I'm 81 yrs. old. One of the greatest pleasures of retiring in 2018 is having time to really enjoy music. Listening to you, many pieces over and over, is magic. You live to make each other shine!

One of my father's musics. He used to listen with closed eyes. Now, with tears, I miss him.

My mom used to play this on the piano for me absolutely beautiful RIP momma

I play cello for one year and a half. Now I started to play piano. Am 14 year old. Thank for music

One of my absolute favorites of all time.

I’ve looked for years for a rendition of the Swan that is technically clear, where I can actually see the hand and finger movements, hear the nuances of the music and picture the music as it’s played... No one before now has done this - they’re either too fast, too active, or you can’t see their hands clearly. Thank you so much. This is beautifully played AND enormously helpful to cellists who need to see where they might be making a mistake - or who just want to learn the piece and find it useful to see it played :) Wonderful performance.

My God....... just beautiful.... thank you

i know. i feel you and i love it so much. nothing in my exitance of 25 years has made me feel as much as the swan.

I'm a french cellist... Of course I played that one thousand times. Often everybody is overexpressing it, playing also it too fast, even the most well knowned players who are trying to let a mark on this so simple score... And the results are too often quite ugly... Here it's just what it should be, good tempo, nothing special, no demonstration, just a swan on a lake! bravo.

The beauty of this piece is overwhelming!

I am learning this by watching your fingers. You are the teacher and as I wipe my eyes I thank you both for your lovely music. Bernard

angels playing

So melancholy and so beautiful. Reminds me of when I watched a ballerina playing a swan, dance to it in the 1960’s on TV. With my family who are all passed now.😢

Excellent, very musically and i love the end on d -string ❤

I don’t know why, but my heart bruises every time I listen to this music. God bless Saint-Säens and this wonderful couple of interpreters!

Piano and cello are my favorite instruments since I was young boy and knew classical musics. I love your plays.

Beautiful! Saint-Saens is an amazing composer and is severely underrated

A heavily bearded, mustachioed Frenchman composed this, in 1886, when men were at their most masculine. Yet, the tenderness is certainly more sublime than anything else spiritually in this century.

Uploads like this make KZfaq exciting. Thank you for the wonderful performance, Saens-Seans was a genius!

i think this is my most favorite rendition/performance of this piece

So delicate and beautiful. The swan in me died watching this.

...my idea of couple goals. So beautiful.

Wow! Magnificent, bravo! "The Swan" is one of my all time favorites, especially as a piano & cello duo. It is amazing that a husband and wife duo of musicians can rise to this level of talent and perfection to play this piece so majestically! Ever since Ukrainian ice skater Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina won the Olympics to this piece in 1994 I have been smitten by the memory of her performance and choreography on the ice accompanied by this exact rendition of "The Swan" on that memorable day! The way Oksana perfectly mimicked a real Swan in her skating routine will never be forgotten by me. And now Brooklyn Duo's performance just adds to the pleasure of that memory. Thank you both for a fantastic experience. May God bless you both!

This was absolutely beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes and I could feel my heart beat slightly faster. That was one of the most heart felt pieces of music I have ever listened to.

I'm learning this piece for the first time as an intermediate cellist, because my teacher wants to challenge (torture) me. I really appreciate the way you film your videos, with a nice straight-on view of Patrick's cello and his hands. His technique is inspiring, and it's interesting to observe his choices in bowing and fingering. So much to learn from. It's also a really beautiful rendition of the piece, just like always.

i seriously dont know why this amazing duo doesn't have millions of subscribers by now. such great talents 💖

I had to smile when I saw this as I've just started to learn the swan for my grade 7 cello!

I remember hearing this the day after my grandmother passed away. Its now forever going to be her memorial in my mind.

This is my favourite classical piece. Simple Soothing and timeless

Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you.

Just did this one on the flute with a harp and violinist accompanying me! I love this song so much. The cello has always been one of my favorite instruments and this song just reiterated that statment. The emotion erupted. Absolutely perfect. ❤❤

This,folks, is what the youtube loop function was made for. How beautiful!!

So I cry! Both excellent musicians, Perfectly in tune!

This is hearth breaking....in the most beautiful way.

Brooklyn Duo plays "The Swan" impeccably! So beautiful! Bravo!

Beautiful man. This is what life is about.

i cant wait to learn this song so beatiful

I just can't stop playing this over and over and over again.

Wonderful, ...this beautiful rendition moved me to tears. ♡

The power of music

I want this at my wedding. Period. It's so beautiful I could cry! You two are amazing!

I was classically trained in ballet, and I thought every ounce of this music had been wrung out of it for me. Nope. Guess not. It was beautiful and stunning. Like I was hearing it again - for the first time... with tears in my eyes.

This cellist is amazing! Such expressiveness! I love it!

I really wish I had a cellist friend to play this with

How incredibly moving. I can't imagine the feeling you two must have had performing this haunting piece together. To play something so moving...being in such harmony with one another must take you to another level of intimacy. To wind your feelings and emotions around one another as you sculpt these beautiful sounds, seemingly out of nothing. What a lovely thing to be able to experience. You are so very fortunate. Sadly It is something that the majority of people will never know. But it is better to have observed such, than never to have been able to experience it at all. Thank you.

