Undina’s entire aria is achingly beautiful, 6:00 - 6:38 made me burst into tears. I feel like Tchaikovsky was born to create music that touches even the most jaded of souls. Such a brilliant man and a gift to the world.
Mr. Rodders, Thanks a lot for you kind contribution of great music on youtube. I thought my collection of Tchaikovsky's compositions is second to none. No, I'm wrong. Let me give you a sincere salute. Cheers from Bangkok, Thailand.
Great job of cleaning it up - congratulations! - Thank heaven Tchaikovsky saved the Finale of Act 1 - it already has almost the musical language of "Pique Dame"!
La canción de Undina la utilizó Tchaikovsky en La doncella de las Nieves, op. 12. En esta obra aparece como la primera canción de Lel. La orquestación es diferente.
Morning Max. No one knows about the remainder of the destroyed opera but the introduction was used unchanged in the Snow Maiden, Undina's aria was somewhat altered as Lel's first song in The Snow Maiden, The Bridal Procession was adapted for the slow movement of the Second Symphony and the Duet was partly recycled as the duet of Siegfried and Odette in Act 2 of Swan Lake. My favourite Tchaikovsky decade is 1868-1877. He would rarely let a good tune go at that time!
Mr. Rodders, I hope you don't think me impertinent, but I can't help but notice the resemblance of the picture of Tchaikovsky here to the picture of you.I hope you'll take this as a compliment. You're both very distinguished looking.
Paul, you are only the second person to comment on my using an early drawing of Tchaikovsky as my avatar. Someone else wondered if it was Massenet but then realised it was Tchaikovsky when they viewed the Undina excerpts.
Thanks for the explanation and also many thanks for the richness of your postings. Your musical tastes are similar to mine and as one who has listened to all of the very familiar pieces for so long it's refreshing to find these rarities which deserve more exposure.
On a second visit I decided the word incredible applies to my perception. I found myself wondering if the man who told Rubinstein "I won't change one note" (a paraphrase of what I remember from my readings years ago) failed to defy himself. So he caved and destroyed the work as not being good enough. Of course that is speculation on my part.
Undina’s entire aria is achingly beautiful, 6:00 - 6:38 made me burst into tears. I feel like Tchaikovsky was born to create music that touches even the most jaded of souls. Such a brilliant man and a gift to the world.
Bravo bravo bravo super brilliance music opera grandiose genial fantastic
Mr. Rodders, Thanks a lot for you kind contribution of great music on youtube. I thought my collection of Tchaikovsky's compositions is second to none. No, I'm wrong. Let me give you a sincere salute. Cheers from Bangkok, Thailand.
It's clear that from the start Tchaikovsky was a fine, great composer!
The wedding march of act III, is, practically, the 2nd mov. of the symphony n.2 "Little Russia", very interesting!
Great job of cleaning it up - congratulations! - Thank heaven Tchaikovsky saved the Finale of Act 1 - it already has almost the musical language of "Pique Dame"!
La canción de Undina la utilizó Tchaikovsky en La doncella de las Nieves, op. 12. En esta obra aparece como la primera canción de Lel. La orquestación es diferente.
Delightful. Don't know enough about Tchaikovsky to have a sense of why the work was destroyed leaving us only with "fragments." Too bad it was.
Sounds pretty good to me! The clean-up AND the music....lovely singing and orchestral playing. Just so sad that the fragments are all that remain.....
Max, as it happens someone uploaded a version with better sound a month after me th-cam.com/video/qLPxKY2N_7w/w-d-xo.html
G'nite Max. You might want to have a listen to this sometime too : th-cam.com/video/8PtxaUD0jXE/w-d-xo.html
Morning Max. No one knows about the remainder of the destroyed opera but the introduction was used unchanged in the Snow Maiden, Undina's aria was somewhat altered as Lel's first song in The Snow Maiden, The Bridal Procession was adapted for the slow movement of the Second Symphony and the Duet was partly recycled as the duet of Siegfried and Odette in Act 2 of Swan Lake. My favourite Tchaikovsky decade is 1868-1877. He would rarely let a good tune go at that time!
Hermosos fragmentos.
Mr. Rodders, I hope you don't think me impertinent, but I can't help but notice the resemblance of the picture of Tchaikovsky here to the picture of you.I hope you'll take this as a compliment. You're both very distinguished looking.
Paul, you are only the second person to comment on my using an early drawing of Tchaikovsky as my avatar. Someone else wondered if it was Massenet but then realised it was Tchaikovsky when they viewed the Undina excerpts.
Thanks for the explanation and also many thanks for the richness of your postings. Your musical tastes are similar to mine and as one who has listened to all of the very familiar pieces for so long it's refreshing to find these rarities which deserve more exposure.
Tchaikovsky destoyed this opera and used fragments in snow maiden and swan lake, which can be clearly identified.
On a second visit I decided the word incredible applies to my perception. I found myself wondering if the man who told Rubinstein "I won't change one note" (a paraphrase of what I remember from my readings years ago) failed to defy himself. So he caved and destroyed the work as not being good enough. Of course that is speculation on my part.
I think i prefer the original opera duet to the swan lake version. Its sung wonderfully . Love the opening and undinas arias very beautiful.
hello, I have one question. It' any movement of this opera, similar with the swan lake?
Forget those neglected composers of yore! Neglected works by Tchaikovsky will keep us busy! How much did this composer really COMPOSE?
Verdi is tremendously overrated.