Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture | Herbert von Karajan
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- Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for Orchestra after Shakespeare for orchestra in B minor, 1880. Herbert von Karajan.
Numerous composers have responded to Shakespeare's timeless drama of forbidden and youthful love, but Tchaikovsky's response (along with Berlioz's and Prokofiev's) is at the top of the list. It is the only one of the three to be intended as a number in a symphony concert, and, hence is by default the most famous of the lot.
Tchaikovsky, a lawyer, was still developing as a composer at age 29 when Mily Balakirev (self-appointed father figure to Russian composers) persuaded him to write an orchestral work on the subject of the "star-cross'd lovers." Balakirev outlined the form, planned the keys, and even suggested some of the actual music. After the 1870 premiere, he convinced Tchaikovsky to revise it. The work's success in this form did much to transform the composer's tendency toward crippling doubt into useful self-criticism. (Not that the transformation was ever total; Tchaikovsky suffered bouts of depression and self-doubt throughout his career.) The composer revised it again in 1880; this version is almost universally the one played. While the final version is probably the best one, the 1869 text is also a fine work and very much worth hearing. The earlier version begins with a charming tune that carries elements of the great love theme. In the first and second revisions Tchaikovsky eliminated this and replaced it with the benedictory theme representing Friar Laurence. The effect of this change on the overture's structure is large. The first version seems to begin with Juliet still in a relatively childlike state, but with the potential for the great love present in the disguised premonitions of the love theme. The focus is, therefore, on the development of the drama as it unfolds. The later versions, beginning as it were with a prayer, seem to invite the hearer to look back on a tragedy that has already happened. Both versions proceed identically through depictions of the clashes between the houses of Montague and Capulet, and then unveil the great love music. After that, though, Tchaikovsky's original idea seems to this writer to be superior: There is a great development, fugal-sounding and allowing for contrapuntal conflict based on the overture's main rhythms and themes. It is tremendously exciting, more so than the music which replaced it. Justification for dropping it might be made along the lines that the original version has too much dramatic weight and overshadows the rest of the music. The main differences thereafter are in details of scoring, and in the finale, which in the original version is much too curt.
It is often instructive to see what a great composer has done at two different times with the same ideas and material. Whether or not it has greater musical merit, Tchaikovsky's blessing of his final version served to ensure that it is the one that prevailed, and in that form it is accepted as one of the greatest programmatic pieces in the symphonic repertoire. The yearning love theme, in particular, is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest melodies ever written, while the exciting fight music and Tchaikovsky's unfailingly clear and imaginative orchestration carry the listener through with hardly a misstep. But the original version is not far behind it in musical worth; it should be given more frequent revivals, if only for the sake of hearing the great fugato passage described above.
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A love story beautifully performed
Direzione d'orchestra magistrale, praticamente perfetta!
One of the best recordings ever of this enchanting piece. Breathtaking.
The best recording of this fascinating piece of art
Tomorrow, Sat, 21 Jan, 2021 Kirill Petrenko conducts the Beliner Philharmoniker live. 19h local time Berlin.
io mi chiedo come può un uomo concepire così tanta bellezza suprema e sublime..così struggente e al tempo stesso infinito amore....e mi chiedo anche se l umanità di oggi merita questo inestimabile tesoro di opera musicale..
grazie...PIOTR...
Non sei il solo a domandartelo!
Wie kein zweiter Komponist konnte Tchaikovsky die Liebe Musikalisch ausdrücken. Ein wunderbares Stück.
I love the last two minutes of this beautiful piece ! Tchaikovsky creates a 'holy' atmosphere just before the souls of Romeo and Juliet ascend into heaven .
I believe it was a musical reference to Friar Lawrence in the play, who arrives at the end too late to save the star crossed lovers from death. But I like your interpretation too. This recording moves me to tears every time.
The Berlin Phil, Karajan and this particular overture - very much a winning combination.
Many thanks for posting.
excelent performance the best of all
Due geni insieme Tchaikovsky e von Karajan....il massimo!!!!
