Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite

[@ArmenFKaz]

Incredible, out of this world... I remember when He, the great Khachaturian was conducting at the concert dedicated to his 60 anniversary and I was among the violin players , it was absolutely magnificent. Till now I hold that episode like one of the greatest moment in my life. I consider Him as a greatest composer of the 20-th Century.

[@DariusSarrafi]

You're not alone. He WAS great!

[@janwojciechowski8446]

Along with John Williams and Gustav Holst - my subjective opinion!

[@madhupandji5944]

My god, what an experience!!! I can almost feel it, just thinking about it. Such good fortune! Absolutely incredible. Perhaps you will understand this: Since I was a child, I had always wanted to choreograph the Waltz as the first dance for my wedding. Unbeknownst to me, I would be falling in love with someone with a severe chronic illness, and it was too much for her to be able to do so. But never mind, for every time I hear this, we dance the Waltz together in the grandest ballroom, with all the temerity of loving without restraint or fear, in the face of all the ways life challenges all of us.

[@blase1856]

This comment is worthy to be pinned

[@eastwoodherin7798]

I still have the RCA LP that I listened to at my grandparent’s apartment in 1954 when I was only age 8. I would sit in front of their Magnavox and couldn’t get enough of Masquerade! Still can’t! The man is a gift from our Creator! We who listen, are truly blessed.

[@DressedForDrowning]

Khachaturian composed the most energetic classical music.

[@martamatyovszky6675]

Prokofjev? Romeo and Julia?

[@usagi0901]

Love khachaturian and Armenia from Japan

[@Zafiro_Regio]

what i have just listened to was extremely beautiful, but what impacted me the most was No. 04 - Romance. i dont know what came over me but halfway through it i began to cry. this overwhelming feeling that was so familiar yet unknown to me that im struggling to put it into words as i type this. it was like a mixture of passion and sorrow. whatever it was, i was moved and i loved it

[@Dylonely_9274]

The music that never gets old… so good.

[@AleksandrsV33]

Когда мне было пять лет ,Арам Ильич вместе с моим отцоц дирижером Александром Вилюманисом вместе Риге ставили балет '' Гаяне". Это было одно из первых постановок Бориса Ейфмана,который тогда жил у нас.

[@madelainelevy4520]

Beautiful music beautifully performed!

[@martamatyovszky6675]

Fantasztikus!

[@arlettekhederlarian9319]

Je ne me lasse pas d ecouter ce chef d oeuvre de Khachaturian

[@momar6713]

First time I heard this was on the soap opera days of our lives.. took me a while to find it. But when I did I've listened to it nearly everyday for the past 10+yrs an absolute treasure.

[@Penabby]

He is my favourite composer, from someone that knows nothing about classical music and just dabbles here and there, this and Adagio from Spartacus just blow my mind.

[@partisano75]

I hear it again 'n again...i love it till my death, sublime, Khachaturian a genius, blesses from Colombia with all my respect.

[@patriciarodriguez9520]

no encuentro una palabra acertada que describa las sensaciones , el sabor emocional que causa dicha pieza musical, lo podría acercar a una similar sensación orgasmica.

[@gamerdaddy]

+ονεροπόλος 075 I totally agree. Blesses from Brazil as well for this great and underrated composer.

[@User-mi2yi]

Τελιο μου αρεσε πολυ

[@User-mi2yi]

Coll i like it very much

[@victorcastela5413]

SALUDOS DESDE BRASIL HERMAO FROM COLOMBIA BLESSES FROM BRASIL

[@retf054ewte3]

this is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written.

[@MrEvenmoore]

This music is sound of heaven:) Fantastic composer, great Armenian!.. He was born and raised in Tbilisi, so I, as Georgian, am also happy that he is somehow connected to Georgia too:)

[@gracegorman642]

One of my most favourite composers of the modern era

[@MaximNovikovViolist]

ВЕЛИКИЙ АРАМ ИЛЬИЧ!

[@r.l.3816]

Божественный вальс, при звуках которого замирает сердце. Гений!

