Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Painting: "Isle of the Dead", Arnold Böcklin
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@MichaelConwayBaker3 жыл бұрын
I first heard this music when I was five. I'm 84 and never get tired of it. A true masterpiece!
@famprima3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful life of music you have!
@franzlugosi72952 жыл бұрын
@Halil Yaşar come on that's a macabre thing to ask someone
@KommSusserT0d2 жыл бұрын
@@franzlugosi7295 you have a point, but when I read your name I died laughing
@allesandra222 жыл бұрын
May you relish many more masterpieces. 😇🤝
@lilangeldreams28462 жыл бұрын
you're here since 2007 ?? wo, shoot I feel young
@alcinado20723 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact : Rachmaninov composed this piece only after a black and white reproduction of Böcklin's painting. When he saw the real painting some years later, he said that the colors weren't at all how he had imagined them. If he had seen the real painting first, he would have composed this symphonic poem totally differently.
@Aerodumb2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be less dark
@MiserableOldFart2 жыл бұрын
Interesting to me, especially because I first saw it in black and white, and always thought it was more powerful that way.
@paulbeard42182 жыл бұрын
And we'd all love to hear that version .
@cengizinal86782 жыл бұрын
well, I'm glad he didn't! :)
@lucyseyes1590 Жыл бұрын
Better this way round.
@franzliszt80906 жыл бұрын
no classical music comment section is complete without the pseudo-intellectuals
@kaxtorplose6 жыл бұрын
And the fart heads
@zandaroos5536 жыл бұрын
-insert forgettable name- o o f
@Petertuske6 жыл бұрын
At least his profile picture isn't a bukkake pingu
@alrobin94806 жыл бұрын
haw haw haw says I what say ye?
@DavidA-ps1qr6 жыл бұрын
You are right Mr Liszt. You see, music can be described but it can never be explained.
@ChaplainIdaeus Жыл бұрын
A painting of a strange island. Somehow, it feels very familiar.
@АртёмФедянин-д6ш11 ай бұрын
Arnold Böcklin had created the painting naming it the same ("The Island of the Dead")... ok-ok, i got myself^) Rachmaninov was inspired of this master piece, when is creating his self piece. Two artists, two eras
@kreits738410 ай бұрын
@@АртёмФедянин-д6ш the original comment refers to a game called Signalis, it's a copy-paste from what the main character says while inspecting this picture
@spacebear35379 ай бұрын
remember our promise
@jsunnj768 ай бұрын
you play too much Resident Evil friend......
@nikitakhmelevskyi62577 ай бұрын
@jsunnj76 This is not about RE, but Signalis, who for sure was inspired by RE, but has absolutely another idea
@magnificmango336 Жыл бұрын
Songs to dance with your albino girlfriend to
@lukeyj8331 Жыл бұрын
Volume 1
@miker2002 Жыл бұрын
She'll need two-and-a-half feet...
@thomHD Жыл бұрын
Reference?
@magnificmango336 Жыл бұрын
@@thomHD A horror video game called Signalis. I highly recommend it, especially if you go in blind.
@Werebitch_Lanoire10 ай бұрын
She's not albino! She's just Goth! 😂
@josephanthony85853 жыл бұрын
This painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is located by itself in a small room or cubicle with a bench in front of it while this music is playing. I sat on that bench transfixed looking at this painting while this music was playing. I stayed through the entire 21 minutes of its playing time.
@lekink50693 жыл бұрын
Thx
@Jonsson4743 жыл бұрын
There were actually five versions of this painting, painted between 1880 and 1886 but one of them was unfortunately destroyed. The one in the metropolitan art gallery is the second version. The one in this video is the one in the old national gallery in Berlin, Germany and not the one in New York.
@Wolfsgejaule3 жыл бұрын
It's true, i was the bench
@Raskolnikovtzs3 жыл бұрын
Hitler was obsessed with this painting. In fact, he had one of the several versions made by Arnold Böcklin himself.
@KomissarLohmann3 жыл бұрын
good for you
@ilonajoensuu37165 жыл бұрын
Pro tip: Listening to this while working on an excel spreadsheet makes everything more dramatic.
@silviasuto52755 жыл бұрын
This is EXACTLY MY CASE!!! my effing colleagues are so loud, i need to work always with my headphones on and I listen to this masterpiece or some others. Priceless.
@PaoloReaper5 жыл бұрын
What the fuck. I never work on Excel. I'm doing it rn and this piece started playing and I find this comment. Strange.
@CLASSICALFAN1005 жыл бұрын
You really need to get out more...
@ilonajoensuu37165 жыл бұрын
@@CLASSICALFAN100 Never! *makes gremlin noises*
@moncompte41505 жыл бұрын
My feelings exactly
@MitsurugiR Жыл бұрын
I'm ashamed to say it, but... Lesbian robots brought me here...
@whelperw Жыл бұрын
Technically, by Lesbian and Lesbian robot
@neoneherefrom58365 ай бұрын
Ok cool?
@jessicakespohl83406 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff was not 6'6". That is classic Internet error. Eugene Ormandy said he was about 6'3", as did other friends. He also was underrated because modernist music was on the ascendant in his time. He was dissed by critics, but it's well to remember the quote from Sibelius, "Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic".
@DCM88285 жыл бұрын
I would say that a critic might be able to in good conscience unfavorably criticize Rachmaninoff if he or she could even pretend to write with the brilliance, originality, virtuosity, beauty and depth than Rachmaninoff wrote.
