Mily Balakirev - Tamara, symphonic poem (1867-82)

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
  • Mily Balakirev
    Work: Tamara, symphonic poem (1867-82)
    Orchestra: The State Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov

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  • @daveb3809
    @daveb3809 Рік тому +10

    What words describe a piece of music like this? haunting, charming, powerful, fantastic, rich, tragic. Balakirev was a consumate genious. Strange that his music goes almost unnoticed! I remember all those years ago when my dad borrowed a vinyl disc of his first symphony from West Denton library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. That was how I discovered this music. Balakirev...Borodin...Rimsky Korsakov...Glazunov...Rachmaninov were among the world's greatest musical poets. They left an enduring legacy!

    • @tomascostero9962
      @tomascostero9962 6 місяців тому +1

      The russian people have a good punch of the greatest master of music all times.

  • @patrickmchenry9746
    @patrickmchenry9746 7 років тому +114

    Tamara is a tale of the Caucasus Mountains where Balakirev traveled . A beautiful woman beside a river invites travelers into her castle for a night of entertainment and feasting. The next morning a headless body floats down the river and all is quiet again.

    • @rummi72
      @rummi72 6 років тому +22

      Right you are. If you do not mind I woud like to notice that Balakirev was inspired by the poem of the same name "Tamara" by the great Russian poet and writer Lermontov, with whom Balakirev felt much in common in the sensual sensations of the Caucasus: "We coincide in many ways, I like the same nature as Lermontov, she acts on me as much ... and there are many more strings that Lermontov touches, which respond in me ".

    • @VOLKHVORONOVICH
      @VOLKHVORONOVICH 6 років тому +11

      Thanks for that story. All too often a "tone poem" is offered as if the music is all that is necessary for enjoyment. But knowing the narrative behind it adds greatly to the relish.

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaa808
      @aaaaaaaaaaaa808 5 років тому +9

      A great way to die with a woman like that.

    • @brucehutchison3946
      @brucehutchison3946 5 років тому +20

      Sounds like my neighborhood.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 5 років тому

      @@brucehutchison3946 -- You've been MADE, pal! You're on the Gowanus, the lower Hudson or the Erie Canal...Got yer gat?

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 6 років тому +9

    Écouter cette musique est comprendre que le matérialisme est une folie ... Écoutez comme la magie, la beauté et la tragédie ont des voix subtiles et apaisantes !

  • @owengette8089
    @owengette8089 Рік тому +9

    4:43 this melody is so gorgeous, so filled with life, I love it!

  • @classicalandmore1
    @classicalandmore1 10 років тому +34

    What a great piece! Balakirev is definitely one of my favourite Russian composers!
    My favourite however is Alexander Alyabyev.

  • @kmrerk
    @kmrerk 4 роки тому +8

    This piece is so skillfully written, I'm totally in awe. No wonder Mily was the guru for all those other composers. So beautiful, one almost forgets it is about an evil
    serial murderer. Another beautiful young man floats lifelessly down the river.

    • @The1976spirit
      @The1976spirit 4 роки тому

      If you wouldn t know the story, would you think of serial murder? Boss Tanaka doesn´t tell you everything! ua-cam.com/video/OLvz5E61UNs/v-deo.html

  • @stephanedutel2077
    @stephanedutel2077 8 років тому +15

    great performance from this orientalist, what a pleasantful moment !!!

  • @w1zard45
    @w1zard45 Рік тому +14

    Andante maestoso - 0:00
    Poco a poco più animato - 3:59
    Allegro moderato, ma agitato - 4:40
    Poco animato - 5:34
    Poco più animato - 5:48
    Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 6:33
    Poco meno mosso. Allegretto quasi andantino - 7:25
    Poco più mosso - 8:10
    Più agitato - 8:53
    Poco più animato - 9:18
    Vivace (alla breve) - 9:54
    Poco meno mosso, ma agitato - 10:55
    L’istesso tempo - 13:31
    Pochissimo meno mosso - 15:29
    Poco a poco più animato - 15:43
    Animato - 16:12
    Poco più mosso - 16:30
    Ancora poco più animato - 16:47
    Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 17:00
    Andante (menno mosso. Tempo del comincio) - 17:35

  • @davisbrant6621
    @davisbrant6621 8 років тому +10

    thank you so much for adding this recording for all of us to enjoy.

