About 40 years ago I publicly played the Caucasian Sketches, First Suite for piano solo and received the most applause for it, even more than Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition which preceded it! Procession of the Sadar is still one of my all time favorite piano pieces.
Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) was born in 1859 at Gatchina, near St. Petersburg, where his father was a mechanic employed at the palace. His birth name was Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov; later he added Ippolitov, his mother's maiden name, to distinguish himself from a composer and music critic with an identical name (Mikhail Ivanov). He studied music at home and was a choirboy at the cathedral of St. Isaac, where he also had musical instruction, before entering the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1875. In 1882 he completed his studies as a composition pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, whose influence was to remain strong. Ippolitov-Ivanov's first appointment was to the position of director of the music academy and conductor of the orchestra in Tbilisi (Tiflis), the principal city of Georgia, where he was to spend the next seven years. This period allowed him to develop an interest in the music of the region, a reflection of the general interest taken in the music of non-Slav minorities and more exotic neighbours that was current at the time, and that was to receive overt official encouragement for other reasons after the Revolution. One of his notable pupils in Tbilisi was conductor Edouard Grikurov. On 1 May 1886, in Tbilisi, he conducted the premiere of the third and final version of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia. In 1893 Ippolitov-Ivanov became a professor at the Conservatory in Moscow, of which he was director from 1905 until 1924. He served as conductor for the Russian Choral Society, the Mamontov and Zimin Opera companies and, after 1925, the Bolshoi Theatre, and was known as a contributor to broadcasting and to musical journalism. Politically, Ippolitov-Ivanov retained a measure of independence. He was president of the Society of Writers and Composers in 1922, but took no part in the quarrels between musicians concerned either to encourage new developments in music or to foster a form of proletarian art. His own style had been formed in the 1880s under Rimsky-Korsakov, and to this he added a similar interest in folk-music, particularly the music of Georgia, where he returned in 1924 to spend a year reorganizing the Conservatory in Tbilisi. He died in Moscow in 1935. His pupils included Reinhold Glière and Sergei Vasilenko.
Edward Elgar was an exact contemporary of Ippolitov-Ivanov have lived 1857 to 1934. Very interesting to explore the rich, romantic harmonies of both composers.
Este tema musical lo descubrí en un espacio de música sinfónica hace unos veinte años atrás y se emitía en el canal de televisión del Estado peruano. Soy peruano y amo esta clase de música, no me sustraigo a la música actual pero ESTA CLASE DE MÚSICA VALE MUCHO MÁS QUE TODO EL ORO DE ESTE MUNDO, AHORA Y SIEMPRE. Saludos desde Puerto Maldonado, en el Perú y con todo afecto a los que somos del club ese de los amantes de la música sinfónica.
I've had a recording of this for years and wondered why it wasn't better known. Looking at the number of views here maybe it's more popular than I thought!
Ippolitov-Ivanov later adapted a portion of this music as a vocal number for his opera "Измена" (i.e., "Treason," or "Betrayal"). That passage begins around timing 13 minutes in this recording.
You are mistaken armenians may have inspired, to understand it you must carefully read the story of this music. In order to help you I give you little hint check what Sardar (Serdar in Turkish) means. It means Commander, leader. In the music third part named ‘in the mosque’ I don’t think there are mosques in the armenia, also Ivanov wrote other music pieces dedicated to Turks. Please don’t kid yourself.
@@gokturk2383 Hey, it is correct your country in the permanent alliance between turkish people refusing armenian culture and armenian people say and say those and another lies, but this music also has armenian parts, armenian elements, be or not to be for your desire, buddy. I am peruvian and I know there are not my business but when the lies are the continuous practicying in the comments I don't keep with the closed mouth, ok? My respect to Aram Khachatouryan and my love for Armenia, from Peru, in Sout America.
В финале сюита композитор использовал знаменитый марш армянского композитора Тиграна Чухаджяна - "Зейтунцинер". Этот марш был написан 1862-1864гг. Уже в 1882 году, когда Ипполитов-Иванов был директором Тбилисской консерватории, хорошо знал кавказские "хиты".
Anyone notice how “Procession of the sardar” is round about 5 min. long in this recording while the first version when you type it in on youtube is only 3:40 min. long? This one is much slower and much more satisfying.
