c'est juste dommage qu'ils ne filment jamais le violoncelliste solo! Il a une sacrée partie lui aussi!!! je sais de quoi je parle, je suis en train de le jouer avec mon orchestre et je joue cette partie justement!
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I would only find this entertaining if I were watching a movie of whatever story this music is telling or if there was suddenly an extremely sour note followed by a ruckus and the camera panning to show Mr. Bean with his head buried in a horn and his foot stuck in a cello and lurching all about, while various musicians try to corral him and finally beat & drag him out of the building. Either my brain is underdeveloped or I have mild ADD.
Gotta give the conductor his props. So much like the Herbert Von Karjan and Seji Ozawa versions that I grew up with. Not the sort of work that you'd entrust to the Boston Pops.
Scheherazade has been my artistic muse, in fact it has inspired me to do my 12 piece AP Art concentration based on the 1001 Arabian Nights.... Thank you Rimsky-Korsakov for providing me a feeling of magic and inspiration that almost no other music can :)
Beautiful... Back in 93 my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and listening to this music took him to a different level where he could forget his pain and actually have a smile of happiness listening to his music. He died 7/4/1993 and when I listen to Scheherazade enables me to feel his joy. He was a wonderful man, always honest and loving to his family. Enjoy this music with me.
Well-conceived heavy music can actually be a similar experience to classical. Consider: Sunn O))), Isis, Earth and Neurosis - bands which I feel achieve singular composition, tone, texture and nuance, in a manner not unlike the classical masterpieces.
I'm really impressed with the richness of this performance, does anyone know if there is an available recording?
@rmsilverthorn, I cannot agree more. Classical music is beautiful. All music is beautiful, but people have different tastes. I personally do not enjoy heavy metal as much
I don't understand why so many people feel the need to comment negatively on music. Music is NOT a competition. There's plenty of room for all of it. Everyone's taste is different and if you don't like what you hear it's real simple, just don't listen. But to all you young musicians out there who think classical music is garbage you should really listen carefully. You'd be surprised how many melodies from the songs you think are awesome actually come from the classics. Open your minds and learn.
I love how this piece tells a story of an exotic adventure, romance, conflict, emotion, and conquest. I can see the story before my eyes; thus is the magic of music
Why in the world is there a separate violin soloist playing from the center of the orchestra and sitting out all the tuttis? Those solos are always done from the concertmaster chair.
@veravvinn Why in the world do you care where the solos are played from? Is this somehow ruining the music for you? Is it really too much to wrap your head around that they wanted the solos to be done outside of the concertmaster chair? These musicians are playing the music, not you, so they should at least be able to pick where they choose to sit or play without some irritating idiot criticizing their decisions. Tell me, why exactly do you NEED the solo to come from the concertmaster's chair?
@stupidguy97 Because (a) I have never seen it done this way before, and I'm a professional violinist who has played this piece many times; (b) because it is odd to have the soloist dropping out for the tuttis; (c) because the musicians don't pick where they sit or play--that is an artistic decision made by the conductor and I am curious as to his reasons for making this unusual choice. I'm sorry you find me to be an irritating idiot; that's quite an emotional response to a simple question.
@veravvinn Admittedly, I overreacted quite a bit. I see your point, but at the time, it seemed to me that you were attacking the group's overall musical competence based solely on seating organization. I just think it's somewhat superficial to judge the music's quality by where the players sit, as (in my opinion, anyway) it still sounds as good as if the seating had been more conventional. If this had been purely a sound recording with no video, would you really have noticed the difference?
@stupidguy97 I have said nothing about the group's musical competence. I am wondering why the conductor made an unusual artistic decision. That is all.
@veravvinn I understand that. I'm saying that at the time that I made my original reply, your comment seemed to me to imply that you thought the group's musical skills were inadequate based solely on seating. I was justifying and explaining the reason for my first response, because at the time I wrote it, I misinterpreted your meaning as an unnecessary and unjustified attack on the group rather than a simple question about the conductor's "unusual artistic decision". That is all.
the best of mine (the story of prince-kalandar) i swear i just close my eyes and hear it dreaming of whatever i want == and i feel it like a real to me in the magic world ... wonderful feeling .. and cause i am Egyptcion and Arabian so i knew this music well and it real name was "Arabian nights" and really it is and the story about Scheherazade and Kalandar was also my favorite story ever ,, thanks really for this music and wandeful play
The relentless coughing and sneezing of certain barbaric audience members almost ruined this performance.
People should be checked at the door for colds, flu, etc. Anyone with even the slightest sign of a runny nose, itchy throat or watery eyes should be barred from entering.
And if someone still has the unbelievable gall to cough or sneeze during the performance, he or she should be instantly thrown out with the use of devastating violence.
@wunuxzo It would bring a great smile to my face if you ended up choking on your own spit and coughing, so they "throw you out with the use of devastating violence"
@wunuxzo It always astounds me that there are people who think the world is going to adjust itself for their convenience. Good luck with that. I suggest that you would get maximum enjoyment from a life spend under a rock.
