Katyusha (Катюша) | Orchestral Performance

🎵 Embark on a melodic journey through Russian history with my orchestral rendition of "Katyusha" (Катюша). This iconic song, composed by Matvei Blanter with lyrics by Mikhail Isakovsky, is a beloved symbol of Russian culture. Its poignant lyrics depict a young woman, Katyusha, pining for her beloved soldier amidst the trials of war. 🌸 Join me as we explore the emotional depth and timeless beauty of this musical masterpiece through an instrumental cover, a midi rendition of a symphonic orchestra.
🎶 "Katyusha" has resonated with audiences since its debut in 1938, capturing the essence of love, longing, and patriotism. Blending traditional Russian folk melodies with stirring orchestral arrangements, this rendition pays homage to the song's rich heritage and enduring significance. 🎻
📜 During World War II, "Katyusha" gained widespread popularity among Soviet soldiers, serving as a source of inspiration and solace amidst the hardships of battle. 🎖️ The song's evocative lyrics and haunting melody became synonymous with the bravery and resilience of the Russian people during one of history's darkest chapters.
⚔️ In a poignant nod to its wartime legacy, "Katyusha" also shares its name with the BM-13 rocket launcher, used by Soviet forces during World War II. 🚀 This connection further underscores the song's role as a symbol of courage and sacrifice in the face of adversity.
🎶 "Katyusha" has resonated with audiences worldwide, transcending language barriers to touch hearts across the globe. From the soulful rendition by Nat King Cole in English to enchanting interpretations in Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and beyond, its universal appeal knows no bounds. 🌍
📜 Matvei Blanter's evocative composition, paired with Mikhail Isakovsky's poignant lyrics, transports listeners to the tranquil landscapes of rural Russia. 🏞️ In the accompanying video, witness the narrative unfold through AI-generated imagery, featuring scenes of Katyusha in her idyllic village by the river, alongside her devoted soldier amidst the trials of life and love. 🌟 Let the music of "Katyusha" stir your soul and ignite your imagination as we honor the resilience and spirit of the Russian veterans who fought in the Second World War. 🌟
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Credits:
Original Music: Matvei Blanter (composer) / Mikhail Isakovsky (songwriter)
Orchestrated and Recorded by: Idan Schneider (@cartoonartist)
Video Production: Idan Schneider
Art generated using MidJourney6 (with paid license)
All rights reserved.
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[@gamerscraft5477]

I've listened to almost all versions of this masterpiece available anywhere on the internet This one has its own special place

[@z.a.4262]

Same

[@KarunaMurti]

this is good but need some vocalist

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

@@KarunaMurtiLook it up with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, he sang it in several concerts (and beautifully)

[@alexanderverikostonen3926]

Well, you've listened ... but what have you understood ?... What exactly this song is about ?...

[@UweFiedler-jv9uk]

Es ist Volksmusik, die sich sogar auf der Steirischen Harmonika spielen lässt. Aber trotzdem schön. Ich spiele es jedesmal, wenn ich trainiere

[@moby-vz1mi]

Katyusha is the Spirit of Mother Russia, determined, forward with mastery and cunning. As an old school American I can only have respect and do not underestimate.

[@kostonr9583]

This is a phenomenal piece. I am a massive lover of Katyusha and actively listen to many different orchestral versions, but this is definitely another astonishing one to add to the collection. Everything about this one just demonstrates and adds more depth of uniqueness and an entirely new style. I adore it so!

[@cartoonartist]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@kostonr9583]

Your welcome. I really enjoy some of your other pieces on here, such as Moskau and Rasputin, but Katyusha made me immediately hit that subscribe button.

[@dc10fomin65]

My father Dimitri was in the Red Army and when he reached Berlin he got out of his tank and went to the Allies side. He ended up in Brazil where I was born in Sao Paulo in 1949. Ever since I can remember he used to sing this song always with his Russian friends. In 1961 our family immigrated to USA and he kept on singing this song until his passing in 2001. I am now 75 and have this and many other WW2 songs in my mind, he also loved " Tri Tankista", I can go on with his songs for ever, but just wish you the best from Chicago.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

I love her too, soooo, stand in line budfyyyy!!!❤😂

[@akesar2445]

Eternal song of love and struggle!!!✊⭐❤️

[@santiagoalberomartinez3995]

Tienes 88 me gusta. Os volveremos a pasar por encima .

