Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Painting: "Isle of the Dead", Arnold Böcklin
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@MichaelConwayBaker2 жыл бұрын
I first heard this music when I was five. I'm 84 and never get tired of it. A true masterpiece!
@famprima2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful life of music you have!
@franzlugosi72952 жыл бұрын
@Halil Yaşar come on that's a macabre thing to ask someone
@KommSusserT0d2 жыл бұрын
@@franzlugosi7295 you have a point, but when I read your name I died laughing
@allesandra222 жыл бұрын
May you relish many more masterpieces. 😇🤝
@lilangeldreams28462 жыл бұрын
you're here since 2007 ?? wo, shoot I feel young
@alcinado20722 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact : Rachmaninov composed this piece only after a black and white reproduction of Böcklin's painting. When he saw the real painting some years later, he said that the colors weren't at all how he had imagined them. If he had seen the real painting first, he would have composed this symphonic poem totally differently.
@Aerodumb2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be less dark
@MiserableOldFart Жыл бұрын
Interesting to me, especially because I first saw it in black and white, and always thought it was more powerful that way.
@paulbeard4218 Жыл бұрын
And we'd all love to hear that version .
@cengizinal8678 Жыл бұрын
well, I'm glad he didn't! :)
@lucyseyes1590 Жыл бұрын
Better this way round.
@cjlkicks7 ай бұрын
*THINGS HAVE LEARNT TO WALK THAT OUGHT TO CRAWL*
@finnegan64643 ай бұрын
@roberttevault9794or demonic space lesbians
@Man_of_Tears2 ай бұрын
And the milk in my fridge
@uhoh75452 ай бұрын
And the great holes are digged 😂
@annoyingassbean30702 ай бұрын
like my gloves?????
@Bluecho4Ай бұрын
*GREAT HOLES SECRETLY ARE DIGGED WHERE EARTH'S PORES OUGHT TO SUFFICE.*
@ChaplainIdaeus9 ай бұрын
A painting of a strange island. Somehow, it feels very familiar.
@user-hp7bx3vy6r7 ай бұрын
Arnold Böcklin had created the painting naming it the same ("The Island of the Dead")... ok-ok, i got myself^) Rachmaninov was inspired of this master piece, when is creating his self piece. Two artists, two eras
@kreits73847 ай бұрын
@@user-hp7bx3vy6r the original comment refers to a game called Signalis, it's a copy-paste from what the main character says while inspecting this picture
@spacebear35376 ай бұрын
remember our promise
@jsunnj764 ай бұрын
you play too much Resident Evil friend......
@nikitakhmelevskyi62573 ай бұрын
@jsunnj76 This is not about RE, but Signalis, who for sure was inspired by RE, but has absolutely another idea
@josephanthony85853 жыл бұрын
This painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is located by itself in a small room or cubicle with a bench in front of it while this music is playing. I sat on that bench transfixed looking at this painting while this music was playing. I stayed through the entire 21 minutes of its playing time.
@lekink50693 жыл бұрын
Thx
@Jonsson4743 жыл бұрын
There were actually five versions of this painting, painted between 1880 and 1886 but one of them was unfortunately destroyed. The one in the metropolitan art gallery is the second version. The one in this video is the one in the old national gallery in Berlin, Germany and not the one in New York.
@Wolfsgejaule3 жыл бұрын
It's true, i was the bench
@Raskolnikovtzs3 жыл бұрын
Hitler was obsessed with this painting. In fact, he had one of the several versions made by Arnold Böcklin himself.
@KomissarLohmann3 жыл бұрын
good for you
@hk122211 ай бұрын
I listened to this before when I was a teenager, but after playing Signalis, I can't stop thinking about this song and painting.
@kezia_creates326410 ай бұрын
Wdym?
@sovviedan679110 ай бұрын
@@kezia_creates3264 There's a very artistic video game called Signalis which released late last year, and one of the pieces of music in the soundtrack is a piano rendition of the beginning melody, as well as the painting being a core pillar of the game's theme of things being copied and ending up different than the last version. It's a very emotionally charged game, so the beauty of the song and painting are amplified by the story and visual direction, so they can leave a pretty amazing amazing impression and stay with you for a good while.
@lelagrangeeffectphysics41204 ай бұрын
@@sovviedan6791 and by artistic you mean pretentious... apparently the devs tought that flashing german sentences while glitching was the peak of art, the story never makes itself very clear, but its implied that the lesbian couple were sent to die in cold space because one of them was an Alma Wade level psychic that could wreak havoc.
@sovviedan67914 ай бұрын
@@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 Everything is pretentious when you don't understand it. They're German, dumbass. That's why they flash German words on the screen. You must've been playing with your eyes closed to not notice the heavy post-WWII East Germany vibe to Sierpinksi and Rotfront. And what you've pointed out isn't just "implied," it's literally outright stated in the documents on the ship and dialogue with Arianne. They couldn't have made it clearer. You skimmed over the surface of what the game had to offer and then had the audacity to call it lacking.
@finnegan64643 ай бұрын
@@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 the game is from germany dude
@reykhan233 Жыл бұрын
Saw this painting. Now I remember my promise.
@AlexBrutalin3 ай бұрын
“Island of the Dead” (German: Die Toteninsel) is the most famous painting by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin
@AsperaNonEs2 ай бұрын
@@AlexBrutalinit’s an insider joke
@yddet4369Ай бұрын
@@AsperaNonEswhats it refrencing?
