Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Grand Pas de Deux - Gergiev
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Grand Pas de Deux
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
New York, January 2015
The entire ballet is incredibly amazing, but this Pas de deux stands out. How could someone compose such a heavenly music? Simply I can't find the answer. It goes beyond my thinking. The only thing I can say with all my forces: A MILLION THANKS TCHAIKOVSKY!!!!
Tchaikovsky wrote this pas de deux in a very difficult period of his life, he was unwell and everything was somehow going wrong. Taking into account the fact that Tchaikovsky was an eerie melancholic in his temperament - perhaps such moments give rise to absolute magic in music.
@@BertFripp his sister dies while compossing this masterpiece
Beautiful also the Pletnev transcription ua-cam.com/video/fwDVY3nyo60/v-deo.html
Eyyy cool name my guy.
@@urfriendlyneighborhoodbowl thanks!
No man but Tchaikovsky can make a downwards scale so majestical and elegant
including the first time a downwards scale was seen in ballet
Jean Philippe Rameau Entrée de Polymnie (les Boréades )
Exactly
Yes! You are right. He had complete understanding of the orchestra and how it works. Tchaikovsky reigns supreme!
Pachelbel did it too
This piece is so hauntingly beautiful. Tchaikovsky wrote this in memory of his beloved sister who had passed away suddenly. The emotions of extreme grief, sorrow and sadness is definitely expressed in this most brilliant composition.
i can feel his grieving so intensely .. i just lost my fiance so suddenly, 3 days ago and im overseas trapped in my country cant even make it to his funeral… im crying heavily inside my heart while listen to this piece
@@natasyagoff24 :-:
@@natasyagoff24 im very sorry for your loss, while i can merely say this through a comment, I truly send my condolences and wish upon you new wonderful chapters in life 🌹
@@natasyagoff24 Hope you are better now.
@@natasyagoff24I burst into tears reading this. I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope your doing better now.
Humans are terrible creatures, committing all manner of horrific atrocities. And then I listen to this pas de deux and am reminded of the human capacity for great beauty. What creatures are we?!
Beauty is the front...we are actually evil...
so true. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, but terribly broken by sin. We need the Savior Jesus Christ to restore us to our original intended beauty
Sensitive
That we are all the same, and could be good
humans are evil by nature. the great arts make them seem less so, at least for a couple of hours.
A friend of mine, who loves Tchaikovsky, told me about how his late brother loved playing the trumpet. He wasn't good at all he just loved playing it. People and classmates would make fun of his playing and they would tell him to give it up. My friend could tell it really hurt his brothers feelings. His brother was gentle and sweet. He was a little slow but that didn't stop him from always trying his best. My friend told me that after his brother passed away at a young age he found condolences in this piece. At the very end where the trumpets are in unison, holding that note, loud and bold, he always pictures his brother playing alongside them, proud and happy.
He's found his place in heaven
Причем здесь ваш друг?о Чайковском написано очень много,сами почитайте
God, i'm crying right now...😭
@@user-lu8hf1gl9s Ты идиот. Человек просто рассказал свою историю. Ты конченый.
@@user-lu8hf1gl9sБратишка, ты долбоеб? Речь про братишку в тексте, который погиб. Встречный вопрос, зачем вы на такой эмоциональный пост пишите такой высер?
I have listend to this over 500 times, and it still bring me to tears.
So emotional. I cry everytime John. It's incomparable.
Same here! :)
Same, and i ended up writing my first novel, The Pavilion of Blue Dreams.
SAMEEEEEE
John you are absolutely right, as I cry too while this heavenly piece of music is on....
The power of a tooth stick....
Can't stop laughing at this comment XD
What??? 🙄
And this is a stunning performance!!!
Why does Gergiev have a toothpick in this performance rather than a normal conductor stick? 😂
I just cried onto my homework...oops
I suddenly just had a realisation that this was created by a mere, yet not so mere human! This is the music of the gods!
+Kats987124
Beautifully stated...absolute musical perfection. :-)
cx45830 It’s the cellos that win you over, Admit it ;)
and made for the Gods - we're just intruding here
Check this piece out by Tchaikovsky. I came across it by accident. This is what I imagine is what is heard when ascending to heaven.
ua-cam.com/video/SZQzW_QfPew/v-deo.html
I’m typing this in the COVID-19 era, so my shuddering tears were covered by my mask as I listened to this with headphones on (because of an earlier zoom meeting because....global pandemic). Pure, ethereal beauty.
Tchaikovsky was the absolute master of the musical climax. Fabulous piece.
TCHAIKOVSKY = 👍 🥰
GERGIEV = 🤢 🤮 😱
@@solveiglandvikbrg9103гергиев топ
@@jamesjackson8634
Yes, I used to admire Gergiev's work !!!