[@mariaesterrodriguez2047]

Una obra increiblemente profunda y bella!Una maravilla de melodía, que pareciera entretejer intrigas, tragedia y romance...no me canso de escucharla. Mi admiración hacia el compositor. ¡Gracias! ❤

[@crcanassr]

The Masquerade depicts the tragedy of a woman who is killed by her husband over a false accusation of infidelity. The story begins with a grand masquerade ball where the Baroness Schtral, who is secretly in love with the Prince, grants him a bracelet as a token of her affection. As the Baroness is disguised by her mask, the Prince does not know who she is, prompting him to confide in his acquaintance, Arbenin, that he will search until he finds the mystery woman who gave the gift. Things however get complicated when Arbenin comes home and notices his own wife, Nina, is missing a bracelet that suspiciously resembles the one the Prince possessed. Assuring her husband that she most likely lost the bracelet carelessly at the masquerade, Nina visits the baroness’ home in search of her misplaced jewelry. Unfortunately she meets the prince instead and in a grand misunderstanding the Prince is convinced that she gave him the bracelet. Gossip of Nina’s “flirtations” spread around the community and eventually reaches a furious Arbenin. Enraged that his wife would cheat on him he begins to plan jealous revenge on his unfaithful wife. Meanwhile, the Baroness hears of the whole mess and confesses to the prince that it was she who gave him the bracelet and that Nina is innocent after all. At the next ball the Prince returns the bracelet to Nina and warns her of the extent of her husbands anger and distrust. Of course Nina does not take him seriously. Later in the evening when Nina suddenly falls gravely ill her husband reveals that he poisoned the ice cream he gave her earlier and that she will surely die. In desperation Nina tries to convince her husband that she is innocent and that it is all a misunderstanding but ultimately it is too late, she dies. Only after wards does Arbenin cool down enough to realize the mistake he has made. To add salt to the wound the prince himself arrives to confirm that there was no affair between Nina and himself and he gives Arbenin a letter from the Baroness which explains everything. Opps…

[@comedyman112]

big opps xD anyway, i love knowing the stories behind the classic songs

[@lindagraedel2467]

Carlos R Canas d

[@ggurks]

Btw it's a play by Lermontov from 1835. The play was banned in its day, some say because it was based on a real dead "Nina" killed by her husband. I don't know if that's true though

[@rosao84]

Carlos R Cana

[@rosao84]

Carlos R Cana

[@narm011]

I hear this and again and again I am proud of being an armenian like Khachaturyan is.

[@silvamovsesyan1786]

me too

[@Webstar666]

Pride can be reserved for something you achieve or attain on your own. It's not something that happens by accident of birth.

[@dohertyf.1768]

but he's right. Nevertheless you can say that you're lucky to be armenian.

[@scj6693]

Webstar666 how can you tell someone what they can be happy for? if he’s happy that he’s armenian, let him be happy.

[@DeGroteLaaf]

One can criticize the sensibility of what someone is happy for. Some may say ignorance is bliss, but to be happy for true reasons is far better as it is a stable foothold that will never falter. Clearly, this is where OPs logic falters as this is no achievement of his, nor of all Armenians - no, the true achievements here lie with Khachaturian and the musicians who played his piece. Though one can always argue that it's due to Armenia as a whole that made his education that allowed him to make this music available. However, then at least equally so should all giants in music before him, that laid the groundwork, be praised. Much like how it goes in science. It makes more sense to be proud as a musician, as they were the reasons institutions like the ones he may have studied at existed at all. Or perhaps as a purveyor of music, since music wouldn't have gotten as far without the demand for it.

[@MarianeBulgyan-gr6to]

❤Մեծն Խաչատրյան։ Ինչ հոգեթով երաժշտություն է։❤💜

[@GingerChick114]

Mvt 4, "Romance" at 10:05 is possibly one of the most beautiful movements I have ever heard in my life... I am in awe.

