Faces and portraits - (Tchaikovsky - none but the lonely hearts)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - None But The Lonely Hearts
Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6

Пётр Ильич Чайковский
Нет, только тот, кто знал

This, one of Tchaikovsky's best-loved vocal pieces, comes from his collection of six songs, Op. 6. The fact that it was composed to a Russian translation of its original German text by Goethe often obscures its membership in the large family of setting of the same poem, "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" (Only he who knows loneliness). One of Mignon's songs from the novel Wilhelm Meister, this text inspired most of the Romantic lieder composers, most notably Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf, to compose some of their most memorable settings; the poem's sense of desolate yearning speaks to the very heart of Romanticism, and Tchaikovsky certainly owed allegiance to that aesthetic.

Tchaikovsky's setting makes use of a syncopated chordal accompaniment; the lack of rhythmic grounding and the chromatic nature of chosen harmonies the inner harmony voices conspire to highlight the restless, disquieted tone of Goethe's text.

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[filokratgnozius]

замечательно! 5+!!! просто молодец кто это сделал!

[SerboRussianUnion]

Спасибо большое брат ! Привет из Сербии

[mariogantois1]

Magnifique!!!!

[ChildofPluto]

Anyone has a download link, please? I'm looking for Op. 6 or at least this song :D

[kralevgrad]

Удивительно, насколько гармонично видеоряд вписан в музыку. Спасибо!

[thesilvershining]

Could you please tell me what orchestra plays this and what CD it's on? Truly astounding beauty... I'm speechless.

[bozudaoren]

very touching pictures.

even though i've listened to this song over a hundred times still thrilled and touched by this particular rendering by violin and portraits.

[armenco]

ochien kharoshi musiku !

Armien iz Uruguay

[PolinaRuskinja]

Божественно... трогает за душу