tomekkobialka | "The Tsar's Bride" Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Audio + Sheet Music) @tomekkobialka | Uploaded March 2016 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
pf: Moscow Symphony Orchestra cond/ Igor Golovschin
Year/Date of Composition: 1898–99
First Performance: 1899-11-03 – Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (conductor) (complete opera)
The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera 'The Tsar's Bride' in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be guessed from its overture. However, this was a period when Rimsky was concerned with 'classicizing' his style, and the piece is best taken simply as a neat sonata structure built from highly abstractive music, though with what sounds like a sort of double recapitulation followed by a wistful new melody introducing the dying coda.
Sources:
http://www.batonmusic.nl/catalogue/item/the-tsars-bride-overture
imslp.org/wiki/The_Tsar's_Bride_%28Rimsky-Korsakov,_Nikolay%29
pf: Moscow Symphony Orchestra cond/ Igor Golovschin
Year/Date of Composition: 1898–99
First Performance: 1899-11-03 – Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (conductor) (complete opera)
The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera 'The Tsar's Bride' in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be guessed from its overture. However, this was a period when Rimsky was concerned with 'classicizing' his style, and the piece is best taken simply as a neat sonata structure built from highly abstractive music, though with what sounds like a sort of double recapitulation followed by a wistful new melody introducing the dying coda.
Sources:
http://www.batonmusic.nl/catalogue/item/the-tsars-bride-overture
imslp.org/wiki/The_Tsar's_Bride_%28Rimsky-Korsakov,_Nikolay%29
![Mahlers 4th Symphony (Audio + Score) [RE-UPLOAD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fLqGSyu31yU/hqdefault.jpg "Mahlers 4th Symphony (Audio + Score) [RE-UPLOAD]
pf: Ivan Fischer cond/ Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Symphony No. 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler was written in 1899 and 1900, though it incorporates a song originally written in 1892. The song, Das himmlische Leben, presents a childs vision of Heaven. It is sung by a soprano in the works fourth and last movement. Although typically described as being in the key of G major, the symphony employs a progressive tonal scheme ((b)/G E).
A typical performance of the Fourth lasts about an hour, making it one of Mahlers shorter symphonies. The performing forces are also small by Mahlers usual standard. These features have made it the most frequently performed Mahler symphony, though in recent years the First has gained ground.
0:00 - Bedächtig, nicht eilen (Moderately, not rushed) (Sonata Form)
16:50 - In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (Leisurely moving, without haste) (Scherzo & Trio)
26:18 - Ruhevoll, poco adagio (Peacefully, somewhat slowly) (Theme & Variations)
48:13 - Sehr behaglich (Very comfortably) (Strophic)")
![DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE [Taster w/ English Subtitles] by Erich Wolfgang Korngold](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hlrav6ktJN0/hqdefault.jpg "DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE [Taster w/ English Subtitles] by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
CREDITS: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/korngold-das-wunder-der-heliane-bollon
SYNOPSIS: http://www.korngold-society.org/synopsis3.html
0:00 - Introduction (w/ angelic voices)
2:34 - The Stranger learns that he is to be put to death the next morning + first meeting with Heliane
16:59 - Ich ging zu ihm: Heliane explains herself to the Ruler and judges
24:02 - ACT 3 - The crowd prepares for the resurrection
29:10 - Heliane, the Ruler and judges enter the market square
31:55 - Resurrection
41:48 - The Seventh Gate & Finale")