One of my favorite musicians - beautiful is all I can say.

oh my gosh, SO BEAUTIFUL! i play this on the piano

Just lovely.

My mom used to play this to calm me down. RIP momma I love and miss you every day.

beautiful people who play beautiful music. thank you

I've played piano for 14 years but all I want is to learn cello

Over the years, I heard many versions of this amazing piece. Most (if not all) of them, have missed the point. I have never been slightly as excited as I should have been, but that was before I discovered you two. I can feel your soul in this piece, and it's like falling in love with music all over again. Great job, thanks for this. keep up the good music!

ITS REALLY CALM AND RELAXING

I WANT MORE CLASSICAL PIECES PLEAAAASE YOU'RE AWSOME from france ! :)

Really good. I play the cello and it is very hard to get that confidence and clarity, but also the delicacy.

As a teen learning the piano, I hope that when I grow up, I will coincidentally fall in love with a cellist. So I can play this piece with him :)

The melancoly in this song makes me cry EVERYTIME I watch it! You are AMAZING! Thanks for this! ❤

May God bless your hands

Powerful and touching

Musical genius happens when one can turn small things of daily life into beautiful music.

Brings a tear to my eyes

Vous nous emportez avec vous, dans un autre monde, l'espace d'un instant. Bravo et merci from France !

I want this played at my wedding

My favourite cello piece.

Makes me cry. So lovely and pure .One of the most lovely pieces of music ever !

Such a beautiful song, this made me cry❤

Your music is the only thing that can calm my anxiety, thank you for this x

I've been listening to this non-stop. Absolutely beautiful!

Awesome! This is one of the most beautiful renditions of this sublime, moving and soul stirring piece of music by Camille Saint-Saëns! Brooklyn Duo, you are amazing!

93 dislikes of people that couldn't see the like button because of the tears in their eyes

Pretty flowers on the piano ! ♥ This is my favourite classical piece. Thank you SO MUCH for playing this, I can't stop listening to it ! Thank you ♥

Divine Creatures. Thanks from Italy.

Hi, I’m 18 years and I love knowing that I share this musical taste with people of almost all ages, I have even found the comment of an 81-year-old man. Nice to know, enjoy this melodic beauty!~✨

Saw Natalia Makarova dance the dying sean over 40 years ago. Every time I hear this I can close my eyes and see her again.

I felt this in every cell. Truly a creation of beauty. What a privilege. ❤❤❤

Breathtaking

delicatissimo, elegantissimo

Simply beautiful...my mother played this on the piano. Speaks to my very soul....stunning

I'm playing this song now on Cello and I'm so happy!!!!🤗 This cover is very helpful!!!(Sorry for my English, I'm from Greece)😁

Saint-Saëns deserved such a mafnificent preformance. This song will be in my dreams. Thank you, Brooklyn Duo and Saint-Sëns. La chef-d'oeuvre de Saint-Saëns , ell méritait cette interprétation magnanime. Cette pièce merveilleuse sera toujours dans mes rêves. Merci, Brooklyn Dui et Saint-Saëns.

We are first graders in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and we love your music! We think the cello is cool and the piano is beautiful. We have a few questions for you: 1. Are you married? 2. Do you really live in Brooklyn? 3. Is that room you're in your house? It looks like a mansion or some place you'd have a wedding. 4. Would you mind telling us how old you are? 5. Do you have any pets? Do you own a swan?\ Thank you for your time! First Graders in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and our music teacher, Mrs. Fraser

Beautiful! I played this for solo and ensemble and scored a 1! such a pretty piece, my hands will never forget!

I want more Classical of the Duo but everything sounds awesome

But like...why am i crying? This is so beautiful!

Why does this make me cry? Evokes so much emotion...

When your music teach to listen to this song and you hear it is so amazing

So far, my favourite version, just lovely!

BRAVO ...!!! BRAVO ...!!!

Beautiful, superb. Thank-you.

I have great memories with this song. Thanks a lot. I’m a big fan of you!

Divinal...Uma das mais belas obras da música clássica! Amo. ❤

they both play with such passion

This touch my heart so deep, too many feelings inside, love it ❤️

Ughhhh, this was soooo beautiful! 😍 Thank u for this, I'm in love with the way these two play together!

WOOOW😍😍😍 I just told my boyfriend to learn playing Cello (we both play piano but I need to play this piece with him...) Classical music addicts, doesn't it? If you once have started loving it, you'll never stop again.

Oh my God, that is so beautiful. I have only discovered you two on KZfaq in the last hour or so, and have been completely enthralled and in tears listening to your beautiful music.

Brilliant a masterpiece

My favorite performance of The Swan. I loved it even more than Yo Yo Ma's rendition. What a wonderful husband and wife that uses their love to bring the gift of music to so many people.

So peaceful and relaxing I love the song

I know I am late... You are real professionals Sensitive playing from both of you. Love, f. From Canada.