@AsperaNonEsАй бұрын
@@yddet4369 a game about phenomena, existentialism and similar themes called signals. In that game the protagonist Elster and a human called Ariane volunteer for a space reconnaissance mission to find an inhabitable planet. Simply put they do not have enough resources to make it. Ariane falls in love with Elster, Ariana did know that they wouldn’t make it (which makes it even more tragic). After a certain time, when Elster also finds out that they won’t find a planet to survive, Ariana makes her promise to kill her. Since if she wouldn’t kill Ariane, Ariane would suffer a slow and terrible death from leaking radiation of the reactor of the ship. The game itself sets in after this, the player has to make his way through a lot of bs (why and how isn’t really important to the story) if the player did well enough, Elster will remember the promise and kill her loved one, simultaneously dying on her side.
@AsperaNonEsАй бұрын
Ah yes I forgot, Ariane drew the toteninsel multiple times whilst on that space ship
@ilonajoensuu37164 жыл бұрын
Pro tip: Listening to this while working on an excel spreadsheet makes everything more dramatic.
@silviasuto52754 жыл бұрын
This is EXACTLY MY CASE!!! my effing colleagues are so loud, i need to work always with my headphones on and I listen to this masterpiece or some others. Priceless.
@PaoloReaper4 жыл бұрын
What the fuck. I never work on Excel. I'm doing it rn and this piece started playing and I find this comment. Strange.
@CLASSICALFAN1004 жыл бұрын
You really need to get out more...
@ilonajoensuu37164 жыл бұрын
@@CLASSICALFAN100 Never! *makes gremlin noises*
@moncompte41504 жыл бұрын
My feelings exactly
@pppaaaooo137 жыл бұрын
This painting needs its own movie!
@LordIvor67 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the ending of Black Butler, so gentle but dark as well.
@winterstorm84127 жыл бұрын
pppaaaooo13 Somehow reminds me of when King Arthur was mortally wounded, that he was taken to the Isle of Avalon.
@OiOBlinkingOwl7 жыл бұрын
He is canonically either Arthur's son or just his nephew (depending on the literature) born from his relations with Morgana.
@YamiKodoku7 жыл бұрын
Somebody knows the name of this painting?
@adrianovasco20597 жыл бұрын
There is also a nice "remake" of this paining by Giger himself.
@gallowglass7197 жыл бұрын
I love how this piece constantly builds tension. Makes it difficult to stop listening.
@CLASSICALFAN1003 жыл бұрын
And, that's the point...
@PavelDGromnic3 жыл бұрын
The awe conjured up in the moment when the shore is finally realized takes my breath away.
@faridelkhatib436811 ай бұрын
Min 8/9 is the plateau
@cristianmicu2 ай бұрын
life is tension until it isn't.. shows how deep this goes into creating this... rachmaninov such a genius
@cesarst3720 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise
@Bulvasaurio Жыл бұрын
Wow, i listened this as a child, now that i had played a Game by a german developler called signalis, i returned to this Masterpiece
@lolagagginw812lol711 ай бұрын
I heard about this song when I first played the game SIGNALIS by rose-engine. I highly recommend it and it introduced me to one Rachmaninov's works!
@block36079 Жыл бұрын
Die Toteninsel by 1000 Eyes is a nice rendition of this.
@meowmeowchan1724 Жыл бұрын
glad that I'm not the only signals fan here
@LifeAwaits11 ай бұрын
@@meowmeowchan1724 me too
@DarkSamael55 Жыл бұрын
Star: Wherever it is I am going, I'll wait for you there. Eule: ...
@PavelDGromnic6 жыл бұрын
This is pretty gripping. As one who is now approaching death, I am in awe of the boats' passenger nearing The Isle. Where those of us who have "passed" remain. The rocking boat, the trees, the dark shore, are real for me. This is how I have always envisioned it. Even as a child. I'll be glad to leave this life behind in order to achieve the peace I see on the Isle.
@PavelDGromnic2 жыл бұрын
I'm out of the boat now, about to feel the shore.
@Tom_Quixote Жыл бұрын
@@PavelDGromnic We need an update. How is it there?
@stellviahohenheim Жыл бұрын
@@Tom_Quixote probably burning
@SomeSunshineOutside Жыл бұрын
safe passage
@poolsofbloodinyourstomach Жыл бұрын
You dead yet
@jessicakespohl83405 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff was not 6'6". That is classic Internet error. Eugene Ormandy said he was about 6'3", as did other friends. He also was underrated because modernist music was on the ascendant in his time. He was dissed by critics, but it's well to remember the quote from Sibelius, "Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic".
@DCM88285 жыл бұрын
I would say that a critic might be able to in good conscience unfavorably criticize Rachmaninoff if he or she could even pretend to write with the brilliance, originality, virtuosity, beauty and depth than Rachmaninoff wrote.
@melvynobrien61935 жыл бұрын
I teach piano; Rachmaninoff had big hands. Most of the finest pianists in the world consider him to have been the greatest pianist of the recording era. Not to mention his brilliant compositions.
@Diniles4 жыл бұрын
@S G Well he was hardly a music critic lol
@IrrelevantPlease4 жыл бұрын
hah! Fantastic quote. I am saving that one.
