Harry Andruschak You are welcome Harry ! Glad you enjoyied them. For some reason your comment has been sitting here awaiting approval without me noticing. RUclips was of the opinion it was likely spam. Can't think of a reason why, really.
Harry Andruschak , 'easy' for whom ? Not for the majority of the population. If it were 'easy', why isn't everybody doing it? As for 'bothering with' or 'not bothering with'.....it is just like saying ': is it worth bothering with Tchaikovsky?'. That old dilemma, etc. Point is, if someone like Tchaikovsky or Schumann BOTHERED by writing this music, "bothering" with it goes without saying. Duh :) that it is easier to play than Chopin's etudes or Bach's fugues means nothing. It is like saying that a black and white sketch by Da Vinci is worth less than a colour painting, just because the latter has colours in it. The value lies in the substance, more technique does not necessarily add anything. To conclude : the argument :" it is easier, so is it worth BOTHERING with?" makes no sense. The question is: how good it is, not how difficult it gets. And again, there is nothing "easy" about these works, if they were easy, every fool would be buying a keyboard and play them, instead of playing videogames ....
Thank you so much for such nice complete video. I love this Tchaikovsky's piano suite. I am used to play this suite. Nice performances and very suitable pictures. Sincerely greetings, from Japan.
Thanks, and you are welcome. Finding images relevant to each piece was quite a time consuming task. But it was worth it, made me appreciate the vast riches of Russian painted art.
I loved the idea of making an album for the youth and these scores are delightful and a great tool for teachers to introduce them to the world of classical music (better than Schumann's, although I do like some of them)! I don't like all the pieces in this particular repertoire, but there are some real gems here, even for adults, that I would love to tackle in an improvisational way and perhaps even expand upon them. My teachers did not make these available to me in my youth for recitals and practice, so great to see them now, all these years later (I am classically trained). Other passages are perfect in their own simplicity, requiring nothing more than a good performance, just as you have done here. Add a good dose of passion and voila! You play very well with perfect execution and dynamics and this was a wonderful post! Thank you for taking your precious time to do this! I have subscribed Chris and pleased to meet you :-) ~Jackie
I love your interpretation of this gem of a compositionl I'm playing it at a recital after Scarlatti sonatas and before a Beethoven Rondo. It's refreshing music. Well played Chris.
+Anna Korzhavina. Piano Thanks, I spent a lot of time to find the most appropriate images. Despite the vast riches of Russian art it was sometimes hard to find an image to fit with a particular. I'm glad the slide show is being enjoyed :)
Thank you for the nice performance ! I agree that ,this work of Tchaikovsky is much better than Schumann's "Album for the youth" ,at least in a way of expressing of grade rage of feelings and emotions from the childhood and youth.I am a piano teacher in a school and you gave me such good ideas for the students of our school. Also I love your pictures that you put in ,nice work -painting and music the two languages of soul-Thanks !!!P.S.i love the last picture from the Cristian Orthodox religion,they are so majestic...
+elenagia7 Thanks for your feedback ! It is much appreciated. I believe these are great pieces for beginner and intermediate piano students to work on - and I'm happy to have provided some ideas. I remember spending an awful long time searching for all these these images. It was time well spent though. I never knew such treasures existed. Music and paintings are indeed the perfect combination, and a balm for the soul.
this is amazing, you play amazingly well, and it's so perfectly recorded. i'm learning the piano and will start studying this album since i liked it so much
Tchaikovsky is a very emotional composer indeed, and one of the composers I love most. Whether he was "gay" in the sense we use it now, I'm not sure. I rather think he was a-sexual, and attracted to some male friends emotionally.
Questi brani dell’Album für die Jugend op.39 di Tschaikowski mi danno un grande senso di pace, quiete e serenità. Nello stesso tempo sono pezzi, pur nella loro brevità e semplicità, che richiedono una certa capacità di espressione musicale e un buon tocco. Non si tratta affatto di banali brani scolastici per i ragazzini e le ragazzine che iniziano a studiare il pianoforte nei primi anni. Si tratta per me di vere e proprie opere d’arte, raffinate, ricche di gioia, voglia di vivere e allo stesso tempo pathos, tristezza e talvolta “ dolore”. A mio avviso non ha molto senso affermare che questa opera di Piotr Ilich è superiore o più bella dell’Album für die Jugend op. 68 di Robert Schumann. Si tratta infatti di due capolavori, che esprimono due sensibilità differenti, pur nutrendosi della stessa atmosfera, che è quella della musica intima dell‘ 800. Fantastica!! Certo non paragonabile ad opere più complesse, come ad esempio i pezzi op. 72 di Tschaikowski oppure, fra le tante opere, ad esempio gli Studi Sinfonici op. 13 di Schumann, che sono stratosferic! Buon ascolto a tutti! LA MUSICA È VITA, ...... E ANCHE SPERANZA. IL BELLO CI AIUTERÀ SEMPRE IN FUTURO!!! Buon ascolto!
