Puccini "Crisantemi" performed by the Enso String Quartet

[@gravy0269]

I can’t describe the feeling I get listening to this piece...Puccini put this together in one night after someone died and to see something so utterly outstanding and bone chillingly beautiful shows anything is possible.

[@mattdevaux7202]

When I hear this piece, I feel autumn

[@markpettis2896]

I’m so glad Puccini took this and put it in his opera Manon lescaut😥

[@jacquesdumon4982]

Puccini wrote this beautiful and melancholic piece in a single night upon the death of the Duke of Savoy.

[@buffett1000]

I first heard this when driving, it was on the radio. I had to stop the car and just cry.

[@elizabethantoine9652]

Crying and it was raining today

[@seanmcdonough2995]

A few years back, the Dayton Philharmonic played this for a cellist of theirs that had suddenly passed. It was the most beautiful tribute I could have imagined for her.

[@armandoterron8341]

As a 10 years old kid, I used to listen to this masterpiece every night back in the 50's, as it was the theme song of a dadio program in Havana's CMBF radio station. The most sublime music I have rvrt headr, together with The Humming Chorus... The genius od Puccini at his best...

[@albertwaltherr9929]

I remember too. Cuba 1950

[@albertwaltherr9929]

I remember puccini 🎵 😢 in Havana in the 50's was beautiful

[@pie3566]

This piece is so underrated!

[@kmrerk]

No, it is not.....

[@thodgounaris4223]

@@kmrerk yes it is

[@dannyliu8866]

Most expressive play of this Puccini quartet. I revisited it many times A most touching performance…

[@janeboulton4252]

Sublime. Makes me cry, but then Puccini always does. Such emotion.

[@dannyliu8866]

Bravo! The best interpretation and most musical. I revisit their piece many times.

[@doudou7895]

Me too!❤

[@matiasnorenamuriel7069]

This is the most beautiful and sublime character piece written for string quartet in existence. Puccini manages to convey all his pain and grief into musical perfection. The B section has one of the most sensible melodies ever imagined.

[@lindsayaitkenhead286]

Yes, it made me cry too. Lovely playing!

[@englishrose47]

Written in one night after hearing of the death of a a dear friend. So beautiful. 😢

[@sportsaholic503]

Most likely the most beautiful piece of music I will ever hear in my life.

[@NoName-zn1sb]

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[@БацзыЦюань-к1ф]

Together with Rakhmaninoff's Vocalise one of the most sophisticated and touching music pieces. You probably know this but also try Rakhmaninoff's op. 23 #5.

[@O-sa-car]

Here's another: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqDHoY2knNSnfLc

[@stephencoleman3578]

The Duke of Savoy was king of Spain for a brief 3 years. He abdicated citing the Spanish people to be ungovernable. He returned to Italy and died in 1890, I found this piece because I live in Amadeo, Philippines, a municipality named in his honor. Life can suck for kings too.

[@43ifymarie]

Fenséges. Könnyekig megható. Tele érzelemmel.

[@zoltanmencsik4825]

Csodálatosan szép érzelmes előadás, mindig rácsodálkozok, ha hallom. Végtelenül harmónikus. 👍

[@alisalobashkova8078]

Franz Schubert would have been delighted to have written this, and you can't get much better than that. A fine performance from the quartet.

[@mmineiro00]

as many versions as there may be of this piece, i keep coming back to this one. wonderful playing, wonderful interpretation, there's nothing like feeling this piece !

[@deborahlipsi730]

Sublime, beautiful and passionate playing to match the music of the same! Bravo!

[@nickli1564]

Beautiful color grading and cinematography.

[@andriesbartels3454]

Beautiful music interpreted sublimely. Thanks!

[@parthoroy9141]

The main theme/motif, with vn 1 & vn 2 rising and va & vc descending, is like the tragic unfolding of the namesake flower

[@HotRatsAndTheStooges]

Bravo. Incredibly rich performance. The fluidity and the collaboration between each musician is top notch. Masterfully played.

[@philliplove9699]

What a treat! Beautiful music interpreted sublimely.

[@ensoquartet]

Thank you! We're glad you enjoyed it

[@fredhoupt4078]

Exceptionally moving; a masterpiece

[@Violin2Lover]

Thanks for posting this and playing it so beautifully.