[@alexanderverikostonen3926]

Exactly with this beautiful propaganda-song being played "new territories" were bloodily taken by Stalin's empire ....

[@Ismaelpedobotana]

@@alexanderverikostonen3926 Stop believing Hitler's propaganda...

[@franciscos7045]

Slava Ukraini !!!

[@orionhorizon]

@@alexanderverikostonen3926His regime may be bad, but A.H.’s was worse. If it weren’t for the Soviet determination, the Allies would have had their operations around 5x more difficult (80% of Germany’s troops were fighting on the Eastern Front in WW2). Additionally, A.H.’s regime was hellbent on the extermination of entire races, meanwhile, Stalin only wanted to accumulate as much power as he could have. Also, the song is about a girl who sings to her love who is fighting against a Russian enemy power.

[@user-gv6gr4sl3p]

Hasta en el sonido se siente la esencia rusa y te da valor de seguir luchando por una patria mejor

[@osito1701]

Los años que viví en Moscú, Rusia, nunca los olvido. En esa época, aprendí a valorar al pueblo Ruso y toda su cultura. Lamentablemente me estoy olvidando de hablar en ruso.

[@Jose-dr9rp]

No te preocupes.... seguro los políticos que dicen defenderlo también se han olvidado!!!...

[@RozaKiraly]

Régi emlékek! csodálatos! köszönöm! nagyon tetszik!❤️🌹❤️

[@JeanBonnot51]

La musique du folklore RUSSE plus les coeurs de l' Armée Rouge c'est un enchantement pour nos oreilles , un grand merci à la RUSSIE et à son peuple . Amitiés d'un Français 🇫🇷⚜️ et longue vie à vous ❤️

[@marcelbaumunk-zz3pu]

Franzosen haben schon immer Russen gehasst,siehe Napoleon. Hört auf zu heucheln

[@annie1543]

On est subjugué par l'éclat et la beauté rayonnante de ces jeunes russes .

[@pommedeterre9765]

Qui sont tous générés par l'AI.

[@GrandWoopyGoLDberG]

к сожалению таких молодых русских, почти не осталось. Они утраченный генофонд.

[@coachman1532]

@@pommedeterre9765pas toutes..?

[@josesardinas7660]

The first Russian song I learned back when I was a kid... 🙂

[@IV.Baudouin1161]

Расцветали яблони и груши Поплыли туманы над рекой Выходила на берег Катюша На высокий берег на крутой Выходила, песню заводила Про степного сизого орла Про того, которого любила Про того, чьи письма берегла Ой, ты, песня, песенка девичья Ты лети за ясным солнцем вслед И бойцу на дальнем пограничье От Катюши передай привет Пусть он вспомнит девушку простую Пусть услышит, как она поёт Пусть он землю бережёт родную А любовь Катюша сбережёт Расцветали яблони и груши Поплыли туманы над рекой Выходила на берег Катюша На высокий берег на крутой

[@abandoneduniverses]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@francescopolverino2901]

Bellissimi intramontabili capolavori folkloristici russi .🇷🇺♥️🙌🙌

[@user-pz7xk7ml3b]

Grazie cari italiani!!! Con amore dalla Russia!

[@mateoalvaro1435]

Muy hermosa canción de épocas muy difíciles para la gran rusia.

[@user-vf3li2ro6l]

Божественно

[@Isidore-hj4cm]

NOS SŒUR PUR XX ANS

[@idalongoni4417]

Meravigliosa gloria al grande popolo russo sono italiana e vi auguro di vincere presto questa maledetta guerra lo meritate tanti auguri

[@user-cg4dd5ng2r]

러시아가 정통성이 있쟎냐

[@doberski6855]

Beautiful piece of music that I love to hear performed. You did a brilliant job and your choice of images and art for the video was superb!