@pmlouisjuste4 жыл бұрын
@@Diniles haha lol
@blobefishe7 ай бұрын
"Great Holes secretly are digged where Earth's pores ought to suffice"
for those wondering, that painting is the 'Isle of the Dead' by Arnold Böcklin, a swiss romantic painter
@jmbwithcats7 жыл бұрын
Island of the Dead Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, Basel 1827-1901 San Domenico, Italy) Date: 1880 Medium: Oil on wood
@ronwalker48497 жыл бұрын
ARNOLD BOCKLIN HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS WITH THIS PAINTING THAT HE MADE A NUMBER OF COPIES AND SOLD THEM ALL. 5 OR 6 I DON´T KNOW. I SAW THE PAINTING AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NY AND IT MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPRESSION ME WHICH I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN. IT IS OUR ETERNAL HOME.
@StahliCell7 жыл бұрын
I feel so ashamed of myself. 23 years old, swiss and I've never EVER heard of this painter. I hate my arts teacher in high school, I have no one else to blame.
@ElCid487 жыл бұрын
+StahliCell. No need to feel ashamed. Get yourself other sources of information as long as they are reliable. Go to the library in your town. Read a lot. Very soon you'll know more than your stupid teachers. I've done that.
@lecobra4187 жыл бұрын
Blame yourself then, because you're the only one responsible for your lack of knowledge.
@yellowbeard13 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this music existed and I am really happy with the KZfaq algorithm right now.
@voraciousreader33412 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you’ve started on this journey, and Rachmaninov is an amazing place to begin! Being able to move emotionally through this “world” is an experience greater in my life than nearly anything in my life, for nearly 60 years. If I may presume to give a suggestion, Vladimir Ashkenazy is, in my opinion, one of the best interpreters of Rachmaninov’s music, as a pianist and conductor. He would be an excellent place to continue!
@AdamGulotta2 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 This wasn't my comment, but I just want to say that I am going to follow your recommendations for composers!
@CozyButcher2 жыл бұрын
#metoo bless the people of Rus
@C_Ketsukane Жыл бұрын
Great holes secretly are digged where earth's pores ought to suffice and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.
@bwchapin9099 Жыл бұрын
I had never heard this piece until I decided to transcribe it from the original score into a digital one. What struck me was the story I feel as the music progresses. Rachmaninoff’s use of 5/4 alternating 3-2 to 2-3 in the first part mimics the way an oarsman would row, long pull short recovery followed by short pull longer recovery to correct course, etc. I see it as starting out from shore in calm waters and as the boat gets midway, rougher seas then it calms as it enters the isle harbor. The second part describes the unloading of the casket and carrying it upward while being met by spirits to assist until the casket is interred. There is a reference to a Dies Irea, a release of burden and sorrow the the descent of the oarsman or passengers back to the dock where the third part is the emptier boat returning from the isle with the same rowing rhythms. As a symphonic poem, it is one of the most descriptive.
@EnvironmentalCoffeehouse Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that👍🌻
@coscinaippogrifo10 ай бұрын
Wow, I wish I was able to get those deep insights into anything in my life, like you did with the description of this piece... Congratulations
@jaoziinh9 ай бұрын
YEEEEEEES
@deibyjosecastrolopez3082 Жыл бұрын
Remember our promise.
@Battlefieldtripshow Жыл бұрын
I'LL DO ANYTHING
@hideokojima002 Жыл бұрын
Signalis moment...
@nicholasthurmond4006 Жыл бұрын
I was delighted to hear this in a game. Its fascinating to me how this came about: a painting made over a hundred years ago, a composition based on the painting, and in the 21st century a video game inspired by it. There is something beautiful about this painting touching the hearts of people across three different centuries.
@hideokojima002 Жыл бұрын
@@nicholasthurmond4006 Moreover, this picture in the real world is not finished, you can feel the depth of symbolism in Signalis, because in the game the picture was also not finished, I hope this will give you the right thoughts.
@geonextin36162 ай бұрын
@@hideokojima002 i cant find any info about fact thats this picture not finished, can you help? it would be so deep if its true
@user-ul2hd3ej1o26 күн бұрын
Вчера я слушала "Остров мертвых" в зале филармонии. Исполнял симфонический оркестр "Новая Россия" под управлением Юрия Башмета. Это было грандиозно! 🔥
@tbababauabbd2 Жыл бұрын
saw this painting in Signalis.
@DragonaxFilms Жыл бұрын
*Do not attempt to befriend the Elster unit.*
@MitsurugiR Жыл бұрын
*DO NOT FIST* android girls! ⚠️
@thegrimmarcher202 Жыл бұрын
What?
@nether0701 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it will make you start dreaming a never ending loop to fulfill a promise
@huneymuun11 ай бұрын
@@thegrimmarcher202search "signalis", but only if u want to lose your mind.
@elpatronak909210 ай бұрын
Who gives a ratsass about them.
@banditwigga Жыл бұрын
remember our promise
@Sassy_Witch Жыл бұрын
0: Signalis
@chiphowell40635 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this piece of music when i was 10 years old and playing with Star Wars action figures and listening to my mom's Classical music LPs...the music always inspired stories and now that I'm substantially older, I hear this again (and again) and I think of those childhood stories. More than that, I love the music on its own terms. I still wanna be a Rachmaninov composition when I grow up.
