Swan Lake Introduction and Scene no. 1 (Piano)(Tchaikovsky)

[@natebroadus8474]

It's crazy to think Tchaikovsky was so underappreciated in his own time by many. Many Russians thought his style was too romantic, too "western," not "Russian" enough, while some westerners thought his style wasn't western enough. More than a century later, I say, "Thank God for that." His music outlived all of the naysayers. Once, and likely always will Tchaikovsky be my favorite composer. Thank you for gifting the world this romantic repertoire, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.😌👌

[@KaraComparetto]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I entirely agree. He’s one of my top three favorite composers- up there with Handel and Haydn :)

[@GeorgeKings]

Una manera excepcional de apreciar la grandeza creativa de Tchaikovsky.

[@filipjandus4537]

Many composers wait decades for appreciation and many ever get it while alive. And some hlger rightfully forgotten.

[@josephmonroy3865]

Yeah, these posts are an excellent temporary escape from the real world. Thank you.

[@TheGoat-n4m]

What an excellent song and great dynamic!!!

[@edwardjaniszewski2890]

The forte parts around 5:30 really get my blood pumping, I love this piece!

[@KaraComparetto]

Me too 😍 I’m posting another one this week!!

[@signal9_me_now]

My Monday needed this beautiful music. I can't wait to hear more Swan Lake! 😍

[@JGmessenger]

Thank you Kara

[@AgentOttsel]

Yay, Tchaikovsky! One of my favorite composers! 👀 Great performance, Kara! 🙌🏻

[@TheGoat-n4m]

He is one of my favorite composers

[@IbstisztBlogspotHkgracomtey]

Wow! I couldn't believe we can have Swan Lake performed by Kara so soon! We are so fortunate!

[@wguardia2709]

Wow, I didn't expect such intensity for an intro :o I can't imagine how the following melodies will be, can't wait to hear them! Be sure I won't be listening to this and the next pieces just once! Amazing skills, Kara

[@KaraComparetto]

Thank you Willy!

[@VapidToast]

I love every time you post! I'm here visiting Pairs and it's the perfect music to eat dinner to

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

3:02 I can feel the intensity in your eyes! So fierce!!!

[@StarkNorth]

Such a beautiful and emotional piece! You nailed it and it's chill inducing. Thank you so much for more Tchaikovsky. Awesome.

[@franciszekkimono593]

Great idea! Can't wait for the rest of "Swan Lake", even if that take much time to make whole ballet. :)

[@MichaelH-1]

Awesome use of dynamics Kara

[@edwardjaniszewski2890]

If you attack this personal project with even a smidge of the effort and dedication that you did for Dancing Mad & the full FF6 soundtrack, you will blow the world away!

[@KaraComparetto]

HAHA I hope so!! :) Also going to record the full chrono cross soundtrack next week :O

[@thomasfischer9259]

Bach and Tshaikovsky is all I need... and final fantasy compositions.

[@TheGoat-n4m]

I am ABRSM level 7 for piano and I could barely do dynamic, excellent

[@Полина-г9в4ь]

Tchaikovsky's music is so beautiful and so are your piano performances! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!

[@KaraComparetto]

THANK YOU!! I really need to get back to this project!!

[@JobyPlays]

I've been away from this channel for too long, what a great rendition to come back to!

[@KaraComparetto]

Nooooo don’t leave me!! 😂

[@LethalAtma]

i remember in school, glancing through our new books and finding these sheets. looking over at my friend and saying, what freaking drugs was he on when he wrote this

[@KaraComparetto]

HA!!

[@frankjansson7563]

Amazing performance and i truly love how your piano sings with all it's beautiful harmonics.

[@user-thaiko4157perren]

How beautiful! The exquisite tempo is a performance that maximizes the charm of this song! !!

[@baychimo23]

This is going right into my ‘A+ KZbin music’ playlist, amazing job!! Sounds spectacular

[@KaraComparetto]

Wow thank you!! posting a new one soon :)

[@brunospianoroad1600]

The control over those dynamics never cease to amaze me... great performance 🥰👏👏

[@SlebenGates]

Damn I can't concentrate enough on music while watching, you're so beautiful. So I watch TWICE! One with my eyes on you, the second one with only my ears on you.