Talk American.
permian350 two geniuses together Tchaikovsky and Von Karajan....
permian350 Well Lordy Lord. Oh my God! Oh my God!
«Eravamo insieme, tutto il resto del tempo l'ho scordato».
Walt Whitman
grandissima citazione...
Master piece, I was able to see Hebert in his life conductin this.
Obertura de Romeo y Julieta. Una obra excepcional. T CHAIKOVSKY. SU AUTOR. ESCRITOR MARAVILLOSO. Y HERBERT VON KARAJAN. UNO
DE LOS MEJORES DEL MUNDO. ESTUPENDA OBERTURA.
With Karajan all is superb, specially Tchaikovsky; The king and Lord of music.
He always did the passage from 13.33 brilliantly. 14.02 is insanely good. The high string entry at 14.14 on the VPO version on Decca is even more blood curdling, however. That recording might be one of the best things Karajan ever did.
My feelings exactly! The stumbling rhythm is amazing.
What is the VPO version? I am curious now cause I would like to see!
I love Karajan！
Phenomenal performance,my dear maestro Karajan and BPO!!
Beautiful commentary Thank you !
I can not describe how this work makes me feel.. I’ve listened Bernstein recording so many times, this is the first time I hear it from Karajan. And they really are different. Same notes of course, but phrasing and articulation change the whole piece dramatically.
Beautiful! Thank you!
Караян гений дирижирования браво
Oh. T_T Oh, now THIS is the arrangement I am familiar with. The Karajan. As far as I'm concerned, definitive.
Alex Greene j
Creo que ésta es la mejor versión de la Obertura-Fantasía de Romeo y Julieta de Tchaikovskiy que he escuchado. Gracias.
oh. the sound of my childhood
how does this not have more views. this is amazing. thanks so much for the commentary too! :)
Fascinating piece. tyvm for uploading this :)
...dal min. 15,40 il motivo più bello che io abbia mai ascoltato nella mia vita...Grandissimo Maestro Tchaikovsky... *********
Magnifico!!!!★★★★★
*****
....è tutto meraviglioso e straordinario.
***** W la Vera Buona Musica
Une des plus belles partitions du grand Maitre Russe...Ayant beaucoup voyagé a travers le monde pour des raisons professionnelles, j'ai pu constater a quel point la notoriété de Tchaikovsky était grande...On peut même dire que sa renommée est universelle.
Talk American, please. I want to know what you're saying. No more talking in your local foreigner language.
permian350 Don't be disrespectful of others people language. You are degrading the point. Let me help u. Ombré et lumieres is saying that due to professional mandates he has experience the epic resound of Tchaikovsky and Von Karajan around the world.
Miguel Robirosa, okay. Because you reminded me to be respectful I will be. But I still wish everybody would talk American when they post on the Internet. But I will be respectful just because you asked me to be.
permian350 Lol. You said this bullshit about American language under the video with the Russian classical music about the story written by a British author about Italians and performed by an Austrian in Germany. And all of us (Russians, British, Italians, Austrians and Germans) should speak "American" which is English, actually. It sounds really funny if we keep in mind about American culture that has given to the world britnea spears and hip-hop niggas mainly. :D :D :D If you want to know what other people say in foreign languages you can learn those languages or at least use a dictionary.
MrVarg1, what if I don't wanna use a dictionary? What then, smart guy? So, I repeat, I want everyone posting on the Internet to talk American. Is that really too much to ask?
such an amazing composition and so well performed; thank you for the upload
after listening u become sure that music is part of a heaven. god bless chailowsky
Thank you for being there.
A sensibilidade à flor da pele de Tchaikovsky se expressa como nunca nesta melodia, beleza quase histérica, espasmódica, convulsa, doentia e linda, o tema é de uma beleza única. E a técnica e maestria de Von Karajan é perfeita para atenuar e - ao mesmo tempo, fazer brilhar a beleza grandiosa da peça melódica.
newton antonio, talk American if you're going to post on the Internet. Why waste your time posting in your little, local, foreigner language nobody can get what you're talking about? American is now the universal language. So start talking in it. Okay?
permian350 here Newton Antonio is talking about the sensitivity of Tchaikovsky
permian350 on his absolute dominion of technic and maestry that makes this piece so sublime
I can only blame Tchaikovsky for having put too much beauty into his music.