Thank you for the feedback ! When I wrote that I preferred Tchaikovsky's Album for the Youth to Schumann's, I was largely ignorant of the latter. But even apart from that, the comparison makes little sense as you say. Since then, I have recorded Schumann's album as well, and come to appreciate and love it as much as Tchaikovsky's. We are lucky to have both.
I did not write down the names of all the paintings, which took me a long time to find. But if you take a screenshot and feed that into Google image search you'll probably find it right away. And thanks for the compliment !
thanks for your reply. i really do not know how to take screenshots...i'm not great with technology lol wouldn't it be a nice thing to have though (whenever you have time), a complete list of the paintings you very thoughtfully chosen to accompany this music on this page? it would then lead a youtuber to find out more about the individual paintings and painters. an all-inclusive page of celebration of the Arts through music and paintings. anyway, just an idea. :)
Well that was a bit of a job. I had the images but without any info so I had to redo all the searches. Some details I could not find. The image you were asking after is William Powell Frith - The Sick Doll (1885).
Nice playing and ever so personal in the splendid interpretation - however in the last analysis lacking in the exciting interest given by say Igor Zhukov or better Michael Ponti in their performances; they excelled in faster tempi and managed to bring them off: A matter for the listener, maybe these pieces require restrained tempos for appreciation...
Thanks for the feedback ! I admit not having heard either of these two pianist's recording of this opus. No doubt they would be better than mine. I would not think music like this was Ponti's cup of tea - he was never the subtlest of pianists. Zhukov I greatly admire (his Tchaikovsky 2nd is unrivalled for me) but perhaps he was too big a player for this intimate music. In the end, as you say it's a matter of personal taste.
@@ChrisBreemer So true, Ponti excelled in fast tempos and always, like Julius Katchen, tried to show off his exceptional technique-however in the more reflective pieces (like certain Scriabin preludes, solo Tschaikovsky piano music etc. and in particular the Tausig Op 3) he shines and, same as when I met him late 1970s in Newtown Sydney, he showed an almost "Arrau" attitude of shyness and reservation...
It´s ok, but - sorry to say - there are quite some fundamental flaws in your playing like the dynamic transformation of tension and relaxation - or some microtiming problems, to name a few. But recording your playing will help I guess.
Thanks. Yes, dynamics are always an issue in my recordings (as in most all non-professional recordings). It's partly the not too sophisticated playing, and partly the basic recording equipment which flattens any dynamic contrasts such as there may be. In my case, it's also the sluggish instrument which works against me - I'm doing much better since switching to a digital instrument. I'm not aware of any microtiming or other problems, though I'd be the first to agree that these are far from perfect, and that much more could be made of these pieces which are all too easy to underestimate.
Most of us are enjoying his playing and admiring how well he puts himself out there. By the way, I'm a trained pianist, and I have no idea what "microtiming" problems you'd be referring to. I hear a clear pulse and appropriate rubato. The playing is generally delightful. Nope, he doesn't record on a nine-foot German concert grand. I hope you find some recordings that are free from any possible criticism. I've never found any, personally, so I just enjoy the best of what I choose to spend my time on. Life's too short to do otherwise.
@@VirtuousPraiseworthy "Most of us" - who is us? And how do you know that "most" of this undefined group are enjoying it? - So you are a pianist and at the same time you don´t know what microtiming is? Well .....
@@anonymusum I guess "most of us" would refer to the people commenting on this thread, who are generally positive. But it's anyone's prerogative to be more critical of course. Especially if you compare amateur recordings to professional ones. There will always be a difference.
Oh Jesus; Take the whole thing out and burn it. Crap. Pure crap. This isn't music; it's a bother. Spare me... please. If Peter's name hadn't been attached to it, I wouldn't have listened. Then again, everything Bach wrote was worth starting a fire with. Long live Music and those who love music. Sing..... and don't suffer fools lightly. Da, te, te, da.
Mr. Charles Davis, Would you have any composition of yours that could be shared? I´d like to listen to one of your "songs" if there is any... Thank you.
Masterpiece. Who is genius, is genius both in simplicity and complexity, but in simplicity the heart speaks louder than the mind.
That is very true !
Showing once again that "easy to play" is NOT the same as "not worth bothering with." Thank you for this upload.