[@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical]

Hoy conocí la existencia de esta hermosísima obra que adelante lo que con los años serían melodías del último acto de Manon Lescaut. En este caso, en versión original para cuarteto de cuerdas. Es de una increible belleza y dulzura profunda. Me emociona hasta las lágrimas.

[@LardoDiColonnata]

Fantastica esecuzione, davvero intensa e vibrante. Bravi!

[@johanneschristophscheer6233]

Yes! I listen to this marvellous Performance every day, its wonderful!

[@circulartony]

Just heard this Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. Outstanding!!!

[@AlejandroKreiman]

En enero de 1890 murió el segundo hijo del rey Víctor Manuel II, Amadeo de Saboya, duque de Aosta y fugaz rey de España. Sorprendido y alterado por el luctuoso acontecimiento, Puccini compuso, en una sola noche, un sencillo cuarteto de cuerdas al que llamó Crisantemi, plantas asociadas a los ritos funerarios.

[@andriesbartels3454]

Beautifully piece of music and sublime played.

[@roselandiramos7048]

Quando Puccini compôs essa melodia por certo Deus estava ao seu lado, muito lirismo e sensibilidade!!!Amo

[@martinirving3824]

Man, that cellist has got it going on. He's with the program.

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Lamentable que El maestro Puccini con su inmenso talento no nos haya dejado mas obras de cámara, como esta.

[@luisfrodrimaz]

Precioso. Magnífica interpretación.

[@enricomarconi8358]

Marvellous piece and wonderful playing!

[@ernshaw78]

This was the piece I heard the last time my violin instructor played with her quartet. I can't describe how close this gets to how I felt then.

[@ellenturnerhall3671]

Simply beautiful

[@karlwinkler66]

Bravo! Very lovely performance of this gorgeous piece.

[@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist]

As part of the weekend of concerts to celebrate John Woolrich’s 70th birthday he programmed this exquisite piece along with music by himself , Webern, Stravinsky and Shostakovich .

[@서은영-m1c]

악기들의 은은한 음율의 소리를 잘 듣고 보고 갑니다. 행복하고 즐거운 주말 보내세요....

[@DusktheCuteKat]

I'm in love with this piece 😍. We played it in the Alaska All-State Orchestra and I'm absolutely hooked!

[@heatherbonakim]

ak_violist omg i was there too i was the 4th chair cellist!!!

[@yousunkim8769]

가슴 여기저기를 날카로운 칼로 도려내는 듯한 섬뜩함과 비탄, 서글픔, 절망 등의 감정이 아름다운 선율에 담겨 있네요. 마농레스코의 순간의 아름다움과 함께 서글픈 인생이 절절히 느껴지네요

[@naravard151]

Bravooooo

[@paulettepopp]

I LOVE the sound you bring out from your instruments! Italian? They are so well matched! Please record your Ravel! Thank you, Enso Quartet, for your many splendid videos too!

[@jeanmarcb9232]

splendide interprétation, et vive Puccini.

[@ВсякиеВсячиныиИнтересности]

Смерть близкого в музыке - это когда хочешь, чтобы твои радостные воспоминания никто не увидел, а твой горестный плач никто не услышал

[@agathosj]

Reminds me of Schubert's "The death and the maiden". So simple yet strong and moving.

[@saifeldeennoreldeen9252]

not so simple as it seems...

[@angelonardella9771]

Per curiosità, ho ascoltato " The death and the maiden" di Schubert e non ho trovato nessunissima rassomiglianza col sublime "Crisantemi" di Puccini.

[@albertwaltherr9929]

YES I was Thinking the same.

[@betabob3033]

Can this interpretation of this masterwork be topped. NO. Plain and simple.

[@Yehezkel82773]

Phenomenal playing. Truly sublime.

[@lorainegrace]

Wonderful piece of music. beautifully played

[@christophueberhorst7924]

So beautifully played!!! ❤

[@asia-rae]

this peice is so beautiful and intricate

[@sheilaesquivel38]

I absolutely adore this

[@antoniomanueldiazdiaz7423]

Sin duda una obra bellísima de un gran compositor. De gran ternura y dulzura. Maravillosa

[@Celticmood]

Puccini composed this beautiful elegy for string quartet in memory of his friend Amadeo l of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, who was king of Spain for two years and forty days.

[@EdgardoJCR]

Wonderful!!