[@greekshorty5]

Try also Rachmaninov's piano concerto No.2 Mvt 2...chills guaranteed everytime :)

[@jzpatelut]

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[@faidesamir4999]

Ginger Chick super

[@handlebaryuri673]

Beautiful. The Waltz makes me feel alive in ways I have never known before!

[@user-sg3wp2qs2b]

Like sex

[@sofiagalacm.ok1]

Great Kachaturian !!!

[@Omegaalpha254]

it's crazy, how this music makes me travel through time and my mind wanders towards the universe...

[@jabah126]

Superb beyond words. Also Spartacus and anything else by this genius. Proud to be Armenian.

[@kayhantezcan]

May be the most underrated musician of modern times...

[@Mrturytury1]

His music takes me to unknown landscapes imbued with joy, love and mystery and I feel myself in full vibration of passion! Bravo maestro!

[@ashleybanzxxx]

me too

[@mujdeska]

Well said. Same.

[@MsAfrica1988]

Visit Armenia, his homeland, and you will find the landscapes you were describing )).

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

8 points for your use of 'imbued'

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

i'm there right now, it is amazing. I am finding the home of Gurdjieff

[@hughcapetien]

Kiril Kondrashin with the RCA Victor Orchestra conducted the definitive version of Khachaturian's "Masquerade Suite" circa 1957.

[@Corvusthemad]

I love the second movement, Nocturne...I remember our concertmaster playing it with such grace and beauty...makes me miss my old orchestra so much....

[@teresapereda3285]

ARTE QUE PERDURAN A TRAVÉS DE LOS SIGLOS. BENDITOS FUERON Y SON MUCHAS GRACIAS

[@barry_crisp]

I can not stress enough how good this suite is...

[@ЕленаЕлена-ч1я1т]

Не могу наслушаться. И исполнение, на мой взгляд, одно из лучших.

[@madelainelevy4520]

Beautiful music beautifully performed! 3:39

[@juandeluna2652]

Khachaturian es para mí uno de los mejores compositores del siglo XX, merece una mayor distinción...este tema es extraordinario.

[@g.beatrizacuna2882]

I listened this music for the first time in my life when I was 7 or 8 years old, as a the background music of the Pinocchio story, on a 33 rev. record!! It was a wonderful surprise when, many years after, I discovered the name of the piece and his author. And I may say, it's a pity we have lost the tradition to teach children classical music through that kind of media. TV cartoons use to do the same, they played fragments of fine classical music to tell the stories.. thanks Sérgio SC, and to great Khachaturian.

[@dxcSOUL]

The lack of classical music appreciation is because there are so many nimrod (pun intended), who never foster that love and appreciation to begin with.

[@KCValley-h4o]

I love this sad, gentle and powerful waltz. Somehow, this song cheers me up.

[@theblacknightgaming2816]

I am playing this piece for a concert soon so wish me luck

[@charlottewhyte9804]

best of luck ,you will do it ,I,m sure

[@theblacknightgaming2816]

Charlotte Whyte thank you

[@alexisdanielvaneskeheian2127]

¡Mucha suerte!

[@movsesshirinyan5986]

Good luck

[@williamandres1042]

3 years later... How it went?

[@mariasofiavalcheva9021]

This is the best of what we hear in u tube. The tempo, the violin solo- fantastic in the second part! The conductor is very good i think to lead off the violin on the top and we hear so well the solo!

[@faidesamir4999]

maria sofia Valcheva erlch wunderschone solo Beige &fantastsche takischer musik. ..

[@jakubstruzynski8124]

I. Waltz 0:00 II. Nocturne 3:56 III. Mazurka 7:27 IV. Romance 10:05 V. Galop (Polka) 13:12

Thank you! I shall incorporate this in the description.

[@stevehernandez192]

Thank you

[@iosifshapiro4485]

Danke

[@ЕленаНиконова-щ8в]

Божественно! До слёз! Восторг! Великий!!!!

[@ЕленаНиконова-щ8в]

Добавлю, вальс- восторг! Всё остальное- не зашло. Люблю ещё его Танец с саблями и Адажио из балета" Спартак". Тоже душа из груди выпрыгивает от этой музыки!