This is what I want to do..... I thought I would win his love, I would learn to play . I chose piano.in a day, I prayed and in a night , I prayed ; God please let me play. the next day , I played for him . He walked out the door. Hi I'm Kellie . I play.
NOUS LES ECOUTIONS BEAUCOÛP? CHÊZ - NOÛS !! sur un lecteur de CASSETTES ? Nous n'étions pas riches ?NOUS FAISIONS ÂVÊC LES MOYENS DU BÔRD !! er ? liner ?
Quite the opposite, for the Russian hahaha. In all of the English-speaking world ‘Caucasian’ is a term for white person, while in Russia the term is used for the (often) more-Eastern-than-white people living on Russia’s southernmost border and in several of the lands beyond it (Armenia, Georgia, Russian republics bordering the Caucasus mountains). These, in the average Russian’s mind are not ‘white people’ per se. Mixed with (quite) a bit of easternness in them, occasionally muslim, although Georgians and Armenians are orthodox.
@@esdjesd8589 Oh, thank you for explanation, it always baffled my mind why Americans use term "Caucasian" without apparent sense to it. Seems like it's just an outdated term still circulating for some reason in North America.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 1. - In a Mountain Pass: Allegro moderato - Moderato assai - Tempo I: 0:00 2. - In a Village: Larghetto - Allegretto grazioso - Tempo I: 10:10 3. - In a Mosque: Adagietto: 15:53 4. - Procession of the Sardar: Allegro moderato. Tempo marziale: 20:11
My favorite is the Procession of the Sardar. It evokes a grand scene of majestic movement by stately warrior/rulers in a far away place in an even more remote time.
It takes a lot of plays to fully appreciate the 1st 3 parts. The finale is in 4/4 time, so therefore it will always be the best loved - and known! I hope that since you made your comment you have had a chance to re-listen often. It took me several years to fully appreciate the whole work.
Un compositeur peu connu, mais dont la qualité de composition fait qu'il mérite d'être connu et ... écouté. Ces compositeurs russes seront toujours étonnants ! Même pour un simple amateur de belle musique.
I fell asleep one night w the radio on. They played this and it woke me out of a sleep as though I was in a dream. I've loved it ever since. I do have some Russian ancestry and have always been fascinated by it's culture.
For me, the Procession of the Sardir (last movement) is a deservedly popular number; the In the Mountain Pass (first movement) is beautifully evocative. Somehow, I do not respond as much to the two inner movements, but that is me.
When I was a kid I was in a youth symphony. We played this song and I always thought Excerpt from Caucasian Sketches was a comedy show and this was the theme song.
It has been many years since I'd heard this work, then on a classical radio station. I recently enjoyed this composer's Symphony on YT, so I thought I'd re-acquaint myself with this opus. I found it less impressive than I'd remembered, and certainly less so than his Symphony. Its' first and final movements are the most popular and memorable, but I found the work as a whole to be bland. My impression may be in part due to the interpretation here, which seems somewhat lackluster.
Like who? Tchaikovsky? Mussorgsky? Shostakovitch? Prokofiev? Stravinsky? Go shag yourself sideways, you, know-nothing, before you start judging Russian music. And, btw, whatever happened to Georgian music since you became oh so independent? Where are the new Taktakishvili? A barren land
Its a nice interpretation but, I must say, the same music performed by the Westphalian Orchestra, directed by Siegfried Landau, is significantly better.
I've always had a soft spot for these sketches. Not sure if they are Great Music, compared to other riches of the Russian repertoire, but they have a fresh and charming outdoor quality, especially the first one which makes you think of the Georgian mountains. This Naxos CD, which I own too, is very good indeed, and unmissable bargain.
Thank you for your comments. I am very grateful that before my retirement from symphony orchestra performance I had the wonderful privilege of participation in a Naxos recording project with the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Symphony, the complete symphonic cycle of William Grant Still.
unique in his own style as are all the great composers . Incomplete if only heard on their own but when we have the luxury of listening to all of them and appreciate great and timeless music then it is like color that makes the rainbow and a real aural treat for the ears !
Who can do better than the Russians where it comes to some of the most melodious things that one has ever heard...Borodin also, comes to mind...with those two, and so much more precious because there's only two...string quartets...then there are his three symphonies which are equally wonderful as those of Tchaikovsky...Thank You!!....
