Rachmaninov - André Previn - Symphony No.2 Mvt.4 (3/3)

[stevenryhudi]

Tremendous

[BenderThaMagnificent]

Damn that was really good!

[Forkygolach1]

The orchestra obviously know and respect Maesto Previns' association with this work through the LSO recording. A magestical recording of magnificent music

[fledgehog]

NHK has surprised me. watched this, and a snippet of them playing pics at an exhibition under gergiev.  very powerful sound.

[vegatrev]

When Andre Previn conducted this Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra many years ago in Moscow and what was then Communist Russia a woman approached him at the stage door and offered him a gift of an orange. The significance of the orange? She had presumably queued for hours to buy the orange and it was her way of saying thank you for the Rachmaninov.

[IMAWriterRobJ]

@vegatrev

I have the album...yes album where those exact words were posted as liner notes.

It also said the audience weeped during the performance.

I do as well.

[vegatrev]

@IMAWriterRobJ Thank you for your comment. I love the music of Rachmaninov and this Symphony with this conductor is beyond words. Yes I also had the the recording with Andre Previn and The London Symphony and it is perhaps one of the finest performances of this work. My opinion only. Regards Trevor.

[threnodio]

Rubbish logenisti To see a great conductor - and Previn is a great conductor sitting calmly before a score and still getting a wonderful performance is little short of miraculous. I had the privileged of seeing and hearing Klemperer and Böhm in similar circumstances. It was truly majestic. If you believe that conducting is about being a good circus performer, perhaps you should study music.

[dhpalaka]

Andre Previn, this extraordinary man, understands music so incredibly well that he knows not to get in its way. How fortunate we are to witness this! Sure, it's Rachmaninov's creative genius, it's also the thousands and thousands of hours of practice and cultivation of all present, literally 'conducted' by this great man with his awesome experience of musicmaking. Thanks for posting.

[wclmyy]

I just saw the comedy that Previn Plays Grieg Sketch. He was so young at that time.

[BritinIsrael]

This reminds me of Klemperer's last years. A nod here, a gesture there, and the result is really moving.

Sad to see Previn looking so ill and infirm. I saw him live over 45 years ago.

[nuke97]

I was just watching a video of Andre Previn jamming with Oscar Peterson and now to see him here is just awesome!! Andre Previn is awesome!!

[svekonla]

Its  not Rachmaninov !!!!!!!

[Edenman5000]

@svekonla You are entitled to any opinion about this performance--except the one you have posted. Whether or not you like the performance is a different matter than to deem it, in effect, not legitimate. Artists bring differing perspectives--that is all they can have. And we who observe them have differing taste.

There is absolutely no room for your kind of assessment.

[Bouncybon]

Russian composer, Japanese orchestra, ailing American conductor - the international language of music. It's difficult to accept that Andre is old now, and - it seems - not very well. For so many years he looked and dressed like a student. Previn is courteous, gentle, good-humored, charming - and look how sweet they are to him at the end - the musicians in Japan. It's very beautiful to hear and to watch.

[nitramgnal]

This isn't funny at all.

[12345qazx1]

superbe!!!!!!!!!!111

[hootersnooter]

Hey you all, it is not the conductor, or any of the musicians.....it is Rachmaninov, a giant of a composer. Don't ever forget that the vast (and I do mean vast) amount of orchestral musicians - and conductors don't compose....and in my humble view, the composer stands heavens above mere mortal musicians and conductors - where would they all be if there were no composers of Rachmaninov's fabulous quality - looking at blank music sheets!

[debrucey]

@hootersnooter What drivel you spout.

[mooobtube]

@hootersnooter Where would Rachmaninov be without musicians? Unknown.

[SirWilly77]

Drat...you cut out the part where Previn jumped up and clicked his heels after walking off stage! Ahh, well. Thanks for putting the vid up, all the same.

[MahlerBR]

Superb! Just as @joshd321 said, Previn don't have to work hard to exercise the necessary control over the orchestra (as it was with Celibidache), is magnificent, masterful.

[joshd321]

He has so much control with such little effort. What a master.

[tim23z]

This is some of the finest playing I've heard from the NHK. Previn wasn't flamboyant, but oh so effective. Bravo!

[DoninWhiting]

Boy, Andre has aged! Many LPS were cut when he was with the St. Louis Symphony. Did he have a stroke?

[gerhold101]

Apparently not - he can still move his arms and rehearse and control an orchestra - or are they just humouring him? Hmmm.

[CONTESTAR]

I usually buy more than one recording of things I like. Every now and then I come across some recording of Andre Previn of a work I have in multiple versions.