@melvynobrien61935 жыл бұрын
I teach piano; Rachmaninoff had big hands. Most of the finest pianists in the world consider him to have been the greatest pianist of the recording era. Not to mention his brilliant compositions.
@Diniles4 жыл бұрын
@S G Well he was hardly a music critic lol
@IrrelevantPlease4 жыл бұрын
hah! Fantastic quote. I am saving that one.
@pmlouisjuste4 жыл бұрын
@@Diniles haha lol
@FalkeEinheiten Жыл бұрын
Wake up.
@cjlkicks11 ай бұрын
*THINGS HAVE LEARNT TO WALK THAT OUGHT TO CRAWL*
@finnegan64646 ай бұрын
@roberttevault9794or demonic space lesbians
@Man_of_Tears6 ай бұрын
And the milk in my fridge
@uhoh75456 ай бұрын
And the great holes are digged 😂
@annoyingassbean30706 ай бұрын
like my gloves?????
@Bluecho45 ай бұрын
*GREAT HOLES SECRETLY ARE DIGGED WHERE EARTH'S PORES OUGHT TO SUFFICE.*
@TukyVideo2 ай бұрын
Great holes secretly are digged where earth's pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk which ought to crawl.
@patchpatch40083 ай бұрын
I am so grateful that Signalis introduced me to these series of paintings by Arnold Böcklin.
@raytrace2432 Жыл бұрын
Im looking at the painting... listening to music... and for some reason think about two sad space lesbians. . . . . And then i remember my promise. . . . . . . . . . . . Perhaps, this is hell.
@Kicktugo55 Жыл бұрын
Wake up, LSTR
@panabrasrns8298 Жыл бұрын
Signalis probably changes my brain at neural and chemical level, because my brain just cannot stop auto playing Schubert’s standchen and the isle of the dead…
@gallowglass7197 жыл бұрын
I love how this piece constantly builds tension. Makes it difficult to stop listening.
@CLASSICALFAN1003 жыл бұрын
And, that's the point...
@PavelDGromnic3 жыл бұрын
The awe conjured up in the moment when the shore is finally realized takes my breath away.
@faridelkhatib4368 Жыл бұрын
Min 8/9 is the plateau
@cristianmicu6 ай бұрын
life is tension until it isn't.. shows how deep this goes into creating this... rachmaninov such a genius
@FourBranches Жыл бұрын
signalis painting
@lunatic0verlord10 Жыл бұрын
And music.
@calebn43998 жыл бұрын
Gandalf the White decided to arrive by motor boat.
@phantomwizard8 жыл бұрын
You just illustrated my point. Thank you.
@calebn43998 жыл бұрын
What point?
@4everkokonut8 жыл бұрын
Pouhahaha!
@abdelhamidkateb39998 жыл бұрын
Caleb N you made my day sir !
@RetroFan7 жыл бұрын
That was from a goof wasn't it or something. A motor was found in the boat.
@RiContritum Жыл бұрын
* *Signalis psychological flashbacks* *
@Sanbayrak2-b2y Жыл бұрын
Рахманинов Лжепророк его Фамилия от Слово происходит Арабского Рахман что 0значает милосердный по Фамилиям и Имени Узнавайте Сатану Его Семья получила эту Фамилию от Сатаны за Не послушание Господу и музыка его Как И глаза от Дадчаля 🇦🇿🇮🇱🇺🇦 махдi
@paining005 Жыл бұрын
Depressing
@dystopianfuture1165 Жыл бұрын
I thought it sounded familiar.
@maryrose2200 Жыл бұрын
Where's the keyhole?
@Silent-Shepherd Жыл бұрын
Yep, I also instantly recognized Signalis...
@DragonaxFilms Жыл бұрын
*Do not attempt to befriend the Elster unit.*
@MitsurugiR Жыл бұрын
*DO NOT FIST* android girls! ⚠️
@thegrimmarcher202 Жыл бұрын
What?
@nether0701 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it will make you start dreaming a never ending loop to fulfill a promise
@huneymuun Жыл бұрын
@@thegrimmarcher202search "signalis", but only if u want to lose your mind.
@elpatronak9092 Жыл бұрын
Who gives a ratsass about them.
@C_Ketsukane Жыл бұрын
Great holes secretly are digged where earth's pores ought to suffice and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.
@Pauly4218 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh the good side of youtube. Great music, nice friendly reflective comment sections, all the suggested videos are more orchestral and classical pieces with nice reflective commenters. Yeah :) All is well :) EDIT: Sheeeit that's a lotta likes haha
@iantbailey8 жыл бұрын
+Paul McDonagh "Show more" >clicks >"All is well :)" That alone made me smile.
@windstorm10008 жыл бұрын
yes, that can happen--but not often enough--we can do better.
@one-thirdofakind71388 жыл бұрын
Even on the good side I see some bad comment chains, I got here from Devil's Trill Sonata, and there is a comment that says "I'm glad the average person like me can access beautiful music like this." (more or less) And someone got PISSED over him saying "average" and went on a rant about how we take our "privilege" for granted.
@Pauly4218 жыл бұрын
Brandon Miner ugh
@adorno_gang378 жыл бұрын
+Paul McDonagh as someone who listens pretty much every genre... I can confirm this is definitely the good side of youtube :D
@pppaaaooo137 жыл бұрын
This painting needs its own movie!