@dannyhood66 Conductors coordinate the ensemble's timing and help cue musicians, among other things. Without the conductor the tempo might change and affect the music in a bad way.
@ashjudd Someone coughed during this does that piss the conductor off? Didnt people get beheaded for something like that 300 years ago? Or if a musical piece had a flat 5th certainly was grounds for a hanging..This is influenced from the greatest hits1695 i think? On piano the songs require the hand of GOD to be played..And to these little misguided neo classical metal heads at guitar center..I outta kick your asses. .!aH
@ashjudd I don't know about that? But as far as the music goes in the guitar center,' i think the little bastards that play metal / classical with their hot topic metal T shirts surely need to be kept in line a lot more..Tough little bastards though!.!aH
i grew up with state of the art stereos in the 50s and 60s -70s and one our favorite albums was the London phase 4 recording of Leopold Stokowski leading the London philharmonic doing Scheherazade this is possibly the best recording ever of this music if any one out there has this please do us a favor and share Leopolds reputation was well deserved ...Thank you
I'm sad to see all the comments along the lines of "Bah, today's music is filth compared to the brilliance of the past!"
Music isn't something constrained by time. This piece is being played and listened to today, it is today's music. I'm certain there were just as many unastounding career musicians then as today, but we forget them and are left with the few gems worth remembering.
If you look, you'll find amazing music today, and in 50 years, we'll remember that, not the trash.
@CaptainBrawnson I know this is 6 months late, but i completely agree. Pachabel's Canon, Bach's unaccompanied partitas and suite, Handel's Messiah weren't the only pieces. Those people were just the greats. The twentieth century might just appreciate a few artists of the thousands like Elvis, The Bealtes etc.
@CaptainBrawnson totally agreed. but a major difference today from yesteryear is that the best music used to be correlated with popularity, with a few notable exceptions. today, its generally not the popular music that is best, but it is less popular music that is the most amazing (again, with exceptions, however even fewer)
@joelwagner2872 Was symphonic music ever popular—accessible—to the masses? Rimsky-Korsakov wrote Sheherazade in 1888. With the advent of TV, radio, CDs and YouTube(!), probably more people know this piece and hear it played then when it was first written. A lot of the classical repertoire was sponsored by royals. Maybe the most popular music ever—heard by the largest number of people—was church music. The Catholic Church had a sort of stranglehold on European culture.
@PAULUKMUSIC R u fooling with me? All Christians at first Catholics? Then the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. U think Northern Europe went from paganism directly to Protestantism? I was trying to say Catholic Church was pretty pervasive in gov't, academia, art & music. The Church at one time outlawed certain vocal harmonies because Church thought they were too sexy. U mean, Norway, Sweden and Finland? Bastions for the classical repertoire? Quick: name a Finnish opera.
@CaptainBrawnson - you're so certainly right my friend, and there were spoiled or rotten or 'cheap' music in the old times too certainly, only, we're getting more garbage in art today than we used to, even in pop and mainstream areas of music or painting or ... compare today's young bands with those of the `70s and `60s, and i guess you'll agree with me. :)
Tempo depends on the interpretation of the conductor, is what my dad taught me. We had at least 2 different arrangements of each of his favorite pieces on LP when I was growing up. Just personal preference, I suppose.
We have made music a matter of genre, but that's completely wrong. Music should be about music not genre. Anyone who pays attention to this is forced to feel and live with this sound. The only people who won't are the ones who will say, "OH THAT'S ORCHESTRA, NOT HEAVY METAL/NEW AGE/PUNK/POP/ROCK/FUSION/PROGRESSIVE...SO I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN". This is a tragic state of affairs in the presence of these real musicians and I'm very pleased that there are still a few appreciate music for what it is.
Scheherazade has long been my favourite piece of classical music and was lucky enough to be able to see it live tonight performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. It was my boys first symphony and they were enthralled - for about. . . . 10 minutes :-) Also saw Yuja Wang play PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 - She's extraordinary!!
@brutal6agani Scheherazade is a persian name, a common name in Iran even today. it' my name! and i'm persian. you might have heard many people saying that arabs have stolen things from iranians. i'm against those racist people who think that they are better than others. however, the thousand and one nights is persian because the key characters have persian names (like king schahriar). the word 'Shah' means noble or kingly. it still exists in modern persian. Scheherazade is VERY persian.
@metalheadlass Yeah but Harun Al Rashid the Abassid muslim Caliphate was married to a Persian woman , it was named after persians and such because it was almost based on a true story. The book consists of Baghdadian and Egyptian stories mostly, the Persian and Indian type of stories are full of magic and such. I am not a racist but I am simply fed up with you Persians taking everything from us Iraqies you took our culture/ kingdom, you even say that Babylon is persian?!?!?! I am sorry but no. :)
@brutal6agani at that time, the muslim empire had taken over the middle east and anyone who wanted to be recognized had to learn arabic. many persians had arabic names when they converted to islam, like zacharia raazi and abu ali sina. they were persian but were very fluent in arabic, so often they were called arabs, they spent most of their lives in iraq, but that doesn't change their nativity. btw i knew all my life that babylon was iraq, it may have been invaded by ancient persians.
