Mahler: Symphony No. 9: Mov. 1 - Part 1 of 3

[StevenThePhilosopher]

This is indeed sublime music.  Those who dissent may immediately have their hearing checked.

[travismc93]

My first time listening to this piece ever. The first of many.

[hoockaloo]

Can anyone tell me what time and what part Mahler's amazing 9 note chord is in? It is pierced by a trumpet, an extremely powerful moment in music in general

[tubaphilip]

What year's this recording from?

[8JustGoodMusic8]

Completely new soundcolours, coming closer to atonality in some points.... Unbelievable, very mature piece of work....

[TheCrusius]

esplode l'inquietudine 2:55

[301250]

@goofyreligion3 ...You said it brother. At a London performance Pierre Boulez stationed a live cow complete with bells at the side of the stage, so it seems ...wonder whether he got the desired effect? We once had a Mahler Society in Kuala Lumpur and even invited Benjamin Zander, who was down to conduct the Mahler Ninth with the Malaysian Philharmoniker, to give us a little talk. It was absolutely rewarding. Long live the immortal music of Mahler!

[musicmann008]

This really is amazing. Imo not my favorite mahler symphony (6th is my personal favorite) but still this is very good.

[kash2mark]

It is definitely in D, but at that time Vienna Phil was tuning to A=445 which is why this recording sounds a bit sharpish to those who have perfect pitch and are used to the standard American A=440. These days most of the world's leading orchestras tune above 440 but below 445.

Calling Mahler "elevator music" is simply ignorant.

[301250]

Neongrapes, me thinks you are aurally-challenged -- or deaf, perhaps? -- to denigrate Mahler's music as elevator music. I have yet, in my travels the world over, to encounter at the airports, hotels etc. the music of this sublime composer emanating from the puny speakers at these places. Yes, muzak aplenty from Clayderman and such, but never once this transcendental music of Mahler. sd goh (malaysia)

[therealcubiksrube]

vienna philharmonic ...in berlin evidently :)

[steven4570]

@jllxndrwlly its just a lot of European orchestras like rotary valved trumpets...not sure why

[facialnoob]

Why are there six horns? SSO played it with 5, but isnt it score for 4?

[thethirdparasite]

Having performed under Bernstein's baton, I can share that it is often a cue that a section is remarkably personal to him when the baton becomes subordinated and both hands become instrumental in the engagement and communication with the orchestration. This movement is quite instrumental in the artistic expression and connection Bernstein shares with Mahler (as he also does substantially in Mahler's 6th, finale). 100 years later, and we've yet to fully comprehend what was uncovered here.

[Neongrapes]

MAHLER=SYMPHONIC ELEVATOR MUSIC

[steven4570]

@Neongrapes ?????????? i dont think so

[Neongrapes]

@steven4570 Well, are you sure that you're even thinking?

[steven4570]

@Neongrapes Mahler symphonies are not elevator music...i don't even know how you could even think that

[Neongrapes]

@steven4570 You know you're right, Gustav is probably more like escalator or perhaps even laundromat music.

[steven4570]

@Neongrapes nope...its awesome orchestral music, you may not like it but calling it that is a bit far. like especially the 8th and 5th you're going to call it elevator music? please...and if you dont like it then why were you here watching it?

[lovingee1]

I am just looking at how HANDSOME this guy conducting is!

Barbara Todres

NYC



[facialnoob]

@lovingee1 He's dead.

[lovingee1]

I am just looking at how HANDSOME this guy conducting is!

[tzhuff]

i like how the assistant timpanist just reaches over to adjust the kettle at 7:39. good call since it was quite out of tune.

[pointreyes6]

Mahler's intellectual emotionalism

[murphy456]

My God. What I love most about this first movement is no matter what happens in this, Mahler always goes back to the pain.

[animumaurarium]

It's Eb Major, not D...

[trevjr]

Bernstein can communicate that special thing that makes Mahler, the transition from one mood to another in a small amount of time, speeding up and slowing down, like life, amazing symphony and conductor and orchestra.

[bassclefstef]

A number of pieces make me cry at the end, but this is the only one that I can think of that makes me cry at the beginning.

[thinkreddie]

@bassclefstef The second movement of Dvorak's 9th always made my mom cry when she was younger.

[pointreyes6]

this music is too much, Mahler, so direct.

[chrispharis1]

what kind of trupmet is at 4:14? 

[FranzLisztian]

I love the opening of this symphony

[Kalhari]

weiner philharmonic lulz

[kkk7hh]

saw it on TV in Lucerne nice if u know about hes sad life so fking passion in this music

[fcmilsweeper9]

I know about scales chords theory etc, but just wondering....did these composers just pick a random note for a key?

