I'm not one of "these people" that asserts that "Toscanini Was The Greatest."
Most people in this field had the careers that their talent gave them; there are always exceptions to this; there are some that should have been bigger than they were while there are a few that were bigger than they should have been but in most cases, the career level that most of these well-known music directors had was truly deserved and I'm thankful for all of them whenever they were at their very best.
E' troppo veloce, troppo, TROPPO VELOCEEEE CAZZOOOOO!!!! It is too fast,TOO FAST SSHITTTTT !!!!!! E se il commento vi sembra eccessivo, preciso che questo era il suo stile nel commentare le pecche dell'orchestra. Mi sembra giusto usarlo per commentare le sue.Una direzione da banda paesana.
@lector06t Toscanini è stato il primo, lo "spartiacque", tra i direttori d'orchestra ad assumere un interpretazione neutra, ha studiato una vita per cercare di non interpretare le musiche, ma riprodurle come l'artista le aveva pensate. Da lui in poi tutto è cambiato!
@stonedmanfromxxxxx Eppure la mia impressione è che tutto ciò che è passato per il tramite di questo conduttore ne ha ricevuto una impronta riconoscibilissima e sempre costante qualunque fosse la musica da lui diretta. Può essere che tutti gli artisti di cui diresse le musiche le avessero pensate veloci, scandite, ipercadenzate, ritmate al punto da farmi pensare, ai suoi ordini, non orchestrali diretti con la bacchetta ma cavalli lipizzani diretti col frustino?
@lector06t Nessun problema per il TONO della critica, capisco vivamente quel che intendi... e se la pensi in un modo, quando si parla di musica "divina", e dunque di emozione pura, è logico che ci si innervosisca. Tuttavia, mi preme ricordarti che Wagner stesso apprezzava il modo di condurre di Toscanini (gli fu scritta una lettera di encomio a nome della "famiglia" Wagner). Se non ci fidiamo di Wagner.. probabilmente è più aderente questa versione all'idea originale.. piaccia o meno eh ;)
@lector06t Nessun problema per il TONO della critica, capisco vivamente quel che intendi... e se la pensi in un modo, quando si parla di musica "divina", e dunque di emozione pura, è logico che ci si innervosisca. Tuttavia, mi preme ricordarti che Wagner stesso apprezzava il modo di condurre di Toscanini (gli fu scritta una lettera di encomio a nome della "famiglia" Wagner). Se non ci fidiamo di Wagner.. probabilmente è più aderente questa versione all'idea originale.. piaccia o meno eh ;)
@QVIRINVS Nella storia della musica si contano a migliaia gli esempi di grandi compositori che sono stati anche mediocri esecutori dei propri stessi capolavori,e pessimi giudici degli interpreti dei medesimi ed applicando questa logica al caso specifico potremmo dire che anche Wagner potrebbe non aver fatto eccezione.Scusate la foga, il mio giudizio è totalmente emozionale e soggettivo, e pesa in esso una grandissima antipatia per l'uomo e disistima per il direttore Toscanini.
Black fumes of cloud crown the Waffen SS division speeding through polish countryside. Gleam of supreme triumph shines in the smiling eyes of the Gruppenführer sitting atop an Olympian tank. A fiery swastika adorns his immaculate black uniform - indicating high competence in unrelenting malice. The Nazis are riding.
L'Italia un giorno rivivrà un nuovo rinascimento culturale, e quel giorno saranno tutti lì, Leone, Morricone, Mastroianni, Magnani, Toscanini, Sordi, Fellini, Monicelli, Pavarotti, Rota, De Sica, Gassman, Loren e tutti gli altri. Saranno tutti lì a ricordarci che questo è il paese che ha creato l'Arte e l'ha insegnata a tutto il mondo.
Unless I'm wrong, in 1948, phonograph records and especially the players were of poor quality at best. The audio on this video recording (or is it kinescope?) is pretty good! To bad the general public couldn't enjoy it to any great extent back then.