  • @brianhadfield7512
    @brianhadfield7512 6 років тому +6

    I also love the way Svetlanov applies a discreet portamanto to one of the later string phrases.

  • @Miaskofiev
    @Miaskofiev 9 років тому +41

    This old Svetlanov recording is still the best version I've heard of Balakirev's masterful Tamara. No other interpretation fully captures the sensuous orientalism and raw passion. The care Balakirev took over Tamara is evidenced in the time it took to compose- around fifteen years. Moreover, it influenced other members of the 'Five' well before its completion in 1882. What is not generally appreciated is how indebted Rimsky's inferior but popular Scherherazade is to Tamara. Balakirev's is an altogether more expertly crafted piece mercifully devoid of Rimsky's interminable repetitions.

    • @tashaschneider1419
      @tashaschneider1419 9 років тому +11

      Myaskofiev This is actually one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard - wish more people were familiar with Balakirev. His music is wonderful!

    • @Miaskofiev
      @Miaskofiev 9 років тому +4

      Tasha Schneider
      Thank you for response. As it happens, Balakirev conducted premiere of Tamara in St.Petersburg on this day (19 March) in 1883. In tweeting about it I said: "Only Polovtsian Dances matches its exotic sensuality and savagery."

    • @FanGali
      @FanGali 7 років тому +1

      (2 years later...helloooo) Yes. He's one of those that deserve so much more recognition. Islamey is marvelous, The lark is gorgeous, Tamara is a fu***** ** * * * * ** *** * masterpiece.

    • @yp3424
      @yp3424 6 років тому +9

      Myaskofiev I don't agree with your comment. First of all, "Tamara" can't be compared to Korsakov's "Sheherazade",(a suite in 4 parts), because stylistically are two completely different works. Which one is superior can be easily proved by a meticulous study of the 2 scores. On the other hand, M.A.Balakirev was an enigmatic pianist & mathematician from Kazan, who didn't write music professionally. Composing mostly piano works, he spent a lot of time in correspondence with P. I. Tchaikovsky and the other members of the "mighty handful".
      By no mean "Sheherazade" is 'inferior' because it lasts almost 45' and it's a real fountain of tunes, instrumental inventiveness & numerous virtuoso-solo passages. The conductor V. Gergiev has repeatedly praised it.
      Among others, Rimsky- Korsakov wrote about 15-3hour operas, cantatas, many opera-suites & symphonies. A prolific composer & a versatile personality, he was an officer of the imperial navy, a writer, a brilliant orchestrator and teacher.
      P. S. In my opinion,it would be better to compare Balakirev's music to Ippolytov-Ivanov's, because of the russian-oriental "langage",he often used.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 5 років тому

      @@yp3424 -- So where does Mussorgsky's 'Dance of Persian Slaves' and 'Moskva-River Dawn' fit in?

  • @wardropper
    @wardropper 4 роки тому +10

    An amazing composer. The negative comments below have some justification ONLY in the sense that his later works seemed not to be able to say anything fresh. His second symphony, for example, isn't a patch on his first, which is full of original delights for the musical ear. As someone mentions below, Tamara took Balakirev 15 years to complete, and that is probably what makes it, for me, a timeless masterpiece.

    • @IK-so2bm
      @IK-so2bm 3 роки тому

      Explores the philosophical dilemma of a man eager to copulate even at the threat of costing him his life. And, on the other hand, the woman who envies man's prowess and seeks to immasculate him by having "die in her" than continues to despise him for being inadequate.

  • @mikebutcher2695
    @mikebutcher2695 6 років тому +29

    Balakirev is much better known as the inspiration behind the nationalist sentiment that produced 'The Mighty Handful' - Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and himself. He also imparted valuable insights to Tchaikovsky.......his own works were often completed long after he started them; but when they were finished, they showed a masterful grasp of composition. It is a crime he is so rarely heard today in concert halls in the U.S.