[sushidudeiscool]

@fcmilsweeper9 Many composers believe that a certain key has a certain sound/emotion/timbre so they may choose a key for its characteristics to match the mood of the piece. Other times composers hear the melody in their head in a certain key and they won't change it when writing it down. Some others, I don't know. They probably just do it at random

[FlightOverRio]

in the opera house of my city musicians play for musicians only

[eek4rus]

9:20 the lady with the binoculars - in the front row!

[ZemArte]

A leitura no mais profundo da alma,surge num fio de luz e abre caminho rumo as estrelas carentes de melodia humana.

[ploplo8484]

when was this recorded?

[ploplo8484]

hi i was just wondering the date of this performance?

[JKB76]

Oh so beautiful.

[Hamish5]

4:07 is the happiest moment in my life so far...

[Hexachloraphine]

this should go viral.... imagine that.

immense thanks tokkemon

[Morfee]

Best symphony ever written.

Fact.

[eek4rus]

@Morfee fiction

[Morfee]

@eek4rus Charles Dickens

[DeutschlandRocks]

There is no way to say who does the "best Mahler". Bernstein "romanticises" the 9th, especially the Adante comodo, other conducters underline it's violence and hardness as Mahler's "first opus of New Music". Interesting to compare Bernstein with Kurt Masur or Boulez related to this question.

[Sutiea]

at 7:37 the timpani's are horribly off pitch

[lordlors]

@Sutiea at that moment someone attempted to change the pitch of the timpani. did you see it?

[demirandas]

Is de most beautiful mahler's symphony

[ClassicHolic]

I think my perfect pitch is still working, but I heard Eb Major instead of D.

[Tokkemon]

Could it be the German tuning? I know Vienna uses a much higher tuning than America's 440. I think its either 442 or 446, can't remember.

[TFreckle]

@Tokkemon

At the time of the recording, Vienna used 442

[fcmilsweeper9]

@Tokkemon

That must be obnoxious for percussion instruments that will be out of tune and timpanists having to change everything theyve ever known to fit to that.

[Invisus944]

@Tokkemon They tune to 450. Nobody altered the speed of this video.

[richter91]

@Tokkemon

usually it's 443, but the Berlin Philharmonic for instance sometimes even use 445 as far as I know..

[mzoli1222]

@Tokkemon

The tunig for A is right in the middle of you guesses.

It's 443 Hz, I looked it up on Wikipedia.

[ranwnye]

@Tokkemon Its 443.

[pbpeex]

@Tokkemon 6 hz wont make enough difference to be perceived in pitch change..... this is not a much higher tunning lol!

I hear D, btw !

[pbpeex]

@Tokkemon oh, and tanks for the vid!

[venskus2009]

@Tokkemon that would make it sharper rather than flatter...

[venskus2009]

@Tokkemon oh sorry you could be correct. i looked at it backwards :P

[hbmp88]

@Tokkemon but that would still be closer to D, and plus 2 Hz is scientifically undetectable, even to me, and i have perfect pitch

[kameyer3386]

Definitely in D major at the beginning!

[scubasteve00110011]

@Tokkemon definitely not 446. 442

[zellandis]

@Tokkemon I think in germany they use 444, in italy we use 442

[rishabhmail125]

@Tokkemon i just listen to these symphonies because i just like the purity...m an illetrate about music.... but you guys seem like the masters....my god!! bravo man for such a good knowledge.

[42ndbestnameever]

@Tokkemon The VPO uses A443.

[untl01]

@Tokkemon I indeed also hear E flat, but I also hear that here on youtube occasionally, for example in some organ pieces of Bach. For the frequency you multiply by 2^(1/12) so 466 Hz.

[Haeronthegreat]

@ClassicHolic It is rather sharper than you might expect, but certainly sounds like D to me, and matches up on a piano.

[stevtomato]

@ClassicHolic I hear D major actually...

[laurentius88]

@ClassicHolic I agree that it sounds kind of sharp. I'm impressed by your perfect pitch though, I didn't notice until I saw your comment :-)

[dbpsoccer121]

@ClassicHolic It's high, but it's definitely D.

[dbpsoccer121]

@ClassicHolic It's sharp, but it's definitely D

[phantomfn8]

@ClassicHolic actually now that i read this I pressed a played a D on my tuner and it is in D not Eb.

[ap1027]

@ClassicHolic

i think my douche bag detector is still working, and i'm pretty sure you are one.

[Lesolin]

Fantastic quality. Thanks a lot for the upload.

[MikeDrewYT]

This is the Holy Grail of Bernstein Mahler films. And the quality is off the charts. I'm in heaven. Thank you.