@dankennedy33653 жыл бұрын
listening to this now, loving it and just gave my wife's brother (a Star Wars geek and collector) my original Star Wars figures that I played with as a kid, but I wasn't fortunate enough to have parents that were into Rachmaninov, let alone music in general 😆
@samwisethebrave2883 жыл бұрын
No. Go away.
@dankennedy33653 жыл бұрын
@@samwisethebrave288 🤣🤣🤣
@PavelDGromnic3 жыл бұрын
I listened to classical music as a child too, brought up in a household which had no interest in it. I flourished thanks to that open window. It's funny to remember how often I listened next to an actual open window. Do children listen to this any more without being dragged to hear it? Like tears in the rain.
@pontimaniac23032 жыл бұрын
I'm 69 yrs , and same when I was a kid, 5, 6, 7, could see so much in my head, I know you know what I'm saying, but by 8 it started fading , and fast , a song that still works pretty good for me is Debussey, prelude to the afternoon of a Faun, I hear it in this music score . Check it out if you are not familiar with it.
@Dankadamas11 ай бұрын
REMEMBER OUR PROMISE.
@AstroInfinitum8 ай бұрын
What?
@Katholy8 ай бұрын
@@AstroInfinitum It's a reference to the video game "SIGNALIS" that references this painting several times.
@elena-xt7cs7 жыл бұрын
There is an anecdote about this piece, according to which Rachmaninov was inspired by a black and white reproduction of Boecklin's painting, not by the original version: when he eventually saw the actual artwork, he got so disappointed that he stated he would have probably never written this beautiful music, if he had seen the original one first. We would have missed one great piece.
@RalucaAriadna7 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful sentence. may I use it in a story?
@RalucaAriadna7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@elenabarri7327 жыл бұрын
jajaja such is life, beautiful story¡
@ronwalker48497 жыл бұрын
THAT SPEAKS MOUNTAINS ABOUT ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART AND COPIES.
@kingkeefage7 жыл бұрын
Individually, words and notes do not have owners. I can't own the word bird, but if I were to use it with words of MY choosing accentuating the bird, then the statement made thereafter belongs to me. And, of course music has an owner!!!
@mistygroves35037 жыл бұрын
An Etheric world of neither Purgatory nor Paradise, with unfulfilled yearning, toil and glimpses of shining lights beyond....beautifully portrayed by Rachmaninov. An exquisite piece of music.
@henrysmith7276 Жыл бұрын
Your words are hauntingly sharp
@darestep7844 Жыл бұрын
The game "Signalis" brought me here. If you're a fan of sci-fi or psychological horror, I highly recommend playing it.
@Kusumi4chan9 жыл бұрын
Words cannot describe how perfect this piece is.
@ze_rubenator8 жыл бұрын
Eerie, beautiful, timeless.
@MedievalRichard8 жыл бұрын
+Ze Rubenator Totally agree. :)
@G123.7 ай бұрын
Eerie? I think it's full of passion, longing.
@EsotericNostalgist4 жыл бұрын
Classical Music of highest quality.
@franzliszt80906 жыл бұрын
no classical music comment section is complete without the pseudo-intellectuals
@kaxtorplose5 жыл бұрын
And the fart heads
@zandaroos5535 жыл бұрын
-insert forgettable name- o o f
@Petertuske5 жыл бұрын
At least his profile picture isn't a bukkake pingu
@alrobin94805 жыл бұрын
haw haw haw says I what say ye?
@DavidA-ps1qr5 жыл бұрын
You are right Mr Liszt. You see, music can be described but it can never be explained.
@SunRavenMusic7 жыл бұрын
First time I've heard this and there is a thunderstorm outside, fits perfectly.
@domguerrero5686 Жыл бұрын
Signalis
@faller006 Жыл бұрын
dude that's the painting from signalis and rachmaninoff's music is used as a motif for a song in that game!
@hound2101 Жыл бұрын
thought of the same thing
@faller006 Жыл бұрын
@@hound2101 well now we know where they got the idea
@iTECiii Жыл бұрын
My lord signalis came from here
@sanda386 Жыл бұрын
❤
@parcm9 жыл бұрын
Böcklin's isle is creepy but fascinating. I always wonder whats behind the cypresses. It was commisioned by a young widow who sought the answer in the death of her husband. Masterpiece!
@Dorjejinpa8 жыл бұрын
I hate to use words like "hauntingly beautiful" but what can I say? Rachmaninoff is at the very top my list
@BeckyMesser7 жыл бұрын
That's the perfect phrase to describe Rachmaninoff :)
@DeathRattlingWhore6 жыл бұрын
You could say beautifully haunting!
@magnuschristianssen89996 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can't really use that term much, like when a husband turns to his wife and mutters "hauntingly beautiful" she slaps him. I suppose you could refer to an old Castle as "hauntingly beautiful" :D
@FaisalAzizFizzy200005 жыл бұрын
* top of my liszt
@DBEdwards5 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff. Say the name and I tremble for the majesty, profound feeling and sheer romantic poetry no other can duplicate. His piano concerti are unsurpassed in the annals of romantic music.
@fabianvanderelst96434 жыл бұрын
I always thought classical music was boring, until I (on a lucky midnight) found this gem, alongside other classical music that is actually good! Some of the best music I've heard in ages! I can't believe there's actual classical music that I thoroughly enjoy, and not only respect the skills of!