@LordIvor67 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the ending of Black Butler, so gentle but dark as well.
@winterstorm84127 жыл бұрын
pppaaaooo13 Somehow reminds me of when King Arthur was mortally wounded, that he was taken to the Isle of Avalon.
@OiOBlinkingOwl7 жыл бұрын
He is canonically either Arthur's son or just his nephew (depending on the literature) born from his relations with Morgana.
@YamiKodoku7 жыл бұрын
Somebody knows the name of this painting?
@adrianovasco20597 жыл бұрын
There is also a nice "remake" of this paining by Giger himself.
@reykhan233 Жыл бұрын
Saw this painting. Now I remember my promise.
@AlexBrutalin7 ай бұрын
“Island of the Dead” (German: Die Toteninsel) is the most famous painting by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin
@AsperaNonEs6 ай бұрын
@@AlexBrutalinit’s an insider joke
@yddet43695 ай бұрын
@@AsperaNonEswhats it refrencing?
@AsperaNonEs5 ай бұрын
@@yddet4369 a game about phenomena, existentialism and similar themes called signals. In that game the protagonist Elster and a human called Ariane volunteer for a space reconnaissance mission to find an inhabitable planet. Simply put they do not have enough resources to make it. Ariane falls in love with Elster, Ariana did know that they wouldn’t make it (which makes it even more tragic). After a certain time, when Elster also finds out that they won’t find a planet to survive, Ariana makes her promise to kill her. Since if she wouldn’t kill Ariane, Ariane would suffer a slow and terrible death from leaking radiation of the reactor of the ship. The game itself sets in after this, the player has to make his way through a lot of bs (why and how isn’t really important to the story) if the player did well enough, Elster will remember the promise and kill her loved one, simultaneously dying on her side.
@AsperaNonEs5 ай бұрын
Ah yes I forgot, Ariane drew the toteninsel multiple times whilst on that space ship
@watchmebarelywrite3 ай бұрын
this dropped harder than elster down a gaping hole in the pulsating flesh
@adorno_gang378 жыл бұрын
my dream is to be a filmmaker just so i can use this in a movie...
@hugofernandes29308 жыл бұрын
Yeahh man i was thinking this way too!!! A strange man in a boat arriving to a dark island as an introductory scene
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
Well, you're on KZbin...
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
He neared the small island he saw just off the shore, walls all around except from the sea facing side. As he approached he saw the forest hidden from the sight of the mainland, more a garden as the walls were too close together for it to have any considerable size. The small row boat pushed up against the steps in the water. The man leaped from the boat, eager to see what secrets the island may hold. He entered the small tree covered enclosure, and as he walked down the dark path he came to a sudden realisation. Why had he not heard of this place before? It sat only a short distance from the beach, had no-one else seen it? He had been walking for nearly 15 minutes, he surely would have reached the mainland had he been walking along the water from where he landed on the island. He looked back, and dread filled him. Only darkness lay behind him, he had fallen into the islands evil trap...
@hugofernandes29308 жыл бұрын
9garr Wow fits the song and picture!!! did you wrote it yourself?
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
Hugo Fernandes Yeah, I just thought it looked like the trees went in pretty deep in the picture.
@aitorvergararuiz94685 ай бұрын
Elster, is that you?
@elena-xt7cs8 жыл бұрын
There is an anecdote about this piece, according to which Rachmaninov was inspired by a black and white reproduction of Boecklin's painting, not by the original version: when he eventually saw the actual artwork, he got so disappointed that he stated he would have probably never written this beautiful music, if he had seen the original one first. We would have missed one great piece.
@RalucaAriadna8 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful sentence. may I use it in a story?
@RalucaAriadna8 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@elenabarri7328 жыл бұрын
jajaja such is life, beautiful story¡
@ronwalker48498 жыл бұрын
THAT SPEAKS MOUNTAINS ABOUT ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART AND COPIES.
@kingkeefage8 жыл бұрын
Individually, words and notes do not have owners. I can't own the word bird, but if I were to use it with words of MY choosing accentuating the bird, then the statement made thereafter belongs to me. And, of course music has an owner!!!
@brokenlotproductions3 ай бұрын
R E M E M B E R O U R P R O M I S E ?
@SuperCabrito148 жыл бұрын
0:00 - approaching the building where I will take my finals
@Abigurlrox8 жыл бұрын
Ehh...studying for finals right now D:
@user-td4do3op2d8 жыл бұрын
What are finals?
@SuperCabrito148 жыл бұрын
123456789 987654321 😂 "finals" is the term used by college students in the U.S. for end-of-term examinations
@user-td4do3op2d8 жыл бұрын
Luigi Anastasio Boyka Ah. Thanks. We just call them exams in England
@Jonlewisfallows8 жыл бұрын
123456789 987654321. Did you go to school with my brother, 123456789 987654322?
@VentrueMinis Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise.
@ahdyabdelatif Жыл бұрын
Is that a reference to something?
@meegz149 Жыл бұрын
@@ahdyabdelatif yes, signalis. Great game, and a true work of art.
@hk1222 Жыл бұрын
I listened to this before when I was a teenager, but after playing Signalis, I can't stop thinking about this song and painting.
@kezia_creates3264 Жыл бұрын
Wdym?
