can HEAR, and it's a messed up performance. Oh well,still good.

[dmh091]

uuuuh.... this is not a very good rendition of Romeo and Juliet...

[JoeTownley]

haha! I really shouldn't laugh at a serious missed cue but that was really funny; the cymbalist missed his first entrance at 1:36 and that threw the whole group into disarray; by 1:40 everybody including the conductor was wondering if they were going to survive the next part, hence the gaping silence at 1:42 and for the next 8 bars that dramatic interplay between solo trumpets and the others is lost--they're playing together. But the conductor pulls them back together--or they do it themselves.

[Simpson654]

@JoeTownley

Never underestimate the importance of the guys who bang stuff together. Rhythm section is hugely important, more important than the conductor. I did notice that the cymbal was late, but not the recovery process.

[TheJmills39]

@JoeTownley HAHA! I hear that and immediately started looking to see if anyone else caught it. I thought the violins playing on the beat (rather than off) at 1:43 was the most obvious part of it. Classic.

Very nice recovery though, aside from the muddy sound around there, I don't know that someone who hasn't heard this piece would know the difference... though I don't know who hasn't heard this piece.

[tennisballer17]

@TheJmills39 This is the first recording of the piece i've listened to and i couldnt tell the difference. Then I watched the london symphony play it and its just way better (and they didnt mess up).

[JustinGHill]

The Resolution is so amazing!!!! 6:50 on makes me cry!

[j1jmm]

1:38 so messed up!

and wtf with 2:25?!

[beelizify]

@j1jmm what was wrong with it?

[TheJmills39]

@beelizify The percussionist, who I imagine got fired after this performance, hit the cymbals early; and the violins cued off of that, putting them half a beat (I think) ahead... then they amazingly corrected it at the same time... I think the concertmaster banged his foot on the stage, there's a loud tap you hear at that point, and it looks like he's stomping his foot pretty hard.

[sophieranma]

@TheJmills39 actually, for the cymbal it was a beat late on the first entrance, he had to come in with the brass but he missed that particular beat & came in a beat late. that threw everyone off. amazing what a beat can do. :)

[JoeTownley]

@sophieranma Notice how the concertmaster trys to step in after the bad cymbal crash and tap his foot to establish the beat for the syncopated violins against the trumpets playing on beat.

[sophieranma]

@JoeTownley haha now that you mentioned it i noticed it :)

[JoeTownley]

@sophieranma I'm not sure who pulled their bacon out of the fire----the concertmaster, the conductor, or the orchestra on their own---but whoever did it was a splendid recovery.Could have been disastrous.

[sophieranma]

@JoeTownley 100% agreed.

[HawthorneLane14]

saw this played at a mall yesterday by a youth orchestra, it was legit.

[xxKerplunk80xx]

doing it for my leaving cert - LOVE IT

[OMGImaViolinist]

this piece is EPIC. high school all-county for my area was gonna perform it, but stupid snow cancelled that :/

glad I could at least listen to it here though..and trenabolx is right, cymbols have one of the hardest parts!

[percussionn164]

look :  1:57

[phoolisness]

5:30 to 5:45 reminds me of something... 1812 perhaps?

[ezev8logos]

Thank you so much Tchaikovsky for this colosal piece of music!!!!!!!!!

[trenabolx]

the guy with cymbals has the hardest job :D

[percussionn164]

you will right... this is so hard to play

[soccerloverbc]

bernstein was way too fast

[PhilipLu3]

bernstein also took Shostakovich's fifth symphony too fast for me, maybe he just likes to take things fast.

[Arodang]

I hate playing the part at 5 min, it's too hard, but i guess that means I should practice more. (SecondVln)

[playadog11]

6:28 is by far my favorite part. My marching band took pieces from this part, and the brass played this at the beginning at the balad, it brought tears to my eyes every time.

[marcopiega]

In the first part .. the genius (Tch..) changes the importances of violinos at 34'' and again at 1'.10''.

From the background to the main theme ... fantastic ... it seems that, here, they can have only a supporting part (a tappeto) instead they take the full orchestra to the melodic definition.

[genskompi]

0:13 - 0:33 : John Williams Indiana Jones Theme

especially 0:21

[selfself7]

3:07 is the best part. Super beautiful.

[solardevaldeosera]

Agree!

[teddyxiao]

@selfself7 that's the best part indeed

[gorilaterbang]

@selfself7 That part often being used as soundtrack in the movie when there was kissing scene :D

[thegateau]

@selfself7 i've seen the london symphony orchestra rendition of this and this version is BY FAR the most breathtaking. i love it.

[MrCelloPlayer]

@selfself7

I can see Romeo and Juliet...

[violaplayer1995]

very cool!! the climax was a little off but it was still amazing.

[syang25]

That's what she said

[MetalMindFreak]

Best part of this song definitely starts at 1:32 that's where the fortissimo gets real heavy... Love this song, Tchaikovsky definitely my favorite composer of all times.

[sensangsun]

the violists suck

[Nades129]

audio changed in 2:28. . . huh

[Flophole]

i think the audio depended on which perspective was being used... weird.

[confessjess2yourmess]

woah kinda out at 1:45...

[mjbwjb]

The Climax was terrible...like seriously...really uneventful!!!

[bammer180and1]

r they watchin him at the end, they all off.

[KHRaccoon]

I'm playing this soon, some of the cello parts look intimidating.

[devmoran2]

the best music in the whole world

[Rukifa04]

An amazing masterpiece! One of the best overtures of all time! Tchaikivsky would be so proud!

[AidanMclaren]

A wonderful musical interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare would have been proud.

[GOTsomGAARA]

I just love the theme that describes the both families fighting

[svoboda85]

a tad rushed at the end

[LeTuba]

I like this version! Is it me or is the percussion messed up a bit?

[novisibersk]

Strings way off on their closing melody, tympani way too loud to hear the closing chords. ??????

[orchestrant]

The chief conductor of SSO RT, maestro Fuat Mansurov, loves very much to conduct from

his memory. For example, as you can see, there is no score on his desk. But because he's very old now (last year he celebrated 80th birthsday), his memory often plays false with him. Also, he often gets too scared being on the stage and makes wrong gestures. This is why sometimes he successfully makes the whole orchestra completely disoriented!

[MaidxMarian]

Thank you for posting this!

[flackie12345]

definately summarizes romeo and juliet! thanx for posting

[mjasoedov]

Great post!