Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) 

0:00 Oh, this is a nice song. 14:20 Oh, this is *that* song.

14:21 I find it really mind-blowing that without knowing the context, you still know this part is about love and romance. Somehow, a composer knows how to put together some sound to represent love; and somehow, the audience will get it. We basically communicating with Tchaikovsky, even though he is long gone.

Wow I can't believe Tchaikovsky invented love.

I know most people's favorite is 14:20 But, 5:31 - 6:57 is probably my favorite most of all in my opinion. It has better intensity than most Hollywood scores nowadays.

I've been searching for this song for 6 years. Since I heard it on spongebob when I was 10. I have finally found it. Now I can Rest In Peace...

I'm always amazed that music this good came from a human mind.

INTRO A1 Friar Laurence theme + chorale: 0:00 A2: 2:06 A3: 4:15 Transition 1: 5:24 EXPOSITION Primary theme - Capulet & Montague STRIFE theme: 5:36 Transition 2: 5:53 Canon in D minor: 6:00 Canon in G minor: 6:06 Transition 2: 6:14 Dominant preparation for b minor: 6:28 Primary theme restated: 6:40 Transition 2 expanded: 7:02 Secondary theme - Love theme: 7:45 (Lightly orchestrated) Transition 3 - 8:04 Secondary theme restated: 8:55 Transition 4: 9:59 DEVELOPMENT Primary theme + Friar Laurence theme developed: 11:05 Dominant preparation for b minor: 13:07 RECAPITULATION Primary theme restated STRIFE: 13:20 Transition 5: 13:42 Secondary theme: 14:24 (Full orchestration) Secondary theme restated: 15:54 Primary theme derived interruption: 16:03 Primary theme: 16:12 Love theme lament: 17:27 Friar Laurence chorale: 18:12 Secondary theme derived coda: 19:13 Ending: 19:44

INTRO (Completely rewritten by Tchaikovsky in 1872) A1 Friar Laurence theme + chorale: 0:00 A2: 2:06 A3: 4:15 Transition 1: 5:24 EXPOSITION Primary theme - Capulet & Montague fight theme: 5:36 Transition 2: 5:53 Canon in D minor: 6:00 Canon in G minor: 6:06 Transition 2: 6:14 Dominant preparation for b minor: 6:28 Primary theme restated: 6:40 Transition 2 expanded: 7:02 Secondary theme - Love theme: 7:45 (Lightly orchestrated) Transition 3 - 8:04 Secondary theme restated: 8:55 Transition 4: 9:59 DEVELOPMENT (Completely rewritten in 1872) Primary theme + Friar Laurence theme developed: 11:05 Dominant preparation for b minor: 13:07 RECAPITULATION (Mostly rewritten 1872 then revised 1880) Primary theme restated: 13:20 Transition 5: 13:42 Secondary theme: 14:24 (Full orchestration) Secondary theme restated: 15:54 Primary theme derived interruption: 16:03 Primary theme: 16:12 Love theme lament: 17:27 Friar Laurence chorale: 18:12 Secondary theme derived coda: 19:13 Ending: 19:44

Tchaikovsky is an absolute genius

This music scares the shit out of me and I don't know why. It's beautiful and scary. Tchaikovsky was one hell of a genius.

Пётр Чайковский бесконечен, как Космос!

I love how this really does capture Romeo and Juliet very well. Super intense, super up and down crazy and very romantic. Tchaikovsky was truly a genius composer. He didn’t write a bad thing.

14:21 - 14:40 I think everyone recognizes these specific measures from TV shows XD.

When you're listening to this while studying for your physics exam and now I'm staring at my notes thinking how beautiful this piece is while trying not to cry.

18:10 - 19:45 is some of the most beautiful music in all the classical repertoire. Such haunting anguish and regret--the realization (too late) of two families who had to suffer through the tragedy of their children falling in love and dying for that love to put their petty quarrels behind them.

Without music, life would be a mistake. Without love, life would be an even bigger mistake.

is it okay to cry during this? It's too beautiful not to cry to.

There are musical snobs out there who call this hackneyed and cliched, a war horse that should be retired. But one has to be made of stone not to respond emotionally to the beauty, drama and pathos that made this such a popular and beloved work of music.

When the horn comes in with its soaring counter melody over the theme at 14:22 I always get goosebumps.