@sovviedan6791 Жыл бұрын
@@kezia_creates3264 There's a very artistic video game called Signalis which released late last year, and one of the pieces of music in the soundtrack is a piano rendition of the beginning melody, as well as the painting being a core pillar of the game's theme of things being copied and ending up different than the last version. It's a very emotionally charged game, so the beauty of the song and painting are amplified by the story and visual direction, so they can leave a pretty amazing amazing impression and stay with you for a good while.
@lelagrangeeffectphysics41208 ай бұрын
@@sovviedan6791 and by artistic you mean pretentious... apparently the devs tought that flashing german sentences while glitching was the peak of art, the story never makes itself very clear, but its implied that the lesbian couple were sent to die in cold space because one of them was an Alma Wade level psychic that could wreak havoc.
@sovviedan67918 ай бұрын
@@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 Everything is pretentious when you don't understand it. They're German, dumbass. That's why they flash German words on the screen. You must've been playing with your eyes closed to not notice the heavy post-WWII East Germany vibe to Sierpinksi and Rotfront. And what you've pointed out isn't just "implied," it's literally outright stated in the documents on the ship and dialogue with Arianne. They couldn't have made it clearer. You skimmed over the surface of what the game had to offer and then had the audacity to call it lacking.
@finnegan64647 ай бұрын
@@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 the game is from germany dude
@Theoria34 Жыл бұрын
ACHTUNG
@ATEN_DNAR9 ай бұрын
Who was cool and here before "Signalis"?
@saltix6301 Жыл бұрын
Signalis did so many things right
@resonanceofambition Жыл бұрын
Sadness and yearning. A disgustingly horrible dream I do not want to wake up from.
@MargaritaMagdalena Жыл бұрын
Who's Signalis?
@resonanceofambition Жыл бұрын
@@MargaritaMagdalena It's a fantastic very surreal horror game set in a fictional German DDR-like nation. You play as Elster, a (female) robot looking to uphold a promise she made. Naturally, you have to move the world in order to achieve this. 8 years in the making by a few folks. Brilliant artwork and beautifully melancholic music. 10/10 play it at least 5 times to unlock everything haha.
@lunatic0verlord10 Жыл бұрын
@@resonanceofambition *EIGHT YEARS?!!*
@storyforeveryone Жыл бұрын
@@lunatic0verlord10 yep, only two people made it. It's one of my favourite psychological horror games of all time, and one of the best games of 2022.
@josemanuelparrillalopez-br30248 жыл бұрын
for those wondering, that painting is the 'Isle of the Dead' by Arnold Böcklin, a swiss romantic painter
@jmbwithcats8 жыл бұрын
Island of the Dead Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, Basel 1827-1901 San Domenico, Italy) Date: 1880 Medium: Oil on wood
@ronwalker48498 жыл бұрын
ARNOLD BOCKLIN HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS WITH THIS PAINTING THAT HE MADE A NUMBER OF COPIES AND SOLD THEM ALL. 5 OR 6 I DON´T KNOW. I SAW THE PAINTING AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NY AND IT MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPRESSION ME WHICH I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN. IT IS OUR ETERNAL HOME.
@StahliCell8 жыл бұрын
I feel so ashamed of myself. 23 years old, swiss and I've never EVER heard of this painter. I hate my arts teacher in high school, I have no one else to blame.
@ElCid488 жыл бұрын
+StahliCell. No need to feel ashamed. Get yourself other sources of information as long as they are reliable. Go to the library in your town. Read a lot. Very soon you'll know more than your stupid teachers. I've done that.
@lecobra4187 жыл бұрын
Blame yourself then, because you're the only one responsible for your lack of knowledge.
@meowmeowchan1724 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise?
@thetau486611 ай бұрын
Yes.
@someperson4356 ай бұрын
Remember our promise.
@Dorjejinpa8 жыл бұрын
I hate to use words like "hauntingly beautiful" but what can I say? Rachmaninoff is at the very top my list
@BeckyMesser8 жыл бұрын
That's the perfect phrase to describe Rachmaninoff :)
@DeathRattlingWhore6 жыл бұрын
You could say beautifully haunting!
@magnuschristianssen89996 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can't really use that term much, like when a husband turns to his wife and mutters "hauntingly beautiful" she slaps him. I suppose you could refer to an old Castle as "hauntingly beautiful" :D
@FaisalAzizFizzy200006 жыл бұрын
* top of my liszt
@DBEdwards5 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff. Say the name and I tremble for the majesty, profound feeling and sheer romantic poetry no other can duplicate. His piano concerti are unsurpassed in the annals of romantic music.
@lunabork5909Ай бұрын
Remember...
@md-fi7zt Жыл бұрын
me when i Achtung
@cesarst3720 Жыл бұрын
signalis moment
@welcher64702 жыл бұрын
*Rachmaninov sees painting in black & white* woah! Genius! Wonderful! This is so inspiring!!! *sees same painting in colors* ew! Disgusting! Horrible! Never show me this crap again
@Dylonely422 жыл бұрын
He would have never composed this if he had seen first the painting in colors.
@johnnyMcSheep5 ай бұрын
Please don't go to space.
@snb333 Жыл бұрын
NO WAY THIS IS SIGNALIS REFERENCE!?!?!??!?!?!
@likerSTALKER6 ай бұрын
No
@aperson17543 ай бұрын
@@likerSTALKER Yes
@likerSTALKER3 ай бұрын
@@aperson1754 Okay
@MerkinMuffly6 жыл бұрын
Is that Gandalf and Frodo in that boat?
