Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence - Borodin / Talalyan / Rostropovich

Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence
I. Allegro con spirito 0:00
II. Adagio cantabile 10:12
III. Allegretto moderato 20:41
IV. Allegro vivace 27:04
Borodin Quartet (Rostislav Dubinsky - Yaroslav Alexandrov - Dmitri Shebalin - Valentin Berlinsky)
Genrikh Talalyan
Mstislav Rostropovich
Studio recording, Moscow, 1950s

[@user-sk4kd7ob2b]

Безупречно Прекрасно!Мне так больно ,что я жила без этой музыки и бесконечно рада встрече с ней. Спасибо Вам.

[@notaire2]

Spannende Interpretation dieses romantischen Meisterwerks im inspirierenden Tempo mit gut harmonisierten Töne aller Instrumente. Die intime und perfekt synchronisierte Mitwirkung zwischen den sechs Virtuosen ist ewig unvergleichlich und ganz unbegreiflich im 21. Jahrhundert. Bestimmt eine der zehn besten Aufführungen dieses Werks bis heute!

[@GaoGinger]

Every time listening to this piece with different feelings. What a remarkable composition!

[@zamfully]

This recording is so superior, so refined.

[@arieldovlindgren]

This must have been written when all the emotions came together in an extraordinary emotional encounter.

[@chloebryan966]

good song to fall in love to

[@user-hf7sk2jd4b]

Фантастическое качество исполнения !!!!! БРАВО !!!!!

[@807347]

Какие мастера!Высочайший класс!

[@sylvielopez2686]

Tank you for sharing this beautiful peace from Tchaikovsky, the title remember Florence , souvenir de Florence le musée des offices , beautiful place but sometimes is a little tragedy, this peace are not tragic also fast for my bien sur chacun reçoit un ressenti , il y manque la chaleur car trop technique, dépasser la technique pour aller vers l'essentiel, les musiciens sont excellents c'est peut-être l'époque 1950-51 , merci beaucoup tank you very much also to the very good musician , merci !

[@DPCR00]

And of course 33:01 and following 12 seconds - Magic moment :)

[@m25l02e51]

Excelente música e interpretación, muchas gracias.

[@avginkel]

I have the original 1966 Melodiya recording, in mint condition, and I am glad this best-ever version of Souvenir de Florence, which keeps giving me the shivers, is now on KZbin, since I dare not play the record much anymore. THANKS!!!!!!!!!

[@melissaking6019]

The second movement is a tear-jerker

[@thesilvershining]

It really is... first time I heard it I was so moved and still am to this day T_T

[@erpollock]

Look for Stormy Applause by Rostislav Dubinsky, which describes "making music in the workers' state" (subtitle). Many memorable moments, such as running from one funeral to another to play slow movements (a custom in Russia) when Stalin and Prokofiev died on the same day. Dubinsky made sure to have non-Jewish musicians in his quartet so they wouldn't be seen as a "Jewish quartet". Worth finding, and this performance is memorable!

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Interpretation dieses romantischen Meisterwerks im gut phrasierten Tempo mit seidigen Töne aller Streicher und perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Die intime und perfekt vereinigte Mitwirkung zwischen den sechs Virtuosen ist immer noch unvergleichlich. Bestimmt eine der zehn besten Aufführungen dieses Werks im 20. Jahrhundert!

[@kristenkim]

We played the first movement of this piece at all county orchestra yesterday. It was difficult, but it was worth it. :)

[@jksteven1]

In the realm of rarely played or seldom acknowledged composers of the past, one must also note that there are unsung pieces by famous and fully-played composers that are well worth the listening. Thanks for this one, new to me.

[@leothepumpkin2298]

But this is a pretty well known piece? Argubly one of the most famous chamber musics by Tchaikovsky.

[@pablozapico8724]

Sublime versión, antológica, belleza pura

[@juliettepasser2020]

Still as amazing today as it was back then!

[@MegaCirse]

It is a very beautiful music, played with exceptional skill and an impressive interior feeling. A delightful listening experience

[@metamorphosestringorchestra]

Как прекрасно взволнованно!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Magnífico. Obrigado.

[@fraylorenzo2175]

Una maravilla armónica, melódica. En fin... Una de las obras cumbres de Tchaikovsky.

[@raulduran394]

El Cuarteto Borodin es increíblemente afinado. Esta versión a mi parecer, la mejor que he oído.

[@dikembemutombo6022]

The end of the first movement sounds like some crazy Russian hacker just cracked the code of the universe and everything is just caving in all of a sudden.

[@matthewnewell2392]

My high school chamber orchestra is playing this for our statewide festival (Queensland Australia), I hope we aren't mad... We are also playing Death of Falstaff and Summer from the Four Seasons.

[@pear19l]

+Matthew Newell More power to you!

[@johnwells00]

From Marilee--I agree with Ethan and Aksel. A wonderful way to celebrate the anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth, May 7, 1840.

[@urmorph]

+John Wells And again in 2016. Happy Birthday, Pyotr Ilyich! And to Herr Brahms in Vienna. Just finished listening to his Op. 18 sextet, a fine pairing, even though the two composers didn't always see eye to eye. From T's diary: "I have just played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms. What a talentless bastard!" Think what he might have said if he'd had Twitter. (By the way, doesn't it sometimes seem, especially in mvt.3, that while in Florence Tchaikovsky must have consumed a lot of caviar, borshch, and vodka?)

