Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1, Op. 11 mov.2

[kurtnmia]

Thank You.

[kurtnmia]

What is the building in the painting?

[cellist140887]

@kurtnmia Bolshoi Theatre... is written in previous comments

[manuelsaxo]

Extreme Make-over

[JoAkiMBnt]

hermoso!

[loverlaika]

I'm going to play this in a quartet!!

[javilack]

Gorgeous! It touched my heart...

[goodcommentguy]

wow, beautiful. that is all that I can say. 

[TheStenten2]

What movie is this on?

[YoungMusikMaker]

@cellist140887 The artist who painted the Bolshoi Theatre was Louis Jules Arnout

[cellist140887]

@YoungMusikMaker thanks a lot!!

[irvykinneas]

beautiful

[zozmanpfc]

Borodin quartett.

[tone12of12]

This is... fantastic. Why is this piece never played as often as you think it should be? Because it's an early work of Tchaikovsky's? Or what? I'm floored, almost literally. Of course, that could just be the vodka... But this movement is certainly helping!

[Quuee7n]

@tone12of12

Leo Tolstoy cried when he heard this Andante cantabile. The fact that made Tchaikovsky proud for whole his life. He respected Tolstoy extremely.

"The greatest writer that ever existed and exists now is Leo Tolstoy. His name is enough for Russian person not to bow his head humbly when someone began to list all the great things that Europe contributed to the world" (Tchaikovsky)

[cattleman6420012000]

Always an exquisite pece of music. So special.

[serenaluce]

There are no words to describe the genius of Tchaikovsky! This piece is one of those which are so close to my Russian soul. I feel every note here...Thanks for posting.

[543693The]

@serenaluce

MERCI YANA !!!! ainsi vous avez vous aussi l'âme slave ??? Merci pour ce partage magnifique , j'adore Tchaïkowsky ! cet air désuet est plein de charme et peut-être un des rares morceaux, où il exprime l'âme slave !!! plus attiré qu'il était par les romantiques allemands comme Wagner ! Merci cellist .....

[serenaluce]

@543693The Oui, je suis Russe ma j'abite au Canada maintenant:-) J'adore Tchaikowsky aussie:-)

[longtalker]

Nice image choice :) I find Tchaikovsky's (and, more generally, Russian) music always goes well with winter imagery!

[muffinscousin]

arguably the best piece in string quartet

[NovemberCrow]

Tchaikovsky's most beautiful...

[Chellephish28]

We're doing this as a woodwind (well, four clarinets and a bari sax) choir! Love it ^.^

[mathiaskobel]

0:03

[djavcho]

This is "Болшой Театър" or Great Theatre in Saint Petersburg Russia

[wooshywoo]

What is the magnificent building ?

[cellist140887]

I don't understand the question...

[wooshywoo]

There is a splendid building on the icon which accompanies the movements of the quartet on YouTube.

[rpattz4eva96]

@cellist140887 this building in the picture.

[cellist140887]

@rpattz4eva96 yes, is the Bolshoj Theatre. I know nothing about the artist who painted this

[TheAnonnation]

@wooshywoo The Bolshoi Teatr , I believe..

[wooshywoo]

@TheAnonnation Many thanks! Cellist's failure to understand my question led me to wonder whether I may have been naive and that the builkding in question may have existed only in the artist's imagination.

[1violaplayr]

This isn't phrased as impeccably as I'm used to hearing from cellists... nevermind. That's just the first sixteen measures. Beautiful.

[MikeDillon003]

@1violaplayr look to the right genius.

[queeredguy]

where can i find movement 3?

[cellist140887]

I believe that the wisdom of Tchaikovsky in writing quartets depends from the love that he had for the music of Mozart. Beside the formal rigor we find however gashes of great romanticism.

[iamalittlespy]

@cellist140887 Very good insight. Its not surprising that Mozart was Tchaikovsky's favorite composer. He dedicated the his whole Orchestral Suite No # 4 to Mozart by arranging several of his melodies, subtitled "Mozartiana". One can feel Mozart's influence in Tchaikovsky's rich but transparent harmonies and neo-classical textures. Tchaikovsky's wonderful Serenade for Strings and Varioations on Roccoco theme are also very much "Mozartean".

[susieradar]

Doing this for contest as well...

[cellist140887]

it's very famous; another version, much beautiful, it's for cello and orchestra

[Saxation1]

I'm doing this one with a saxophone quartet for school

[Roses58]

La musica può trasmettere felicità, arrichire l'anima di sensibilità, come questa melodia dolcissima da ascoltare sempre....