@metalheadlass Yes as the superior muslim race being "Arabic" it means others who are under the muslim flag SHALL submit to that as we all know the Quran is in Arabic not Persian or Hindi...all of the gypsies we conquered shall not get jaws of hatred and uprise against us...we sadly see Persia atm trying to be powerful and take over the arabian countries , arabs currently are sleeping and trust me...when the lion wakes up the noise of his hunger will be echoed to the far corners of the world.
@brutal6agani this argument is pointless because you believe in a superior race. there is no such thing. i find your comment offensive and very racist. you are not representing your country in good light to foreigners. you can't make people abandon their pride for their country with insults. i'm proud to be a persian/iranian and no one can take that away from me. i have nothing else to say to you.
No they cannot, and I'm so glad there's at least one person whoa agrees with me. Music isn't a select group of what a person likes, or what takes the most skill. Music is, by the Webster's definition, an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. Show me where in there that says anything about peaceful, soft, clean, or talented.
@KaptainKlein I'm glad someone on the internet can agree with me on that. ^^ So far it's only been stupid people trying to be the judge of what is art and what is not. What people have a trouble understanding is that "beauty" is not the same as "clean" or "untouched". Beauty or art can be a hardcore metal track with chaotic riffs and insane, growled lyrics or it can be a sweet, lovely R&B song or a wild and emotional classical sonata. Beauty is everywhere. :D
@ilovehell666 I agree. Both having played the 4th Movement of this piece, and Jazz, Classical Orchestral demands a level of perfection, intonation, and emotion not found in modern music. There are no personal monitors for each musician, so each musician must account for acoustical distance, volume and tempo.
It's not to say that modern music is not enjoyable. The Russian Five developed a style of orchestral music that was both dimensional and distinctly of Russian flavor.
@ilovehell666 I seriously doubt that someone like you would have even the slightest idea of what modern music is beyond the mainstream junk that you call "todays garbage". It's funny and somewhat sad that you'd even attempt to classify ALL modern music under one huge genre and then have the balls to make a (mostly inaccurate) generalization. You've got a right to your opinion, sure, but if you don't know what you're talking about, then please just stop talking and shut up.
where is arthur arnold from?? great i love this korsakov's work and the work of the orchestra and the violinist whith all the rusian technic is fantastic
For all who wanna download this, just open the link through realPlayer software which you can type the youtube address in the address bar of realPlayer then you can download it.
Turn up the volume, close your eyes, lie back and be dazzled. No guitars, no corball lyrics, only real musc!
alschrod 1 month ago
I love how laid back the leader is! haha
shonamairimusic 1 month ago
2:10 This is pure heaven! What a sound!
jorisvercruysse 1 month ago
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c'est juste dommage qu'ils ne filment jamais le violoncelliste solo! Il a une sacrée partie lui aussi!!! je sais de quoi je parle, je suis en train de le jouer avec mon orchestre et je joue cette partie justement!
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I would only find this entertaining if I were watching a movie of whatever story this music is telling or if there was suddenly an extremely sour note followed by a ruckus and the camera panning to show Mr. Bean with his head buried in a horn and his foot stuck in a cello and lurching all about, while various musicians try to corral him and finally beat & drag him out of the building. Either my brain is underdeveloped or I have mild ADD.
fwupow 2 months ago
despues de la tormenta siempre llega la calma
evalinares1 3 months ago
Yeah glad the camera guy went to the trombone player for the solo the second time ;-)
Jonesbone3 4 months ago
A very beutiful piece of Music *^* I am playing the 1st movement and I was like in a dream when playing it ><.
tiffcsun 4 months ago 2
@tiffcsun
Gotta give the conductor his props. So much like the Herbert Von Karjan and Seji Ozawa versions that I grew up with. Not the sort of work that you'd entrust to the Boston Pops.
pinz2022 1 week ago
This is just a very delightful piece of music. I have always loved it. I get chills from it and yes the soloist is wonderful also.
katdaug 5 months ago 3
Is this recording commercially available? It owns the one that I have...
OpenCadence78 5 months ago in playlist Scheherazade
4.09 billant !
canon6 5 months ago
2:54, amazing oboe solo
teruidat 6 months ago 18
the soloist gives me chills when she plays
bloodlinerock13 6 months ago
666 likes....awkward
bloodlinerock13 6 months ago
omg
the conductor is so passionate
breath taking
totoado 7 months ago
@totoado Yeah, it makes it wonderfull to listen.
das81 7 months ago
this seriously gives me shivers. it's so full of emotions and it just touches you. it's magical.
IrmakHun 7 months ago
Scheherazade has been my artistic muse, in fact it has inspired me to do my 12 piece AP Art concentration based on the 1001 Arabian Nights.... Thank you Rimsky-Korsakov for providing me a feeling of magic and inspiration that almost no other music can :)
sileaux 7 months ago
LEVERAGE!
andrewm9999 7 months ago in playlist Sheherezad
Good orchestra! Thanks for sharing it!
