Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (complete). 2 piano arr. by V. Gryaznov

[@rudy8146]

I would like to commend these two gentlemen on the skill and stamina required to play the piano for over 32 minutes. "The Rite of Spring" is an extremely complicated piece, let alone the arrangement of all the instruments in an orchestra to an 88-key piano. The emotion required to play music at a "sellable" level to the audience is fun, yet exhausting. To train your mind and body to perform the way these two did...at that length...is inconceivable.

[@rorycraig]

The imitation of the bass drum at 13:05 honestly makes me giggle like a little girl.

[@wuyipiano]

So damn creative.

[@miguelangelvaldezfarias]

Never expected that! What an awesome arrangement.

[@me_is_hobo]

I feel avant-garde now.

[@adeemuff]

Hopefully, the strings haven't been touched, :) skin oils and sweats would tarnish them

[@ouwebrood497]

Isn't it the tam-tam though?

[@jauregi2726]

I'd have never thought this work was "pianable"!

[@RyanRenteria]

well stravinsky wrote it on a piano

[@lordspongebobofhousesquare1616]

@Weronika Bździk can you share the link?

[@DieFlabbergast]

Stravinsky played a four-hand piano arrangement with Debussy in 1912 prior to the orchestral/ballet debut. Apparently, Debussy sight-read the score and played perfectly. He and Igor were on a different level.

[@alejandrom.4680]

@@DieFlabbergast How do I get that kind of power? Imagine sighreading this perfectly and in tempo, like, h o w.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@alejandrom.4680 Be born with the right DNA, is my guess.

[@andragg]

Outstanding performance, I also loved the pounding the performer's did with their left hands inside the pianos (something I didn't know until seeing this video). After hearing the orchestral version dozens of times in the 1970's, I bought the piano version album performed by Michael Tillson Thomas and Leonard Bernstein in 1981 and I heard parts that I didn't hear clearly before and was delighted to hear the brilliant melodic content unobscured by full orchestral instruments. I think it's the greatest piece of orchestral music ever composed. There was some great Classical music before Stravinsky by composers such as Janacek and Debussy, but I think Classical music really took off with The Rite of Spring.

[@russelltippins2985]

15:25 Sixteen seconds of silence. No conductor. They come back in perfect time together

[@rowkingsbury945]

You can see the pianist on the right count in with his head. Right-up-down-play

[@jaimemarquez7719]

para eso son los ensayos.

[@whereismywatch157]

===== Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth) ===== 0:00 Introduction 3:44 Les Augures printaniers (Augurs of Spring) 6:50 Jeu du rapt (Ritual of Abduction) 8:09 Rondes printanières (Spring Rounds) 11:36 Jeux des cités rivales (Ritual of the Rival Tribes) 13:23 Cortège du sage: Le Sage (Procession of the Sage: The Sage) 14:20 Danse de la terre (Dance of the Earth) ===== Part II: Le Sacrifice (The Sacrifice) ===== 15:41 Introduction 19:25 Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes (Mystic Circles of the Young Girls) 22:15 Glorification de l'élue (Glorification of the Chosen One) 23:44 Évocation des ancêtres (Evocation of the Ancestors) 24:33 Action rituelle des ancêtres (Ritual Action of the Ancestors) 28:03 Danse sacrale (Sacrificial Dance)

[@violinhunter2]

Thank you!!

[@quinnlewis2003]

Thanks so much!

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

For some reason, the English translation messes up the evocation of the ancestors timestamp

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

Not that it matters anyways though

[@brianmccloskey8364]

And I agree with many comments here. Why wasn't every single person jumping up and down and screaming with ecstasy and amazement after that performance???!!!

[@cellan67]

It is not a rock concert: after such a performance the audience is speechless, and needs quite a while to come back on earth.