19 years on this planet, hearing this everywhere. I FINALLY FOUND IT

I love the way the theme evolves. The first time you hear it it's delicate enough to be snuffed out by a breeze. By the last time, 15:41, out of control and powerful enough to rip apart a continent. I always get my cheeks flushing in those last two minutes. Love is strong stuff indeed.

Tchaikovsky was master of both the largest (orchestral) forms and the smallest (ballet)... Musical genius.

Reading Romeo and Juliet in English right now, and my teacher always puts the part of this overture that matches with the scenes or act we're covering for the day at the beginning of class.

Man…those violins at the end are so beautiful…it makes me think of Romeo and Juliet finally being happy together gracefully floating away in the air together to live happily ever after…

the melody at 19:14 sounds like love, amazement, wonder, and disbelief all at the same time. the crescendo into 19:14 makes my heart swell as if it's going to burst out of my chest any minute. you expect the melody to be the theme from earlier but it isn't and Tchaikovsky keeps you on your toes. This sounds like the way you feel when you wake up with the warmth of the sun shining on your face after a good night's sleep. I could write a whole paper about this one piece. Tchaikovsky will always be my favorite composer.

Nobody can compose an overture like Tchaikovsky can

You came for these : 7:45 8:52 14:20 (Especially this) 15:54

You can hear Tchaikovsky's gentle and caring personality in his treatment of melody, and every musical gesture, he takes his time, every musical thread carefully considered

I always drank a giant cup of coffee before playing this on cello because 6:30 was always so insane.

it bothers me that the repeating theme in this is used so much in movies, ads, tv shows etc.. i really wish i could have experienced this as purely as possible. its still amazing, but the fact that it gets reduced to "generic love music in non dairy coffee cream commercial" in my memory is a real travesty.

You don’t need to know the story, the music tells it all.

Tchaikovsky, king of melody, orchestration, and pizzicato. I heard my first classical piece in 1962, it was the Nutcracker Suite. And Tchaikovsky is still my favorite.

R.I.P Violinists

This work "Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture" of Peter Tchaikovsky was performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

Finally after 7 years of searching, I found it. Now I can rest in peace :)

Listening to this alone in my bed on St. Valentine's day is such a mood

Happy Birthday Dear Peter --- thank you for all the musical gifts you gave us. You made world better place w your beautiful music.

the ending gives me chills

this melody has been parodied endlessly in cartoonsand films precisely because it IS such a perfect expression of love, but it is still one of the most beautiful melodies (and orchestral pieces) ever. He made the orchestra SING...

i’m playing this right now in a high school all-county festival and i’m absolutely obsessed with it! so hard to believe a human could create something so beautiful and express so much emotion through sounds. tchaikovsky is a legend

I am lucky I grew up didn't watching tv so this piece isnt overplayed in my head

This has to be the pinnacle of beautiful music. No one but no one can capture romance and tragedy like Tchaikovsky. Thank you for down loading this most hauntingly wonderful piece.

Tchaikovsky was sort of like Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Brahms all rolled into one... A tour-de-force of a composer of the likes we've never seen, this is one of the most stunning pieces of westernized music ever to have existed!! Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky is a masterpiece!!

Was, is, and always will be my favorite composer.

Tchaikovsky.. A true music treasure.

i always nearly loved that part starting at 11:05 more than the actual love theme. The way it's building up, it sends a shiver down your spine.

One hell of a legend, I absolutely adore Tchaikovsky.

At 12:48 it really gets rolling. He builds and builds the intensity, drops back softly for awhile then comes at you strongly with beautiful stirring melody.

I actually cried. It is so beautiful. It is just perfect!

I'VE FINALLY FOUND IT. After all these years. This really takes me back when I was a kid listening to these pieces of art that are deeply engrained into my mind. I missed those sweet and simple times that I experienced like no other. This is where all the magic happens.

Putting an ad in the middle of this should result in capital punishment

Tchaikovsky's pieces have the most EPIC endings ever! Also think about the Waltz of the Flowers. So MAJESTIC and BEAUTIFUL

played this in my youth orchestra last year and i totally forgot about it until i heard it on a playlist someone sent me... it's easy to forget how beautiful it is when you can barely play it, but hearing it again... god, it takes my breath away...

This song makes me feel like I'm in a fairy tale or something, it's awesome!!!!

Shakespeare plus Tchaikovsky. That really is a ridiculous amount of genius and understanding of human nature at work.

This music will never stop giving me goosebumps

I just love the trumpets at 12:50

So beautiful, so passionate, so emotional, and so moving; This is how music was intended to be!

