Song of India from Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

[@walterbenjamin1386]

The Indian guest sings this at the feast scene in Sadko. There are two other songs that are sung in this scene, and the tradition at the Bolshoi was to have their greatest singers step forward and sing these showstoppers. I believe the first great artist to become widely known for this aria was Sergei Lemeshev, a glorious tenor who lost a lung to TB early in his career yet still had a gorgeous voice. I’m sure you can find a recording of him singing this haunting song on YT.

[@rjzavala87]

My dad used to play this on the piano when i was a kid but 8 never knew what it was. As i got older, i would think back on it and wished i knew what it was. Glad i finally found it.

[@milenagrassi3685]

Esta hermosa melodía de Rimsy Korsakov es la Canción de la India y en metafísica. se usa x.la parte k se aprende a perdonar junto con otras melodías Gracias gracxx3

[@jayvardhanchoudhary7487]

As an Indian I approve this

[@lordjim3109]

hahaha

[@peterfarrar9015]

Peter Farrar:- Nikolai Rimsky-Kossakov's unforgettable classical music from the opera Sadko, the beautiful stunning dramatic ballad, "Song Of India." The superb lush strings Dekalb Symphony orchestra was in complete tune with the theme of this beautiful music, & raised this classical music to supreme levels. Golden words paying tribute to a great classical composer, by Peter E. Farrar.

[@ИринаЛевина-ы8щ]

Удивительные легато,мягкость, плавность,шелковистость звука.Я думаю,Николаю Андреевичу понравилось исполнение

[@peterc.7841]

Very beautiful, Dekalb. Thank you so much.

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MariaPerez-pl9tc]

A wonderful performance of the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra that transports us to the magic land of India....curiously, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed this overture before visiting India, according to his biography......

[@johngiles6981]

A beautiful, haunting composition which has been well adapted to score many movies.

[@dave327ful]

The DeKalb Symphony Orchestra did a beautiful rendition of Song of India!

[@hermilapile7315]

This is the most beguiling aria of them all. I can listen to it everyday.

[@serferten]

DeKalb caught the subtle textures of this most wondrous song. So well done!

[@waltermezacondezo]

Espectacular!! Cómo vibran las emociones, cómo hacen temblar la estética!

[@rosymylene1878]

Brilliant rendition. Elegant and pure.

[@jeansimon326]

Thank you for a sensitive performance of this beautiful composition.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Indescribable beauty, and something indescribable, and indescribable feelings

[@ShaggyDawg]

Betty Draper descending the stairs at the Savoy. Mad Men S02E01

[@warrenprice2137]

Brilliant performance of the most beautiful of songs! Thank you so much for posting this. Amazing talent and heart on display here!

[@firstlady6530]

Such evocative music, sublime composition

[@frankfiello7904]

Always, so beautiful. Thank you

[@grahampearson5670]

What a glorious tune.

[@millerforester6237]

This is THE glorious tune. It is wanderlust.

[@taxol2]

This is eerily, hauntingly, beautiful

[@scotnick59]

Agreed

[@auraramirez5225]

Hermosa me senti q me elevava dejando una estela de paz

[@MP-cv6if]

oh so this is the name! I heard it before once ( in Fritz Kreisler's recordings) and loved it but didn't know it was literally called "The song of India"

[@ОльгаГофман-о8у]

Actually, it's a song by an Indian guest from the opera Sadko. The best performers of this song are opera singers Sergei Lemeshev and Nikolai Gedda.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The comfort and wonderfulness of this performance are out of this world, and off the charts amazing May great and　mysterious India be glorious ！

[@subhoghose5002]

❣️❤️🐯❤️❣️ Thank you from India We love Nippon as much too☺️

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@subhoghose5002 You are welcome I hope You are well From A corner of Tokyo dyed in colorful autumnal beautiful leaves 🇯🇵🎎💮🏯⛩️㊗️🗾🎌

[@subhoghose5002]

@@shin-i-chikozima ooh I can imagine how beautiful it must be looking. My sister and I regularly watch Japan Backpackers videos on you tube and say to each other that God has given all the beuty there😊. If you haven't, then I would request you to please listen to~ Symphony no.1 for Sitar and Orchestra by Padit Ravi Shankar, conducted by Ande Previn, London Symphony Orchestra. Its available on youtube.

[@gloriavaldebenito8582]

😊 beatifull

[@popeyelegs]

A very UN-Korsakovian arrangement, with a Disney ending.

[@danielangelillo9594]

Beatiful Mario LANZA LISTEN .

[@KNUF-]

🔥

[@ladyrachel13]

1:00 😍

[@ranjankumarsingh9799]

Good

[@정예진학생음악대학기]

0:56

[@danhitt167]

Who made this arrangement for orchestra? (I believe normally there is a vocal part. There's some version for violin by Kreisler. This version is a little different from the others i've heard, so wondering who arranged it.)

[@peterashford7855]

listen to Mario Lanza's rendition; the greatest voice of the 20th century coupled with this hauntingly beautiful tune; a recording for the ages

[@danhitt167]

@@peterashford7855 Indeed Lanza made a piece of music out of the work. I also suppose that Lanza must have had an arranger, or perhaps arranged it himself, because of the extra chorus that appears. Do you know who arranged Lanza's version? And i do wonder who arranged this one as well.

[@ОльгаГофман-о8у]

@@peterashford7855 One of the best performers of the vocal part of the Indian Guest from the opera "Sadko" were Nikolai Gedda and Lemeshev.

[@millerforester6237]

This is from Sadko, an opera.

[@danhitt167]

@@millerforester6237 Thanks for your reply, which is of course correct: it is from Sadko. But there are numerous arrangements. For example, as Peter Ashford above noted, Mario Lanza had a beautiful, dramatic interpretation. And as Ольга noted, Gedda and Lemeshev also performed it --- and i believe it was a different arrangement, without the added Hollywood chorus. (But somebody please correct me if i'm wrong.) But who wrote the arrangement that was performed by the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra? When was it written? I'd just like to learn who the arranger was. Thanks in advance for any info.

[@mariopereirafilho9608]

Pithecanthropus Sapiens

[@brentoutashape9141]

Beautiful, of course, but I still prefer Tommy Dorsey. What can I say, I'm a sucker for the Foxtrot.

[@Martive_Led]

Bunny Berigan takes the day every time 👍

[@brentoutashape9141]

@@Martive_Led Tragic, but true. It's a shame the great ones have to kill themselves with drugs and booze. It seems to happen all of the time, as if the great artists would rather die than be a part of the world they helped shape.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Pov: You're from Ohio.