Music does not belong to anyone - in this sense. It should not be limited to nationalism and the local culture of this one and that one. Music is part of humankind and should connect people, not separate them. Whatever the definition of its origin might be, the (by the way - Russian) composer Michail Michailowitsch Ippolitwo-Iwanow is a real master of symphonies. I enjoy this kind of music very much.
Music DOES belong to a nation or nationality when classical music pieces such as this one are so evocative of a land and its people. In addition, many "classical" music compositions have appropriated parts or all of traditional folk songs and been turned into tone poems, symphonies, and such. So in all honesty credit should be given to the nameless ancestors who created these masterpieces. The modern trend of "one-worldism" ignores the history and heritage that went before. I can understand Tebeloy response, as well as his pride in his nations folk and classical music.
Andrea Koppel if music does not belong to any nation then composers’ and arrangers’ nationalities shouldn’t be given credit either. If so, the first commentator comes before second one in the line of those deserving criticism. To me both comments are ok btw. I learned someone’s taste from first one and the place where a melody came out from the second one.
Ah...this takes me up to a clean fresh BC alpine peak - heavenly! simply heavenly!! The mountains are the cathedrals God built for Himself. When I am up in the pure sweet alpines, I'm an honoured and humble guest in His holy presence.
But this is so far as Russian music is concerned. Elsewhere we have Johannes Brahms (Hungarian dances), Antonin Dvorak (Czech/Slavonic dances), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian), Jean Sibelius (Finland), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Welsh/British Isles), and others?
But this is so far as Russian music is concerned. Elsewhere we have Johannes Brahms (Hungarian dances), Antonin Dvorak (Czech/Slavonic dances), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian), Jean Sibelius (Finland), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Welsh/British Isles), and others?
But this is so far as Russian music is concerned. Elsewhere we have Johannes Brahms (Hungarian dances), Antonin Dvorak (Czech/Slavonic dances), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian), Jean Sibelius (Finland), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Welsh/British Isles), and others?
Este músico ruso, es conocido poco fuera de su país, siendo estas "escenas caucásicas" lo mas divulgado. Recoge canciones georgianas y del folclore del Cáucaso, asemejándose al estilo musical de su maestro Rinski-Kórsakov.
This Russian compositor (1859-1935), notably raises of Rimsky-Korsakov (listen to his orchestrations!) is too badly known and interprets enough. He draws inspiration from popular musics of his country, notably from Georgie where he ran the Music academy and the Orchestra of Tbilisi at the beginning of career. Its music is full of charm - Ce compositeur russe (1859-1935) , élève notamment de Rimsky-Korsakov (écoutez ses orchestrations !) est trop mal connu et pas assez interprété. Il s'insipire des musiques populaires de son pays, notamment de la Georgie où il dirigea l'Académie de musique et l'Orchestre de Tbilissi en début de carrière. Sa musique est pleine de charme.
I must of have been about 12 years old when I first heard this masterpiece, my dad was an absolute fanatic about classical music, in fact thanks to his passion for it, i developed such as well, it is an intense feeling and in many ways an intellect one can only feel with the heart and demonstrate with the aptitude, with the intensity of the absolute all a human being can be. Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi oh wow , all of these super composers conveyed to us an amazing energy, but only the ones whom can be moved can understand I DOOOOOOOO AM MOVED AND I THANK MY DAD FOE THE KNOWLEDGE and to pass this on to me, and i also pass it onto those close to me and around me.
Cuando era un joven estudiante solía escuchar con deleite esta pieza a través de la Radio cultural de mi país. Estaba en compañía de mi amigo Boris. ¡Qué recuerdos aquéllos!
I "heard" the procession of the Sardar while in 9th grade playing first flute in the school Orchestra and in a very small room not the least fit for young musicians to be so cramped together.
ARTHUR FAGEN IS A FORMER ASSISTANT OF CHRISTOPH VON DOHNANYI (FRANKFURT OPERA) AND JAMES LEVINE (METROPOLITAN OPERA), AND IS A REGULAR GUEST AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS OPERA HOUSES, CONCERT HALLS, AND MUSIC FESTIVALS AT HOME IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF UKRAINE IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE ORCHESTRAS OF UKRAINE. THANKING YOU FOR THE POSTING OF THIS VIDEO FEATURING THE WORK OF IVANOV CONDUCTED BY ARTHUR FAGEN & NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH. OF UKRAINE. THANK YOU AGAIN.
