1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky ( Mercury Living Presence )

Tchaikovsky was commissioned by Nicolas Rubinstein in 1880 to write a festive and patriotic piece to coincide with the Moscow Cathedral of the Savior(built to commemorate the liberation of the Russians from the 1812 Napoleonic invasion), there already existed a body of precedent for the use of brass band, church bells, and cannon together with symphony orchestra. Plans seems to indicate open-air performance in the great square before the Kremlin, with the cannon to be fired by electrical signal from the conductor's desk, while at a given signal the bells of the new Cathedral, together with the hundreds of bells hung in all the other Kremlin churches and towers, were to add thier festive clamor to the whole grand uproar.
However,the Cathedral consecration took place in the summer 1881 minus Tchaikovsky's music. It was Edward Napravnik who finally conducted the premiere of the Overture 1812 during ad all-Tchaikovsky concert at the Moscow Exhibition-presumably under normal concert hall conditions.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BRASS BAND

-Bronze Cannon(1775)Douay France, courtesy U.S.Military Academy,West Point,N.Y.

-Bells of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon,The Riverside Church

CONDUCTED BY ANTAL DORATI

Recorded on April 5,1958,in Northrop Auditorium,Minneapolis.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1812
• Overture
• Tchaikovsky
• Classical
• Kendconcerto

[outofhereful]

my computer shook when the cannons came one

[kendconcerto]

@outofhereful hahah

[raridan1]

This is among the top three presentations of this piece that I have heard. It is notable that the cannon fire is in the appropriate places according to the score. Being authentic cannon they have a good sound. The pace of the piece is pleasant. Only thing missing is the choral accompaniment (as with Eric Cunzal and the Cincinnati Pops). Would like to have heard the whole thing.

[kendconcerto]

@raridan1 In my opinion, this version has almost the best part, the cannons are awesome, but I personally felt the style of this piece being played lacks some candenzas and moods.

[kendconcerto]

@Hannaman88 Maybe they was shot by the cannons.

[rntbprz]

funny isn't it Russian writes a piece for the jubilee of winning the war from the French with typical flemish style and instrument( the chruchbells, we use them for making music)

[rntbprz]

@DNatz369 silly thing: it was written as an 'in your face" by Russia to France

[RexSmith97]

@CofCpreacher lol

[RexSmith97]

Whoever dislikes this should be loaded in those cannons

[025rog]

gah my intrert frozen again...got to relogin my other acc....(rogankiwifruit)

[yoyorickboy17]

I gave tried this song on everything! and it's fitss everything!!!!

[tedchou12]

all brasses

[CofCpreacher]

I hope my neighbors down the street like this piece.