Dvorak Symphony No. 7 - 4th Mvt

[windstorm1000]

great conductor, orchestra and hall playing a great work!!

[windstorm1000]

I like the choral like architecture of the ending. the conductor really builds it up, as it should be--not rushed.

[tomasoniemiliano]

wow 8:15 is fantastic!

[TheJimsnyder55]

Too bad about the slight audio glitches toward the very end. The performance itself is wonderful, enjoyed this a lot. Thanks.

[1995or1]

such a beautiful piece, masterpiece

[sekjr0521]

this is DEFINTELY the best performance I have ever heard!!!

I am so impressed. I wish I was there to see it!

[Dorm2003]

What an ending, majestic and churchlike. This symphony has a special place in my heart, as I got to know it as a student trombonist in 1971.

[TheJimsnyder55]

@Dorm2003 What a coincidence! I also first heard this symphony in about the same year, playing 3rd trombone in a "youth orchestra" :)

[JorPove]

Guillermo: Suponiendo -a priori- que los que ingresan a Youtube-por razones de acceso a tecnologías ,edad y cultura son jóvenes sin conocimiento ni amor a la música clásica ,solo de música popular , es factible entender tanto comentario negativo. Lo que me cuesta mas es entender el mismo hecho en viejos amantes de la música clásica tan aferrados a dogmas ,épocas e interpretes y por tanto sin ductibilidad para procesar el ingreso de nuevos actores a este rico mundo.

[777wallaby777]

7:13

[shishirth]

Undoubtedly Dvorak's greatest symphony ranking with the Brahms symphonies in pathos and depth. And this performance conducted by Daniel Raiskin is a very impressive one.

[fighterace0]

Dvorak: ”What is in my mind is Love, God, and my Fatherland” (Czech)

“there is not one superfluous note”

Simply Beautiful

[fighterace0]

7:00 to the end is simply AMAZING.

[Tannenberg71410]

This symphony proves once again that Dvorak should definitely be rated among the top composers of all time! If you listen to his first six symphonies you can hear how his composition techniques changed and improved with time. His last three symphonies are each masterpieces of imagery and instrumentation. The eighth is also pleasing to hear. Beautiful lyrical tune in the third movement and a great flute cadenza in the last movement along with the furiant! 

[squallinator]

Finally, I've had this movement in my head for the past two years, and, after an hour of going through every Dvorak video available on youtube, I found it. First off, the racist comments saying this orchestra can't interpret European Music just because they are from Hong Kong are disgusting. It's beautiful. All you need to interpret music is a love for that which you are playing. My only complaint for this piece is the lack of dynamics. Otherwise, it's nice :).

[ringo29507]

When I first heard this symphony, I could not believe the power that a composer could wield in thrusting such music into the soul of a willing listener. I saw Jiri Belolavek conduct this in Houston. This conductor led such a strong rendition. What was Dvorak thinking when he wrote this? What was he going through at the time? This is absolute music at one of it's finest moments. The end is such a tour de force, like there was no resolution to the argument, but a

declaration of some sort....

[windstorm1000]

@ringo29507 D. had a lot of family/publisher problems at the time--there is possibiltiy they intensified his writing--but we have to be careful into projecting a composers moods and how they influenced their writing!! Mozart was cheerful when writing his Requiem, Tchaikovsky serene writing his tortured 6th sym. Conversely, Tchaikovsky was in a state of irritation writing his enchanting Nutcracker & Beethoven deaf to the cuckoos in his serene 6th sym--go figure!! Good topic!!

[mallomon]

8:05 - 8:45 FTW

[dealogs]

I don't like the guy at 1st violin last desk outside (7:01). He looked too serious all the time.

[RichardMartin2]

@dealogs I played this piece at St John's Smith Square in 2003. It's pretty intense and exhausting if you are violinist ... so I probably looked pretty serious all the time. So better to judge the sound that comes out, though that's tough here as the sound reproduction is pretty awful (is that the cause of people's complaints about the tuning I wonder?)

[tgv3000]

Ca veut dire quoi: d-moll; ???

[VargFarkas]

@tgv3000 : ré mineur

[tgv3000]

Merci beaucoup.

[tgv3000]

Je ne connaissais pas. MAGNIFIQUE !!!

[triBond151]

I love this but...at 9:10-9:14 the conducter looks drunk :} any ways I love this peice-truly amazing:)

[triBond151]

Wow-These r hard exepts 4 YO dont ya think!!!!!

[andyistic]

A few of the players aren't even Chinese, and the audience looks bored. A short portion near the end is cut out (why?). The person who shot the video would have you believe there is only one flute player. What's up with that? And she's not even Chinese!

[triBond151]

no..............;) there is 2 floutist-and so what about a mixed orchestra!:)))

it makes it all the more bonding!!!

[allegrettus]

Karajan is whatching these this!

[ppgppgppgppg]

these this?

[allegrettus]

d-moll;

[frigster]

Beautiful interpretation of the piece--- I especially like how the conductor does not rush from 8:15 onward, which seems to be the common practice in many of the recordings I've heard.