[@nrqed]

Incredible choice of pictures and drawings, for an incredible piece of music.

[@petervan333]

Lord through your Mercy make this nordic people even more beautiful than it once was

[@andrescholz3019]

Es geht um die Liebe! Was gibt es schöneres als die Liebe?🇷🇺❤️🇩🇪

[@e-tumleh]

... und um Krieg ! (Damit meine ich jetzt nicht die gleichlautende Bezeichnung des russischen Mehrfach-Raketenwerfers)

[@konstantinstefan6255]

Sozialismus

[@PsychoFux]

Currywurst und Bier

[@jeremiaslarrocca8905]

@@konstantinstefan6255 das ist ja schöner

[@konstantinstefan6255]

@@jeremiaslarrocca8905 Kamerad

[@AmythystCat]

Simply brilliant composition. Sounds very epic! You are grossly underrated and unknown.

[@AmythystCat]

From a longtime subscriber.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

Just awesome and beautiful, Orchestra and Gallery.

[@arramianes]

Vraiment bravo c'est un grand travail que vous fesez, continuez ...

[@Sineseol]

Beautiful photos.

[@lorion1699]

Dude, I think AI made the photos.

[@lucianochert7721]

Meravigliosa katjusca suonata benissimo❤❤❤❤

[@user-fs8th2kl2x]

beaitiful... strong... hummanity... and.. west east mix on one spirit.... 미디어 전 에서도 그들은 예민하고 섬세 하며 뛰어 나다

[@DerMoelly]

Beautiful, one of the most beautiful melodies! Greetings from Germany to our sisters and brothers in Russia! *#Druschba** Дружба Druzhba*

[@XuSha-ce4ux]

Привет из России!👋🏻

[@DerMoelly]

@@XuSha-ce4ux 🇷🇺❤🇩🇪

[@eliasstraka7422]

Grüße aus Deutschland von euren Brüdern und Schwestern? Mach dich nach Russland. Wer sich mit dem Feind der freien Welt verbrüdert, hat hier nichts mehr verloren.

[@user-zx8ir3tx2i]

Мы всегда должны быть вместе.

[@DerMoelly]

@@user-zx8ir3tx2i Это моя мысль, бро! Exactly my thought, bro!

[@momirmitrovic3955]

Rusija braco nasa vi i mi SRBi zauvek braca 🇷🇸🇷🇺

[@user-sy4zt9yi8y]

🇷🇺🤝🇷🇸❤

[@brankomajstorovic3966]

Pridružujem se!

[@alexanderverikostonen3926]

Putin is your brother too ??...

[@saleplazma5109]

Hahha. Koliko smo bolesni, placem

[@paulussturm6572]

@@alexanderverikostonen3926Yup. Never did a single bad thing to us, unlike the politicians of whatever hellhole country you come from.

[@camarinn172]

Lovely melody hail from Scotland

[@canismajoris7557]

Love to Russia from Italy! 🇷🇺 🇮🇹

[@mohammad3848]

🇮🇶❤️🇮🇹

[@rogouannerogouanne9340]

❤From France to ❤

[@NoHero_Bebop82]

🇷🇺❤️🇮🇹❤️🇷🇺

[@WilliamJAmpio]

Un abbraccio ai nostri amici russi, ricordando loro l'Operazione Barbarossa 😘 🇮🇹🤝🏻🇩🇪

[@jarnomontanamusic23]

Viva la urss

[@blitzkrieg19397]

Everything in this video is perfect.

[@omerqafarov2131]

Сколько мучений и страданий во время великой отечественной,это песня у меня ассоциируется именно с великой отечественной.Хотя я не видел эту войну но видел и участвовал в карабахской.теперь она с Украиной и Россией.не хотелось что две в самом деле братские народы столкнулись друг с другом.братоубийственная война.да и любая война хотя она женского рода слово война у него совсем не женское лицо.жизнь намного дорже. Низкий поклон погибшим в воинах .с уважением из Азербайджана.