Harry Andruschak You are welcome Harry ! Glad you enjoyied them. For some reason your comment has been sitting here awaiting approval without me noticing. RUclips was of the opinion it was likely spam. Can't think of a reason why, really.
Harry Andruschak , 'easy' for whom ? Not for the majority of the population. If it were 'easy', why isn't everybody doing it? As for 'bothering with' or 'not bothering with'.....it is just like saying ': is it worth bothering with Tchaikovsky?'. That old dilemma, etc. Point is, if someone like Tchaikovsky or Schumann BOTHERED by writing this music, "bothering" with it goes without saying. Duh :) that it is easier to play than Chopin's etudes or Bach's fugues means nothing. It is like saying that a black and white sketch by Da Vinci is worth less than a colour painting, just because the latter has colours in it. The value lies in the substance, more technique does not necessarily add anything. To conclude : the argument :" it is easier, so is it worth BOTHERING with?" makes no sense. The question is: how good it is, not how difficult it gets. And again, there is nothing "easy" about these works, if they were easy, every fool would be buying a keyboard and play them, instead of playing videogames ....
What an amazing pianist you are!! I would like to play piano with joy and happiness like you.
Thank you 🙂
Wonderful Job! Thank you so much, I enjoyed as the music as the paints! Congratulations!
Thank you Francisco. Glad you enjoyed them. Finding the pictures was a long task but they really add to the video.
Thank you so much for such nice complete video.
I love this Tchaikovsky's piano suite. I am used to play this suite.
Nice performances and very suitable pictures.
Sincerely greetings, from Japan.
Thanks, and you are welcome. Finding images relevant to each piece was quite a time consuming task. But it was worth it, made me appreciate the vast riches of Russian painted art.
I loved the idea of making an album for the youth and these scores are delightful and a great tool for teachers to introduce them to the world of classical music (better than Schumann's, although I do like some of them)! I don't like all the pieces in this particular repertoire, but there are some real gems here, even for adults, that I would love to tackle in an improvisational way and perhaps even expand upon them. My teachers did not make these available to me in my youth for recitals and practice, so great to see them now, all these years later (I am classically trained). Other passages are perfect in their own simplicity, requiring nothing more than a good performance, just as you have done here. Add a good dose of passion and voila! You play very well with perfect execution and dynamics and this was a wonderful post! Thank you for taking your precious time to do this! I have subscribed Chris and pleased to meet you :-) ~Jackie
Thanks for your feedback Jackie ! And pleased to meet you too. Great you hear you appreciate my humble recordings of these lovely little pieces.
Better than Schumann´s???????
This and Burgmuller's op. 100 is great for teaching beginning pianists.
Y ambas en conjunto son mas accesibles a los que apenas empiezan, y son "mas melodiosas" (para mi) que el album de Schumann.
Great playing. Thank you for recording this.
Great pictures together with the music.
Thank you ! It took me a lot of time finding images relevant to each piece.
I love your interpretation of this gem of a compositionl I'm playing it at a recital after Scarlatti sonatas and before a Beethoven Rondo. It's refreshing music. Well played Chris.
+PianoGuy1990 Thanks, glad you like it ! It is a wonderful set indeed, full of delectable tunes. Good luck with your recital !
Thank you very much for uploading this!
It was my pleasure :)
Thanks for this album. Amaizing pictures !
+Anna Korzhavina. Piano Thanks, I spent a lot of time to find the most appropriate images. Despite the vast riches of Russian art it was sometimes hard to find an image to fit with a particular. I'm glad the slide show is being enjoyed :)
Anna Korzhavina. Piano 👖😉
Chris Breemer wow
Good interpretation. I like it.
Thanks !
I'm learning these! I'm happy to listen to it 😁
Great ! Good luck with these wonderful pieces !
beautiful
Thank you very much
Thank you for the nice performance ! I agree that ,this work of Tchaikovsky is much better than Schumann's "Album for the youth" ,at least in a way of expressing of grade rage of feelings and emotions from the childhood and youth.I am a piano teacher in a school and you gave me such good ideas for the students of our school. Also I love your pictures that you put in ,nice work -painting and music the two languages of soul-Thanks !!!P.S.i love the last picture from the Cristian Orthodox religion,they are so majestic...
+elenagia7 Thanks for your feedback ! It is much appreciated. I believe these are great pieces for beginner and intermediate piano students to work on - and I'm happy to have provided some ideas. I remember spending an awful long time searching for all these these images. It was time well spent though. I never knew such treasures existed. Music and paintings are indeed the perfect combination, and a balm for the soul.
I like Schumanns Album more. And the Range of emotions is not worse. And do not forget, he modelled the album after schumanns example.