[@jpstenino]

Magnificent sound from the Scottish National Orchestra.

[@robertrhodes2316]

Khachcaturian - a national treasure.

[@loremipsum7471]

+Robert Rhodes That would be Soviet treasure.

[@armenkazaryan7181]

*Armenian treasure gifted to the world.

[@hasmlkayvazyan4332]

Talanted composer! Awsome, wonderful music! Words cannot describe what I feel when I hear this music. Bravo!

[@faidesamir4999]

Hasmlk Ayvazyan me too I Love it

[@pkj410]

My God soul disappear with this masterpiece, proud of Khachaturian🇦🇲 🌠👏❤

[@gamalhamed5078]

شكرا علي هذه المجموعه المنتخبه بعنايه ولا نمل ابدا من سماعها

[@zergy23]

Mazurka and Galop, gosh so beautiful ... :D

[@pascalv5489]

Une musique endiablée et enivrante qui donne envie de danser avec celle que l'on aime !

[@VoodooChild_61]

I remember when I did this for a concert. We had the original version, so it was 16 double-sided pages. So my stand partner and I combined our parts so we didn't have to flip pages from front to back. We ended up having 32 pages stacked on one music stand just sliding them as we got to them. A warning to people doing the original version, be prepared for a hell of a lot of page turns.

[@Am3y245]

i feel like if this was a book it would be a real page turner...

[@DarthSidious-qj9mb]

@@Am3y245 😂😂😂😂

[@juanbagdasarian5312]

Esta bella música, identifica al pueblo armenio en su tristeza y alegria llevando a un estado de emoción y extasís indescriptible.!!!!!!

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Vero.

[@user-fh3ug4jc7d]

ΠΟΛΥ ΣΩΣΤΑ💐🌷⚘

[@sunnywai3084]

非常非常優美的旋律。

[@loremandrell6847]

my daughter is 11 and is playing this with her symphony GYSO and i am so proud to have her play such an amazing piece

[@alexisdanielvaneskeheian2127]

¡Bravo!

[@imperialnae]

I play for OYO’s Philharmonia Orchestra.

[@MrHeidiHigh]

But my daughter is 12 and she plays "Die kleine Nachtmusik" from Mozart in presto, furioso, cantabile and moderato ! ✌😂 Only a joke sry 😘

[@notaire2]

So far the best upload of this entire suite. The solo violin is exquisitely beautiful.

[@richardbriceno6479]

I'm 17 years old and I love these musics

[@yamilearpasi5014]

Jsjs somos dos.

[@PeterFindlay1119]

Wonderful piece of music !!!

[@tadeuandrade9134]

Khachaturian, o grande!!!

[@armgo1]

So beautiful. Music with no boundaries. Brings tears and joy

[@nizardino9887]

long live Armenia

[@chita1205]

I consider Him as a greatest composer of the 20-th Century. = YES =YES!!!!

[@vana659]