@amceagle1 Of course the average person did not have access to hi fidelity, but by the mid-forties there WERE high fidelity equipment, for a price of course. Check out the 1945 "point one" Leak amplifier, for instance.
In any case, most people still listen to sound which is poor, at best! I cannot even imagine playing music through the tiny speakers of a laptop - and yet many people do it!
The recording industry actually had pretty good recording equipment by the fall of 1927 and within five years had equipment that almost qualified as hi-fidelity.
watch?v=8ufWoyMAS0w
The reason the audio is so good on these kinescopes is that it has been, in our own time, synched with a separately done recording done on a much better quality dedicated audio tape machine.
@MusicPredominates "...or was he that great ... . Well, ummm, how many people think he was, versus those who didn't? Does a question like that count? The orchestra is the paint. The conductor the painter. And the baton is the, the, umm. Oh, shit, I forget. Your question is, of course valid. If 15 million evangelical christians think the Earth is 6,000 years old, and 2 million scientists know it's 12-13 billion, does that make the Earth 6,000 years old?
@MusicPredominates "...or was he that great ..." Well, how many think he was versus those who didn't? Or is that a valid question? The orchestra is the paint. The conductor, the painter. The baton is the, the, umm. Oh shit, I forget. The question is, of course, valid. If 20 million evangelical christians think the Earth is 6,000 years old versus 3 million scientists who know it is 12-13 billion, does that make the Earth 6,000 years old? Sooo, how you measure greatness? Beauty? By vote?
@KitCox : Oh, Professor Cox, your statement, Christians ¨think¨ the world is ´X´ number of years old, while scientists ¨know¨ the world is ´Y´ years old old is highly biased against Christians. In reality, ´think´ and ´know´ are one and the same The first; ´X´, was settled on by Archbishop Ussher using historical methods. The second; ´Y´, is based on the half-life of some isotope. But the isotopic age decided upon for, say, a volcano often differs from its classical geological age. Thus ´X´ !
@MusicPredominates Actually, all scientific knowledge is highly biased against ALL religions. ALL religions are based on the imaginations of human beings, and therefore as factual as Santa Claus. Science doesn't have that luxury. The isotopes don't lie, and only christians would have trouble understanding that. Of course I should have said "...christians BELIEVE the world is..." instead of "think". My mistake. Does that clear things up for you?
@MusicPredominates Ok, why is it even interesting as a question, unless it leads to very specific technical analysis that could be useful for other conductors to study..
What matters is did he get music under the skins of many many people, or just three but who were blown away? If yes, then any other discussion is nul and void..
If not, if just balast "meaning nothing" then yes, talk and get people to real musicians. But AT touched and still touches many . No more to discuss.
I wish it were a bit louder. I had my volume turned full up and it still sounded as if it were on in another room. This is apowerhouse peice by a powerhouse orchestra and it didn't really come through as it should.
Toscanini & Furtwangler = 20th Century's BEST two conductors. maybe of all time, although Japan has a superior conductor there, whose name I can't remember just right now.
@TravellerFellow When Toscanini was asked to name the best living conductor, other than himself, he unhesitatingly, but begrudingly named Furtwangler.
There were a LOT of great conductors contemporary with Toscanini; Furtwangler, Weingartner, Koussevitzky, Stowkowski, Mengelberg, Stock, Goosens, Beecham and more.
@SatchmoSings I agree, but these two guys stand head and shoulders above the others you mentioned. Toscanini almost frantic on occasion, and Furtwangler nearly herky-jerky at times. but both seemed to get that EXTRA out of their respective orchestras. hope both of them are up on that big conservatory in the sky, each just doing their own thing, as it were.
@TravellerFellow I don't much care for Toscanini's "frantic" recordings; he made more than enough that show real breadth and depth, the same goes for Furtwangler.
There are many, many terrible recordings made by the ALL the conductors I listed; figuring out how a piece should sound and then directing a bunch of VERY individualistic people is not an easy thing to do; we should just be glad of when the microphone is there to capture the times when it's "magic" and enjoy the result.