[@sean..L]

I love to read and draw to this.

[@franciscoalmeida8631]

maravilloso chaiskoky.Linda Florence.Thanks

[@whkwong5326]

A great music

[@Bobbydonothing]

음질이 말도 안된다. 50년대 녹음인데 얼마 전에 녹음한거 같이 소리의 디테일이 전부 살아있다. 진짜 50년 레코딩이 맞나 말도 안돼

[@Pywacket2]

This string quartet has been set to dance by Macelo Gomes of American Ballet Theater. His piece is AfterEffect and I'm seeing it this Saturday (Oct. 31). Looking forward to enjoying how Gomes has built his work on this lovely quartet.

[@BarbedDagger]

It's not a quartet. Anyway how was it?

[@kevineichenberger1]

+BarbedDagger according to the description, it kinda is a quartet?

[@BarbedDagger]

+Kevin Eichenberger It is a sextet. Borodin Quartet + Talalyan and Rostropovich- even according to the description

[@jennifs6868]

DOH

[@nelidaferraz6497]

I’ m happily surprised knowing the performance dear Marcelo Gomes presented on this marvellous sextet.

[@heiditissot393]

super capos, hay otra versión tocada por la orquesta de Noruega que está muybien también.

[@paradisodellerarita]

nice, romantic so an old photo...and listen the beutifuls russian walzer on YT

[@nathaliebrahic6962]

Difficile de trouver une meilleure version que celle ci...

[@ahmadaminnazar8105]

🙏🙏🙏

[@erpollock]

The first violinist and leader of the Borodin Quartet, Rotislav Dubinsky, wrote the book Stormy Applause, available in libraries and used. It's about playing as a quartet in Stalin's Russia and subsequently. One of the memorable parts is how the quartet ran from one funeral to another when Stalin and Prokofiev died on the same day. It is apparently the custom in Russia to play slow movements at funerals. Dubinsky also notes that he made sure to have non-Jewish musicians so his quartet would not be subject to prejudice as a "Jewish quartet". The book is well worth reading.

[@arturamus]

Thank you for such an interesting comment!

[@nicoledoranmusic]

Fascinating; will have to check out this book!Memorial Day and I am reflecting on those original boundaries and safety God set up for the jews in the promised land and how the nations have been blessed through Abraham.

[@jantamzejian9865]

@ 28:35 was that a motif from the Swan lake ?

[@klop4228]

Kind of? It's a fairly generic rising sequence, so I doubt it was supposed to be a reference.

[@user-pw6wl3kk4x]

Подскажите, что означают имена Borodin / Talalyan / Rostropovich после названия этого произведения Чайковского?

[@urmorph]

+Донна Роза Snachet chto igrayut chleni Borodinskiy Kvartet, i tozhe Talalyan I Rostropovich. (Sorry, I don't know how to use Cyrillic on KZbin.)(Ne znayu kak pisat' Kirilitsy na KZbin.)

[@ottodagson6883]

произведение Секстет а не квартет, вот и написано Квартет им.Бородина и Ростропович и Талалян, 6 исполнителей как и задумано Чайковским

[@angeltarpov]

spasibo sa objasnenie. na fotografii kvartet, a na samom dele igraet sekstet.rostropovicha i talaljana na foto net

[@davidlau84]

9:30 good

[@Blobbingmicaminoporvida]

magnificent skills at 9:45 !

[@kita1sanjya]

Good Tone.

[@paolopasquini9542]

Bellissima esecuzione. Di che anno?

[@iccionesosnowitz356]

1890.

[@iccionesosnowitz356]

La composizione, scusa.

[@patrizioproli5934]

In descrizione c'è scritto 1950 ;)

[@DPCR00]

32:11 Wow!! - to appreciate, start 32:00 ;)

[@michaelbates1352]

Right you are!

[@smeetsnoud1]

That chord ALWAYS gets me, it's so tight hahah

[@dmitrikostov4803]

Fabelhaft!

[@ws04]

why just a quartet?

[@dimcarabasmusic]

It's not. Only the picture is the Quartet. It's The Borodin String Quartet featuring, Talalyan, and Rostropovich.

[@zinam5795]

Won Seok Song ...., but no FOTO with that 6 people...

[@aruqa]

27:05

[@tuirfghfhg1787]

the funny thing is Tchaikovsky thought he sucked at chamber music

[@klop4228]

Honestly, I find his chamber music much more convincing than his orchestral stuff. Though I don't know his operas very well.

[@kennethdower7425]

Not true at all.

[@carlmariavonweber8823]

Tchaikovsky was endlessly self-critical. But he was a genius, and although that extra self-confidence would doubtless have benefited him, he didn't need it. He was a chamber-music mastermind!

[@amerrylittlemonarch]

19:07

[@kitkatloverforever]

1:04

[@carlmariavonweber8823]

32:00

[@OCARALLODENITO]

Estes carallos non tocan nada mal. E sin jaita!!! ou con jaita, no sei moi ben..porque Mstislav pode facer eso e moito mais!!!

[@6_67x10]

27:54