    • @aslkhjbasijt785
      @aslkhjbasijt785 5 років тому +3

      Historically, he is quite important to Russian music as was Stasov, who didn't compose. Both inspired others and were historically important, but they were also too dominant, pig-headed and obsessive, probably doing as much bad as good. The other composers seemed to flower most when they broke their bonds. In any event, he was not a composer himself of the likes of Tch., Mussorgsky, Borodin or Rimsky-Korsakov. I'll give you Cui. In other words, respectfully, I don't think it is a crime he isn't played much anymore. Occasionally is enough. Personally, I think much of the idea of Russian music or so-called Oriental flavor, is overrated. I suspect if you told people who didn't know his work it was an Italian fantasy or even tribute to Wagner, that is what they'd hear.

    • @IK-so2bm
      @IK-so2bm 3 роки тому

      Thanks to UA-cam, musical culture lives on.

    • @svyatoslavnechaev9733
      @svyatoslavnechaev9733 Рік тому

      ​@@aslkhjbasijt785 no, Mily Alexeevitch based on local folklore and this folklore differs through the regions. I.e. you can differ Wagner from somebody else.

  • @williametheridge1764
    @williametheridge1764 5 років тому +2

    what a charming work. I never realised how intriguing is Mr B.

  • @fcim7098
    @fcim7098 2 роки тому +6

    8:45 I think this part inspired Rimskij-Korsakov for a theme in his Sharazad III. movement.

    • @owengette8089
      @owengette8089 Рік тому

      A lot of Russian romantics had that same kind of melodic style. You can find it in excerpts also by Lyapunov, Glazunov, Gretchaninov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Borodin, and a whole smattering of others. The Russians sure knew how to write good melodies.

  • @giuseppedimarco8358
    @giuseppedimarco8358 7 років тому +4

    Wonderful!

  • @kaybeenullenvoyde9196
    @kaybeenullenvoyde9196 4 роки тому +1

    I have a dear redheaded friend named Tamara. This is who she was before her ilness. I have shared this with her.

  • @nikolaicoco333
    @nikolaicoco333 Рік тому

    Danke schön!!! Bamberg

  • @MusicalBasics
    @MusicalBasics 5 років тому +8

    His music is outstanding, brilliant, bold, but I can kind of see why his music isn't as well known as others. He lacks subtlety. He presents themes clearly, deliberately, almost too perfectly.

  • @frankropers5061
    @frankropers5061 4 місяці тому

    Sister of france , mother of europe , Glory To the Russian Balakirev , shame to macron , love you somuch , music is living emotions.

  • @spaziodanza7512
    @spaziodanza7512 8 років тому +8

    un lavoro stupendo, credo il migliore del compositore russo

    • @eliozappulla818
      @eliozappulla818 7 років тому

      Credo che Lei ha ragione!

    • @fcim7098
      @fcim7098 3 роки тому

      È proprio impossibile dire chi è il miglior compositore russo, c’è l’imbarazzo della scelta!

  • @sterlinglewis5700
    @sterlinglewis5700 3 роки тому +1

    One of my very favourite pieces of 'program' music. Lurid scenario, but one figures that the guys died happy. ;-)

  • @FanGali
    @FanGali 7 років тому +3

    so far the best version i've heard of this symphonic poem.
    Can anyone time the movements? I'm lost after 1:57 (:D my italian/sheet music knowledge is very limited)
    Andante maestoso - 1 : 02
    Poco a poco più animato - 1:57
    Allegro moderato, ma agitato -
    Poco animato -
    Poco più animato -
    Meno mosso (doppio movimento) -
    Poco meno mosso. Allegretto quasi andantino -
    Poco più mosso -
    Più agitato -
    Poco più animato -
    Vivace (alla breve) -
    Poco meno mosso, ma agitato -
    L’istesso tempo -
    Pochissimo meno mosso -
    Poco a poco più animato -
    Animato -
    Poco più mosso -
    Ancora poco più animato -
    Meno mosso (doppio movimento) -