However now I know he's a (close ?) friend of your Putin. So I'm not able to like him anymore ! I hope you understand ? Yet I still L💚VE the masterpieces by Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY, who was a musical genius ! 🎼 🎻 🎶
@@solveiglandvikbrg9103 блять я даже читать твою херню не буду.просто знай что всем похуй на твое мнение
This is the first rendition I have heard where the conductor does not absolutely and completely ruin this magnificent piece of music by going too fast. Nice work Mr. Gergiev.
Really? I thought this performance a bit slow
I agree! For me, this song MUST be tentative, lilting and languid, or the essence is totally lost! Plus, once they build up to that crashing climax, it actually means something! I have full body chills at that part in this performance, whereas I often find that part almost noisy and obnoxious in a faster performance.
Totally agree ! I saw them last year at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Perfection does exist. ;)
You have to find: "Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, No 13 Dance of the Knights (Valery Gergiev, LSO)"
Faster than usual but again brilliant.
This is the best rendition that I have listened to in my life.
same
nonoooonopnononononon
One of the best for sure! I had that tingle (shivers) down my spine near the climax! This pas de deux is one of the most intense pieces Tchaikovsky ever wrote in my book. Almost as intense as the 2nd movement of his 5th symphony...
yes
Agree 1000%
This is not simply a piece of music. It's an emotion.
This brings me to tears every since time. I dont know what it is about this piece but it simply breaks my heart
Actually, when Tchaikovsky wrote this his sister (his favorite person on earth) had recently died, and he began to see her in Clara. It is heartbreaking.
@@elizabethannpineda7749 thank you for sharing that information, I was not aware that he composed this melody after the passing of his beloved sister.
I tear up every time I hear this. It's just so beautiful 😢
Same thing, can't listening this music without tears, even now it falling down from my eyes, and I can't stop it 😢
The best example on how an elemental descending scale in G major ( g-f#-e-d-c-b-a-g) is turned in a glorious and lush music using another elemental chord progression (G-Em-Am-D-G) .....
The rhythm is the answer.
Could not agree more.
Gotta hand to them Ruskies - born with rhythm.
The harp player is cute. The conductor is badass for using a toothpick.
Her name is Sofia Kiprskaya
You need a chill pill!
The Conductor is amazing
She is cute...just saying.
@@joshhauck9769 u were not joking 😂I just found her IG
4:15 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Парень с тарелками довёл меня до истерики, реву, пересмотрела 10 раз! Спасибо!!!!!!! Какая красивая музыка, какой труд, оркестранты......🙏💔
Нечеловеческая ответственность на нём.
Меня тоже. Катя, давай его вместе найдем и отомстим😊❣️
Yo tambien lo repetí algunas veces!
😭👏👏
@@yuyyyy421 😂 с удовольствием!!❤❤❤
я не могу)) это действительно душераздирающе!!!
My dear friend had this playing at his funeral, along with Piano Trio (Shostakovich), and Piano Concerto No.2 (Rachmaninoff). He had a full orchestra in a cathedral, even though he wasn't religious. He likes these three Russians, as he would call them. "The golden trio." He was an exceptional young fellow, a gentleman. Always dapper, always spoke well, and read a lot too. He was 19 at the age of death, and he knew it was about to happen. Handled it very stoic. When people came around, he asked "Have they swept away the gravel?" (After winter). Or "Did the postman come as usual today?" He knew we all were in grief, but somehow I think he enjoyed it. But the funeral was beautiful, he had structured the songs in a particular order, first the Piano Trio (haunting violin tragedy), then this, and lastly Piano Concerto. He made someone read from the Illiad and some own poems. One of them was: We leave nothing to this world. Our life is for ourselves. And another one about a love of his, I don't know whom:
So you look out for the stars
Pay attention to the birds
And the oceans
And hope to glimpse her there
And that constant hope
Becomes you very reality.
He had so many friends you never thought about. It was us at his age, from school and childhood. But then there were people all around the world. Young as old. Men, women. He had a dozen people flying in from Italy that I never knew existed. And they all had such beautiful stories about him. There was a girl too, from the west coast. She loved him uncontrollably, and I knew this would never end for her. For me, the whole thing was so beautiful I wanted to die too.
Without doubt the most beautiful piece ever ridden.
The best interpretation of this masterpiece that can be found on youtube
This arrangement is honestly stunning, there are so many subtleties in instrumentation that I never even noticed before
That's the way Tchaikovsky wrote it, it's not someone else's arrangement
I’m in tears, such beautiful music, moving and captivating to my senses.