[@brianmccloskey8364]

I understand that it is not a rock concert. I am a musician and conductor myself. I have experienced that need to sit in awe and silence after such a phenomenal performance of a significant piece. But even after those brief moments audiences have stood and shouted Bravo and applauded with enthusiasm. This audience reaction was downright tepid.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@brianmccloskey8364 This concert took place in France. The French are a little ... how shall we say .. weird?

[@davideanes3425]

@@DieFlabbergast They didn't want to overreact like the first French audience did lol

[@hoodroberts]

@@brianmccloskey8364 I'm just thankful that the audience didn't riot like they did on May 29, 1913.

[@philholcomb1887]

Wow! Their practice sessions must have been intense.

[@StrivetobeDust]

Wow! A stunning performance and masterful interpretation of the work!

[@ultonian63]

The French booed the first performance of the piece so I suppose this anaemic response represents some sort of progress in the last 100 years or so. Great performance!

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

:)) The audience just didn't expect piano slapping at the end) Thank you!

[@voyagerlegends]

Igor would have been delighted....fantastic.

[@ZeeManCan]

This is officially one of my favorite renditions. Absolutely amazing performance

[@charlesmchugh8811]

Maybe the audience would prefer Vivaldi. This was one hell of a great performance.

[@rowkingsbury945]

Nobody goes to see rite of spring expecting vivaldi lol

[@rowkingsbury945]

They knew what they signed up for

[@tomaskovarik1215]

oh no, the audience would prefer twinkle twinkle little star

[@billyves1]

What the bel Antonio V. is coming, doing here for? His Spring Season, among others, has absolutely nothing to do or deal with this. Personally, I came to listen to the great, beautiful Igor. And there I am stunned, as completely delighted... Du Sud de France, mes salutations toutes françaises vers vous, Monsieur McHugh ;-).

[@mold971]

don't you dare say a bad word about vivaldi charles...don't do it...

[@mojeo522]

14:14 this chord is so beautiful on the piano.

[@waterglas21]

Do you know what chord is it? For orchestra it sounds beautiful.

[@americana3555]

It reminds me of Claude Debussy’s Chateau underwater

[@eggie2097]

Not a chord, but I agree.

[@f.p.2010]

@@eggie2097 it is

[@toprak3479]

Beautiful with the orchestra as well. When you can hear it of course.

[@ArianSadrayi]

25:30 Marvelous legato in his right hand. Sounds so consistent and firm.

[@sebastianzaczek]

Probably the most genius arrangement of the sacre... this is a masterpiece on a whole other level and i especially love the way you immitated the percussion parts... i think "really great job" is kind of an understatement for this...:D

[@onlinetheory5115]

It's very good to say the least, there are however moments where the metre is not the same as the orchestral score, but other than that everything else I would agree is quite enjoyable.

[@tbl2001]

Do you know the 2 piano version played by Faisal Say. It is also brilliantly played.

[@JeremyWong194]

This is just amazing... Hearing the piano arrangement brings out certain parts that kind of get lost in symphony orchestration

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

Thank you, that's, I believe, one of the reasons to make a piano arrangement!

[@JeremyWong194]

@@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano The other thing I'm really impressed with is how "together" you are... how long did you and Nikita need to practice together to synchronize tempos?

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

@@JeremyWong194 a couple of days :)

[@pomarekaire1344]

I feel sorry for the page Turner's, I think they should be praised also. They were apart of the performance (technically)

[@james.housego]

I had to page turn for the secondo about a year ago, god it was hard

[@jcruiseberry]

This is whole other level of exceptionalism for transcribing masterworks. It's become its own.

[@DieFlabbergast]

The piano is classified as a percussion instrument. Now, you know why.

[@LilHaseProductions]

I thought it was classified as a string instrument because it's really just padded mallets striking strings... I guess the 'striking' part makes it percussion :)

[@minerscale]

@@LilHaseProductions My orchestration teacher says there's 5 families in the orchestra. Strings, woodwinds, brass, precussion, and keyboard instruments (piano, celesta, etc..)