    • @ziziizlj
      @ziziizlj 2 роки тому +4

      Andante maestoso - 0:00
      Poco a poco più animato - 3:59
      Allegro moderato, ma agitato - 4:40
      Poco animato - 5:34
      Poco più animato - 5:48
      Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 6:33
      Poco meno mosso. Allegretto quasi andantino - 7:25
      Poco più mosso - 8:10
      Più agitato - 8:53
      Poco più animato - 9:18
      Vivace (alla breve) - 9:54
      Poco meno mosso, ma agitato - 10:55
      L’istesso tempo - 13:31
      Pochissimo meno mosso - 15:29
      Poco a poco più animato - 15:43
      Animato - 16:12
      Poco più mosso - 16:30
      Ancora poco più animato - 16:47
      Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 17:00
      Andante (menno mosso. Tempo del comincio) - 17:35
      Hope this will help you, even if it is 4 years after your request :)

  • @marionlovett7167
    @marionlovett7167 9 років тому +10

    A beautiful piece of music that is hardly ever heard. Thanks for posting this. Is Tamara pronounced "toma"

  • @lucia3480
    @lucia3480 4 роки тому +2

    O Demônio
    = Tamara
    Eu sou aquele que escutavas
    No silêncio da meia noite,
    Cujo pensamento sussurrava à tua alma,
    De quem a tristeza vagamente percebias,
    Cuja imagem povoava os teus sonhos.
    Eu sou o olhar que aniquila a esperança;
    Eu sou aquele de quem ninguém gosta;
    Sou o chicote de meus servos na terra,
    Sou o príncipe do saber e da liberdade,
    Sou o inimigo dos céus, a desgraça da natureza,
    E, olha, estou aos teus pés!
    A ti ofereço com ternura
    Esta silenciosa oração de amor,
    O meu primeiro tormento terrenal
    E as minhas primeiras lágrimas.
    Oh! Escuta, por piedade!
    Ao bem e aos céus poderias
    Devolver-me com tuas palavras.
    Coberta pelo sagrado manto de teu amor,
    Lá eu me apresentaria,
    Como um anjo novo com um novo esplendor.
    Oh! Somente escuta, suplico-te,
    Sou o teu servo, eu te amo!
    Assim que te vi,
    Repentinamente comecei a odiar em segredo
    A imortalidade e o meu poder.
    Passei a muito invejar a meu pesar
    As nunca plenas alegrias mundanas;
    Não viver como tu deixa-me combalido,
    E terrível seria viver separado de ti.
    Em meu coração sem sangue um súbito raio
    Fê-lo novamente pulsar,
    E a tristeza no fundo de uma velha ferida
    Começou a mover-se como uma serpente.
    O que é, para mim, essa eternidade sem ti?
    Minhas posses infinitas?
    Vazias e estentóreas palavras,
    Um templo amplo - sem uma deidade!

  • @sylviakaras40
    @sylviakaras40 7 місяців тому +1

    Lovely piece of music which I'm studying as a part of a Russian music appreciation course. Can anyone tell me anything about the image associated with this video and the artist?

    • @Dylonely42
      @Dylonely42 7 місяців тому

      It is a painting by Alphonse Mucha.

  • @chrisconnor8086
    @chrisconnor8086 3 роки тому +1

    astonishing

  • @navasmarieluce635
    @navasmarieluce635 10 років тому +16

    TOUTE L AME RUSSE EST DANS CETTE MUSIQUE LA POESIE AUSSI

    • @eliozappulla818
      @eliozappulla818 7 років тому +1

      D'ACCORD!

    • @smikaila5462
      @smikaila5462 5 років тому +1

      Balakirev est d'origine tatare; la musique est orientale et basé sur une légende géorgienne. Où est cette soi-disant l'âme russe ici? Toutes ces fanfaronnades de l'âme russe ne sont qu'un mythe crée par des nationalistes russes.

  • @xanzpatrie
    @xanzpatrie 2 роки тому +2

    From 18:30 on, wow

  • @hi_seohi
    @hi_seohi Рік тому +1

    17:50 beautiful

  • @leonardomolnarcobo9760
    @leonardomolnarcobo9760 Рік тому

    Oh yeah, perfect

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 7 місяців тому

    Nice.

  • @handledav
    @handledav Рік тому +1

    tam

  • @vqpple3224
    @vqpple3224 3 місяці тому +1

    1:00

  • @tomlin1312
    @tomlin1312 5 років тому +3

    有林姆斯基高沙可夫「天方夜譚」的影子! 但照網友的解釋,故事結局似剛好相反(a headless body看到就令人頭皮發麻!),不知道巴拉基列夫為何讓這麼恐怖的故事入曲?