My partner of 20years introduced me to Tchaikovsky's incredible masterpieces. This is one of my favourites so powerful. Sadly David passed in 2020. I miss sharing such experiences with him so very much... 😢
I’m sad that the harp wasn’t loud enough
she's pretty cute!
this music is too beautiful and i can't stop crying
Me neither...
Fuckin idiot
They crescendo at 3:57 made me sob!😢😭🥰😍 absolutely stunning!
It made me love again. I can not describe it other way.
How can it be sad but at the same time beautiful..
All the hurt I carried in me just dissolved into nothingness listening to this masterpiece....💖
A most wonderful interpretation of a best-loved piece. Throughout it all, I was conscious of how Tchaikovsky himself, would have been so pleased that his music retains an appeal even in these days.
Oh god I don´t know why when I listen to this piece of art I can´t stop crying but I don´t know if it is from happiness or what I don´t know why. It is like if this music went deep down into my soul D; WE NEED MORE ARTISTS LIKE TCHAIKOVSKY, SERIOUSLY.
I can´t describe with words how much I love this piece.
By the way this video was uploaded the day of my birthday which is in 2 days. Thank you for this gift :)
I hope it brought joy to you.
How I wish I was in the audience!
I could feel the tribute, love, and dedication to this masterpiece by the expressions of the director, and the musicians themselves. This was the most outstanding reindition of this song that I have ever heard. It makes me want to cry!!
Lydia so well written by you. It brings joy. Wonderment. Sadness. Pain.
❤perfection❤
Maestro Gergiev and the great Tchaikovsky what a beautiful combination ❤️
This beautiful music is humanity speaking with the voice of God.
It's humanity speaking with the voice of humanity.
@@rsr789 unnecessary comment
@@applejuicesfuck yo god
Danced with my State Ballet Co. for years, this brings back so many wonderful memories , chills, tears!!! Most beautiful of them all!
Oh Kelley what an honor and a highlight for you.
Bravo Gergiev! and Tchaikovsky! I had that tingle (shivers) down my spine near the climax! This pas de deux is one of the most intense pieces Tchaikovsky ever wrote. Almost as intense as the 2nd movement of his 5th symphony...
It’s so amazing such music came from the human heart and, gave it to the world.❤️
The best Tchaikovsky. I love all his music
Tchaïkovski est le plus grand compositeur de la histoire, il est mon favorit. Ses chansons toujours me touchent
This is why I love Tchaikovsky
This and the Swan Theme ( "Swan Lake", Act II, 10 scene) are the embodiment of the romantic concept of sublime.
How Tchaikovsky did this, I cannot explain; something out of the human mind
Every time I hear this masterpiece I have goosebumps. It feels like my soul lives my body, flies high to higher beings and comes back. Thank you to the genius of Tchaikovsky ❤❤❤❤
This is the most divine performance in the history of performances!
The conductor is a consummate professional as well as the orchestra. I still don't know how he can maintain his composure notwithstanding the sheer beauty of this piece 🧩 and the harpist is the most delicate and graceful creature I have ever seen in my life.
I can't help it, I always cry when I hear this, every time!! 🎉🎉❤❤
Слезы, слезы и только слезы восхищения и блаженства! ❤
Quien puede no amar a Tchaikovsky? ❤ si te conmueve hasta las lágrimas
It is beyond heavenly. Breathtakingly stunning ❤.
this almost drove me to tears. Gergiev is immense.
if this isn’t the most beautiful thing i’ve ever heard idk what is.
Most charming composition from The Nutcracker and one of the greatest creations of Tchaikovsky
I am 36 and this makes me cry :(
The harp is a hidden star in this piece.
or maybe the piccolo unleashed near the end! 4:16
Beyond magnificent! Brings tears to my eyes every time.
It brings joy, wonderment. Pain and sadness. So complex.
They say the best things in life are free. With the beauty of UA-cam I can watch this over and over without paying a dime! Lol
Merveilleux !!! Sublime !!! Il n'y a pas d'autre mot pour qualifier cette musique et ce chef d'orchestre est formidable !!! Merci !!!!!
So intense and beautiful...
I did not expect to find you here
@@manuelorozco7760 Me neither. :-)
sampea CAML I just felt like hearing this music. Nothing more
@@manuelorozco7760 Cool. We do tend to run into each other, eh? ^^
sampea CAML Then we both must have good taste
Love everything about this. Brings so much joy yet so much sadness. A masterpiece nonetheless.
It brings joy, wonderment, longing and pain.
Most heartfelt, inspired and impressive interpretation I've ever heard. Maestro Gergiev is great! I had the chance to work with his sister and to sing under his nephew's baton. I hope one day to meet the Maestro himself...
You want to meet the DEVIL himself ???