I'll have to listen Schumannn's album.
@@hansneusidler7988 The fact that he modelled this album after Schumanns' example doesn't mean that it's not at least as good :)
this is amazing, you play amazingly well, and it's so perfectly recorded. i'm learning the piano and will start studying this album since i liked it so much
Thanks !! Yes by all means study this great collection, it's very much worth it.
love
チャイコフスキー、いきなり泣かしてきますねw感動です!私も今チャイコフスキー弾いていますが、色んな演出の曲を書かれているので、いつ、どの彼の曲を聴いても、天才だと思います。彼はゲイだったらしいですw
Tchaikovsky is a very emotional composer indeed, and one of the composers I love most. Whether he was "gay" in the sense we use it now, I'm not sure. I rather think he was a-sexual, and attracted to some male friends emotionally.
Thanks for uploading!
I love the way you played the waltz !!:) I want to learn it again thanks to you ;)
That is nice to hear. Go for it ! Nobody wrote waltzes like Tchaikovsky. Except Johann Strauss of course :)
tschaikowsky!!!!
Beautiful ! Thank you for uploading :)
Thanks! I needed a video with the starts times.
Nádherné výkony, skladby i interpreti. Gratuluji 🎉
Děkuji mnohokrát !
youth is just a state of mind.
Me agrado tu video; muy buen gusto combinar esas imagenes con tu genial interpretacion. Saludos
Gracias ! Finding the right images, relevant to each piece, was a very time consuming task.
Questi brani dell’Album für die Jugend op.39 di Tschaikowski mi danno un grande senso di pace, quiete e serenità. Nello stesso tempo sono pezzi, pur nella loro brevità e semplicità, che richiedono una certa capacità di espressione musicale e un buon tocco. Non si tratta affatto di banali brani scolastici per i ragazzini e le ragazzine che iniziano a studiare il pianoforte nei primi anni.
Si tratta per me di vere e proprie opere d’arte, raffinate, ricche di gioia, voglia di vivere e allo stesso tempo pathos, tristezza e talvolta “ dolore”.
A mio avviso non ha molto senso affermare che questa opera di Piotr Ilich è superiore o più bella dell’Album für die Jugend op. 68 di Robert Schumann. Si tratta infatti di due capolavori, che esprimono due sensibilità differenti, pur nutrendosi della stessa atmosfera, che è quella della musica intima dell‘ 800.
Fantastica!!
Certo non paragonabile ad opere più complesse, come ad esempio i pezzi op. 72 di Tschaikowski oppure, fra le tante opere, ad esempio gli Studi Sinfonici op. 13 di Schumann, che sono stratosferic! Buon ascolto a tutti! LA MUSICA È VITA, ...... E ANCHE SPERANZA.
IL BELLO CI AIUTERÀ SEMPRE IN FUTURO!!! Buon ascolto!
Thank you for the feedback ! When I wrote that I preferred Tchaikovsky's Album for the Youth to Schumann's, I was largely ignorant of the latter. But even apart from that, the comparison makes little sense as you say. Since then, I have recorded Schumann's album as well, and come to appreciate and love it as much as Tchaikovsky's. We are lucky to have both.
Absolutely beautiful! I have been ill for some time and this really lifted my spirits - thank you!
That's great to hear. I hope you feel better now !
Bravo, I enjoyed your recording!
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that !
Treasures! I was not familiar with these. Thank you.
You are welcome !
Favourite is definetly polka (played them after passing g5). Beautiful!
Thank you ! There's so much more to these modest pieces than meets the eye.
good promotion for russian music ) However I would like to hear more dynamics and more emotions . Russians are very emotional)
I agree.
great job!
Thank you !
Very Nice..........I just bought this music......working on The Sick Doll trilogy.
Thank you. Good luck with it !
I have studied The sick doll. I love that piece!!
Super ! Music and performance. One of my favourites.
Now I´m going to listen your Season´s (op.37) recording.
+Catacombae Leaks Thanks, I'm glad you liked the performance !
Catacombae Leaks a
Jalousie
Very interesting piano pieces for children!!
Yes !
🙂💕💕
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3:40
4:30
6:00
6:57
8:35
10:14
11:30
I never quite understand this type of comment. Are these moments of particular interest, or horror, or what ?
I hear the influence of Robert Schumann, surely there was a connection.
Definitely.
6ve7 no'lu parçalar beni çok duygulandırdı😢
Duymak güzel !
Originally, it's "Album pour enfants" (Album for children).
A lesson in how to compose by PIT
what is the painting at 6.55min 'the sick doll'? and by whom?
the music and the performance are excellent. thanks for uploading?