@philmixer3 жыл бұрын
All these classical pieces you should listen to are the works of geniuses.
@johnandreae2958 Жыл бұрын
Oh yes there’s a wonderful universe of classical music that goes straight to my heart !!
@rhyoa5907 Жыл бұрын
remember our promise 💔
@YouGuessIGuess10 жыл бұрын
I can't "Like" this video enough, or explain how much its existence has improved my musical life over the last few months. Thank you so much for uploading.
@franciscopinto639410 жыл бұрын
That same thing happened to me about 2 years ago... amazing
@j-jbourdin3168 жыл бұрын
œuvre d'une intensité inouïe et d'une beauté surréaliste que Rachmaninoff génie absolu de la musique a légué à l'humanité. Pourrais-je l'écouter mille fois que j'aurais toujours le même émoi ; c'est à cela qu'on reconnaît un véritable chef-d'œuvre.
@portercrane66555 жыл бұрын
Thanks Google translate!!! This comment made me smile so happily with how profound it is
@pumby784 жыл бұрын
Haa :) voilà une âme reconnaissante de belle musique sans allez chercher la science classique de critiques que l'on peu lire en commentaire, c 'est affolant..... ils critiquent mais n'en feraient pas 1 centième de millimètre composée :) c'est vraiment un monde étrange la musique classique, on pourrait presque croire qu'ils ne vivent que dans la critique négative et non constructive.
@saltix6301 Жыл бұрын
Signalis did so many things right
@resonanceofambition Жыл бұрын
Sadness and yearning. A disgustingly horrible dream I do not want to wake up from.
@MargaritaMagdalena Жыл бұрын
Who's Signalis?
@resonanceofambition Жыл бұрын
@@MargaritaMagdalena It's a fantastic very surreal horror game set in a fictional German DDR-like nation. You play as Elster, a (female) robot looking to uphold a promise she made. Naturally, you have to move the world in order to achieve this. 8 years in the making by a few folks. Brilliant artwork and beautifully melancholic music. 10/10 play it at least 5 times to unlock everything haha.
@lunatic0verlord10 Жыл бұрын
@@resonanceofambition *EIGHT YEARS?!!*
@storyforeveryone Жыл бұрын
@@lunatic0verlord10 yep, only two people made it. It's one of my favourite psychological horror games of all time, and one of the best games of 2022.
@mykonos4667 ай бұрын
I heard this piece when I was 64 it came out 1908 and now I'm 179 years old
@carlorizzo8277 ай бұрын
GUFFAW
@PutitinDaramen6 ай бұрын
i heard this piece when i was 73 now i am 188. ur not special bud.
@gailranson39669 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninov is the first composer I listened to on purpose.Went to the library and borrowed a record.Loved him ever since.
@CLASSICALFAN1004 жыл бұрын
You listened to Rach *while riding on a porpoise*? (Oops, Spellcheck...lol)
@Nick-uq6ie5 ай бұрын
Before I played Signalis, I had no idea that such a picture existed. There is a certain mystery and depth in it.
@md-fi7zt Жыл бұрын
me when i Achtung
@cesarst3720 Жыл бұрын
signalis moment
@DorothyOzmaLover Жыл бұрын
Masterful and stunning piece that leaves one wanting to return again and again.
@user-vj6cz8jy7s6 жыл бұрын
I love this painting. It perfectly captures the mood of death. It's so serene with the still water and muted tone. For some people, death is a nice, peaceful rest, free of the tumult and suffering that accompany life. Yet in the painting, the dark shadows that surround the trees give a sense of foreboding and remind you of the mystery and darkness associated with death.
@magnuschristianssen89996 жыл бұрын
Or a bad death, the darkness a warning of the demonic torments to come. Has anyone written a piece about being tortured by demons in hell? I would love to hear that and even suggest it to atheists LOL!!!
@DavidA-ps1qr5 жыл бұрын
Off to the art gallery with you. 99.9% of us are listening to the music not admiring paintings!
@raymondwilcox13035 жыл бұрын
@@DavidA-ps1qr . . .Speak for yourself.
@DisRespectoids5 жыл бұрын
What about your profile photo? Does it fit that...
@TheConshuscriterion5 жыл бұрын
Кимберли Суратос also too, though the Cypress trees are in reference to other things, when I saw them a thought crossed my mind!! The evergreen (our soul/spirit) almost completely walled off from everything else living! The eternal soul wrapped in death’s hewn stone coffin awaiting judgement in solemn silence yet not dispassionate! And the simultaneity of life only a breath away and death breathless hold spark the roller coaster of emotions
@starseekertarot Жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this painting was actually in Animal Crossing. I'm so grateful I found it. It's so mysterious and stunning. 💜
@Nick-uq6ie5 ай бұрын
i saw this picture in Signalis Games are really art!😍
@SamuraiPie81115 жыл бұрын
I listened to this song a lot after the death of my father, who was taken suddenly from me. The music made me think of him moving on to the afterlife. It helped with closure but the sadness will always be there.
@madeleinedartois46895 жыл бұрын
here is a hug
@jimnienaber2394 жыл бұрын
My sincere condolences, Bill. If you hadn't already been acquainted with it, I hope someone directed you to Strauss' Death and Transfiguration for a bit more positive resolution at the time of your father's passing.
@renamunich14 жыл бұрын
but he will always be with you!
@serkratos12164 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss, he may rest in peace.