[@homerorodas5881]

I congratulate your comments and I agree that war is the misfortune of humanity.

[@user-jl2pj3db4d]

Русская нечеловеческая песня навека,дух велик женщины,она шла вперед и побеждала всегда! Валерий Козырев.журналист. Москва.

[@ajayzuuj]

🇺🇦 Stop Putin war🇺🇦

[@ElizaWebbg]

@@ajayzuuj Putler and Drumpf!! Get a grip with your derangement. Zelenskyy is a zionist who destroyed the Orthodox Christian Ukraine with unrepairable debt and NATO expansive aggression.

[@SETVERSE]

It's a pleasure to listen to your versions of famous works!

[@sumanthkris777]

Wow ! Warmed my heart ...

[@claudiohaenggi5936]

wow, so nice. and i love the bass in the background. great job. I would never have thought that this song would be so topical again. Tragic but true.

[@Woozy_Official]

im a big fan of violin and katushya! this is really good great job! keep it up !

[@KURO_ame]

I hope am correctly saying it: Epicheskaya russkiy muzyka. EPIC work as always. 😊😊😊

[@satinsatin7226]

Russkaya (f) russkiy (m)😊🌷

[@cookiecracker2]

man...AI art is getting crazy good. I can still tell by looking at ears, and size proportions, but I'm doubting I will still be able to tell in the next 10 years...

[@tomaspavel9450]

Hello from 🇨🇿 Slovani

[@patrolduty8715]

BEAUTIFUL VERSION of Katyusha!

[@roisszaher7405]

I always had this passion for everything in Russia. The music the culture, the buildings, the literature. It's a very great country.

[@impedanze.m8521]

Ein sehr schönes Lied.

[@reinaldoperezlopez1127]

Amo a Rusia desde Colombia. ❤🇨🇴❤️🇷🇺🌹

[@blackcatwhitecat4296]

Прекрасная работа оркестра и отличная подборка фото. Возможно услышать и увидеть марш "Прощание славянки"?

[@user-vl5pj5kx3f]

Да, было бы очень замечательно. Также хотелось бы услышать вариант оркестра "На сопках Ман'чжурии".

[@user-xm9kw3if6j]

А кто на фото? Это не наши солдаты.

[@blackcatwhitecat4296]

@@user-xm9kw3if6j, главное, что выдержана тема "Солдат и девушка". 2.05.- девушки тоже не наши. Сделано нейросетью, но классно же!

[@tritiy003]

@@user-xm9kw3if6j разумеется нет. Но они на серьёзных соплях верят, что победили гитлера))))

[@kartapuce3814]

Magnifique !

[@angelinaapple5397]

Sounds so beautiful! 😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️

[@Sergeant_74]

I was amused by some of your previous works and amazed by some others. This one combined with the pictures left me silent and in tears. Many thanks from Russia for your beautiful and masterfully performed version of our song!

[@cartoonartist]

Thank you! 🫶

[@Hldocin]

Krásne prevedenie. Super!

[@ZGI]

Brilliant. It Would be wonderful to hear "Podmoskovnye vechera" aswell.

[@sebastianhefner116]

Amazing!!! ❤❤❤

[@Mr.Touhidul]

I love your videos ❤

[@mtnman8783]

Very nice

[@mmalt9291]

Paz para todas las naciones! No a la guerra!

[@freliepoblete1386]

Beautiful song, just beautiful.

[@tonyfernandes3557]

So beautiful!

[@mimydave]

Magnifique, j'adore la Russie et son peuple spasiba ❤️🙏

[@selimturan-si8xy]

Your soul will fly when you feel the notes of music

[@amazingle7431]

Irony this song feel the best in war time, you can feel the epic of war, the sadness of those ladies who waiting for theirs husbands, the hopeless anticipation of the soldiers leaving and possibly never returning

[@hkleehk1]

人類最大的寡婦村，在此國出現，而非剛過去，6月6日諾曼地的Longest Day, D-Day, 80th anniversary.