😱 🤬 👿 ☠️ 👹 👽 🙀
I didn't know Jack Nicholson was such a great conductor.
Not alike at all!!
This guy was just on his way home from the Pub...stopped in to create magic instead
Hahahahah Jack Nicholson
Thought that was Otis from Mayberry!
LMFAO 😂
a timeless classic, beautiful. brings tears to my eyes ..
Just went to see the nutcracker and the music was awesome. Especially this song is beautiful
Maestro Gergiev has conducted so many ballet scores from way back when, closely associated with the productions of the Marinsky and the Bolshoi Ballet and an in-depth association with all the members of the Company,nobody understood ballet music like he did
SUCH A TOUCHING AND BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FORM THE GREAT MASTER TCHAIKOVSKY.!!!
I’m a dancer and I play a couple instruments and in my opinion this song is the most passion filled out of all of the ballets
The music is packed to the top with beauty and elegance, and the graceful nature of the dance leaves the audience amazed with the passion and supremacy of the combination. I associate it with sitting in the wings with other dancers and cheering for the dancers on stage when they get the lift or turn that they have been working on for months and being almost jealous that they got to perform to this. I also think of the times when I have played simplified and complicated versions on my instruments. I love this piece more than dance and instruments combined
This is the and Him and are the reason I want to keep playing. Truly exceptional!
I want this music played at my funeral. Music is timeless!
This brought me to absolute TEARS! SO beautifully executed! Loved the interpretation❤
Можно просто сойти с ума!
For our symphony show we played this in the winter, and it was so hard to master without breaking down after practices and rehearsals. And yet the piece brings chills to my spine every time it’s played, and sitting in the middle of the orchestra playing it you don’t get the effect the audience does… this video brings it to life
This piece should be cherished for all time! Undeniable evidence of the celestial heights to which humanity can soar. Absolutely stupendous!!!!
I’m overwhelmed by this piece, we get chance to experience the invisible world thru this music, the thing we’re all searching for outwardly and secretly.
A extraordinary piece of music of our beloved Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky son of the great imperial Russia unforgettable !
Actually son of the Ukraine!
@@nickjgunning Ukraine was part of Russia at the time lol
@@nickjgunning
Read about Little Russia
Esto es lo más grande porque los músicos están entregados la fuerza y el sentimiento qué hay en esta interpretación nada lo supera
Интересно у меня у одного мурашки пробежали по коже?
Нет. Не у одного. Эта музыка просто шедевр. Столько эмоций...
This piece never ceases to amaze!!! Truly awe-inspiring!!
Thank you so much for this beautiful músic of P. I. Tchaikovsky , I love you.
This is pure insanity;, i can never get enough of this
The lovely girl on the harp..I always imagined a harpist to look like that. She should be a painting 🖌️🎨 she is grown wondrous pretty and this performance is marvelous!!!!
UA-cam is freaking awesome!! Lol I see why Tchaikovsky achieved international recognition. It's abundantly clear. This is a world treasure and musical masterpiece
I didn’t know what people were talking about when they said that they cried listening to this at first but now I understand
Especially after reading the backstory behind it
Moves me to tears
one of the best piece of art
There is a seriousness to musicians that I find unbelievably awesome 😍😍😎😎😎👍👍👍
Cette version est la plus juste, la plus subtile et la plus émouvante de toutes celles que j’aie entendues. Merci pour la mise en ligne de cette magnifique interprétation. Quel immense chef d’orchestre !!!
Perfection! This piece is all of life. All of sorrow. Every dream.
By god this is a simply breathtaking performance!!
I fell in love with the music long ago.
I just fell in love with the Harpist too.
This entire ballet is magic 💕
This is so beautiful! Thank you, Maestro!
Amazing ! That music I want in my funeral ! ❤😀🙏
Simply magnificent!!! What a performance, Maestro Gergiev....
una composicion como esta solo es posible para personas especialmente dotadas por la naturaleza de una supersensibilidad q les permite componer tales maravillas Gracias Piotr por este lindo regalo
Every time I listen to this it's like the story of my whole life is flashing before my eyes. Such a beautiful and poignant piece of music, and it flows so beautifully 😩😩
I'm all for recycling cocktail sticks, bravo maestro and your orchestra! 😊
It opens with a descending scale, an octave. Beauty is simplicity.
4:14 Wait for it....wait for it.....
damn i was looking for this comment
Simply Beautiful all!! Magnificent performance!!
This is the best performance of this composition I heard. It is definitely Masterpiece of Gergiev and his orchestra and of course Tchaikovsky!
Grandioos! Ik geniet hier zo van.
Amazing, beautiful..the sound of joy, love, passion and extasis!