[@herbsuperb6034]

Here's a piece of music I've not heard in a long time. Hope you do Sleeping Beauty as well. Lovely. Lol...and it reminds me of Saved by the Bell! 🙂

[@flowersbyphone2554]

i love your Tchaikovsky interpretations

[@HappyWaffle]

Love your music. Can't wait for the whole Swan lake to be recorded and released. I will definitely be buying the recording!

[@jebiancardi]

Superb and exquisite playing, Kara. Thank you for introducing me to yet another classical music composer.

[@RetroSpectrum7]

I wish I could see Kara perform in person some day! Kara, you're a huge inspiration for me to keep practicing and getting better at music. You have excellent technical accuracy and play such fun pieces =)

[@KaraComparetto]

Thank you, I'm glad I have inspired you to play too!!

[@Oogs777]

That ending must be so fun to play

[@moogle211]

my family sigil is a swan, wonderfully done.

[@DanielDugovic]

How energetic and exciting! Thanks for sharing.

[@KaraComparetto]

Thank you Daniel!

[@dmswan3172]

Bravo - spectacular performance!🎹🩰🦢

[@theold1.]

beautiful piece !!!

[@neildobbs7278]

My cats thoroughly approved :)

[@KaraComparetto]

I hope you did too! 🤪

[@librarian971]

Magical!

[@thenewalex]

Your style and skills have changed and improved compared to the videos of the previous years, from amazing to supreme and higher! The setup is also really nice, you're really my favourite pianist

[@KaraComparetto]

Thank you Alex!! 🥰

Awesome! 🎹🎶👏👏@Kara Comparetto

[@il2xbox]

This was great! Can't wait to hear you play the rest of Swan Lake, I'd never heard of it until you mentioned it on stream a while ago, so I listened to a recording of the whole thing and it's awesome, I don't even like ballet but it turns out I like the music anyway lol.

[@KaraComparetto]

Hahah I used to say I didn’t like ballet but I love it now, just takes a little experience and exposure! :)

[@samwiseterminator]

Tchaikovsky is awesome, discovered his greatness on cassette in 1994. But yeah, when it came to Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, I've also only heard the highlights.

[@philipbrowning3544]

A project a long time in the making, huh… I actually really enjoyed the incremental release of the videos for The Nutcracker, it gave me something to look forward to each Autumn. You set yourself a high bar with The Nutcracker, I’ll be looking forward to how you follow it up with Swan Lake.

[@KaraComparetto]

I look forward to what you think!

[@bahrben]

You did such a great job with this. I look forward to the rest! But while we wait, I'm going to go listen to your Chronotrigger music again. :)

[@KaraComparetto]

Oh yay!

[@TheGoat-n4m]

Amazing

[@Aleks_Azarapin]

Excellent, thank you very much!

[@AceBadguy]

Very cool.

[@neptunethe23rd11]

Daring, to do a Tchaikovsky. He was Russian, you know. He was also a musical genius. Good show, Kara.

[@Junior-eq7gb]

Magnifique

[@maxolack8753]

Listening on a pair of GradoGS1000. Amazing and sublime like always :)

[@TheGoat-n4m]

I love it

[@humantacos9800]

Good to see all the classical pieces. You should do some Bach lute suites like no. 2 bwv 997 arranged for piano.

[@KaraComparetto]

i bet those are beautiful!

[@TheRansoing]

I'd love to hear you do the Sleeping Beauty introduction

[@KaraComparetto]

Yes! My sleeping beauty score is incredibly difficult and I can’t find a more playable one. It’s gonna be a tough one to prepare if I ever get to it 😅

[@TheRansoing]

@@KaraComparetto > is incredibly difficult Sounds like good entertainment 😉 In the meantime I'm excited for the rest of Swan Lake. Thanks for your dedication!