@aomamesighs60494 жыл бұрын
hell no
@schindler95g734 жыл бұрын
They are Dumbledore and Harry
@aomamesighs60494 жыл бұрын
@@schindler95g73 also not
@Angiesunshine134 жыл бұрын
@@aomamesighs6049 r/whoooosh
@viking87964 жыл бұрын
Row, you fools!
@bwchapin9099 Жыл бұрын
I had never heard this piece until I decided to transcribe it from the original score into a digital one. What struck me was the story I feel as the music progresses. Rachmaninoff’s use of 5/4 alternating 3-2 to 2-3 in the first part mimics the way an oarsman would row, long pull short recovery followed by short pull longer recovery to correct course, etc. I see it as starting out from shore in calm waters and as the boat gets midway, rougher seas then it calms as it enters the isle harbor. The second part describes the unloading of the casket and carrying it upward while being met by spirits to assist until the casket is interred. There is a reference to a Dies Irea, a release of burden and sorrow the the descent of the oarsman or passengers back to the dock where the third part is the emptier boat returning from the isle with the same rowing rhythms. As a symphonic poem, it is one of the most descriptive.
@EnvironmentalCoffeehouse Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that👍🌻
@coscinaippogrifo Жыл бұрын
Wow, I wish I was able to get those deep insights into anything in my life, like you did with the description of this piece... Congratulations
@jaoziinh Жыл бұрын
YEEEEEEES
@diimiller1197 Жыл бұрын
Signalis anyone?
@cheems8089 Жыл бұрын
Ayo
@smallguy2 Жыл бұрын
AYO
@davidemarotta7120 Жыл бұрын
AYO
@user-yd4om1qw3n Жыл бұрын
ayo
@Renny_Yeti Жыл бұрын
Signalis anyone?
@guillaumegeaymond503 Жыл бұрын
you shouldn't have returned
@block36079 Жыл бұрын
Die Toteninsel by 1000 Eyes is a nice rendition of this.
@meowmeowchan1724 Жыл бұрын
glad that I'm not the only signals fan here
@LifeAwaits Жыл бұрын
@@meowmeowchan1724 me too
@yellowbeard13 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this music existed and I am really happy with the KZbin algorithm right now.
@voraciousreader33413 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you’ve started on this journey, and Rachmaninov is an amazing place to begin! Being able to move emotionally through this “world” is an experience greater in my life than nearly anything in my life, for nearly 60 years. If I may presume to give a suggestion, Vladimir Ashkenazy is, in my opinion, one of the best interpreters of Rachmaninov’s music, as a pianist and conductor. He would be an excellent place to continue!
@AdamGulotta3 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 This wasn't my comment, but I just want to say that I am going to follow your recommendations for composers!
@CozyButcher3 жыл бұрын
#metoo bless the people of Rus
@lolagagginw812lol7 Жыл бұрын
I heard about this song when I first played the game SIGNALIS by rose-engine. I highly recommend it and it introduced me to one Rachmaninov's works!
@PavelDGromnic6 жыл бұрын
This is pretty gripping. As one who is now approaching death, I am in awe of the boats' passenger nearing The Isle. Where those of us who have "passed" remain. The rocking boat, the trees, the dark shore, are real for me. This is how I have always envisioned it. Even as a child. I'll be glad to leave this life behind in order to achieve the peace I see on the Isle.
@PavelDGromnic3 жыл бұрын
I'm out of the boat now, about to feel the shore.
@Tom_Quixote Жыл бұрын
@@PavelDGromnic We need an update. How is it there?
@stellviahohenheim Жыл бұрын
@@Tom_Quixote probably burning
@SomeSunshineOutside Жыл бұрын
safe passage
@poolsofbloodinyourstomach Жыл бұрын
You dead yet
@dsrp4418 Жыл бұрын
Signalis fans!
@ブロブロ-j7y3 ай бұрын
SIGNALIS PTSD 00:14 03:32 8:46 19:02
@vadimkim77262 ай бұрын
😭😭😭
@user-zn5zr2ed3x Жыл бұрын
wow i just played signalis and this got recomended
@damnits220018 күн бұрын
rember promose
@HiddenAccount Жыл бұрын
Signalis
@mathieuvart4 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninov created an atmosphere more dark than any black metal bands tried to create.
@SomeDud-lm1mi4 жыл бұрын
Try "Solar Fields - The Road To Nothingness"
@TheCountfilth4 жыл бұрын
That's sounds pretty intimidating! Emperor really had their work cut out for them. No wonder Giger was fascinated by the art piece.
@daitsukishiro15054 жыл бұрын
they try to create chaos this creates despair
@owldude95814 жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with black metal?
@mathieuvart4 жыл бұрын
@@owldude9581 The atmosphere
@chiphowell40635 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this piece of music when i was 10 years old and playing with Star Wars action figures and listening to my mom's Classical music LPs...the music always inspired stories and now that I'm substantially older, I hear this again (and again) and I think of those childhood stories. More than that, I love the music on its own terms. I still wanna be a Rachmaninov composition when I grow up.
@dankennedy33653 жыл бұрын
listening to this now, loving it and just gave my wife's brother (a Star Wars geek and collector) my original Star Wars figures that I played with as a kid, but I wasn't fortunate enough to have parents that were into Rachmaninov, let alone music in general 😆
@samwisethebrave2883 жыл бұрын
No. Go away.