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@minerscale "Keyboard instruments" is not a valid classification of instrument type, only of "orchestral section." Organs (which are used in many symphonic works together with the orchestra) have keyboards, too, but there the similarity to pianos ends. An organ produces sounds in the same manner as a flute. Perhaps we should classify them under "woodwinds" and classify pianos under "strings" for obvious reasons. In case you hadn't noticed, this video is of a piece for two pianos, with no orchestra, so arguments about "orchestral families" are entirely irrelevant.

[@minerscale]

@@DieFlabbergast You're right about the 'orchestreral section' thing I'm pretty sure. Instrument families are about tone production, and most keyboard instruments produce sound in totally different ways. As for orchestration however, grouping the keyboard instruments actually makes a lot of sense.

[@gregoryallen3848]

And your point is...???

[@llHaziell]

13:03 oh my god!

[@sebastianzaczek]

It's genius, isn't it?

[@FahlmanCascade]

My mother would have killed me for doing that to the piano.

[@lynxvsjackalope1149]

Right!? (also nice profile pic :'D )

[@TuanNguyen-ir5re]

tapping the strings is used frequently in contemporary music and Jazz though

[@brianmccloskey8364]

This may be one of the greatest performances I have ever heard, and I have heard the best of the best live and on recording. Not just of Rite, but performances of all time. The clarity of playing for a piece of such washes of sound and, oh!, the percussive power...!!!!... AMAZING!!!! I, as a composer, must have this score, too. Bravo!!!

[@pelqel9893]

Incredible! This is like hearing 'Le Sacre...' for the first time! And then I was thinking: Stravinsky composed it on the piano, imagining the orchestra... but this is close to what his neighbors heard back then.😉

[@guntanderik]

One of the most exciting performances of anyhting I have ever experienced. Nikita and "Slava" are a dream team. Festival Wissenbourg has been bringing exceptional artists together. They deserve the widest exposre possible. It is a labor of love on all accounts.

[@research_winter]

As a pianist who loves Stravinsky, this was amazing. Thank you

[@lynxvsjackalope1149]

LOVE the freedom expressed in this arrangement, there's some amazing effort and attention to detail to emulate the full orchestra.

[@lynxvsjackalope1149]

Whoa except 25:39 - that came way too early and threw me off.

[@samphibious1]

What a weird audience- I'd have been screaming at the end!!!

[@tigrankalevian]

The best payback to quality sound is another quality sound. Screaming and applause are not quality sound or artwork. Then the best payment is silence.

[@jarodfrancoc.267]

ME TOO OMG

[@president2680]

Indeed!!

[@violinhunter2]

They are like the Concertgebouw audiences - half asleep - half alive.

[@lorddorogoth]

They are probably recording, which means the very small audience would most likely be required to be silent for the performance. (you can see microphones above the pianos). I do think it would be hard to clap also.

[@williamdiffin28]

Professor Gryaznov does it again. The definitive transcription. And an awesome performance with Mndoyants. Bravo!

[@Kyacchan88]

This whole thing was amazing, but my favorite detail was the way the horn sforzandos in the Danse Sacrale were arranged so the left pianist did the crescendo and the right pianist played the "hit" of the same note. Details like that make the arrangement absolutely ingenious. Bravo!!!

[@nathanhol42001]

This really brings out the cacophony of the Sacre. Such incomprehensible harmonies

[@Andre7730]

one of my favorites pieces... in very good performance and an awesome piano transcription, too!

[@ИльяАфанасьев-ц7ш]

Вячеслав, Ваша работа просто невероятная! Бережно перенести все особенности оригинала Стравинского, исполнить произведение с такой силой, творчеством и умением - это под силу лишь Единицам. И Вы несомненно входите в Их число. Огромное спасибо Вам, что делитесь этим Шедевром!

[@mrnnhnz]

Played with a lot of passion. Enjoyed that. Thanks for uploading.

[@LilanDeSilva]

32:35 Smashed it.