@SatchmoSings i wasn't referring to his recordings but his "live" conducting style, if you will. many people, 'back in the day' unfairly criticized Toscanini for being too flamboyant while conducting. I strongly disagree, I found his style attractive and stimulating. Furtwangler's style was described as being robotic and jerky. I disagreed with those critics also.
@TravellerFellow I agree. I like hearing good music. Toscanini is maestro and I wouldn't mind if they started using the word toscanini instead of maestro. I won't even start with the conduction of new year's concert in vienna. It just makes me sad. I know a lot better Strauss than that. ;)
sometimes i wonder why do they have to have a conducter.some seem so non-passioned.this shows me how deep the orchrestra and the conducter work together.beautiful!
Before cinema, there was Opera. Before there was the film score, there was Wagner. The best musicians and conductor bring Wagner's music to life as this example demonstrates. Thrilling to say the least!
A conducter controls so many things. When you have so many musicians concentrating on their reading,there has to be someone to control Timing,Balanceand Dynamics.Otherwise it can get out of control pretty fast.
I'm not going to sit here and claim that I know much about music. I don't. Before now, I had no idea who Toscanini was.
What I see in him here though is a man passionate about bringing forth the best possible. A man who focuses on personally rising to the standard he wants to see around him. That is what I define as class.
Thanks Onegin65 for the upload. Best Wagner I've heard (even if I'm no aristocrat, expert or aficionado).
@xmetbass Toscanini just wasn't "on radio;" he was on NETWORK radio that was broadcast LIVE, COAST-TO-COAST, not just locally in NYC.
Indeed, the studio where this network TELECAST was made was originally built for him and The NBC Symphony Orchestra; it is now the television studio where "Saturday Night Live" is done.
Los directores de orquesta sirven para lo mismo que los entrenadores de fútbol: para nada. Ah, y para molestar a los músicos. Así que menos milongas, flipaditos.
If you want to hear one of Toscanini's best recordings, check out his 1939 recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis on BBC Legends (coupled with some orchestral pieces). It even puts the Klemperer version in the shade, though the latter has better sonics and is in stereo.
Toscanini managed to lead an orchestra with a great sense of time (tempo) while being incredibly expressive with his hands. He showed everything he wanted in the music without being either a flamboyant showman or an expressionless metronome. In my opinion, we have not seen the likes of him, since, and the ones who have come the closest to his mastery of the music have been Carlos Kleiber, perhaps James Levine..after them?
Are people seriously trying to say that there is nothing to conducting? If so than I'm sorry they've never worked with top musicians because they are mired in mediocrity or are too ignorant to know the difference.
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Standardized ways and means? No? I got a metronome! Is there any other course materials I need, other than a broken broom stick painted white? I just read the entire wiki page devoted to it. Yes, the entire page! I can go be great also now right?
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I have no idea on why idiots talk. Maybe to give air to their empty cavity where the brain was supposed to be? Dear idiots, have you ever thought that what you see on a concert is just the end of a hard job that has been carried out beforehand? Have you ever seen a backstage? Does the word reharsal mean anything to your poor mind? Do you know what is the job of a director? Can you explain it in two intelligent words without banalites?
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At least we agree on one thing. That is, You have no idea.
Musicians take their aural cues from the first in their section. And all take their Aural cues from the First Violin. Someone who actually plays an instrument rather than looking like a pasty version of Mickey Mouse's Fantasia
Honestly who is paying attention to the old guy with the stick? Noone. Everyone is looking at the music sheets in front of them. he could be flapping his arms like a pigeon for all the muscians care.
Do you drive a car? When you look into the rear mirror for a split second. That's how the players sync up with each other. Why don't you think about standing in front of this magnificent orchestra. Would you think 'oh, man, I'm a just a stick wielding dummy..' Should all the conductors then be done away with? Or resign? I encourage you to become a conductor
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" I encourage you to become a conductor "
So, can you tell me a school/university that offers courses, scholarships and programs in this? Hello. I would like to apply to Blankety-blank Collage to study to be a conductor, because I heard that they are great! Do you offer job placement? No? Ok. Can you tell me Where I might find a manual on the official practices and procedures on this Occupation? Other than waving a stick around and going 1,2,3,4 in my head, what else is there?