I am, however, curious as to why a chunk of the movement was excised at around 8:00.

[triBond151]

I do love the last few measures though!!!!!!

[windstorm1000]

@frigster yes, absolutely

[ashraniyyah]

great symphony, mediocre orchestra & conductor

[windstorm1000]

@ashraniyyah disagree with you--played/conducted with passion, precision and FIRE

[beethomozart]

premiered in 1885, Dvorak proposed himself to make an abstract work and he mostly accomplished it, although some nationalistic echoes are heard in the 3rd movement, the rare dramatic force is felt specially in this last movement

[roosta0013]

doent compare to the prague symphony orchestra under Petr Altricher

[roosta0013]

poor conductor

[JorPove]

Mr. Roosta0013 : I assume you are a "connaisseur" of the art of conduction of symphoniste orchestras. Please will you tell us at least 3-5 items where is possible to test Mr. Raiskin as a "poor conductor".

In this way Youtube will serve not only to distract us, but also to teach us...Thanks in advance.

[quirovivallo]

Definitely This is my favorite symphony. For me there is none in the world compare to it.

[RichardMartin2]

@quirovivallo Yes, I think it is the greatest of Dvorak's symphonies, but not as well known. On the matter of things that aren't well known, I notice on YT the legendary recording by Carlos Paita ...

[megan8290]

omg...wth the violins are so out of tune.

[hsl1993]

Would you mind sharing your knowledge of where exactly the violins are so out of tune? Thank you.

[megan8290]

For Example 00:50 and 1:48 that high A to G

[triBond151]

there are some out of tune things but over all is glorious!!!

[dederk59]

Questo è il 4 tempo della più bella sinfonia mai scritta nella storia della musica, seconda solo alla 9 del magnifico Ludovico Van. ;)

[shost82]

è sicuramente molto bella e sabato la sentirò dal vivo, però di sinfonie belle ce ne sono tante altre :P

[cheesemank44le]

7:59 what the hell?!?

[jordyboy321]

lol hes on purple haze

[JorPove]

Es notoriamente impactante la mala calidad de los comentarios que algunos suelen colocar bajo videos de musica clasica:demotranda carencia de conocimiento,exceso de ignorancia y mala fe.Eso es un proceso que requiere "educar" a los que ven y escuchan videos y solo lo hacen para desfogar su ira mal canalizada en contra de los interpretes. Es una lastima tanta sordidez de espiritu.

[MrGUILLERMOPLAZA]

@JorPove Hola, estoy plenamente de acuerdo contigo amigo en lo que respecta al comentario que colocastes en el cuarto movimiento de la sinfonia nº7 de Dvorak publicado aquí en you tube. GRACIAS!

[hernia56]

HK Sinfonietta doesn't play very well in tune....and Raiskin overconducts.

[SecretViolin]

PERFECT.

[NCviolist08]

what kind of chordal progression is that from 8:15 to 8:20?!?! IT'S BEAUTIFUL O_O

[RichardMartin2]

@NCviolist08 It's a plagal cadence. I think the progression (with tonic D) to the end is I(b7,b9 ?) iv ; I iv I. There's also an "inverted" tonic pedal played by several instruments, most obviously the violins, throughout the passage. This kind of writing is common in choral music and also found in Brahms, notably the Requiem. The "crunch" at 8.15 is essentially a tonic chord with chromatic alterations on top of it (flattened 7th and 9th?) hence my notation I(b7,b9 ?). Yes, it is great.

[smokeman52]

There appear to be 10 bars or so missing very near the end? Just before the final poco animato

[mallomon]

Yeah, one of my favorite parts of the entire symphony. :(

Still, most of the rest of it is here, and awesome!

[mallomon]

Hmm, I was basing that on the last time I watched this clip on Youtube. I just skipped to the end and it seems the entire thing is there now!

[mallomon]

Bah, I wish I could delete comments. Boy do I feel stupid. I listened to the whole thing, and those bars are still missing. I just missed the missing part when I skipped to the end last time. Sorry to clutter up the "comments" section.

[alambic1911]

The conductor is indeed particularly awful! The caricature of the conductor

[windstorm1000]

@alambic1911 I disagree with you--he's fine and has a fine shape of the orchestra line

[ecwaufisxtreme]

This video has a problem. It pauses after a few seconds. This needs to be fixed.

[jorgepoveda]

Esta simfonia y este movimiento especificamente es notoriamente eslavo,como lo fuera toda la musica del genial Dvorak,incluso en su Novena Sinfonia del Nuevo Mundo ,en donde algunos trataban de escuchar reminiscencias de melodias "netamente" americanas,lo que Dvorak negaba en vida.Y aunque ha habido igualmente discusion acerca de si los musicos checos estaban mas cerca de la influencia germana que de la rusa,al menos Dvorak es mas cercano al estilo ruso.

[em1ly]

I love this movement :) I am playing it in a concert on the 9th March - soooo excited :)