Silvabone 8 months ago
Beautiful... Back in 93 my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and listening to this music took him to a different level where he could forget his pain and actually have a smile of happiness listening to his music. He died 7/4/1993 and when I listen to Scheherazade enables me to feel his joy. He was a wonderful man, always honest and loving to his family. Enjoy this music with me.
luvmuzk 8 months ago
I really hate it when the cameras fail to film the soloist. Specifically the bassoonist.
regentschef116 8 months ago 2
@regentschef116 same. GAHH i love watching the soloists' expressions
Llynze 7 months ago
That solo violinist has an incredibly crystal-clear sound! And that bassoon at 2:14 is to die for!
Jadorelamusique94 8 months ago
great music...like a dream ...!
amazing conductor .
wowillakati 9 months ago
this is great, i'm in love now... :)))
599Slavko 9 months ago
Oh, how I wish I could have been there to enjoy this performance in person!
Eyes closed, letting every note flow over me, just lost in this wonderful music.
*sigh*
dkerris 9 months ago
1.37 to 5.00 ... this part (The story of Prince Kalandar) is very special.
Reelaxeed 9 months ago
@Reelaxeed it is very very special :)
MrVlad8920 9 months ago
Well-conceived heavy music can actually be a similar experience to classical. Consider: Sunn O))), Isis, Earth and Neurosis - bands which I feel achieve singular composition, tone, texture and nuance, in a manner not unlike the classical masterpieces.
I'm really impressed with the richness of this performance, does anyone know if there is an available recording?
TheWanderingPrimate 9 months ago
@TheWanderingPrimate youtube-mp3 . ORGan
thebigrussian 9 months ago
What pisses me off is that no one is in that audience. WTF?
papermermaid 9 months ago
@papermermaid maybe its recorded for a cd...
PP1969GR 9 months ago
@rmsilverthorn, I cannot agree more. Classical music is beautiful. All music is beautiful, but people have different tastes. I personally do not enjoy heavy metal as much
AlejandroEav 9 months ago
I don't understand why so many people feel the need to comment negatively on music. Music is NOT a competition. There's plenty of room for all of it. Everyone's taste is different and if you don't like what you hear it's real simple, just don't listen. But to all you young musicians out there who think classical music is garbage you should really listen carefully. You'd be surprised how many melodies from the songs you think are awesome actually come from the classics. Open your minds and learn.
rmsilverthorn 9 months ago
I love how this piece tells a story of an exotic adventure, romance, conflict, emotion, and conquest. I can see the story before my eyes; thus is the magic of music
loveismydestruction 9 months ago 2
Are you guys honestly going to waste your time with this sort of argument?
Obvious trolls are obvious... :|
FatAsian100 9 months ago
Gah! I have to play this in my school orchestra! :P yay me?
LadyLime808 9 months ago
@LadyLime808 Have to? I think a more appropriate response would be GET to :)
newswangster 9 months ago
@newswangster yeah true...it is a great song but omg was it hard!! :P
LadyLime808 5 months ago
ahh the Russian school of music always impressive.
LaLunaArtistry 11 months ago
Why in the world is there a separate violin soloist playing from the center of the orchestra and sitting out all the tuttis? Those solos are always done from the concertmaster chair.
veravvinn 11 months ago
@veravvinn Why in the world do you care where the solos are played from? Is this somehow ruining the music for you? Is it really too much to wrap your head around that they wanted the solos to be done outside of the concertmaster chair? These musicians are playing the music, not you, so they should at least be able to pick where they choose to sit or play without some irritating idiot criticizing their decisions. Tell me, why exactly do you NEED the solo to come from the concertmaster's chair?
stupidguy97 11 months ago
@stupidguy97 Because (a) I have never seen it done this way before, and I'm a professional violinist who has played this piece many times; (b) because it is odd to have the soloist dropping out for the tuttis; (c) because the musicians don't pick where they sit or play--that is an artistic decision made by the conductor and I am curious as to his reasons for making this unusual choice. I'm sorry you find me to be an irritating idiot; that's quite an emotional response to a simple question.
veravvinn 10 months ago
@veravvinn Admittedly, I overreacted quite a bit. I see your point, but at the time, it seemed to me that you were attacking the group's overall musical competence based solely on seating organization. I just think it's somewhat superficial to judge the music's quality by where the players sit, as (in my opinion, anyway) it still sounds as good as if the seating had been more conventional. If this had been purely a sound recording with no video, would you really have noticed the difference?
stupidguy97 10 months ago
@stupidguy97 I have said nothing about the group's musical competence. I am wondering why the conductor made an unusual artistic decision. That is all.
veravvinn 10 months ago
@veravvinn I understand that. I'm saying that at the time that I made my original reply, your comment seemed to me to imply that you thought the group's musical skills were inadequate based solely on seating. I was justifying and explaining the reason for my first response, because at the time I wrote it, I misinterpreted your meaning as an unnecessary and unjustified attack on the group rather than a simple question about the conductor's "unusual artistic decision". That is all.