@dankennedy33653 жыл бұрын
@@samwisethebrave288 🤣🤣🤣
@PavelDGromnic3 жыл бұрын
I listened to classical music as a child too, brought up in a household which had no interest in it. I flourished thanks to that open window. It's funny to remember how often I listened next to an actual open window. Do children listen to this any more without being dragged to hear it? Like tears in the rain.
@pontimaniac23033 жыл бұрын
I'm 69 yrs , and same when I was a kid, 5, 6, 7, could see so much in my head, I know you know what I'm saying, but by 8 it started fading , and fast , a song that still works pretty good for me is Debussey, prelude to the afternoon of a Faun, I hear it in this music score . Check it out if you are not familiar with it.
@ewanherbert3402 Жыл бұрын
ACHTUNG ACHTUNG
@Littera_V Жыл бұрын
39486 60170 24326 01064
@TS50ER2 жыл бұрын
Böcklin's painting here should really be black and white.
@Dylonely422 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@Grim-c8n Жыл бұрын
The game "Signalis" brought me here. If you're a fan of sci-fi or psychological horror, I highly recommend playing it.
@lunatic0verlord10 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise
@nether0701 Жыл бұрын
Yes a tragic and a saddening promise
@jessicarose9208 Жыл бұрын
Wait, wha?
@karhu75817 ай бұрын
@@jessicarose9208 There's a videogame called Signalis that incorporates some leitmotifs from this song in it's soundtrack, and the painting which this piece is based on also appears in game in several forms. In Signalis, the main character is repeatedly harrowed by the notion of a 'promise' she made to a woman she is trying to find. The nature of the promise is hidden from the player until the very end of the game, and intricately ties into the painting.
@jessicarose92087 ай бұрын
@@karhu7581 oh! I love that plot. That is beautiful, I thank you for letting me know and taking the time to describe it to me. I really appreciate these beautiful realities. Storytellers, visual or audio I mean, fruit of the Earth really! I’ll check it out!
@DarkSamael55 Жыл бұрын
Star: Wherever it is I am going, I'll wait for you there. Eule: ...
@Sassy_Witch Жыл бұрын
0: Signalis
@spartanxliv6899 Жыл бұрын
signalis type beat
@parcm10 жыл бұрын
Böcklin's isle is creepy but fascinating. I always wonder whats behind the cypresses. It was commisioned by a young widow who sought the answer in the death of her husband. Masterpiece!
@КимберлиСуратос6 жыл бұрын
I love this painting. It perfectly captures the mood of death. It's so serene with the still water and muted tone. For some people, death is a nice, peaceful rest, free of the tumult and suffering that accompany life. Yet in the painting, the dark shadows that surround the trees give a sense of foreboding and remind you of the mystery and darkness associated with death.
@magnuschristianssen89996 жыл бұрын
Or a bad death, the darkness a warning of the demonic torments to come. Has anyone written a piece about being tortured by demons in hell? I would love to hear that and even suggest it to atheists LOL!!!
@DavidA-ps1qr6 жыл бұрын
Off to the art gallery with you. 99.9% of us are listening to the music not admiring paintings!
@raymondwilcox13035 жыл бұрын
@@DavidA-ps1qr . . .Speak for yourself.
@DisRespectoids5 жыл бұрын
What about your profile photo? Does it fit that...
@TheConshuscriterion5 жыл бұрын
Кимберли Суратос also too, though the Cypress trees are in reference to other things, when I saw them a thought crossed my mind!! The evergreen (our soul/spirit) almost completely walled off from everything else living! The eternal soul wrapped in death’s hewn stone coffin awaiting judgement in solemn silence yet not dispassionate! And the simultaneity of life only a breath away and death breathless hold spark the roller coaster of emotions
@Bulvasaurio Жыл бұрын
Wow, i listened this as a child, now that i had played a Game by a german developler called signalis, i returned to this Masterpiece
@deibyjosecastrolopez3082 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise.
@Battlefieldtripshow Жыл бұрын
I'LL DO ANYTHING
@willowgoober11 ай бұрын
"Great Holes secretly are digged where Earth's pores ought to suffice"
@pogd7402 ай бұрын
What’s the quote form
@shaanrashadsaifullah22552 ай бұрын
@@pogd740 It's from a game called Signalis.
@jarate8076Ай бұрын
@@shaanrashadsaifullah2255 its from Lovecraft actually
@guillaumegeaymond503 Жыл бұрын
_remember our promise_
@tdragonz2405 Жыл бұрын
Wake up
@eroncastro2821 Жыл бұрын
From where is this phrase?
@nsomjimi Жыл бұрын
@@eroncastro2821 from a game called signalis
@meegz149 Жыл бұрын
Wake up.
@mamsathew5375 Жыл бұрын
came here from signalis
@hideokojima002 Жыл бұрын
Signalis moment...
@nicholasthurmond4006 Жыл бұрын
I was delighted to hear this in a game. Its fascinating to me how this came about: a painting made over a hundred years ago, a composition based on the painting, and in the 21st century a video game inspired by it. There is something beautiful about this painting touching the hearts of people across three different centuries.
@hideokojima002 Жыл бұрын
@@nicholasthurmond4006 Moreover, this picture in the real world is not finished, you can feel the depth of symbolism in Signalis, because in the game the picture was also not finished, I hope this will give you the right thoughts.
@geonextin36166 ай бұрын
@@hideokojima002 i cant find any info about fact thats this picture not finished, can you help? it would be so deep if its true
An Etheric world of neither Purgatory nor Paradise, with unfulfilled yearning, toil and glimpses of shining lights beyond....beautifully portrayed by Rachmaninov. An exquisite piece of music.