[@Alysse111]

Bellissimo struggente meraviglioso brano! Puccini sei ineguagliabile grazie per queste melodie

[@ananyaiyer8122]

love the cellist!!

[@robertdavidson4418]

It's a matter of taste I know, but in the case of this piece of music I believe the original quartet version works best - the intimacy of Puccini's original is not improved by adding numbers and basses - to my ear the string orchestral version seems overblown - or perhaps I should say over-bowed.

[@isabelg.2450]

Robert Davidson I agree. But I'm playing it with an orchestra as a bassist so I'll just have to live with that ha ha

[@robertdavidson4418]

+Izzy G Perhaps you do, and I'm sure it's still great to play, and I hope any performance(s) go really well for you; but maybe - if your orchestra is good enough (that's not intended to be snide; I believe it's a v. difficult piece to play) - you could suggest tackling Schonberg's "Verklarte Nacht" (apologies for missing umlauts) - that's a piece which imho really transfers well from chamber forces to string orchestra - and is similarly beautiful, though more dramatic, which I believe lends itself better to the larger forces.

[@zojapetkovamarkovic8963]

Blagodaram,odlicna interpretacija!

[@albertwaltherr9929]

Puccini. Takes me back to my dear 💕 past

[@jerrydryve]

Spettacolare...... Una composizione che arriva al cuore

[@олегмельников-п4у]

Прекрасное исполнение!!

[@pharoahluxor3184]

1:37 I get chills o that’s soo beautiful wow

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

lamentable que el maestro no haya compuesto mas obras de cámara

[@sarabrown536]

I came to hear this after reading the history of Amadeo l of Spain. Upon his death his friend, Puccini wrote it.

[@inesvoglar9691]

just gorgeous❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PaulUbanaJones]

Velemir Dugina.R.I.P. would have loved this!! he had the same majestic lyricism in his playing and in his soul

[@arielmetamorphosis]

This is sadder that a rain drop on a window pane

[@dt10825]

bravissimo!

[@leoncioviolin]

HERMOSÍSIMO. BRAVOOO!!!

[@henrigerardin8187]

Composition musicale « céleste » de Puccini et interprétation remarquable.

[@occoocco4820]

henri gerardin 8

[@Danceofthesugarplumfairy]

Beautiful

[@Fracastorius]

Magnifique !! Bravo et merci ;-)

[@annamarie5525]

Chills.... ooooooh.

[@Dylonely_9274]

I’m pretty sure that Puccini used this quartet in the last act of his opera "Manon Lescaut".

[@sagemae6482]

Love this piece! Around 3:26 i get Lion King vibes.

[@MelissaLindell-d6b]

Mums, tulips, gladiolas, CANNAS, and begonias are my favorite....oh and hibiscus!

[@djthrowedup2819]

exquisite ! viva italia

[@lambdagiota6575]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@roselandiramos7048]

Beleza de musica, Pucini um genio

[@victoryelamo1013]

Wonderful!

[@danonotinthelionsden]

Bravo! 👏👍👍

[@ensoquartet]

Thank you!

[@spotilakis]

Bravo...!!!

[@mayracampos1644]

Lindo. Maravilhoso

[@LAZARUSREX1]

Emocionante.....................

[@creativeatelierberlin]

Heart opener! Such beautiful music

[@ConcreteJungleSickness]

The best.

[@wancel35]

Merci, c'est magnifique. Je travaille cette pièce en quatuor de guitare, ça ne va pas être évident...

[@Musikprodukteur]

Picture and sound are not always in sync, which is a shame. But very nicely played and good sound.

[@letturaadaltavoce]

great many many thanks

[@jclt10]

Musica Maravillosa!!

[@PanarielloComposer]

Molto bello.

[@papagen00]

They played this for the late maestro Mariss Janson also.

[@tirondi]

Lovely

[@arielmetamorphosis]

Listen to this while it's raining outside

[@yukaviguier9396]

この演奏は、感涙ものです...。

[@Drrumeysakocak]

Background music of my scream in silence

[@BonifacedelaMole]

He was Amedeo di Savoia, Duca d'Aosta. Ex-King of Spain.

[@salvatoreschembari2700]

Stupendo

[@LardoDiColonnata]

Crisantemi contiene moltissimi temi che Puccini userà nell'opera Manon Lescaut