Masquerade γράφτηκε το 1941 από Αράμ Χατσατουριάν ως σκηνική μουσική για την παραγωγή του παιχνιδιού με το ίδιο όνομα με την ρωσική ποιητής και θεατρικός συγγραφέας Μιχαήλ Λέρμοντοφ. Το έκανε πρεμιέρα στις 21 Ιουνίου 1941 στα Θέατρο Vakhtangov στην Μόσχα. [1] Η μουσική είναι περισσότερο γνωστή με the form of a five-movement suite Περιεχόμενα [Hide] 1 Υπόβαθρο 2 Σουίτα 3 Ηχογραφήσεις 4 Αναφορές Ιστορικό [Επεξεργασία] Χατσατουριάν κλήθηκε να γράψει μουσική για μια παραγωγή της Masquerade που παράγεται από τον σκηνοθέτη Ruben Simonov. [2] Το διάσημο θεματικό βαλς ιδίως έδωσε Χατσατουριάν πολύ κόπο στη δημιουργία του: συγκινημένος από τα λόγια της ηρωίδας της παράστασης, Νίνα - "Πόσο όμορφη η νέα βαλς είναι! ... κάτι μεταξύ θλίψη και τη χαρά εγκλωβισμένοι καρδιά μου. " - Ο συνθέτης παλέψει για να «βρουν ένα θέμα που θεωρείται όμορφη και νέα". Πρώην δάσκαλός του, Νικολάι Myaskovsky, προσπάθησε να βοηθήσει Χατσατουριάν, δίνοντας του μια συλλογή από ειδύλλια και βαλς από καιρό Lermontov του? αν και αυτά δεν δίνουν άμεση έμπνευση, Χατσατουριάν παραδέχθηκε ότι «αν δεν είχε για την επίπονη αναζήτηση" για το κατάλληλο ύφος και μελωδική έμπνευση, δεν θα έχουν ανακαλύψει το δεύτερο θέμα του βαλς του, η οποία ενήργησε "σαν ένα μαγικό δεσμό, επιτρέποντας μου να αποχωρήσει από το σύνολο της αλυσίδας. Το υπόλοιπο του βαλς ήρθε σε μένα εύκολα, χωρίς κανένα πρόβλημα σε όλα. »[3] Χατσατουριάν αφιέρωσε το βαλς με την ηθοποιό που έπαιξε η Νίνα, Alla Kazanskaya. [4] Masquerade ήταν η τελευταία παραγωγή που οργανώθηκε από το θέατρο πριν από την εισβολή της ΕΣΣΔ από τη Γερμανία, και το τρέξιμο παραγωγή διεκόπη. [4] Σουίτα [Επεξεργασία] Αργότερα, το 1944, Χατσατουριάν εκχυλίζεται πέντε κινήσεις για να κάνει μια συμφωνική σουίτα. [5] Οι κινήσεις είναι: Βάλς Νυχτερινό Μαζούρκα Ειδύλλιο Galop

[@th-wp7zc]

this speed is really good. Neeme Järvi is fantastic.

[@giandomenicofenato6697]

1910th

[@haydnmoore6787]

Superb. Awesome. Thrilling. K is a genius. Hayden Moore (a Sinatra fan).

[@H33t3Speaks]

I’ve made my car move quite fast to all kinds of Music. This waltz, however... ❤️❤️❤️

[@charlotteschulz4667]

my crush plays the solo part in the nocturne in my orchestra. I can't stop listening to that and it makes me cry

[@HomoEconomicusX]

heard on an armenian wedding as the pair introduces the ceremony to this song. since them ... i'm stuck with it. wonderfull.

[@zzslye]

That's a bit macabre.

[@misanthropelife]

It's like happiness and despair in one!!!! I'm confused with what to feel...

[@moiseslom3408]

Santos Banglay ii

[@oscarguzman39]

Many thanks for posting this marvellous music it´s very good for soul

[@simoneabinassif218]

Amazing...i felt the notes deeeep inside!

[@abbyag]

I hear so much of the music from disney movies in the Mazurka, they must have drawn inspiration from it! I'm so excited to play this.

[@mareden4089]

Just beautiful ... I'm in love. 🥰

[@genepoon8905]

Khatchaturian...no middling conductor himself...was a close friend and admirer of Neeme Jarvi, who conducts here.

[@jedidiahcaparoso6161]

Magnificently EPIC!!! (fav classical piece)

[@Vincent64itf]

beautiful! now reaching the second part 5:59. Intensive first part, very powerful.

[@AliciaElcira]

Este hermosisimo tema era una afrenta a tanto sufrimiento en epoca de guerra en Rusia.

[@franzfi83]

Let’s do not forget that the composer was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia. The beautiful landscapes of Georgia and its diversity are reflected in his music as well.

[@zzslye]

Never forget everything that is good comes from Armenia and nothing good has come from anywhere else.

[@Mountain-Krd]

zzslye I'm not sure that's what he meant you do realise Armenians don't have a superiority complex unlike our neighbours we try to live a life worth remembering

[@zzslye]

The most important is to live together well.