@philmixer3 жыл бұрын
That is one magnificent piece of music and I defy anybody not to have a lump in the throat or tear in the eye at the end of it.
@rcmodder2 жыл бұрын
So sad, and yet beautiful. Such a timeless piece in my heart.
@trevorfranks69 Жыл бұрын
I'll do anything.
@Pauly4218 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh the good side of youtube. Great music, nice friendly reflective comment sections, all the suggested videos are more orchestral and classical pieces with nice reflective commenters. Yeah :) All is well :) EDIT: Sheeeit that's a lotta likes haha
@iantbailey8 жыл бұрын
+Paul McDonagh "Show more" >clicks >"All is well :)" That alone made me smile.
@windstorm10008 жыл бұрын
yes, that can happen--but not often enough--we can do better.
@one-thirdofakind71387 жыл бұрын
Even on the good side I see some bad comment chains, I got here from Devil's Trill Sonata, and there is a comment that says "I'm glad the average person like me can access beautiful music like this." (more or less) And someone got PISSED over him saying "average" and went on a rant about how we take our "privilege" for granted.
@Pauly4217 жыл бұрын
Brandon Miner ugh
@adorno_gang377 жыл бұрын
+Paul McDonagh as someone who listens pretty much every genre... I can confirm this is definitely the good side of youtube :D
@christianvennemann9008 Жыл бұрын
14:57 My favorite moment of this piece. To me, it represents finally reaching the isle, stepping out of the boat, and setting foot into the dark unknown that is the Isle of the Dead. Rachmaninoff was such a master of musical suspense and buildup 😍😍
@LordSkeleta4 ай бұрын
I get why this is you're favourite part, it is mine too.
@MrExplosion449 Жыл бұрын
It's always a treat to hear Rachmaninov
@carolineblisslarsen43965 жыл бұрын
I've never heard this piece before now. I love it-dark, mysterious, lovely.
@user-xp9lc2ps1o3 жыл бұрын
I am agree with you.
@gugungwenya78198 жыл бұрын
That picture compliments this music in a perfect way
@Guill0rtiz7 жыл бұрын
The painting inspired the music.
@thdbzok7 жыл бұрын
What is the name of this painting please ?
@dannysnothere62307 жыл бұрын
that picture is what the song is based on
@aeracs7 жыл бұрын
Literally Isle of the dead. Interesting history, check out the wikipedia article on it
@Aleph-Noll7 жыл бұрын
lol its the other way around
@unederniereetaulitcitation16933 жыл бұрын
Merci, cela m'a permis de découvrir Arnold Bocklin.
@jelleepit4 жыл бұрын
The sense of musical scale is breathtaking. The knowledge of the instruments and their register is mind boggling. The genius of how to deliver this to me and have me weeping is God given. 6 foot of Russian misery no, 2 miles ladder into heaven yes.
@SuperCabrito148 жыл бұрын
0:00 - approaching the building where I will take my finals
@Abigurlrox8 жыл бұрын
Ehh...studying for finals right now D:
@user-td4do3op2d7 жыл бұрын
What are finals?
@SuperCabrito147 жыл бұрын
123456789 987654321 😂 "finals" is the term used by college students in the U.S. for end-of-term examinations
@user-td4do3op2d7 жыл бұрын
Luigi Anastasio Boyka Ah. Thanks. We just call them exams in England
@Jonlewisfallows7 жыл бұрын
123456789 987654321. Did you go to school with my brother, 123456789 987654322?
@tarabeavon816311 ай бұрын
Wherever it is I'm going. I'll wait for you there.
@cainen63553 жыл бұрын
That image of the isle is damn perfect. That's actually some dark haunting stuff. Such a creepy atmosphere in every aspect.
@nickolausafon54582 жыл бұрын
Yes. Perhaps it’s the form of the imagery. A natural structure slowly crumbling into eternal nature, the ruins of human culture amid natural and subtle forces.
@jeremyw72159 жыл бұрын
Haunting. I keep picturing this in a ballet for some reason. Beautiful.
@themysticmaestro12878 жыл бұрын
jeremy w It would be a beautiful ballet
@filiusmeus89668 жыл бұрын
+jeremy w a ballet about the underworld of greek mythology would be absolutely incredible in my opinion, if it were done in the Romantic style
@themysticmaestro12878 жыл бұрын
Yes it would be a beautiful ballet.
@GoldandAppel7 жыл бұрын
jeremy w That's a good idea.
@wakka7374 жыл бұрын
this is a ballet now!! sf ballet just did it it was great
@EnsoLLC8 жыл бұрын
I come for the picture stay for the music.
@Blackridge.6 жыл бұрын
Enso ,LLC thanks for the clarification, now we know whos around
@christofrip17232 жыл бұрын
I listen to a lot of music, classical is the purest form of music that helps me visualize dreams and emotions like no other genre
@paulbeard42182 жыл бұрын
Amen. how very true .
@mixerD1-2 жыл бұрын
Once electricity became involved it immediately lost its future context.
@oleflogger68282 жыл бұрын
@@mixerD1- I wonder how the original audience must have felt listening to this, and without any electronic involvement. It, like most Rachmaninoff, is one of my absolute favorites.
@AndreCaronCaron8 жыл бұрын
Lugubres et magnifiques pages musicales. Un autre grand génie.