THE greatest love theme in all classical music-- for lovers everywhere-their anthem. Embraces then shatters our hearts. Musical dramatic Genius. Cuts to the core of the famous lovers ecstasy and tragedy- and as in all great art makes universal.

I'm always amazed that music this good came from a human mind.. Nobody can compose an overture like Tchaikovsky can.

This is one of the few pieces that even if I am rehearsing it to preform, I still actively want to listen to it

I wish the melody at 19:15 was longer. It's my favorite part of the whole piece.

Tchaikovsky, grazie Maestro R.I.P. :(

Possibly the greatest piece of music ever composed. He wrote this with such emotion leading the listener into the Journey of his heart and soul. You don't have to read Romeo and Juliet you know the story all you have to do is listen!

I tear up every time I listen to this

One of the few pieces of music that cover me in goosepimples. No-one could write such spine tingling stuff as Tchaikovsky. Pure genius!

I've always loved Tchaikosvky and when I was little I never realized that The Sims 1 kissing theme was from this piece until years later ...

Music is therapy for the mind, body, and soul 🌹🎶🌹🎶🌹🎶

This masterpiece always makes me cry, it is the first piece of classical music I ever played in an orchestra and brings me back so many beautiful memories to my mind.

The bassoon solo at 10:00 is so beautiful..

Tchaikovsky. - Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture. This is a beautiful romantic piece of music composed by a genius Composer. From the beginning it builds up to this romantic melody coming through and then its full on with emotion. There is such a wonderful feeling, the power in the music comes through right up to the finale. That was fantastic. I could live through this fantasy again. Many times over. I believe in Fantasies !!! ... Why not, no harm in dreaming is there??? ...

The anticipation in this piece gets me on edge and every instrument hits me with passion. Now that's what I call romantic

No string players were hurt in the making of this video

This music has and will stand the test of time.

Quels volumes de Musique ! Une profondeur allant au fond des tripes : sacré Monsieur !!!

Jamais dans ma vie, je n'ai pleure en ecoutant a la musique. Mais, cette fois-ci, j'ai pleure. Je peux sentir la douleur et la passion que Romeo et Juliette sentent tout au long de cette piece. La douleur causee par l'amour impossible qui n'est realisable que par leur mort.

Great Russian composer Tchaikovsky and his music it's a classic!

This song was used on an animated Sesame Street insert where an acorn falls off an oak tree and grows into another oak tree.

i was looking at someone cleaning a window whilst listening to this i saw things differently

One of the most beautiful performing of Tchaikowsky , a masterpiece in classical music, i love this , it is got everything from adagio,grave to presto , sounds for soul

I love this piece of music sooooooo much. Can't believe it took me so long to find out how brilliant Tchaikovsky's music is!

Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Here's to my love! (drinks) O true apothecary! They drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.

One of the greatest works. ever

I love this you can feel the emotion in the music and the mood he’s trying to set as if I’m watching the play

I love the way they hold the last note. It's like no one wants the piece to end!

The crescendo starting at around 14:10 is almost psychedelic in its technicolor vividness. I'm happy I'm able to feel that way even given how its been watered down by pop culture. Now only imagine if you were hearing it for the first time.

I've heard this piece (and loved it) by Tchaikovsky for such a long time and its still one of a kind beautiful sorrowful and dramatic this piece is one of my favorites and it never gets old to me. Its one of his best compositions.

Tchaikovsky, você mora na minha alma

From 18:11 to19:45 is some of the most beautiful music ever written.

The overture has became the first composition by Tchaikóvsky that made me exactly fascinated

14:15 the famous part sounds like the theme of when the bikes in ET go off the ground. It's awesome

Благодарю ! Великий Русский Композитор! Прекрасной Души Человек! Музыка Необыкновенная!

15:05 always gives me goosebumps

When I play this I can truly feel it deep inside my soul. It gets through my hard shell and leaves me absolutely breathless and exposed. I love it.

All my love goes to this man every time I hear this.

I feel such a connection to the masterpieces he created...I just cannot explain why. So beautiful and fragile yet so strong and powerful.

I dont if its just me, but I love the 1:20 to 2:07 section, especially when the flutes play those high notes and the harp those beautiful chords. It works so well in such a weird way

i have this on vinyl from 1960. it belonged to my grandparents, who loved ballets. listening to it moves me to tears, thinking of them. i love it so much.

This is such a beautiful piece of music. This is me favorite piece from Tchaikovsky

The whole plays in the music. Pure genius. Breathtaking heart ride for us