[@lisandraporto7555]

Hola adoro tu obra, podrías mandar la partitura del ballet swan lake completo

[@melloyellofreak]

Good job

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

New Subber here :D So extremely talented pianist you are!! I absolutely adore your takes on different Final Fantasy and Chrono compositions! Im not sure if you take any requests at all but here is 1 of my all time favorites i would looove for you to try out Main Theme / Parasite Eve Big love for what you do!

[@Ekce]

Did Tchaikovsky write a piano adaptation for this as well? Very much looking forward to this!

[@KaraComparetto]

Sadly no! This is done by Langer, he never wrote one himself :(

[@RicoLen1]

I really don't want to be one of those guys that's always saying how beautiful you are because I know that gets old and kinda creepy after a while. As a result, I shy away from such comments, but in this case, I really feel compelled to say that you look lovely in this video, Kara. That said, wow! Tchaikovsky in a month other than December!? Awesome! lol I can't wait to hear the rest!

[@KaraComparetto]

Hahaha Rico no problem, I appreciate it! I tried to wear my “concert/orchestra” dress 😂 glad you enjoyed the music too!

[@JoaoVictor-xi7nh]

holy shit amazing

[@MattMorency]

Came for the VGM. Stayed for the classical.

[@gabewaller3999]

You should do Rachmaninoff prelude in c sharp minor

[@Christian333x]

Do you have a link to the scores you used for this? It seems incredibly hard to find piano scores for ballet.

[@TheGoat-n4m]

Did you know I played Hayden Sonata No. 38 Hob. XVI/223?

[@MrMLD1972]

❤

[@illsoyung111]

Pretty frickin awesome dude. I'm gonna promote you if you keep it up.

[@KaraComparetto]

Sounds good 😁😂

[@illsoyung111]

Kara, will you please at least attempt a Charles Valentin Alkan piece. Pretty please!

[@KaraComparetto]

I don’t think I know who that is!

[@illsoyung111]

@@KaraComparetto oh crap, look him up. It's insanely difficult.

[@angelldane]

I cant seem to find sheet music anywhere for no 1 scene allegro giusto :(

[@KaraComparetto]

it's on imslp.org- look up Swan Lake Ballet and go to arrangements and transcriptions. It's the one by Langer! You can also find the book on Amazon :O

[@ZnNa-ug2uy]

How can I get its score?

[@MarioMarinato]

Hey, Kara, I've got a question that has nothing to do with this video. Your "Kara Plays Mitsuda" album was removed from Deezer catalog here in Brazil. Why's that? 😥

[@KaraComparetto]

It’s going to be put back up shortly, we just had some technical issues, will be up within the next several weeks I promise! Thanks for asking :)

[@MarioMarinato]

Thanks, Kara!

[@Gilgamesh557]

I really love the introduction of Swan lake, but it usually does not turn so good on the piano. This translation is amazing! Who wrote it?

[@DanielDugovic]

Some guy named Pyotr, no? Maybe I'm thinking of The Nutcracker.

[@KaraComparetto]

Oh I think you mean the arranger! I believe it's by a guy named Lange, or Langer, possibly a contemporary of Tchaikovsky's. Unlike the nutcracker, Tchaikovsky didn't write his own piano reduction. The original reduction was almost like a full orchestra reduction which is extremely difficult to play on piano. I'll share a little more about it in my next swan lake video :) But you can get this transcription for like $10 on Amazon!

[@BrandonMcBadass]

in before KZbin strikes video for Russian support lol

[@TheGoat-n4m]

Guys like the video

[@timothy2214]

Are we still allowed to play Swan Lake? Thought this would be banned.

[@KaraComparetto]

I sure hope not! 😆

[@the4090gaming]

virtuossa.

[@filipjandus4537]

Technically well played but very far from orchestral sound

[@KaraComparetto]

@@filipjandus4537 a piano will always sound like a piano, no matter how hard you try to make it sound like an orchestra 😃

[@jacquesmillanvoye.communac4652]

Bravo Kara🎵🎶🎼🎹

[@entropiaeterna9767]

Hermosa interpretación. Asi si dan ganas de oír el lago de los cisnes❤

[@mrtscollection2345]

Thank you Kara