Martim Tavares ok
Shame that you have to get to 9:38 before the good part. That's a long damn time to wait to get to the good part. Musicals really restrained composers back then.
@Bryan Herber I dont understand the last sentence. What do you mean ?
What I mean is that it's programmatic, written to a play so you have to write music based on what the actors are doing. If you're not actually watching a play, a lot of it is boring to listen to.
Dude, the beginning of this piece is so amazing. I do not even not what you are getting at.
thank you for sharing this.
such a beautiful, beautiful piece! Can´t get enough of it.
Great!!!
I LOOOOOOVE second sweet theme, love of romeo and juliet
Belíssimo!Wow!
Belíssima obra!!!
Maravilhoso !!! Karajan sempre foi e será "GRANDE" e fica mais ainda quando rege TCHAIKOVSKY que foi quase expulso de sua terra natal;não por homossexual mas porque suas músicas extrapolaram fronteiras e foram influenciadas e o influenciaram também. Muito obrigado por poder ouvir mais uma de suas magnificas composições
Bravissimus.
7:08-7:40、13:50-14:53、17:36-18:36
muy buena lista de reproducción , cuanta belleza en una lista
Talk American, the universal language, if you're going to post on the Internet. No more of this local foreigner stuff.
Amazing
The finest ever recording, of the finest ever performance of the finest ever ..."like a silly long tune, dude".
May the world get back to setting "shit like this" in the center of all endeavours.
6:15is the best
Ya lo hice y aparece en comentarios. Una Obertura preciosa, me emociona mucho Escucharla. Escucharla. Ll
I'm not a fan of Karajan but I have to say that this is an exquisite performance of Tchaikovsky's first masterpiece. Thank you for allowing us all to hear it.
"I'm not a fan of Karajan"
Sacrilege! Blasphemy! Philistine!
Is that an aesthetic preference -- or a political one?
And whose Beethoven's 9th do you prefer?
(I think the recording he made for DGG in the 1970s was the greatest ever -- there's a copy of it here on YT, and it's in full 1080p hi-res, too -- but I really like Solti and Bohm, as well.)
Why don't are you a fan of him?
Maestro Von Karajan was a master of restraint. He managed to prevent the tempo of a piece from becoming frenetic, but without dragging it out. He allowed the melody of the music to remain the focal point and demanded discipline from his orchestras, thereby allowing the music to shine, not the musicians nor the konductor.
08:30 magic moment
Брависсимо !!!
Караян - гений.
It seems I am watching this theater of tears in the theater of Shakespear
かっこいい…！
7:08 im here for
Wenn einer das kann, dann Karajan!
15:40 you’re welcomd
20:56 - Without words. Where the language ends.
for me Tchaikovski is No 1
Warum nur habe ich seit so vielen Jahren den gefestigten Eindruck, daß diese Einheit zwischen Tschaikovsky und "den Berlinern" unter Karajan eine so besonders vollendet ist ?
Why is it - since so many years - my strong impression, that this unity of Tschaikovsky and "the Berliners" with Karajan is a very finished one ?
Eckehard Lüdke, Kevelaer
Mérida México el genio del siglo XX.
Great sound! What source did you use please, cd player?
4:11 really reminds me of the music for the lord of the rings trilogy - did Howard shore take inspiration from this piece?
すごい鋭いティンパニ、かっこいい
ESPLENDIDO
15:30 is the part some of y'all may be looking for :3
Que sigue maestro
Which recording is this? DG with Berlin or Decca with Vienna?
やっぱカラヤンのチャイコは一味違うなあ
Solo lo he escuchado cuando he ido al ballet.
Thanks for video...jzpatelut..
Great username...
Mravinskiy, Svetlanov and Karajan are best Russian conductors........:)
16:20 :)
Who was Karajan conducting ? Himself ?
Berliner Philharmoniker!