[@jay_pa24]

One of the best performances that i've seen of anything!

[@wanderer7973]

This was astonishing how are they so calm

[@miltongajardo9800]

This is a real piece of jewerly. The absolute perfection, just love it.

[@chloejmun]

This is insane... incredible transcription and breathtaking performance.. Absolutely love it ❤️❤️❤️

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

Thank you so much!

[@PSearPianist]

A great piece of transcribing, and superb performance - wish I had been there!

[@aidengregg]

This is incredible to the power of incredible!

[@lauraanton5955]

Amazing! The rite of spring is one of my favorite plays! I first heard it in Disney's Fantasia as a child and it continues to fascinate me. I also attended a piano transcription in Romania many years ago. It was fantastic! Thank you for your work.

[@SteffLoui88]

Love Fantasia!

[@reinermarquart354]

this is a masterpiece. Incredible!!

[@mauriciodacostamoraesvilla2545]

UMA MÚSICA CLÁSSICA - MODERNA EXCEPCIONAL DE IGÔR STRAVINSKY TRANSCRITA PARA 4 MÃOS DA ORIGINAL MÚSICA PARA ORQUESTRA : " A SAGRAÇÃO DA PRIMAVERA " . BRAVO !!. STRAVINSKY !!.

[@ohyeahyeah7394]

Absolutely fantastic

[@achenarmyst2156]

Also check out the Jussen brothers with their version on one piano. It‘s marvellous. And the whole opus magnum by heart.

[@T6e6r6o]

So this is basically percussive fingerstyle for the piano. Never thought I'd see the day, but I'm so glad I did.

[@yundichen8332]

Stravinsky was a master of orchestration and colour. In my opinion a lot of that is lost in this arrangement, nevertheless, this performance is great

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

I think it’s even more lost in Stravinsky’s own four-hand arrangement, but people still play it. I don’t think that the goal of piano transcription is to imitate orchestra colors but to deliver the idea (or transform and deliver)

[@preblalar8798]

What a modest applause. F*cking brilliant!

[@hgburgin]

Igor would have been proud of your version Slava.

[@benjamin1032]

Genius.

[@urishernandez]

Excellent pianists

[@MrOlogramma]

Wonderful Wonderful ❤️❤️❤️

[@TrevorduBuisson]

Firstly, please listen to this with good sound. Absolutely exquisite!!!! I much prefer it on 2 pianos than the orchestral version. Really stunning and astonishingly performed. That bass drum, I think my heart stopped. 24:20, oh my lawd... That was gorgeous in its entirety. Heartstopping and electrifying, as well as dreamy, anguished, etc. etc. etc. I haven't been this excited about listening to something new in years!! Bravo!!!

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

Yay, thanks so much! :)

[@princianorvz]

@@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano I really love the arrangement! But I will make a transcription/arrangement of Stravinsky's with the correct tempo as it should be in the music sheet.

[@yungao3077]

Gee that must’ve been a fun day for you boys... I wonder how that final slap on the keyboard is written on the staff 🙃

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

It was improvised 😂

[@yungao3077]

@@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano and yet it translates Stravinsky’s intention better than any chord’d hope to do. Surprising, primitive, absurd yet fitting. Total brilliance! I’m blown away (not just by the ending of course).

[@DamaruInochi]

There are several arrangements for 2 pianos out there. But none are as good or as imaginative as this one. How can I get a hold of it? I’ve been to your website and saw your many arrangements. Le Sacre Is my favorite. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, comes as a VERY close second. Thank you for your awesome output. Keep writing, please!

[@VepiumOfficial]

best arrangement of this ive heard

[@BrettHun]

I really thought she was going to escape this time :'(

[@VyacheslavGryaznovPiano]

no way..

[@howard5992]

Elegant performance.