[@markvanderhorst2422]

Wow. Classic top. Did know before. After Sail Amsterdam 2015 got in love with him ( old tune of Onidine line), 1975. But 19..

[@sukiysim3170]

一際、派手な演奏が素晴らしいです！

[@jw7sw]

Thank you for uploading. A wonderful, robust piece of music

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Sergio SC, bellissimo, Masquerade...

[@TerezinhadeHolandaCavalcanti]

Maravilhoso! Like sempre garantido, amigo! 🙏👍👍👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@heavyweaponsgaming]

I know I've heard the waltz somewhere before, but I don't think I've listened to the Masquerade suite before. I wonder where I heard it? Anyway, I'm glad I found this, it's wonderful to hear more of Khachaturian's great music.

[@katcha7948]

Did you watch the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony...?

[@heavyweaponsgaming]

no

[@katcha7948]

oops... try 1:52:00

[@GerbertzNachriya]

Khachaturian is used in a ton of movies. In particular, I think this was used in some of the Batman movies for the Joker or other villians.

[@chrishale4859]

If you were in the Lyons Corner House in Leicester Square in 1950 you might have heard the orchestral trio playing their version of the waltz. I don't remember seeing you there, but I have never turned back! CH

[@teresitarodriguez1196]

Excelente interpretacion

[@lili-ko8ce]

passion, detresse, retrouvailles, rupture, retrouvailles, joyeuseté d'une vie réglée zt fade, et à nouveau la passion, la detresse et la rupture

[@michaelgouda305]

The waltz indeed is the most popular but I do not quite know why. I find the mazurka and the polka are as equally catchy.

[@joulesapura349]

agree

[@KenWangpiano]

You mean to say, khachy

[@kasimcaliskan960]

polye polyushka

[@robertocarlosgonzalez2946]

The great Master..Khachaturian .. A Big Start in Russia and The World...More Bless for this Hig Music Angel in rhe Sky!! Roberto Carlos Gonzalez New York.

[@soupgirl1864]

He was actually Armenian, if I recall correctly

[@zarapapazyan4580]

He is Armenian composer and please ,never mention Russia,,if anything Russians wanted to sent Aram Khachaturian to gulag , accusations are very funny,,his music too Armenian,,

[@MegaCirse]

When the world crumbles, when the structures of a civilization falter, it is good to return to that which in history does not flex, but on the contrary recovers courage, gathers the separated, pacifies without bruising. It’s worth recalling that the genius of creation is also moving in an history devoted to the destruction 💥💫

[@atnahapetian]

Magically magnificent ❤🦋

[@tombowler5979]

Just a beautiful work and rendition

[@nmgt1048]

I have been hearing this on a CD lately and I enjoy it very much.

[@jonibechvaia9191]

Bravo maestro...

[@edro3638]

Magnificent!

[@victorcastela5413]

saludos hermano, saludos desde south america amigo

[@sam0xin]

The Best so far on KZbin !!!!

[@alphamartinian5616]

Fantastic

[@johnlunnun9769]

Simply fabulous music!

[@marianomoreno996]

Maravillosa, hermosa hace vibrar la emocion Gladys Montiel Chile

[@Aliciadvdl1]

Muchas gracias por compartir!!!!!

[@esayan]

The best of the best...

[@H33t3Speaks]

I'm speechless.

[@phuclevan5771]

The future of human. Glory and the sadle, much too.

[@emalsha71]

Absolute Classic!

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

I have a new favorite composer! (I also love Shostakovich, Schnittke, Schoenberg). Don't know how I missed this great guy. Can anyone suggest anyone else?

[@MsAfrica1988]

An Humble Messenger of the Law of One try Arno Babajanyan

[@janwojciechowski8446]

Gustav Holst!

[@mikegregory2492]

Rimsky Korsakov

[@nathanielzhou7376]

Prokofiev's pretty good also. But he's a bit quirky.

[@blase1856]

Prokofiev is darn similar to Katchaturian. I would also suggest Sergei Rachmaninoff.

[@Dylonely_9274]

He is probably the greatest Armenian composer ever.