stupidguy97 10 months ago
the best of mine (the story of prince-kalandar) i swear i just close my eyes and hear it dreaming of whatever i want == and i feel it like a real to me in the magic world ... wonderful feeling .. and cause i am Egyptcion and Arabian so i knew this music well and it real name was "Arabian nights" and really it is and the story about Scheherazade and Kalandar was also my favorite story ever ,, thanks really for this music and wandeful play
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fazoo3 11 months ago
charming and so much creative...
amrshk 11 months ago
whenever i listen to this one, it reminds me of yuna kim
songj7 11 months ago
A escola russa é fantástica. Mas no vídeo mostra muito o maestro e pouco a orquestra. Mas, muito bom.
doliveira86 11 months ago
Thank you for this small moment in time. Thank you. Your music is beyond words.
BSMLGB 11 months ago
Silk-smooth rendition, perfect tempo, heart-stopping melodies...no wonder I'm tearing up...
savvas74 1 year ago
wonderful music but why don't show the oboe and bassoon executor omg ??don't wanna see the conductor all the time !!!
talebanaz 1 year ago
@talebanaz true, but the conductor is the one who posted the video (Arthur Arnold) lol
lissy1029 11 months ago
I have always loved this piece..it filled my head with dreams as a child..and it still gives me goosebumps now.
Chrisiant 1 year ago
We're playing this song in my Youth Orchestra. Everyone in there is under the age of 18. And we are playing it almost as good as these guys. :)
zzaannsebar 1 year ago
@zzaannsebar congrats. we're playing this in my university orchestra and i wish we sounded half this good.
lissy1029 11 months ago
Why does everything have to be compared to Justin Bieber? It's not even the same genre. It's getting tiresome.
lasaboteuse 1 year ago 68
@lasaboteuse obviously 10 justin bieber fans liked your comment
79zombies 10 months ago
@lasaboteuse amen to this
lebkha 4 months ago
Does anyone know what instrument is playing at 2:40 (beautiful, too~)? I think it's bassoon but I could be completely wrong...
BadYam993 1 year ago
@BadYam993 no, you're right. it's a bassoon.
averyshikanai 1 year ago
@BadYam993 its the bassoon its a big bassoon excerpt actually, nice guess, spot on!
Thesolobassoonist 1 year ago
How refreshing to hear some real music, so much better than the garbage of modern times, such as that of Justin Bieber
vanhouten64 1 year ago
The relentless coughing and sneezing of certain barbaric audience members almost ruined this performance.
People should be checked at the door for colds, flu, etc. Anyone with even the slightest sign of a runny nose, itchy throat or watery eyes should be barred from entering.
And if someone still has the unbelievable gall to cough or sneeze during the performance, he or she should be instantly thrown out with the use of devastating violence.
wunuxzo 1 year ago 20
@wunuxzo Wouldn't throwing somebody out with devastating violence cause an interruption during the performance?
redlinechavez 1 year ago
@wunuxzo It would bring a great smile to my face if you ended up choking on your own spit and coughing, so they "throw you out with the use of devastating violence"
PivMusic 5 months ago 2
@PivMusic lol YES!
Iovcatt 5 months ago
@wunuxzo: Oh this is rubbish. lol We are human beings. We sneeze and cough. It happens.
Iovcatt 5 months ago 2
@wunuxzo still better than when people bring crying babies to concerts...
tchowmusic 5 months ago
@wunuxzo It always astounds me that there are people who think the world is going to adjust itself for their convenience. Good luck with that. I suggest that you would get maximum enjoyment from a life spend under a rock.
robmonster23 4 months ago 6
@robmonster23 hopefully he was joking ... otherwise, you are correct
iseefurtherthanyou 6 days ago
@wunuxzo harsh
andrew1821525 4 months ago
@wunuxzo
with the use of devastating, yet quiet, violence.
freekfeast 3 months ago
This is music... Rap is just speaking words with a rhythm in the background
LordTyphon01 1 year ago
the emotions this evokes is almost painful. oh my god it's so amazing.
mountainbikingchick 1 year ago 3
This is such a gorgeous piece. I love it.
JustAnAwkwardKid 1 year ago
Forgive my ignorance, But why is there conductor? I mean they don't really need him do they? How would they sound without him?
dannyhood66 1 year ago
@dannyhood66 Conductors coordinate the ensemble's timing and help cue musicians, among other things. Without the conductor the tempo might change and affect the music in a bad way.
ashjudd 1 year ago
@ashjudd Someone coughed during this does that piss the conductor off? Didnt people get beheaded for something like that 300 years ago? Or if a musical piece had a flat 5th certainly was grounds for a hanging..This is influenced from the greatest hits1695 i think? On piano the songs require the hand of GOD to be played..And to these little misguided neo classical metal heads at guitar center..I outta kick your asses. .!aH
dannyhood66 1 year ago
@dannyhood66 sounds like you know music better than I do, lol.
ashjudd 1 year ago
@ashjudd I don't know about that? But as far as the music goes in the guitar center,' i think the little bastards that play metal / classical with their hot topic metal T shirts surely need to be kept in line a lot more..Tough little bastards though!.!aH
dannyhood66 1 year ago
@dannyhood66 He is there to ensure no one goes to sleep
thevehicle23 1 year ago
just beautifull .......
quent1390 1 year ago
This is what I live for, music as beautiful as this...
