Being a former career Naval officer who'd sailed around the world, Rimsky was a highly disciplined workaholic. When he joined the conservatory he studied music books at night to keep one step ahead of his students until he got his stuff together. You've gotta respect that.

Seeing the looks you got on the street, I see why you moved to animation 😂

I've sort of known the composition Scheherazade for the last 30 years or so, but this video puts it in a whole new light. Fascinating!!

This composer brought Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain to Fame, two years earlier. He was the teacher of Lyadov, Stravinsky, and Respighi.

I’ve always thought of the end of the piece as pretty sad. Although Scheherazade saved the lives of many women, she gave up her own right to marry whoever she wanted, and was forever left stuck with a psychopathic husband. It’s always given me the impression of “we’ve won, but at what cost?”

Love all the dirty looks at 2:51!

I haven't seen a youtube video this good in my entire life

This youtube channel is a gem 🙌🏼😍

Waw we need a weekly epsiodes like this . thank you very much

Finally started reading Arabian Nights while listening to this music and you will forget where you are for a good few hours.

Amazing video! I always play this piece when it’s raining on my commute to school. I would love to see a Daphnis et Chloe video!

KZfaq! Why have you not recommended this amazing channel to me until now!? Absolutely GOLD!

Brilliant this was one of Rimsky’s compositions that got me hooked so much so that in 1980 I went into a UK 🇬🇧 tv show mastermind with the mighty handful as a specialist subject. I borrowed Rimsky’s autobiography to learn all about him and the five. He detailed the training cruise as a cadet during which time he completed a movement of his first symphony keeping in touch with Balakeriv the de facto head by letter. At the end back in St Petersburg he took up once more and composed Symphony No2 subtitled Antar though when more skilled in music he realised that it was a symphonic suite and a piece related to the sea Sadko, he later expanded this into a full blown opera one of his most popular one,upon which he was offered a professorship at the conservatory as your video outlined he knew little about nuts and bolts of music and became the conservatory’s best pupil to remedy this. As an extra l learned a bit of Russian to help with any pronunciation however I didn’t make it to the tv screen but made it to the audition.

Rimsky-Korsakov is best knwon, beyond Scheherazade, for reviving Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, along with Russian Easter Overture, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Christmas Eve (After Gogol).

OMG Can we have another episode done in this style please? pleeeeeease?🥺 I love it tooo much

this was my mother's favorite pieces of music. I still play it in her memory on her birthday.

Love that you satirize Orientalism in your video by turning the Orientalism up to 11, ha This made me look up why legends from Persia were called "Arabian nights", I had forgotten the reason was they were first compiled in the Arabic language and then translated to English under that title. The more you know...

This is great! Waiting for next episode.

Rimsky-Korsakov was also part of the Belyayev circle with students such as Glazunov (of The Sea, The Forest, Spring, The Seasons, Chanteurs de Noel, etc.), and Lyadov (of Baba Yaga, the Enchanted Lake, & Kikimora).

So glad I discovered this channel and this series! Classical music was my first music genre growing up after hearing Mozart as a baby. I love that these videos not only explain the pieces but give the history of it and where the composer got the idea.

The children insisted on listening to this twice - now I shall have to go & buy the cd. What a wonderful introduction to classical music!!! More, please!

I just watched ep 10 and I am hooked! so im gonna watch every single video

Once again, this was so much fun. Very much appreciated.

Oh Diaghalev. Always working to shock and awe.

Thanks very much for this video. Love and peace from Ontario Canada 💕

I like what John Adams said about it. This is some of the most beautiful music written about one of the worst situations ever.

Magnificent storytelling!

Superb. Clear, insightful and funny.

As a music teacher but virgin to “Classics Explained”, we’ve got to get these into the hands of my colleagues all over the world. These are magnificent. I don’t think they can be used for the kids I teach though, (k-8). Too racy, but I love them. You guys are brilliant and super creative.

Best video ever! I will watch all of your videos aaaaa

Ben this is brilliant! I knew you would go on to do great things! Very good video indeed.