I did not write down the names of all the paintings, which took me a long time to find. But if you take a screenshot and feed that into Google image search you'll probably find it right away. And thanks for the compliment !
thanks for your reply. i really do not know how to take screenshots...i'm not great with technology lol wouldn't it be a nice thing to have though (whenever you have time), a complete list of the paintings you very thoughtfully chosen to accompany this music on this page? it would then lead a youtuber to find out more about the individual paintings and painters. an all-inclusive page of celebration of the Arts through music and paintings. anyway, just an idea. :)
It's a good idea actually and I've indeed seen some people do this. The paintings are certainly worth it. Will do !
Well that was a bit of a job. I had the images but without any info so I had to redo all the searches. Some details I could not find. The image you were asking after is William Powell Frith - The Sick Doll (1885).
excellent. thank you so much for making the search for me. most thoughtful of you.
Nice playing and ever so personal in the splendid interpretation - however in the last analysis lacking in the exciting interest given by say Igor Zhukov or better Michael Ponti in their performances; they excelled in faster tempi and managed to bring them off: A matter for the listener, maybe these pieces require restrained tempos for appreciation...
Thanks for the feedback ! I admit not having heard either of these two pianist's recording of this opus. No doubt they would be better than mine. I would not think music like this was Ponti's cup of tea - he was never the subtlest of pianists. Zhukov I greatly admire (his Tchaikovsky 2nd is unrivalled for me) but perhaps he was too big a player for this intimate music. In the end, as you say it's a matter of personal taste.
@@ChrisBreemer So true, Ponti excelled in fast tempos and always, like Julius Katchen, tried to show off his exceptional technique-however in the more reflective pieces (like certain Scriabin preludes, solo Tschaikovsky piano music etc. and in particular the Tausig Op 3) he shines and, same as when I met him late 1970s in Newtown Sydney, he showed an almost "Arrau" attitude of shyness and reservation...
When you turn up the speed for play back, you should say so.
??
Only 17 seconds of silence in the intro?
Damn ! It's supposed to be 20 !!
Amazing work! sounds quite pro recording
Emanuel Wecker Thank you ! It is lovely music, worth every pianist's attention.
+Emanuel Wecker music is awesome; performing is so-so.
bach5861 couldn't find your interpretation. By that comment I assume you can play it better.
+Emanuel Wecker he's Bach. He can play everything - Bach =God
Where is waltz?
0:18 start
22:50 sweet dream
4:28
Ja to teraz gram na pianinie
Me too :)
😀
Ekstra
13:39
very nice*
It´s ok, but - sorry to say - there are quite some fundamental flaws in your playing like the dynamic transformation of tension and relaxation - or some microtiming problems, to name a few. But recording your playing will help I guess.
Thanks. Yes, dynamics are always an issue in my recordings (as in most all non-professional recordings). It's partly the not too sophisticated playing, and partly the basic recording equipment which flattens any dynamic contrasts such as there may be. In my case, it's also the sluggish instrument which works against me - I'm doing much better since switching to a digital instrument. I'm not aware of any microtiming or other problems, though I'd be the first to agree that these are far from perfect, and that much more could be made of these pieces which are all too easy to underestimate.
Most of us are enjoying his playing and admiring how well he puts himself out there.
By the way, I'm a trained pianist, and I have no idea what "microtiming" problems you'd be referring to. I hear a clear pulse and appropriate rubato. The playing is generally delightful. Nope, he doesn't record on a nine-foot German concert grand. I hope you find some recordings that are free from any possible criticism. I've never found any, personally, so I just enjoy the best of what I choose to spend my time on. Life's too short to do otherwise.
@@VirtuousPraiseworthy "Most of us" - who is us? And how do you know that "most" of this undefined group are enjoying it? - So you are a pianist and at the same time you don´t know what microtiming is? Well .....
@@anonymusum I guess "most of us" would refer to the people commenting on this thread, who are generally positive. But it's anyone's prerogative to be more critical of course. Especially if you compare amateur recordings to professional ones. There will always be a difference.
Teach us. What is microtiming and please give us some concrete examples in the recording.
tschaikowsky is better than schumann
Bananas are better than avocados :)
Oh Jesus; Take the whole thing out and burn it. Crap. Pure crap. This isn't music; it's a bother. Spare me... please. If Peter's name hadn't been attached to it, I wouldn't have listened. Then again, everything Bach wrote was worth starting a fire with. Long live Music and those who love music. Sing..... and don't suffer fools lightly. Da, te, te, da.
Mr. Charles Davis,
Would you have any composition of yours that could be shared?
I´d like to listen to one of your "songs" if there is any...
Thank you.
15:17