Actually I could send you some material on the programs at all the best conservatories in the world such as the Juilliard School, The Royal Conservatory of Music in London, The Paris Conservatoire, etc. Yes, there are people that devote to their entire music career to "waving their sticks" at orchestra members who actually do follow them closely. Because not ever piece of music has a steady beat.
The whole conception of how a piece should sound; it's entire shape is in the hands of the music director.
There is a REASON why certain conductors are considered "great" or have a repertoire that they are known for, good or ill.
Indeed, one better example of this would be the Olivier's Henry V vs. that by Branaugh.
Remember, you only see the finished product on the screen; you should also hear a rehearsal tape to see what the conductor really does before a concert.
@SatchmoSings agreed, for a two hour presentation/performance goes maybe a hundred hours of preparation. the conductor during this time makes it all "come together" and it aint easy by a long hot.
@TravellerFellow Well, it does depend; a totally new work that is complex with all sorts of changes in meter, intensity, key and rhythm would require more time to learn than a rehearsal of, let's say, Brahms 3rd Symphony.
There is actually a rather well known orchestra that plays fairly well without a conductor; it's called "Orpheus."
And while it's a superb ensemble (look it up if you're really that curious for a different perspective on this whole matter) it really would play a lot better, in my opinion, if it did have an overriding hand making the final artistic decisions.
he also has some that are mediocre and some that are totally misconceived but ultimately, the man knew a helluva lot about music, more than some idiots here.
Sorry, but you´re in really stupid for say that. My suggestion is you need to study more to hitler life and his work. To say wagner is hatted for hitler is the most stupid think.
Deberias de estudiar más la obra de Adolf Hitler antes de decir estupideces. Además, el decir que Richard Wagner es odiado por culpa de Hitler es la más grande estupidez que jamás he oido en mi vida.
In case you did not know, Toscanini was one of the greatest and most famous enemies of Fascism and Nazism, and all his concerts had anti-Nazi themes. He even conducted the newly-founded Palestine Symphony (now the Israel symphony) for free, because it was made up of Jewish refugees from Nazism.
What people need to understand about conducting is that it is about more than just Keeping time with the orchestra during a performance. Most of the conductor's work is done rehearsal, where he molds the ensemble into the sound he wants, balancing every chord, making sure everything is as the composer wished and is to his liking. That is where Toscanini was at his best, that is when he did his magic: When he was molding the orchestra to match what he heard in his head.
Very true. Conducting is all about interpreting the music and realizing the interpretation with the orchestra. In my experience, most good musicians don't even need the conductor at the concert. I have known many conductors who, during the concert, try to get the orchestra to be more expressive and powerful than they were at rehearsal. I even saw one literally JUMP on the podium. Of course, he was completely unsuccessful in getting the band to play any better.
@mazurmusic7 It was something he did very well indeed. I listen to several versions of a piece, and the difference between conductors is astounding. It's a disaster when a conductor can only elicit a technical performance.
@mazurmusic7 Although I presume Toscaninis performances are some of the best around, and he took the greatest pains to make it so, I can only imagine the level perfection he wasn't able to transfer to the orchestra, that was in his head.
@SteveAndrewLangford Painters have the same problem: getting paint out of a tube onto canvass. Painters can always remix a brush stroke right in the middle of the work. Musicians don't have that luxury... Once he/she taps the baton on the podium, in front of a live audience, it's all or nothing.
@mazurmusic7 Indeed, you are right. But few conductors are able to do this deeply. Karajan seems to have been another such a one, as well as Mahler and some more fine conductors...
@Enerkhan My personal favourite is C Kleiber,. Evrything was music, everything, and so sad he is no longer with us to teach some of the fast and easies or loud loud louds what music is, truly, and why so important..
Toscanini represents the absolute perfection in conducting without the exaggerations that modern conductors do.He had a perfect insight into the tone and the tempo and he respected the original intentions of the composers about how their works should be performed.