[@f1f1s]

In the past, when I saw a single-note crescendo in piano reductions of string music, I was laughing... until I heard 28:09. At first, it is hard to believe that it is piano producing this sound. Then, it is hard to believe that the piano is perfectly emulating a rapid orchestral crescendo. Brilliant, as always.

[@lornastevens2765]

Incredible!!

[@ouwebrood497]

I love how at the beginning of the piece it sounds like some stuff that could have been written by Debussy or Ravel.

[@Maximilian2808]

5:48 miraculous! 19:25

[@stelianderenne9721]

Lovely job :) Thanks for uploading it here.

[@iopvixens]

D A E D

[@akshaygowrishankar7440]

The 4 basses' last big chord . . . coincidence?

[@mambooooooo917]

14:21 and 22:08

[@alexisdanielvaneskeheian2127]

Bravoooooooooo!!!!!!! Qué trabajo fabuloso!!!!!!!

[@claudiaalvarezalonso8943]

ALL AMAZING

[@plaierdifortnaiti9955]

O quadro de Boticelli ao fundo, simplesmente a Sagração da primavera

[@antonyrizzy]

Superb.

[@danielceccaldi9676]

Extraordinaire.

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Formidable!!

[@brooklynballet]

gorgeous!

[@sneddypie]

I love how Gryaznov just smashed his piano at the end

[@giuseppeancona5345]

Amazing

[@peterfelixchan7902]

As though the original piece is not complicated or avant-garde enough. 🌀🌀

[@james.housego]

i had to page turn for the second piano, i got lost soooooooo many times cuz of the weird time signatures. Fuck you stravinsky, fuck you

[@v.a.366]

@@james.housego go learn the notes, stupid.

[@v.a.366]

@@treshaunrogers did you read the comment- cursing of the redheadedmusician?

[@samuelsong2362]

Omg that is absolutely amazing it's so cool and the base drum thing xd

[@kindle9597]

The thumbnail is from around 13:05

[@authenticbaguette6673]

32:35 he went for it ..

[@henryheinzjunker8807]

grande classe

[@ArsentiyKharitonov]

Bravo!

[@johnrobertson8938]

Breathtakingly awesome! Amazing. . . searching. . . .searching . . . . wondrous, awe-inspiring, stupefying.. . . whoop, whoop squeak! Love to see the score but the link doesn't take you to it.

[@beth_levin_piano]

Brilliant!

[@StavroginR]

Absolutely, Beth.

[@tigrankalevian]

magnificent

[@rachsky1224]

nice arrangement !!!!

[@trombaclassicsff]

Strange acoustics !? Microphone placement, make of the pianos, the hall ? Certainly not HD ! Excellent both pianist !

[@marycatheri]

I've gone completely mental!

[@NintendoSushi]

Can this recording be downloaded anywhere besides youtube? I love this piano arrangement but would like to be able to download it without youtube's aggressive compression algorithms reducing quality.

[@barakcohen3612]

Brillianttttttttt

[@thequietproject]

Perfect

[@NINOGIANLUCA]

Brillant

[@Utoobtime27]

Might you be open to recording the SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS (1980 rev.1990) by ROBERT SIMPSON?

[@alexbastrykin6148]

Супер) Спасибо!

[@hingray6892]

Transcriptor: YEA just bash the Steinway at the end!

[@noamush]

This is INSANE

[@thomasadvincula1261]

That ending though.

[@NINOGIANLUCA]

Geniale

[@Claude1Rochon]

14:14 is probably the MOST intense musical moment

[@johnwest6690]

I will play this song one day.

[@gonzalo_alnso]

Soooooooooo nice ❤️

[@lorddorogoth]

I personally think that the orchestral version is better because of percussion and timbre/tone qualities of other instruments along with the dramatics being different. Even though it is played well, there are so many parts that have to be played at the same time that it becomes kinda sloppy. I'm not saying that it's bad, but just that I prefer the original.

[@michaelrg3836]

A whole lot cheaper than hiring a full orchestra and top class conductor to perform it.