Aquarium (2:24)
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Aquarium is the seventh of fourteen movements from Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The orchestral work has a duration between 22 and 30 minutes.
The Aquarium piece was composed of strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and glass armonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando-like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These figures, plus the occasional glissando from the armonica—often played on celesta or glockenspiel—are evocative of a peaceful, dimly-lit aquarium.
According to British music journalist Fritz Spiegl, there is a recording of the movement featuring virtuoso harmonica player Tommy Reilly - apparently he was hired by mistake instead of a player of the glass armonica.
The Aquarium piece was composed of strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and glass armonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando-like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These figures, plus the occasional glissando from the armonica—often played on celesta or glockenspiel—are evocative of a peaceful, dimly-lit aquarium.
According to British music journalist Fritz Spiegl, there is a recording of the movement featuring virtuoso harmonica player Tommy Reilly - apparently he was hired by mistake instead of a player of the glass armonica.
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ladycaroledowns wrote:
love this.....
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iron_gandalf wrote:
This melody is full of magic :)
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peter5810 wrote:
wish hendricks would have done it
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Dennis_Wasch wrote:
mysterious.... like a fantasy cartoon
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TheRunningManDM wrote:
So mysterious and magical it unleashes your imagination
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ChiliLady wrote:
magical..
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XeN-PhARisaICal wrote:
<3
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mmeiremkhanova wrote:
I love that song!!! It is fantastic, like I immerse myself in a fairy tale..
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merrari wrote:
Sitting in front of an aquarium and actually listening to this. On point audible translation of what's going on.
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sneggyuser wrote:
Beautiful piece.
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lejanni wrote:
oh how much I love this song in any variation. there is a remix, I don't remember by whom, but it has a rough drum rhythm and it sounds even creepier than the original
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carinaclysmic wrote:
my favourite piece from Carnival of Animals. FYI, they've played this in Ren and Stimpy a couple times
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brentsmith500 wrote:
This makes me think of Harry Potter. I am always suspicious of magic.
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tematrilia wrote:
I really love this
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badgerbeth wrote:
I bet ya'll would be surprised to know how much cartoons taught you about classical music
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jeffyskate wrote:
dreamy - saint saens one of the greats
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Wotski wrote:
I have an aquarium and it actually sounds nothing like this.
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KalaFia wrote:
Wow.. amazing song.. So magnetic..
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Malamor wrote:
<3
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polibeba wrote:
hier kann man so richtig schön träumen dabei.................
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