Faleen3 1 year ago
The reason that the violin solo in this peice is focal is due to the fact that it represents Scheherazade herself.
hippiekaje 1 year ago
they should show the cellist playing the solo. :(
gosh i love this music
dyemind4eva 1 year ago
i grew up with state of the art stereos in the 50s and 60s -70s and one our favorite albums was the London phase 4 recording of Leopold Stokowski leading the London philharmonic doing Scheherazade this is possibly the best recording ever of this music if any one out there has this please do us a favor and share Leopolds reputation was well deserved ...Thank you
HTMAINT1 1 year ago
The 2nd movement (starts at 1:38) is one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.
terminaldeity 1 year ago
what possible correspondence could this piece of music with a shit advert for victims of whiplash?
Oscar301 1 year ago
I'm sad to see all the comments along the lines of "Bah, today's music is filth compared to the brilliance of the past!"
Music isn't something constrained by time. This piece is being played and listened to today, it is today's music. I'm certain there were just as many unastounding career musicians then as today, but we forget them and are left with the few gems worth remembering.
If you look, you'll find amazing music today, and in 50 years, we'll remember that, not the trash.
CaptainBrawnson 1 year ago 97
@CaptainBrawnson music is n-dimentional, where n→∞
freitasnetuno 1 year ago
@freitasnetuno hahahahahahaha
Faleen3 1 year ago
@Faleen3 isn't it true? lol
freitasnetuno 1 year ago
@CaptainBrawnson Well said. Can I quote you on this to the majority of YouTube?
johnjohnjohn777 10 months ago
@CaptainBrawnson
Brava! Well said!
RozRuss 9 months ago
@CaptainBrawnson I know this is 6 months late, but i completely agree. Pachabel's Canon, Bach's unaccompanied partitas and suite, Handel's Messiah weren't the only pieces. Those people were just the greats. The twentieth century might just appreciate a few artists of the thousands like Elvis, The Bealtes etc.
ciaconne90 9 months ago
@CaptainBrawnson totally agreed. but a major difference today from yesteryear is that the best music used to be correlated with popularity, with a few notable exceptions. today, its generally not the popular music that is best, but it is less popular music that is the most amazing (again, with exceptions, however even fewer)
joelwagner2872 8 months ago
@joelwagner2872 Was symphonic music ever popular—accessible—to the masses? Rimsky-Korsakov wrote Sheherazade in 1888. With the advent of TV, radio, CDs and YouTube(!), probably more people know this piece and hear it played then when it was first written. A lot of the classical repertoire was sponsored by royals. Maybe the most popular music ever—heard by the largest number of people—was church music. The Catholic Church had a sort of stranglehold on European culture.
StJouish 8 months ago
@StJouish but im pretty sure most of northern europe was protestant?
PAULUKMUSIC 8 months ago
@PAULUKMUSIC R u fooling with me? All Christians at first Catholics? Then the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. U think Northern Europe went from paganism directly to Protestantism? I was trying to say Catholic Church was pretty pervasive in gov't, academia, art & music. The Church at one time outlawed certain vocal harmonies because Church thought they were too sexy. U mean, Norway, Sweden and Finland? Bastions for the classical repertoire? Quick: name a Finnish opera.
StJouish 8 months ago
@PAULUKMUSIC Sorry. I didn't know Sibelius was from Finland.
StJouish 8 months ago
@CaptainBrawnson - you're so certainly right my friend, and there were spoiled or rotten or 'cheap' music in the old times too certainly, only, we're getting more garbage in art today than we used to, even in pop and mainstream areas of music or painting or ... compare today's young bands with those of the `70s and `60s, and i guess you'll agree with me. :)
dadautube 7 months ago
@CaptainBrawnson
I see your point; but I wonder why are so many singers on American Idol look and sound like they were rolled out of the same mould?
RPenta 6 months ago
I usually listen to rock and other genres, but this piece is one of the most amazing pieces of art i ever heard.
from 3:33 to the end is amazingly epic.
legionaire75 1 year ago 2
Tempo depends on the interpretation of the conductor, is what my dad taught me. We had at least 2 different arrangements of each of his favorite pieces on LP when I was growing up. Just personal preference, I suppose.
cristinaalsos 1 year ago
This is as much fun to play as it is to listen to!
LaMusiquePourMoi 1 year ago
We have made music a matter of genre, but that's completely wrong. Music should be about music not genre. Anyone who pays attention to this is forced to feel and live with this sound. The only people who won't are the ones who will say, "OH THAT'S ORCHESTRA, NOT HEAVY METAL/NEW AGE/PUNK/POP/ROCK/FUSION/PROGRESSIVE...SO I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN". This is a tragic state of affairs in the presence of these real musicians and I'm very pleased that there are still a few appreciate music for what it is.
thedreamisme 1 year ago
@thedreamisme u r absolutely right
tera333 1 year ago
@tera333 thank you for noticing tera
thedreamisme 1 year ago
It sounds like they're all in a hurry... What's with the rush?