    • @Balakirev_
      @Balakirev_ Рік тому

      民族情结对于他们来说是第一位的 故事具体情节没那么重要

  • @Mr-Prasguerman
    @Mr-Prasguerman 2 роки тому +2

    Soa como uma mistura de korsakov, dvorak e , não sei........

  • @The1976spirit
    @The1976spirit 2 роки тому

    John Barry would have been my favourite conductor for Tamara

  • @chika8689
    @chika8689 3 роки тому +2

    like rimsky-korsakov’s “Scheherazade”

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 7 місяців тому

    9:54

  • @paulgreenwald7091
    @paulgreenwald7091 2 роки тому +1

    Paul Greenwald

  • @thefantasticmustache584
    @thefantasticmustache584 3 роки тому +1

    15:43

  • @gabriel-qv5ou
    @gabriel-qv5ou 6 років тому +1

    Name of painting please ??

  • @therealrealludwigvanbeethoven
    @therealrealludwigvanbeethoven 4 місяці тому

    9:00

  • @anangryjuicebox2799
    @anangryjuicebox2799 9 місяців тому

    8:23

  • @bokte11111
    @bokte11111 9 років тому +1

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_(poem)

    • @dainulisv
      @dainulisv 8 років тому +2

      This is not a poem "Demon" (Lermontov)
      This is a poem "Tamara" (Lermontov).
      There is a big difference between the two Tamars.
      One girl a good, but not so for what this music

    • @SpectatorAlius
      @SpectatorAlius 6 років тому

      'Tamara' has been a popular name in Georgia since the reign of Queen Tamara about 800 years ago.

  • @Selfdefencenoob
    @Selfdefencenoob 4 роки тому

    Anyone know the title of the painting?

  • @tomascostero9962
    @tomascostero9962 Рік тому

    2:29

  • @alessandropelizzoli6613
    @alessandropelizzoli6613 5 років тому

    Qualcuno qua sotto parla di lontananza di questa Musica dal "materialismo", e poi ne sottolinea in certo modo la sensualità.... Ma la sensualità è anch' essa una forma di materialismo.... E Balakirev non è Skrjabin....

  • @Nissa-Nissa
    @Nissa-Nissa 5 років тому +1

    Such a beautiful music!!
    I'm just sorry that I can't stand the look of the right hand of this poor woman which is drawn as if it was a left hand x_x''' But that's probably just my occupational bias...

    • @karamjitsingh8179
      @karamjitsingh8179 5 років тому +2

      It's probably sombody else's hand !!!

    • @wardropper
      @wardropper 4 роки тому +1

      Your occupation ought to inform you of what a work of art is. The picture is a beautiful representation of an idea. For all we know, Tamara had two left hands... She was a witch.

    • @adamswift3197
      @adamswift3197 4 роки тому

      Dammit now I can't unsee that

    • @Shvetsario
      @Shvetsario 3 роки тому

      @@karamjitsingh8179 Yeah you caught me, it’s my hand

    • @Shvetsario
      @Shvetsario 3 роки тому

      😏

  • @ChimozuFu
    @ChimozuFu Рік тому

    The versión performed by the orchestre of Montreal is the best one. It is on Spotify. Sadly this versión doesn't do the song justice

  • @isabelledargentre7381
    @isabelledargentre7381 Рік тому

    Assez difficile
    Je préfère les autres du groupe des 5
    Rimski Prokofiev et même borodine
    Jamais entendu ds mon éducation si classique

  • @deliadimarco1218
    @deliadimarco1218 3 роки тому

    Musica poco emozionante e un po' confusa. si notano reminescenze di Korsakov!

  • @fulviopolce9785
    @fulviopolce9785 5 років тому

    Balakirev era un dilettante,nulla a che vedere con un Tchaikowsky.
    Opere come questa sono totalmente e giustamente ignorate perché non hanno qualità.
    La Russia deve ringraziare eternamente l'aver avuto un Tchaikowsky e naturalmente Rachmaninov,etc.ma non degli imbelli dilettanti che erano il gruppo dei cinque.

  • @calebhu6383
    @calebhu6383 8 місяців тому

    12:43