Hi.. Ladies and Gentlemen.. You forgot the main idea...Don't forget again please and don't talk to much. You look like kids...So far Toscanini is the Great, no questions. I do not know, whos comming but, Toscanini with no DDD sistem record sound better that the other conductors......
Furtwangler a genius ??? It's just the opposite by true facts and not by ridiculous and bizarre one-way personal opinions : Arturo Toscanini, the greatest music director of all times, was a genius who could interpretate at legend Wagner ,Beethoven,Verdi and Rossini .
furtwangler was only a good director who couldn't afford Opera and any music out of Beethoven and Brahms : when he tried to execute Otello, he made an embarrassing crap still remembered nowadays !!
Those 2 guys , not mentioning the well known pathetic &
childish Furtwangler's envy for Von Karajan,
can't even get to Toscanini's feet as for everything : interpretation ability, control on orchestra, prestige, intellectual & culture skills, not mentioning Toscanini's legendary ear ......
Definitely Toscanini is a genius who performed the greatest composers free of any long dated scholastic scummin interpretation ( which Furtwangler was all about ) , for sure he was the only one genius .
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Genius? How much creative genius does it take to do what he's doing in this video? Toscanini's conducting reminds me of my high school band leader. I'd never believe that Toscanini's unfussy conducting could ever be a good representation of Wagner's music, when Wagner himself conducted more like Furtwängler; he (Wagner) had an unclear beat, and constantly employed a tempo rubato. Toscanini forever bound himself to the score only.
Genius, that's exactly what he was, as stated by countless music experts and also by true facts and not by rude uncultured northamerican child brains who believe they can talk of music like they talked about a hockey/football game .....!! :-)
Try to get informed of true facts and learn history of musci, instead of posting your so totally false & bizarre nonsenses : Toscanini was famous for his extremely well read & precise conducting, no matter which composer he performed
( something any director else could only dream and probably will about for the centuries to come ), which is exactly the opposite of the idiocies posted in your so stupid and ridiculous comment.
It's quite well known that the Bayreuth House along with same Wagner family reputed Toscanini a perfect performer & director of Richard Wagner's music ( just study & learn
the subject, u jackass ).
Everybody knows that Furtwangler's carrier was only due to Nazis' protection and propaganda
How much creative genius does it take to do what he's doing in the video ?
Just listen to the music coming out from his hands if you can get it ( which I doubt about ) and ask any expert how perfect and artistic the musci is, instead of posting so pathetic & bizarre comments .
It was Furtwängler who called Karajan "Little K"... get the facts right; read Furtwängler's or Karajan's biography. Furtwängler was so jealous of Karajan's youth and popularity that he couldn't come to say his name... to my knowledge, Karajan never coined that term let alone used it. Karajan also looked up to BOTH Furtwängler and Toscanini; again, try reading his life story.
While I respect Toscanini's work and appreciate his early recordings, I don't see the genius in playing robotic Wagner if Toscanini's intention is to play the music as Wagner intended. Wagner (and Liszt) the conductor was a precursor of Nikisch and Furtwängler.
First of all, what does being North American have to do with it? Secondly, though I have no opinion of the subject in question I do have something to say about Trulyloyale: It's people like you with your self-righteous sense and uniform code of what music should be, citing your "experts", that is the downfall of compositional/classical music. That my friend, is a sad thing.
Point being that Invisus944 is obviously looking for something else in his conductor. You shouldn't interfere with that. Not that it matters really the piece is still fantastic.
Arturo Toscanini was an absolute genius when it came to music. The man put so many hours into just studying Wagner's personal texts so that he could have a better understanding of what was meant by the music.
This video is an absolute treasure, major props on finding it and putting it up.
