Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande

[donnishark]

3:38 - Alien?

[marlonumityilmaz]

so beautiful

[MrAndrimoro]

ballissima musica!!!perchè non si suona spesso nelle sale da concerto??direttori artistici,dove siete???

[S1587915G]

@CaptainBluebear08

We're not thinking here that there's something BAD about using a portion of a musical work in a cartoon, are we? :)

[S1587915G]

@CaptainBluebear08

Dunno. That bit I mentioned still makes me think of the hilarious antics of Bugs and Co. :)

And I don't see what problem there is in incorporating the musical works of the composers of the 'Old World' into things like animation films, if as a result more people will get to listen to those works and enjoy them more.

[S1587915G]

The bit at 3:57 could be used in a Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry cartoon. :)

[paolosilv]

Yes, fantastic, I listened to the whole thing1

[bopkick5]

one of da best pieces ever written in all time. its on in london in a couple of weeks, sold out in a couple of days apparently (cos Barenboim is conducting) . . . . . . but I'm gonna try and sneak in without a ticket .

[LJBSasha]

Nice alternative reading to Karajan & BPO on DGG! [Karajan however makes this music beat Richard Strauss's tone-poems any day!]

[minorSi]

D minor.. Great key for excellent works.. My favorite.

[sirmattbelios]

Beautiful! Overflowing with passion. The climax at 6:18 is just overwhelming.

[frefu2]

I heard Gilbert do this with the NY Philharmonic 2 weeks ago and I was disappointed. He wanted it to sound like Strauss and it lost all the mystery and pathos that Barbirolli captures so beautifully hear. I just wish Gilbert had a least slowed down and listened.

:-(

[varsovia2000]

bello, bello , bello...

[Varese52]

I had never considered that before, but see what you mean. There really was a Barbirollian manner, as well, though. He was a cellist whose family connections to Italy both tended to create in him a musician who was very sensitive to the lyrical sensual side of things. Klemperer, on the other hand, was more intellectual. He once said that he did not have a Romantic bone in his body. To my ears, Toscanini's rhythm is his strongest suit and it is one of several reasons I admire his work, too.

[Varese52]

Our tastes seem rather similar in some ways. Barbirolli's Pelleas and his Mahler Sixth are my two favorite recordings of those pieces, even though there are a number of performances that are ostensibly superior technically. I have a deep and abiding love for Barbirolli. He makes English music bearable:)