In every single case, some time later I realise that the recording by Previn has become my favourite!

I cannot even precise what it is. Something in the vibes.

[googlekopfkind]

lol andre is old

[MyBruno555]

yeah really funny. he needed Soon Yi to keep him young

[googlekopfkind]

i just saw him as he was young ^^

[CONTESTAR]

but you still cannot take the boy out of this older man!

[cinemabon]

I wish PBS would re-release his series "Previn and the Pittsburg" that ran on television years ago. He had a sparkle and wit that belied his present aged self. That Andre Previn will forever live in my memory as one of the 20th Century's great conductors.

[MyBruno555]

yeah i agree they should releases that series however MT Thomas/SFS is on PBS is doing a great series now : Keeping Score

[avatarnarutochuck]

You guys ever seen Maestro Previn in the Eric and Morecombe's show doing the Grieg's Piano Concerto Sketch? He's brilliant and hilarious in there!!!!

[bigjew44]

conductors a wierdo

[cellopeople]

maybe its just bc i absolutely love this piece but i think they had an awesome performance!!! The energy was so visible and to the end they endured bc this piece is monsterly long!!! BRAVI!!

[ArturoAlejandroS]

I prefer Ashkenazy and Concertgebouw or Pletnev and Rotterdam Orchestra.This oneis lacking in power.

[inturtaner]

wow... i had no idea Rachmaninoff even wrote a symphony... i thot he stuck to writing for piano.  this truly is a nice surprise (:

[ArturoAlejandroS]

He wrote not only this one,he wrote 3!The most beautiful is the number 3(please hear the first movement).I have an

extract of number 1 in my channel.

He wrote too a choral called The bells,opus 35,almots a choral symphony,very very good.

And the symphonical dances opus 45,his last work,a marvel of the humanity!.Greetings

[Eggs101]

5:15 to the end is really beautiful and powerful and more than a fitting end to such an immense symphony.

[6211945]

many thanks, imoimo19891010, I need the first two movements of this beatifull version. Regards.

[TheDanceOfMaternity]

I've been addicted to classical music on youtube for a daily basis for over a year now, and although they are not regarded as an elite group I must say I enjoy the NHK orchestra sometimes just as much as Berlin/Vienna/LSO etc.  I don't even know this piece and this is amazing.

[sejra]

Wow, this is great. This is what I want to do. In face nothing but in heart all. But! Watch 7:06-7:12. This view on him makes me cry. Too deep!!!

[ximenovaldes]

What an excelent proformances very good BRAVOO!!!!

[Opoczynski]

This is a good example that a conductor's appearance, age, and body language, have little or nothing to do with the results. An old and feeble man who can hardly move, with little facial expression, produces great power and great playing.

[tarantellaonline]

This was Previn's call card back in 1970 with the London Symphony Orchestra. EMI CD should be still available.

[JacquesVoltaire]

Its wonderful, strong performance, excellent orchestra with congenial conductor. Yes, maybe he's an old man now. And what? some genious artist has a kind of physical problems. But if people heard their performances, they forget how this artists looks like.... :)

[noeyiom]

Young or old , a class act.

[peterlunow]

yeah yeah ,all very funny ,ridiculing the man Previn ,but the performance is excellent .its called :spirit and intelligence and inner strength.Think of that when you are that age.

Sick and tired of remarks about appearances,its the MUSIC that counts,people!

[cuerdaseca]

Hey!!!... and the first and second movements??

[Riche8970]

Previn hahaha. He's so old looking in this video. But always a great performance Bravo

[Kharmalord234]

The composer was way too old! I wonder how he didn't get a heart attack on the way to the bathroom.

[Rachoszsky]

composer ? nonsens ^^

I guess you meant the conducor ?

:-)

[urregoluis]

Fantastic!

[caipifruta]

A beautiful performance of wonderful intense classical music....very talented orchestra and priceless video of the famous Andre Previn. Thank you for getting all the movements put together like you did! Muito obrigado!

[logenisti]

Very effective performance.

It very sad to seem him in such weak condition, but Maestro Previn does well nonetheless.

[astrium]

I recently saw a recording from 1974 of Andre Previn playing with Oscar Peterson,he was a young man, I did not expect to see such an aged man on this recording..my god it that what time passing does to us...its so sad.

[spacepatrolman]

@logenisti Aaron copland said rachmaninoff is romantic slop a music teacher who has a masters degree from the manhattan school of music and teaches every instrument but doesnt play any of them said the only composer thats good is a composer named shitta .