@henrysmith7276 Жыл бұрын
Your words are hauntingly sharp
@PenNamed Жыл бұрын
dude that's the painting from signalis and rachmaninoff's music is used as a motif for a song in that game!
@hound2101 Жыл бұрын
thought of the same thing
@PenNamed Жыл бұрын
@@hound2101 well now we know where they got the idea
@iTECiii Жыл бұрын
My lord signalis came from here
@sanda386 Жыл бұрын
❤
@シーバックソーン8 ай бұрын
6:02 i hear it.... . . . . achtung achtung
@josederibamararaujoperes9532 жыл бұрын
This music is too down, dark, so sadness! It's dramatic and I fill afraid when I hear it.
@chrisconnor80866 жыл бұрын
Someone should make an animated short using Fantasia type animation and Eastern Orthodox Iconography as influences, set to this 20 minute piece; an old man approaches the Isle of the Dead and in the small wood meets a pretty little girl with a green-milk glow, and bright grey eyes. She directs him to a pool-- in it he sees the excesses of his life and the gravitas, the leisure, the status, which slips into ego, until he slowly begins to relive the terrors of his life, the lies, the cruelty, the lack of empathy-- until he collapses, laid bare to be surrounded by snakes which slither out of all the cracks in the rocks above
@Kalen14576 жыл бұрын
Your little story is pure gothic romanticism.
@westyavro6 жыл бұрын
and then he finds himself young again and able to relive his life which he does with lust and sexual abandon because he has finally understood that the only reward in life is the pleasure you fill it with. He is last seen sodomizing a nun.
@Marcoplo6 жыл бұрын
its perfect! it encapsulates it perfectly! ignore the comments by Violet & others... they cant read tone, lack imagination & get stuck on their own interpretations of phrasing. Saying "a pretty little girl" doesnt imply anything untoward...so stop putting your own social disease on it Violet Verdict. GOD..
@dominicdelprincipe25835 жыл бұрын
@Chris Connor... green milk?!
@matthewwilhelm30935 жыл бұрын
Why did it have to be snakes?
@YouGuessIGuess10 жыл бұрын
I can't "Like" this video enough, or explain how much its existence has improved my musical life over the last few months. Thank you so much for uploading.
@franciscopinto639410 жыл бұрын
That same thing happened to me about 2 years ago... amazing
@Dankadamas Жыл бұрын
REMEMBER OUR PROMISE.
@AstroInfinitum Жыл бұрын
What?
@Katholy Жыл бұрын
@@AstroInfinitum It's a reference to the video game "SIGNALIS" that references this painting several times.
@paulduck65952 жыл бұрын
i wish it all stop in russia
@cesarst3720 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise
@SunRavenMusic7 жыл бұрын
First time I've heard this and there is a thunderstorm outside, fits perfectly.
@Day-wm7nn7 жыл бұрын
HEY! I SEE YOU. DONT SCROLL DOWN .GO BACK TO YOUR STUDYING!
@smurfyfootwear70483 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro
@TrainerNomed3 жыл бұрын
DAH! GOT ME AGAIN!
@elenyahempstead61283 жыл бұрын
OOF I AM SEEN
@bruh71303 жыл бұрын
OH SHIT YOU PREDICTED MY FUTURE 3 YEARS AGO
@martincampbell22083 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@kk-om5zm3 жыл бұрын
...............sad....... terror...... horror.... death.... black.... silent....... .......amazing............I am just a Heavy Metal musician.......
@Davidbrompton583 жыл бұрын
What a stupid comment.
@bernadettan6732 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise
@grasseatingenthusiast9459 Жыл бұрын
Die Toteninsel…
@BrandonCuringtonOfficial3 жыл бұрын
18:01 Those 3 notes sounded like the Fellowship theme from LOTR.
@gabrielalbeldaochoa82343 жыл бұрын
trueeeee
@carsonwall24003 жыл бұрын
True. There's also a theme in Sibelius' 3rd symphony that's almost the exact same as the fellowship theme.
@philipardeljan61803 жыл бұрын
Yes! I scrolled down to see if anyone else noticed.
@secondbreakfast93 жыл бұрын
Giorno, dude, you're right as always
@oibruv38893 жыл бұрын
yeah also the new world symphony has that kind of harmonic idea
@orin46543 жыл бұрын
so many dies irae :O
@mannythepirate3 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one thinking Howard Shore may have been partially influenced by Rachmaninov when he wrote the Soundtrack to Lord of The Rings?
@danielboot43623 жыл бұрын
I definitely noticed it the first time I heard "Isle of the Dead". I mean just look at the painting, it looks like it could come out of Middle-Earth.
@oleflogger68283 жыл бұрын
"Partially"?
@mannythepirate3 жыл бұрын
@@oleflogger6828 Aye. In part. Partly. To a certain degree. Usually there is more than one influence. John Williams was influenced by Korngold and Holst among others when he wrote the soundtrack to Star Wars, for example.
@nickolausafon54583 жыл бұрын
Except without as much of the Passions. There’s primal fear, sexual lust and national compulsion in Sergei’s works. In Tolkien there’s very much a religious restraint, fear and apprehensive thoughts. Every movement has a strong counterpart.
@famprima3 жыл бұрын
That soundtrack was a waste of time, because this already existed.