¡Eugenio! ¡Eugenio! ¿Siempre dices tantas bobadas? No te hacen quedar bien....!
Is this played by the Berliner Philharmoniker?
Yes,BPO!
amigos me agrada la versión de este canal una felicitación al que lo subió y a la orquesta por su gran trabajo
Aprovecho para agregar la versión de la OSJEV espero les agrade
czcams.com/video/iAYd_aVaTjQ/video.html
5:34 - 12:01
7:07 timpani oopsie
17:44
А получше запись не могли выложить?
En esta foto es cuando lo invito el Santo Padre al Vaticano. No Romeo y Julieta. Hoy siglo 22. ,
I read that Tchaikovsky composed the Romeo and Juliet Overture for a gay lover, camouflaged by the title. Just saying.
Yes, indeed. This is partially true. After his failed marriage to Ant. Milyukova, he was enjoying his "liberty" travelling in Italy, along with his friend, the violinist Josef Kotek, in an extremely good mood. That tour was financed by his benefactress, Nadyezhda von Meck. It was one of the most prolific periods of his life. Under pressure by his colleague in Russia, M. A. Balakirev, he successfully completed the 3rd (& last) version of " Romeo & Juliet", (whose 1st version was dated back in 1868-69). Balakirev, satisfied by the result, was the dedicatee of the fantasy-overture,which strangely, bears no 'opus' number.
@@yp3424 It's pure shit and lie
@@TheCathars What I have written, is based on several Tchaikovsky biographers like D.Brown, N. Berberova, Al. Orlova and on BBC documentaries. I admit, I haven't searched it 100%. However, if you like to take part in a debate about class. music writing like a scum, without serious arguments, just go to hell.
@@yp3424 there’s zero evidence that he had homosexual relationship with anyone, please prove that we are wrong. All that theory is based on gossips.
@@TheCathars No one accused P. I. Tchaikovsky of being a homosexual because it is ridiculous to penetrate idiscreetly in an artist's private life,in order to find something interesting or "hot".However, since his childhood, P. T., was obliged to study for 9 years in the law school, eclusively with boys as classmates. After the beginning of his career as a composer, his inner circle of friends was consisted mainly of men,with the exception of a failed love story with the singer Des. d' Artôt.
In a letter to Nad. von Meck, dated Jul. 3rd, 1877, he wrote that he was under pressure to marry by family members (sist. Alexandra & fath. Iliyà) and that he accepted because of the passionate confessions of love by his future wife Ant. Milyukova. Nevertheless, he made her clear,that he would respect & take care of her, though their marriage was never fully "consumed" and failed.Their divorce process was painful, lasted long and Tchaikovsky had to went & stay abroad for a long time, to write music peacefully. Given that, later, the abtupt end of financial support by von Meck, was also very distressful for him, I must say, that as a man he kept a certain distance from women, all his life long.
Un buen director, una buena orquesta, al servicio de un compositor ramplón.
Apuesto a que ud compone mejor...
no lo sabe usted bien
Un comentario sin sentido.
I prefer Gergiev's version more
Fairy GoodMüller the end of Gergiev’s is BEAUTIFUL but as a whole it feels like he takes it a little fast and glazes over some of the important dramatic moments. But then again I tend to prefer musical interpretations to err on the dramatic side.
permian350 What is wrong with you?
I think Gergiev version is better. Karajan took it too light
The Gergiev version is really compelling.
Too slow!
I don't know whether it's the recording or the playing but this is dreadful. Sounds like the local school band
What are you foreigners thinking about making comments in your local language. If you're going to post on the Internet talk American so everyone can understand what you're saying. American is the universal language.
I think you mean English - tu es vraiment un petit fermier de la region souvent expliquer avec le soubriquet 'flyover'
Huh?
chopain
its actually called english btw....
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER, you weren't very nice to me. But at least you had the smarts to talk American to me. Now, if you could just get some of the others to follow suit we'll all be fine.
This is an awful interpretation. Karajan is highly overrated. Boggles my mind why.
Karajan is my favorite. He's the best. Doesn't race through pieces, so you're able to hear every note. I like that. See?
15:26