He also is known for Flight of the Bumblebee.

Wonderful Wonderful !!! Thank you so very much for this!

I know you probably cringe when you realize people are watching the oldest stuff, but this was absolutely charming in a Horrible Histories sort of way. Also, I noticed the fun cinematography, and I don't often notice that kind of thing, so well done!

Ohh my goodness. Please bring the live-action stuff back. Especially if those ladies are involved...

one of my favorite bassoon excerpts

He is also known for his Russian Easter Overture.

The Second Movement and Last movement quotes Dies Irae. The ballet by Fokine and Bakst focusses on the violence of the sultan's backstory with similar plot to Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci. La commedia è finita!

Happy 7th anniversary to classics explained 🎉

this feels so nerdy but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CHANNEL! best good quick info i can get on new fascinating pieces i find thank you very very much 💙

Wow! Brilliant! Thank you and encore!!!

I love this episode!!!!

THIS IS AMAZING PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

Great stuff! Thank you.

Thank you!❤️

also l love the recording quality!

Major Event in history of Musical Eschatology, thanks to Ballets Russes version with Leon Bakst's Designs and Michel Fokine's Choreography. the closet ballet to Bizet's Carmen and Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci.

0:22 He's never getting heirs with that plan.

Brilliantly dome mate ! Big thank you !

OMG LMAO!!! That was awesome!!!

He also composed Christmas Eve Suite after Gogol.

Great stuff! Waiting for next episode.

Brilliant

What a FANTASTIC video!😍😂

dude you need to start making videos again!

I love how the Sultan came up with that plan even though Sultanites being a monarchy are passed through generations. There's no way he doesn't know it takes 9 months for a baby to come out. I mean to be fair, by the time that's a problem he'll be dead, so it's not like it's his problem.

Now I know, thanks for the video!

People's reaction on churchstreet market, that's hilarious!!!

Why aren't there more of these reenactments in the other videos!

Great pieces for this channel would be Matthäus Passion/ Bach Carmen/ Bizet Lied von der Erde/Mahler 11 Symphonie/ Shostakovich West Side Story/ Bernstein

VERY GOOD ! Unexpected, loved the looks that the people on the street gave you. Still laughing. Do Wellingtons Victory. Really good job. And I have the original LP that you credited for the music. No wonder the performance sounded familiar.

Fokine and Bakst's version from 1910 looks alot like Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

Love it, you got a new fan now :)

Monty Python on classics! :-)

You should make Scheherazade shorts.

on about the "arabian" influence, why not make an episode about the "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", by Tárrega?

Rimsky sounds like John Cleese in drag.

Quotes Dies Irae in Second Movement and in final movment.

I never knew there was a piece for this story.. but this book of a 1000 and 1 night was the first book I ever attempted to read in my life (I think I quit .. it was too long) But I never knew that there was a reasons to why she was telling these stories;-; Idk Nvm

Ragnarök- the Norse End of Days, is my interpretation of Scheherazade.

People staring. 😅

Hey! Look at "the voice"! literally... haha. Interesting and very funny videos! though the speed of the speech seems to be on heavy speeding drugs... I watched it at 0.75 speed to be able to catch up everything... xD

WHAT is that horrible effect that creators are using that cuts out the Beginning of every other line? Why are you doing that? The videos are so awesome. It would be good to hear what you’re saying.

Super cute UwU

4:38 Uh, yeah… -Brad Pitt

I always thought the Sultan theme sounded like Godzilla. I keep expecting to hear the roar after the first few chords.

It must be Shérzādi

You're cute

Bro it's not fucking Persia the story is from it's from IRAQ in BAGHDAD that what history said that is why it's could ARABIAN NIGHTS

Didn’t the guy in the car know the two girls are actually men??!!

Just ignore the..cultural appropriation And you will have a fantastic time

Fun video, but unfortunately chalk full of cultural appropriation.

This is great! Waiting for next episode.