Sensational Shockwave! | Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 | Classical Music Reaction

[@sjlowder]

My first concert, cannons and all. Shit was wild.

[@Sh.moon.]

It's not my fault man. You should have looked at the album cover more carefully before playing it! Glad you enjoyed though!

[@georgeluft7881]

Denial XD

[@JohnnyMalkav]

​@@georgeluft7881There's only a cannon, *with* the note of cannon usage on the front label y'know...

[@codexdelux]

Everybody gangsta' til the cannons start firing.

[@Ghost-airlines]

Fr 🤣

[@jacobstallings5214]

Awesome reaction! The cannons were funny when you acted like you had been shot out of your seat 😂 keep at em man, never turn down those headphones for the cannons, THEY'RE GLORIOUS

[@lednew2010]

All done with 1958 tape recorders using vacuum tubes! Engineer Bob Fine was a genius!

[@egapnala65]

There's also a 1712 Overture by PDQ Bach which is worth a listen.

[@znotch87]

Great reaction getting shot and traumatized. The Cannons were loud but sounded more like rifles....

[@rravvia]

Dude ya gotta check out March Slav

[@ryanallgaier24]

Thank you for making me smile today 😂😂 love your videos

[@071949]

Hi Gidi, Something to play for people who say "Classical music is boring!" RogerC 3/15/24

[@josedro]

You should know the history behind this piece to enjoy it. Napoleon invading Russia in september 1812 Battle of Borodino

[@carlazaz1690]

The test of a good 1812 is the sound of the cannon.

[@christinewright110]

Your reaction at the cannons, was priceless.

[@French_officer_of_1e_Regiment]

11:55 👈 overture finale starts here

[@jacobstruyk3008]

I have been waiting for you to hear this for so long! Loved the video, thanks gidi

[@eliplayer2122]

piece

[@johnwilliams575]

If you enjoyed this piece (with the exception of the cannon of course!), can I suggest - if you've not already done so - you react to any / all of Tchaik's last 3 symphonies, namely 4, 5, and 6. Personally, I'd find it almost impossible to rank them in order, each of them is so impressive in its own way.

[@jimschmitz4848]

He's done #4,5 &6.

[@fatitankeris6327]

But 6 should definitely get a revisit.

[@bryceshinohara9270]

Wow enjoyed the tempos in this performance. Great find!!

[@TVGUY333]

I was a little kid when I first heard this exact album. The album was new at the time, '57 - '58. Preceding the overture was a narrative of the sound that cannon shots made at different distances from the microphone , etc. This piece is what turned me on to classical music and piano lessons. But yeah, the cannons on this album were the best sounding ones on any recording of the 1812 ever, IMO, until I heard them at a military field featuring the 1812 Overture. Howitzers. I suppose the cannon narrative was the caution as to what lies ahead in the actual piece.

[@DrHenry1987]

Take the headphones off an shake the house through the speakers.

[@GIDIREACTS]

My landlord wouldn’t be a happy but I guess it’s worth it

[@Gill3D]

Classy reaction 😁. I once saw a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon in which Calvin was so impressed that classical musicians use cannons as instruments that he decided to investigate classical music more thoroughly. May put in a request? 'Adiemus' by Karl Jenkins?

[@FirstGentleman1]

In dem Werk lässt Tchaikowsky die Französische und Russische Nationalhymne gegeneinander kämpfen, am Ende gewinnt, natürlich, die Russische. Coole Idee. Ist eine tolle Overtüre, wie auch Romeo und Julia oder Hamlet.

[@suemiller2522]

This was a strange mix of this; my copy doesn't have the bells so prominent. This and the William Tell Overture were two of my first favorite classical tunes. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@fernandogarciamuedano]

I like the version by the Berlin Orchestra directed by Herbert Von Karajan

[@Walter_Arrecis_Letona]

Esta enorme pieza musical es mi obertura favorita de todos los tiempos, su poder e intensidad es sublime, por lo que he oido contiene como 3 canciones rusas y el Himno Nacional de Francia, la Marsellesa. Tu reacción fue muy buena y espontánea...jajajaja....Gracias por la reacción y por los subtítulos, me la disfruté mucho, hace algún tiempo te la recomendé en un comentario. Podrías reaccionar a la Obertura Poeta y Aldeano de Franz Von Suppé. Saludos desde Ciudad de Guatemala en Centro América.

