Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor

[MrTingtingting]

This must be what heaven sounds like.

[119supersniper]

@Amarynthine..perhaps you can enlighten me then. 'Famous' has nothing to do with music !!

[mij194]

I am transfixed, forgetting even to breath. I am so taken by this symphony in C.

[Amarynthine]

@119supersniper Who says? They're just not famous

[kirabate]

O my god!

[Witchicaa]

Happy together forever in our little home....!

[119supersniper]

What the hell happened to us ?...why is no one writing music like this any more?

[mij194]

@119supersniper I'm writing a symphony right now. I just made a piano solo yesterday at /watch?feature=player_embedded­&v=T5jpVUSYuQQ

[Crunchsnap]

I'm a rapist :D

[lesleypaul59]

...the songs for orchestra are more intensive ! Mahler is with Puccini & R. Strauss in my TOP 3 ! visit my playlist 'sadest music...' , please ! LES

[LaPersonaNonGrata]

Mc eiht says, "Gyeah." 

[chiggs92]

this will forever remind me of tessa virtue and scott moir's free dance at the olympics.

such a beautiful piece of music.

[iClaudia001]

@chiggs92 totally agree - also this is the piece ekaterina gordeeva skated as a tribute to her husband :)

[NBradyful]

why would you even mention Justin Bieber?

Gosh, may I forget his existence for a second here?

This is man translating his mortal existence into on of immortality--that is why this piece transcends us.

[DrAlexanderTetzlaff]

Eat this, Justin Bieber... ;o)

[jcast18k]

its a piece not a song.

[cameronhall4]

breath taking.

[shuttlewood1]

So beautiful. This is mine n my boyfriend tune. Just gorgeous. xx

[AristograntusMCMLXXX]

I think its perfect just the way it is, change nothing.

[borvo7]

this is a masterpiece of clasicals, the most beautiful symphony i never hear!!!

[73Adorno]

Way too slow ... Mahler needed about 8.00 ...

[videoviwerboy999]

@73Adorno Yes, it is too slow. But it is still beautiful. Clearly the tempo could be a good bit faster, but really, who are we to complain.

[TenaciousCay]

brilliant

[alfieb2204]

What a tune...I'm stuck for words to fully describe what this piece does for me..brilliant composer

[lavenderparfume1]

THIS SYMPHONY MAKES ME FALL IN LOVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS BREATHTAKING AND AMAZING. MAHLER IS A ROMANTIC GENIOUS INDEED.

[manthasagittarius]

I know we tend to call all musical works "songs," even though they aren't . . . but if you want to hear the song that is a counterpart to this Adagietto, composed in the same period of his life and expressing a lot of the same feeling, listen to "Ich bin der Welt Abhanden gekommen" (I have become estranged from the world), sung by Janet Baker.  Recording is on YouTube.

[jcast18k]

A song?

[piedra45]

Marvelous marvelous. And, forgive me, one cannot help remembering Viscontis excellent DEATH IN VENICE.......

[Physdelicdreaming]

I've heard this somewhere, yet I can't remember where...a ballet, maybe? Or even in my dreams...?

Oh well, it's amazingly, hauntingly beautiful nonetheless, very much like a perfect and solemn, promising dream.

[kameelzee]

En ? Al iemand van Fontys ontspannen nu ?

jeroen

[spasman]

Beauty-encapsulated in a mere ten minutes.

[Nonpeon]

I am captivated by this song. I sit in awe of it. I am breathless, always reflecting on my life. So somber, yet we are elevated at the end, as if Mahler guides us through a transfiguration where our soul is liberated and at once realizes that it is at long last free of its physical chains. "I am coming home," it remarks.....sigh!!

[beavisandbutthead104]

well said is an understatement

[fdscanner89]

@Nonpeon Leonard Bernstein is buried with a copy of this symphony placed over his heart.

[Nonpeon]

@fdscanner89

I am not surprised. I may follow suit. :-) Thank you for sharing this.

[ComfyNumb1989]

@Nonpeon I couldn't described it any better Myself. Kudos to You, good Sir. :)

[ChuckyJesus666]

Haitink is the best Mahler interpreter, IMHO.

[misio1997]

Such a beautiful song, love the picture too, so serene.