RavenMischke 1 year ago
My senior orchestra class played this piece ... I wish we could've sounded like this. We did a good job, but we didn't do it justice.
This here, this did it justice. It's so beautiful.
SwimWhenItHurts 1 year ago
So touching music..
raspalapuska 1 year ago
grozava fata ;)
rmzsim 1 year ago
If you ever get the flu or a cold or even an allergy, don't go to a concert. Please, make that guy stop coughing and sneezing! =/
The song is still amazing, though. :)
AnnieWayG3 1 year ago 2
That bassoon solo makes me feel like I've died and gone to heaven. So beautifully touching.
Eglantine9Lunar 1 year ago 4
great oboe solo!! :X :X :X
norocosul39b 1 year ago 4
The bassoon solo is face melting! love the bassoon in Scheherazade!
tomorocko 1 year ago 4
The essence of Beauty
bronze052 1 year ago 3
Scheherazade has long been my favourite piece of classical music and was lucky enough to be able to see it live tonight performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. It was my boys first symphony and they were enthralled - for about. . . . 10 minutes :-) Also saw Yuja Wang play PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 - She's extraordinary!!
LammaTavis 1 year ago
the story of prince kalandar is my favorite part...
so beautiful....
bdrs20 1 year ago 2
Spectacular!
SaraVietta 1 year ago
There are always coughs and I haven't the faintest reason why. At least, maybe, coughs are involuntary. But cell phones...
lucca54 1 year ago
Rimsky Korsakov is my best composer. His music is amazing. Scheherazade part 2 is my best part!
688james 1 year ago
god i love the oboe!!
soicuw 1 year ago
@soicuw it's quite an amazing instrument :)
bookgeek15 1 year ago
I'm sick of looking at the conductor...
violinistx100 1 year ago 3
My favorite piece.
legionaire75 1 year ago
Sencillamente maravilloso, magistral conduccion de A. Arnold y ni que hablar de Lena Semenova, sin palabras
jaimeneftalinieto 1 year ago
YOU ARE THE GARBAGE !!!!!
misscabofrio 1 year ago
That was an amazing bassoon solo at 2:15
Werewolf2382 1 year ago 5
I love it!!! Perfect!
cedypipi 1 year ago
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Too much vibrato. But still very good.
michaelrabinthebest 1 year ago
Elena Semenova is beautiful
richclayderman 1 year ago
one of the best pieces ever composed
kwastormayt 2 years ago 4
correction: the best. right? :)
14point0 1 year ago
@14point0 One of the best, The Best of Solar System:
Rodrigo Aranjuez, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Ballet, Beethoven 7th symphony 2nd part, Dvorak 9. Symphony part 4, Rossini Barber of Seville, Vivaldi Winter, List Hungarian Rhapsody 2, Chopin 64 2, Schubert Ständchen, Bach Air, Korsakov Scheherazade .....
kwastormayt 1 year ago 2
@14point0 Dvorak Tempo di valse, Chopin 48 1, Schubert Ave maria, Beethoven Moonlight sonata, Scriabin 8 12, Rachmaninoff 23 5, Mozart piano concerto no.21, Bach chaconne, Albinoni Adagio, Händel Sarabande, Mozart Symph. 40, Brahms Hungarian dance no.5, Chopin 27 1, Saint Saens Danse Macabre....
kwastormayt 1 year ago 2
stupid camera... doesnt knows where to focus. Wrong director.
TK2008BEST 2 years ago 8
:) you're right
odulcika2003 2 years ago
The rich luxury... the scandal.. the danger.. the love... it's all here!
username14657 2 years ago 7
Russian music with a Persian flavour...very well performed. Thank you, sir.
metalheadlass 2 years ago 25
Absolutely right comment! :)
FirebrandB37 2 years ago
@metalheadlass It's IRAQI the story, she lived in Baghdad Persians are just stealing everything arabs decide to make. And call it Persian....
brutal6agani 11 months ago
@brutal6agani Scheherazade is a persian name, a common name in Iran even today. it' my name! and i'm persian. you might have heard many people saying that arabs have stolen things from iranians. i'm against those racist people who think that they are better than others. however, the thousand and one nights is persian because the key characters have persian names (like king schahriar). the word 'Shah' means noble or kingly. it still exists in modern persian. Scheherazade is VERY persian.