@j-jbourdin3169 жыл бұрын
œuvre d'une intensité inouïe et d'une beauté surréaliste que Rachmaninoff génie absolu de la musique a légué à l'humanité. Pourrais-je l'écouter mille fois que j'aurais toujours le même émoi ; c'est à cela qu'on reconnaît un véritable chef-d'œuvre.
@portercrane66555 жыл бұрын
Thanks Google translate!!! This comment made me smile so happily with how profound it is
@pumby785 жыл бұрын
Haa :) voilà une âme reconnaissante de belle musique sans allez chercher la science classique de critiques que l'on peu lire en commentaire, c 'est affolant..... ils critiquent mais n'en feraient pas 1 centième de millimètre composée :) c'est vraiment un monde étrange la musique classique, on pourrait presque croire qu'ils ne vivent que dans la critique négative et non constructive.
@jeremyw72159 жыл бұрын
Haunting. I keep picturing this in a ballet for some reason. Beautiful.
@themysticmaestro12879 жыл бұрын
jeremy w It would be a beautiful ballet
@filiusmeus89668 жыл бұрын
+jeremy w a ballet about the underworld of greek mythology would be absolutely incredible in my opinion, if it were done in the Romantic style
@themysticmaestro12878 жыл бұрын
Yes it would be a beautiful ballet.
@GoldandAppel7 жыл бұрын
jeremy w That's a good idea.
@wakka7375 жыл бұрын
this is a ballet now!! sf ballet just did it it was great
@kevispi21662 ай бұрын
Why do people in the comments keep talking about some game called signalis
@loppw76312 ай бұрын
Uma parte dessa peça aparece no final do jogo eu acho.
@mcbill7352Ай бұрын
The game heavily features the painting and this piece. Phenomenal game I highly recommend
@fabianvanderelst96435 жыл бұрын
I always thought classical music was boring, until I (on a lucky midnight) found this gem, alongside other classical music that is actually good! Some of the best music I've heard in ages! I can't believe there's actual classical music that I thoroughly enjoy, and not only respect the skills of!
@philmixer4 жыл бұрын
All these classical pieces you should listen to are the works of geniuses.
@johnandreae2958 Жыл бұрын
Oh yes there’s a wonderful universe of classical music that goes straight to my heart !!
@ShakespearesSisters10 жыл бұрын
I listen to so many types of music, but for some reason when after listening to classical, when I go to listen to something different I am just like... what is that noise. -_-
@talxlaohxra123810 жыл бұрын
Yes I think that all the time, to the point that I've now stopped listening to other music!
@matthewfrench64410 жыл бұрын
Then you're not finding the right things. Try film and video game soundtracks, the modern decedents of classical music.
@evonnedalton914110 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. I like to listen to music when I'm on the computer. I have iTunes web radio and sometimes I listen (or try) to listen to things other than classical. I have the same reactions as you - just a bunch of noise. I must admit though, that I love Neil Diamond and the Bee Gees! However, classical is my first love - especially opera.
@heavyweaponsgaming10 жыл бұрын
Matthew French I definitely agree that film and game soundtracks have inherited the musical tradition of classical, because the things I like about classical are the same things I like about video game and movie soundtracks.
@patrickogrady94189 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@autumnleaves27666 жыл бұрын
What a magnificent piece of music. Rachmaninoff's works always have so much depth, so much sense of longing, nostalgia, richness of harmony and yet haunting melodic lines. Though his output is considered relatively small by some standards, it seems that it was all of an incredibly high standard. My favourites include this piece, the 3rd piano concerto, the rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op43, the variations on a theme of Corelli Op42, the variations on a theme of Chopin Op22, all the solo piano music, but there are other works I don't know so well and hence need to get to know. He had such huge hands he could stretch C-Eb-G-C-G with his left hand. Plagued by depression and ill health for much of his life, he felt compelled to leave Russia after the 1917 revolution. Part of the escape was done on a sleigh through the winter landscape of eastern Finland. Someone ought to make a feature film about him, he had a fascinating but difficult life in many ways. A CD I would recommend for the sets of variations I mentioned above would be the one recorded by Daniil Trifonov in 2015, which also includes the talented Russian pianist's own homage to Rachmaninoff, Rachmaniana, a set of short piano pieces. It's a Deutsche Grammophon CD, always a sign of quality.
@oleflogger68283 жыл бұрын
My fellow Brooklynite, Danny Kaye, said (sang) it best: "I Love Russian Composers!" And, did it all in less than 1 minute. :>)
@remon5632 жыл бұрын
beautiful comment. I would love to make a film about this story although I wouldn't be able to do it's beauty justice. History but a ripple in time, waiting to be echoed.
@literallygoku2 ай бұрын
Perhaps, this is hell.
@Tobal5883 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was listen to this so high that in the first crescendo I felt I was going to die. With that being said, I have to say that it was a wonderful experience.
@adamgulley13993 жыл бұрын
😂
@brennentaggart32913 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@voraciousreader33413 жыл бұрын
Yet how amazing would it be if you could experience music like that without the aid of a drug, as I do....it must be a pretty hollow life, huh?
@brennentaggart32913 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 FACTS you have a great point. I can FLY with the music, without the drugs
@Igneous013 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 you haven't experienced enough suffering in your life if you believe that. Life has a way of beating the enjoyment out of someone, but if that person can find new enjoyment by experiencing the music in new ways, the garden can begin to grow again. It sounds like you're still far behind us in that respect.