[@MisterNashies-mv2my]

I highly recommend checking out the 2001 version on Telarc by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The opening string bit is changed to a choir singing a hymn and the cannon fire is digitally recorded so it's very powerful without any distortion.

[@moknorke3317]

Yo GIDI! Love the vids. Would be really cool if you could react to Scherzo 3 (Chopin) next. I can highly recommend Pogorelich's interpretation at the 1980 Chopin competition!

[@Elena-jcwtm]

This work was commissioned to commemorate Russia’s defense against Napoleon’s armies in 1812.

[@patinho5589]

And I oddly associate it with Napoleon as the protagonist.. I think they used it in many movies / a movie alongside the French / napoleon as the protagonist.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

me: what instrument do you play 1812 overture: the cannon

[@znotch87]

Shame it isn't a version with choir. But I'm sure it was mentioned in an comment on an earlier video that a version with both choir and good cannons is hard to find.

[@jesusalvarez4502]

Bravo.

[@zackeze3478]

Fun video 👍 Im a Beethoven guy 4 life but when im coming down my street its always this song on full blast lol

[@Todd1356]

Try listening to the version with Sir George Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-and don’t turn the volume up!

[@tbmike23]

The intro is both moving and timeless.

[@nickoko1467]

fun fact the beginning part is actually the melody to a prayer the prayer is Tropar Krestu (Troparion to the Cross) at the time russia was very religious

[@dutchbiker4825]

As a former wachtmeester in the Royal Netherlands Army Artillery, I approve of this message.

[@shijoejoseph2011]

Riccardo Muti's recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra...the impeccable, unbeatable, incomparable gold standard 1812 Overture due to its precision, clarity, fidelity and definition of everything seamlessly gelled together! Believe you me!

[@LordHaveMercy]

Man down, man down! Medic!

[@Everymanplease]

Cold? That's nothin' to what Napoleon found when he stayed too long in Russia in 1812.

[@Dracorex13]

If you want another piece that starts beautifully and ends triumphantly (not nearly as loud as this), I recommend The Pines of Rome by Respighi.

[@diegomicheledefraga3623]

Super!

[@georgeluft7881]

@15:32 "Whoever requested this is getting banned" 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@starfoxmccloud64]

You should listen to the 1712 Overture by PDQ Bach! Its like this but better.

[@cloudandsurf]

🤜🤛

[@axelpalfy7597]

italian capriccio is very well too:-))

[@sufuskoba4491]

You should check out Brahms Academic Festival Ouverture;)

[@artameti55]

you could become a classical radio host

[@uxvellda1112]

Fun fact: Tchaikovsky actually disliked this track himself lol

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

He disliked a lot of music that he wrote. But in this case I get it. It was written on commission, a certain patriotic style was expected of him. He did not feel very inspired when he wrote it. It's effective, but despite it's popularity it is a pretty mediocre work compared by his usual standards. Especially the transition after the first cannon entrance to the carillon is just awful. Scale, scale, scale,scale,scale,scale... ad nauseam... Incidently Beethoven's most popular work at the time he was alive, the one that put him on the map of the common man, and that had no small part in the 20.000 people showing up at his funeral was "Wellington's Victory", also a piece with artillery and muskets firing, and one that Beethoven did not like very much.

[@BenjaminZoon]

I requested it 2 months ago 💀 i guess im getting banned

[@generichuman_]

I'm pretty sure if atomic bombs existed when Tchaikovsky was alive, he would have written that shit into the score too...

[@heinedietiker4943]

Tchaikovsky wrote this for a lot of money. He didn't like it himself. And he hated it, when it became a huge success.

[@ftumschk]

Something tells me that Gidi had the volume turned up too high :(

[@diegomicheledefraga3623]

Listen to Barber's Adagio

[@jimschmitz4848]

Your poor ears! Next you should try a version with chorus:. This also includes historical context kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKPWindqa7xki5Isi=rleWZVNTNLiz3A5A

[@pjkorab]

To be fair, it IS a terribly mixed recording ^^

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

A mercury living presence recording terribly mixed? That would be the first. They were the best at their time, for as short lived as the label was. But I agree, it is not the best mixed recording of the piece. That would be Telarc's with Erich Kunzel conducting. That one that came with a warning that it could damage your equipment.

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

Heretic! HOW DARE YOU END 4 MONTHS WITHOUT CHOPIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭, Could you re-listen to the Chopin Sonata Opus 35 despite Yulianna Avdeeva's performance in 2010?