metalheadlass 10 months ago
@metalheadlass Yeah but Harun Al Rashid the Abassid muslim Caliphate was married to a Persian woman , it was named after persians and such because it was almost based on a true story. The book consists of Baghdadian and Egyptian stories mostly, the Persian and Indian type of stories are full of magic and such. I am not a racist but I am simply fed up with you Persians taking everything from us Iraqies you took our culture/ kingdom, you even say that Babylon is persian?!?!?! I am sorry but no. :)
brutal6agani 10 months ago
@brutal6agani at that time, the muslim empire had taken over the middle east and anyone who wanted to be recognized had to learn arabic. many persians had arabic names when they converted to islam, like zacharia raazi and abu ali sina. they were persian but were very fluent in arabic, so often they were called arabs, they spent most of their lives in iraq, but that doesn't change their nativity. btw i knew all my life that babylon was iraq, it may have been invaded by ancient persians.
metalheadlass 10 months ago
@metalheadlass Yes as the superior muslim race being "Arabic" it means others who are under the muslim flag SHALL submit to that as we all know the Quran is in Arabic not Persian or Hindi...all of the gypsies we conquered shall not get jaws of hatred and uprise against us...we sadly see Persia atm trying to be powerful and take over the arabian countries , arabs currently are sleeping and trust me...when the lion wakes up the noise of his hunger will be echoed to the far corners of the world.
brutal6agani 10 months ago
@brutal6agani this argument is pointless because you believe in a superior race. there is no such thing. i find your comment offensive and very racist. you are not representing your country in good light to foreigners. you can't make people abandon their pride for their country with insults. i'm proud to be a persian/iranian and no one can take that away from me. i have nothing else to say to you.
metalheadlass 10 months ago
@metalheadlass We do not argue with insects we crush them and their imaginary pride. Slave.
brutal6agani 10 months ago
this was the music of the czars!!! so- great1
danutpopescu1 2 years ago
ألف ليــلة و ليلة ...:)
o0Asami0o 2 years ago
This music is the only semblance to real music, not todays garbage.
ilovehell666 2 years ago 78
nah... their is still some good music out there, you just have to know where to look
Tech502 2 years ago 16
True... the ones that, unfortunately, will probably never surface to get the rcognition they deserve.
ilovehell666 2 years ago 10
@ilovehell666 I'm not sure if anyone can determine what real and unreal music is.
PrinceD4rkstR 1 year ago 2
@PrinceD4rkstR
No they cannot, and I'm so glad there's at least one person whoa agrees with me. Music isn't a select group of what a person likes, or what takes the most skill. Music is, by the Webster's definition, an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. Show me where in there that says anything about peaceful, soft, clean, or talented.
KaptainKlein 1 year ago
@PrinceD4rkstR I'm not saying what I consider the "best" music, because that doesn't matter, really. It's all music, whether you like it or not.
KaptainKlein 1 year ago
@KaptainKlein I'm glad someone on the internet can agree with me on that. ^^ So far it's only been stupid people trying to be the judge of what is art and what is not. What people have a trouble understanding is that "beauty" is not the same as "clean" or "untouched". Beauty or art can be a hardcore metal track with chaotic riffs and insane, growled lyrics or it can be a sweet, lovely R&B song or a wild and emotional classical sonata. Beauty is everywhere. :D
PrinceD4rkstR 1 year ago 3
@ilovehell666 I agree. Both having played the 4th Movement of this piece, and Jazz, Classical Orchestral demands a level of perfection, intonation, and emotion not found in modern music. There are no personal monitors for each musician, so each musician must account for acoustical distance, volume and tempo.
It's not to say that modern music is not enjoyable. The Russian Five developed a style of orchestral music that was both dimensional and distinctly of Russian flavor.
styxshogun 1 year ago
@ilovehell666 Said the man who's named himself "I love Hell 666". How ironic.
matrixphijr 1 year ago
clearly you have not heard of a certain M.C. Hammer... HERE COME DA HAMMER!
wungabunga 1 year ago 2
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ibexpuppetry 1 year ago
@ilovehell666 What do you mean by "Today's garbage" ? Please explain, I am intrigued.
Iminfire 1 year ago
@ilovehell666 I seriously doubt that someone like you would have even the slightest idea of what modern music is beyond the mainstream junk that you call "todays garbage". It's funny and somewhat sad that you'd even attempt to classify ALL modern music under one huge genre and then have the balls to make a (mostly inaccurate) generalization. You've got a right to your opinion, sure, but if you don't know what you're talking about, then please just stop talking and shut up.
stupidguy97 11 months ago
sublime
willardoooo 2 years ago 7
love arabian nights!!!
MAGHRIBIAH 2 years ago 9
where is arthur arnold from?? great i love this korsakov's work and the work of the orchestra and the violinist whith all the rusian technic is fantastic
BRAVioLaIO 2 years ago
in about 3 min the oboe solo was given to the bass clarinets(me) for our marching band show. it was pretty epic!!
chewbecca36 2 years ago
This piece is why I'm trying so to learn the violin. -Even though I'm a clarinetist- Simply glorious. Thank you, ArthurArnold, for uploading. Ta ta!
Blackthorne369 2 years ago
For all who wanna download this, just open the link through realPlayer software which you can type the youtube address in the address bar of realPlayer then you can download it.
amrriad 2 years ago
I just can't handle Rimsky - Korsakov's awesomeness
kcaj48 2 years ago 11