@adullday32966 жыл бұрын
Andre Caron Auriez vous des conseils?
@LordQueezle7 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing song. I love the delicate highs and the heavy lows. This has a quality that most modern music just can't match.
@mandywong93697 жыл бұрын
Lord Queezle
@LordQueezle7 жыл бұрын
You do have a point. I guess "piece" would be more accurate. :D I should know better then to just call everything mildly melodious a "song".
@manurossy97254 жыл бұрын
Wtf "song"?! Are u serious?
@LordQueezle4 жыл бұрын
Three years of music school later and I'm revisiting this work to write a paper on Symphonic Poems. xD
@walther22734 жыл бұрын
@@LordQueezle Rap is terrible...
@nanaki1990roblox Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful painting
@aaronpescasio Жыл бұрын
rachmaninoff was so real for this
@Zomblard6 жыл бұрын
Rarely have I experienced such a forceful, life-marking, deep piece of artwork.
@HandattheHelm6 жыл бұрын
What an evocative, incredible piece. Like a lucid, or maybe a fever, dream. Ravishingly beautiful.
@ausamusicofficial3 жыл бұрын
walked around the louvre with this in my headphones on loop a couple years ago and I gotta say it was perfect
@spartanxliv6899 Жыл бұрын
signalis type beat
@ewanherbert3402 Жыл бұрын
ACHTUNG ACHTUNG
@Littera_V11 ай бұрын
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@user-zn5zr2ed3x Жыл бұрын
wow i just played signalis and this got recomended
@niclas73002 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone noticed this already, but at 20:33 you can hear the theme of liszt's dance of the death which is a nice touch
@llllllllllll878 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing that out!
@Sandalath Жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure it has been mentioned somewhere, but that is a part (the beginning) of the dies irae theme (mass for the dead) and it appears again in this and other similarly themed pieces! nice catch! :)
@santoshjanakiraman89072 ай бұрын
@@SandalathTo a tiste andii, isle of the dead must resemble moon's spawn.
@Sandalath2 ай бұрын
@@santoshjanakiraman8907 Hah! true that! or Kharkanas even ;)
@IAmTheOnlyLucas10 жыл бұрын
I put this video in my Classical Music playlist sort of apathetically but every time I come back, it's better and better. Rachmaninov was a brilliant man.
@Minotauronabike3 жыл бұрын
I saw the painting in Berlin a couple of years ago, I had never heard of it before, and a beautiful young man came up to me and said "this is my favourite painting, can you take a picture of me with it?" It was amazing to see a stranger so moved and delighted by an artistic object, and a memorable shared moment. (This is the 1883 version btw, and I think the best of Böcklin's series).
@MargaretMargaretMargaret3 жыл бұрын
That's the making of a wonderful movie or book. ❤
@buchenholz15743 жыл бұрын
funny fact, the picture hung in Adolf Hitler's office because he thought it was so ingenious
@Tobal5883 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was listen to this so high that in the first crescendo I felt I was going to die. With that being said, I have to say that it was a wonderful experience.
@adamgulley13993 жыл бұрын
😂
@brennentaggart32913 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@voraciousreader33412 жыл бұрын
Yet how amazing would it be if you could experience music like that without the aid of a drug, as I do....it must be a pretty hollow life, huh?
@brennentaggart32912 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 FACTS you have a great point. I can FLY with the music, without the drugs
@Igneous012 жыл бұрын
@@voraciousreader3341 you haven't experienced enough suffering in your life if you believe that. Life has a way of beating the enjoyment out of someone, but if that person can find new enjoyment by experiencing the music in new ways, the garden can begin to grow again. It sounds like you're still far behind us in that respect.
@erikbrowne83412 жыл бұрын
Been listening to classical music since I was 7 why have I never heard this before? it is fricken fantastic! thank you for Loading this epic masterpiece!
@SN-OZONEFRIMG2-2PVM-9C95-2 жыл бұрын
I agree SO
@adorno_gang378 жыл бұрын
my dream is to be a filmmaker just so i can use this in a movie...
@hugofernandes29308 жыл бұрын
Yeahh man i was thinking this way too!!! A strange man in a boat arriving to a dark island as an introductory scene
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
Well, you're on KZfaq...
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
He neared the small island he saw just off the shore, walls all around except from the sea facing side. As he approached he saw the forest hidden from the sight of the mainland, more a garden as the walls were too close together for it to have any considerable size. The small row boat pushed up against the steps in the water. The man leaped from the boat, eager to see what secrets the island may hold. He entered the small tree covered enclosure, and as he walked down the dark path he came to a sudden realisation. Why had he not heard of this place before? It sat only a short distance from the beach, had no-one else seen it? He had been walking for nearly 15 minutes, he surely would have reached the mainland had he been walking along the water from where he landed on the island. He looked back, and dread filled him. Only darkness lay behind him, he had fallen into the islands evil trap...
@hugofernandes29308 жыл бұрын
9garr Wow fits the song and picture!!! did you wrote it yourself?
@The9garr8 жыл бұрын
Hugo Fernandes Yeah, I just thought it looked like the trees went in pretty deep in the picture.
@msherd1307 жыл бұрын
This makes me feel nostalgic for some reason. I love the emotions that Rachmaninov causes in his music.
@barbaramouk83742 жыл бұрын
Oh, yes! There's definitely a "memories" section.