[@Sergio-pq3ri]

Viva Rusia, hasta la victoria. Un gran saludo y admiración al pueblo ruso desde Chile ❤

[@mohammad3848]

🇮🇶❤️🇨🇱

[@MeetJohnnyNg]

Beautiful melody

[@murataykar-pm7mn]

Rusya yi ve müziklerini, sanatçılarını cik seviyorum.Turkuyeden selamlar 🇹🇷❤️🤗🇷🇺🇹🇷🇷🇺❤️🤗🇹🇷🇷🇺🇷🇺🇹🇷

[@thomasyogayoiii3759]

Exceptionnel

[@user-yd9bg7jm6o]

Fabulous

[@SergDD]

Восторг!!!!!

[@jamesfeng6342]

The rhythm is just pure beautiful

[@moetocafe]

Изключително поетично! Благодаря ви.

[@Alialnames66]

I remember When i was in Russia beautiful music ❤❤

[@carlosacta8726]

Love this song!!!

[@maturatorstelar]

It's so beautiful I'm crying now. My tears are made of vodka!

[@angelinaapple5397]

😂😂😂

[@daniloschiaratura868]

UN GRANDE DEBOLEZZA PER LE BIONDE RUSSE SARANNO SEMPRE LE PIÙ BELLE DEL MONDO ONORE ALLA RUSSIA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@merecedescortez5409]

LOVE IT 💜

[@artur1270]

Piekne😊

[@boatclublahoremarina3066]

💕 Lovely music

[@anthonycontarino4713]

Well done !

[@hsalman3063]

Very beautiful

[@GramkowPiano]

Awesome work man! I really would love to see someone singing on this. I waited until the end for the voice entering 😂

[@kids8034]

Pure pleasure ❤

[@zekidemirel4504]

Ayrıca şarkı, II. Dünya Savaşı'nda Kızıl Ordu tarafından kullanılan BM-8, BM-13 ve BM-31 "Katyusha" roketatarlarının takma adının kaynağıdır.

[@phillipe8440]

Magnifique,vive la grande Russie ❤

[@petraschulten2449]

Auch wenn Russland in Deutschland in Verruf geraten ist, ich mag euch, eure Sprache (auch wenn ich nur ganz wenig verstehe, sie klingt schön) und eure Musik.

[@wesleyoliveira5142]

Beautiful

[@charlesye5977]

Love to Russia from Shanghai!

[@racecar7808]

Best motivational song for soldiers, ❤❤❤

[@OMLT2010]

Ein schönes Lied. In einer sehr schönen Version. Vielen Dank !

[@laridzomic2267]

Браво - Bravo!!!

[@Blackrew]

That ending is a great unique way to conclude the song

[@user-mc7um7wu9v]

I adore this beautiful song.

[@Michael90788]

Brilliant

[@anonyme093]

Magnifique ❤

[@Michelleruiz5330]

_¡¡¡Hermoso!!🌹🖤🌹(♡ω♡ ) ~♪🎻🎼✨_

[@marcosteixeiradarosar5269]

QUE JOYITA DIOS MIO.!

[@attackhelicoptercat]

this is beautiful!

[@AlIttihadTVBukitPermai]

amazing

[@SelcukEren]

The perfect anthem of our hero Besimov Tibukova

[@ulusanbetul]

Ahahshshshshshss şeytan ayrıntıda mı gizli ne dkkfkfkfkfkfkd

[@SelcukEren]

@@ulusanbetul 😉

[@JoaoMituka]

Parabéns Cartoonartist, muito bom as sua fotos e montagens, parabéns.

[@JesusMartinez-qq4xr]

I love it ❤

[@ode4473]

Beutiful!!!

[@user-ez2to8uo6k]

Beautiful music

[@leoniegureghian7156]

Love ❤️ Prayers 🤲🏼 & Support ✊🏼 to Mother Russia 🇷🇺 & her people from the US 🇺🇸

[@charlymalaga4275]

Beautifull .

[@noortej9891]

Joli mélodie l'histoire d 'un gère

[@mmroberts07]

Maganifacent!