Tchaikovsky - Fatum

[@ComposerInUK]

A very early Tchaikovsky piece (don't let the opus number fool you - it was never published in his lifetime) which still has an authentic Tchaikovskian ring to it. Parts of it are stunning, even if the whole seems to ambitious for so short a work. Tchaikovsky didn't begin to study music seriously until he was 21 years old, which makes this achievement all the more remarkable. His handling of the orchestra is as masterful as ever and, even for 1865, how boldly Russian it is. Thank you, Sergio, for allowing us to hear this too rarely heard piece.

+ComposerInUK Thank you. I had never noticed your comment before. My goal is precisely to dig out gems of classical music that you don't find so easily on KZbin. Also, this piece _is_ particularly "Tchakovskian". Whenever I'm mentally playing Tchaikovsky's music, the brass melody at 11:05 usually pops up in my mind.

[@michaelpaulsmith4619]

+Sérgio SC It's a little gem that tune, isn't it? Have you heard Miranda's theme from The Tempest? It's SO beautiful and more characteristic of Tchaikovsky, I think. But this is gorgeous... All good wishes

It is indeed. As a matter of fact I _have_ been listening to Tchaikovsky's Tempest a lot lately but I had never realized it also "depicted" love scenes of the play's characters. I should go take a more attentive listen.

[@michaelpaulsmith4619]

+Sérgio SC In The Tempest, Tchaikovsky divides the music into sections, depicting the sea and the storm. Then he brings in that glorious melody which we both know so well, which is meant to depict Miranda and her love for Caliban. We know this because of Tchaikovsky's sketches for the piece. It's really good to find a fellow enthusiast!

Thank you, that's very insightful - and Tchaikovsky _is_ my favorite composer. By a long shot. One misses a lot from _just_ hearing the music. I think this a musical genre (I mean classical music in general) that you have to analyse and not just contemplate, in order to properly _really_ grasp any of it. And it's also - once you're into it - an awesome rabbit hole to our world's culture, because these orchestrated pieces make so much from Literature, Drama and the Arts that one is intrigued by the contents of this source material. I mean, what better argument than "The Tempest" and other compositions alike to get into Shakespeare?

[@danolpe]

Best performance.

[@cassianodurandpinheiro]

GREAT!!!