@Orimthekeyacolite3 жыл бұрын
How the hell is this even "classical music" from an earlier century?! This sounds 90% modern, like something out of a movie you'd watch today!
@isaacanwarwatts88442 жыл бұрын
It's the other way around, another good example is Schönbergs Verklärte Nacht
@googleuser26092 жыл бұрын
Nup. This goes far beyond anything `modern film'. It is before film and will last long after film. It is eternal. It resonates everywhere across all time. This is a piece of musical genius, incomparable to modern film and any music in films. This is a one in a million.
@mathieuvart4 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninov created an atmosphere more dark than any black metal bands tried to create.
@SomeDud-lm1mi4 жыл бұрын
Try "Solar Fields - The Road To Nothingness"
@TheCountfilth3 жыл бұрын
That's sounds pretty intimidating! Emperor really had their work cut out for them. No wonder Giger was fascinated by the art piece.
@daitsukishiro15053 жыл бұрын
they try to create chaos this creates despair
@owldude95813 жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with black metal?
@mathieuvart3 жыл бұрын
@@owldude9581 The atmosphere
@athiefinthenight68943 жыл бұрын
"Never step between the fire and a man praying", he cautioned. Schultes began quietly to laugh. The shadows on the tipi wall were so much larger than the men beneath them. It was as if a gallery of spirits were dancing.
@jaredbeers10363 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninov’s writing takes me to a different place on a journey. It’s hauntingly beautiful. This is truly a masterpiece it continues to blow my mind.
@medicgaming52043 ай бұрын
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR PROMISES WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Ubermenschgaming_2 ай бұрын
Perish.
@ApiolJoe3 жыл бұрын
I don' tlisten to "classical music", and just decided to have a listen for god know what reason. That was freakin' dope, so intense, so powerful.
@kingkeefage3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you did, but why are you putting it in quotations? I feel like you're trying to say it wasn't music before you listened to it.
@ApiolJoe3 жыл бұрын
@@kingkeefage I'm using quotations because I'm not sure if this music belongs to the classical genre or another genre like baroque or any other I may not know about, and I don't want to be the guy who calls "classical music" anything played with an orchestra. Not sure why you're attacking me over trying to be careful with how I'm refering to this music, maybe you should relax a bit. Have a nice day.
@kingkeefage3 жыл бұрын
@@ApiolJoe 😂 I mean no offense, but you have some fragile sensibilities if you felt attacked. I simply asked a question and elaborated on my reasoning behind asking it by telling you my initial interpretation. This is Classical. It is from the Classical period. Mozart didn't really get to take part in the Baroque era. I believe he died just as it was getting popular. Though, if anyone tells you that you're ignorant because you don't know the proper terms for those styles, they're the idiots. People who are trained to know are aware that people who don't follow it won't know the differences.
@oleflogger68283 жыл бұрын
"Dope"? What the Hell does that mean?
@halzander85733 жыл бұрын
@@ApiolJoe Way after Baroque. Baroque is from about 1600 to 1750. Baroque does not play with emotions like this. This is from the impressionist period, around 1908.
@autumnleaves27665 жыл бұрын
What a magnificent piece of music. Rachmaninoff's works always have so much depth, so much sense of longing, nostalgia, richness of harmony and yet haunting melodic lines. Though his output is considered relatively small by some standards, it seems that it was all of an incredibly high standard. My favourites include this piece, the 3rd piano concerto, the rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op43, the variations on a theme of Corelli Op42, the variations on a theme of Chopin Op22, all the solo piano music, but there are other works I don't know so well and hence need to get to know. He had such huge hands he could stretch C-Eb-G-C-G with his left hand. Plagued by depression and ill health for much of his life, he felt compelled to leave Russia after the 1917 revolution. Part of the escape was done on a sleigh through the winter landscape of eastern Finland. Someone ought to make a feature film about him, he had a fascinating but difficult life in many ways. A CD I would recommend for the sets of variations I mentioned above would be the one recorded by Daniil Trifonov in 2015, which also includes the talented Russian pianist's own homage to Rachmaninoff, Rachmaniana, a set of short piano pieces. It's a Deutsche Grammophon CD, always a sign of quality.
@oleflogger68283 жыл бұрын
My fellow Brooklynite, Danny Kaye, said (sang) it best: "I Love Russian Composers!" And, did it all in less than 1 minute. :>)
@remon5632 жыл бұрын
beautiful comment. I would love to make a film about this story although I wouldn't be able to do it's beauty justice. History but a ripple in time, waiting to be echoed.
@benjaminponting42596 жыл бұрын
I think I have listened to this piece about a hundred times now... it is one of those pieces that... it just MOVES one... it is a beautiful, amazing piece, one of my absolute favorites, of all time. In my eyes, it is indisputably one of the best pieces of music ever written. Just fantastic
@philmixer4 жыл бұрын
Completely agree Ben. This is a superb atmospheric piece.
@paulbeard42182 жыл бұрын
You declare a lot, but it's true .
@FranciscoCastaneda-ix3bw Жыл бұрын
Rachmaninov nos lleva de paseo a la isla de los difuntos en la barca de su misteriosa música, entre apacible y trágica pero, invariablemente, plena de poesía.
@paulbeard42182 жыл бұрын
The hypnotic magnetism of this work is palpable -- along with mystery and foreboding, It's stand alone great, as is it's composer !