Most posting here don't seem to get the point. Toscanini lived long enough to be a true pioneer in bringing classical music to the masses on NBC TV from 1948 - 1952 courtesy of Gen David Sarnoff. The NBC Symphony created especially for him by Sarnoff from the 1930's thru the 1950's was one of the best during those turbulent days of WWII and the Korean War. I highly recommend this video of the original Kinescope Recordings to true students of early Television and Classical Music. Early TV A++
That's awesome, Toscanini is the best conductor ever
FourierACDC 1 week ago
I stand corrected on the comment of the period recording quality. I didn't realize the audio was dubed in.
amceagle1 1 month ago
KILL THE WABBIT!
UltraKid127 1 month ago
I wish this guy was alive today so he could kick Justin Bieber's ass.
2113hms 2 months ago
assolutamente affascinante!
Digital1986devil 2 months ago in playlist Altri video di Onegin65
Such talent!
marcwitham 4 months ago
I'm not one of "these people" that asserts that "Toscanini Was The Greatest."
Most people in this field had the careers that their talent gave them; there are always exceptions to this; there are some that should have been bigger than they were while there are a few that were bigger than they should have been but in most cases, the career level that most of these well-known music directors had was truly deserved and I'm thankful for all of them whenever they were at their very best.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
@kenjifuse007 If you don't want authority in music, then be a chamber player or a Jazz musician that only plays in combos and never big-bands.
You obviously know less than nothing.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
Wonderful.
gerardbedecarter 5 months ago
@Coolermaster71 Thanks, I didn't know that about Luxman!
majortom51970 5 months ago
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Adorable maestro!
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Hey everyone!
I'm a composer from Pittsburgh interested in film scoring. Please check out my music and let me know what you think!
rkotcher 7 months ago
wasnt this in a car commercial or something? lol
theo7491 9 months ago
AMAZING
Aushoelle 10 months ago
absolutely perfect in every way
juvennino 10 months ago
E' troppo veloce, troppo, TROPPO VELOCEEEE CAZZOOOOO!!!! It is too fast,TOO FAST SSHITTTTT !!!!!! E se il commento vi sembra eccessivo, preciso che questo era il suo stile nel commentare le pecche dell'orchestra. Mi sembra giusto usarlo per commentare le sue.Una direzione da banda paesana.
lector06t 10 months ago
@lector06t Se Toscanini l'ha interpretata così vuol dire che Wagner la scritta così.
stonedmanfromxxxxx 8 months ago
@stonedmanfromxxxxx La scrittura è univoca, l'interpretazione no, se no che interpretazione sarebbe?
lector06t 8 months ago
@lector06t Toscanini è stato il primo, lo "spartiacque", tra i direttori d'orchestra ad assumere un interpretazione neutra, ha studiato una vita per cercare di non interpretare le musiche, ma riprodurle come l'artista le aveva pensate. Da lui in poi tutto è cambiato!
stonedmanfromxxxxx 8 months ago
@stonedmanfromxxxxx Eppure la mia impressione è che tutto ciò che è passato per il tramite di questo conduttore ne ha ricevuto una impronta riconoscibilissima e sempre costante qualunque fosse la musica da lui diretta. Può essere che tutti gli artisti di cui diresse le musiche le avessero pensate veloci, scandite, ipercadenzate, ritmate al punto da farmi pensare, ai suoi ordini, non orchestrali diretti con la bacchetta ma cavalli lipizzani diretti col frustino?
lector06t 7 months ago
@lector06t Nessun problema per il TONO della critica, capisco vivamente quel che intendi... e se la pensi in un modo, quando si parla di musica "divina", e dunque di emozione pura, è logico che ci si innervosisca. Tuttavia, mi preme ricordarti che Wagner stesso apprezzava il modo di condurre di Toscanini (gli fu scritta una lettera di encomio a nome della "famiglia" Wagner). Se non ci fidiamo di Wagner.. probabilmente è più aderente questa versione all'idea originale.. piaccia o meno eh ;)
QVIRINVS 8 months ago
@lector06t Nessun problema per il TONO della critica, capisco vivamente quel che intendi... e se la pensi in un modo, quando si parla di musica "divina", e dunque di emozione pura, è logico che ci si innervosisca. Tuttavia, mi preme ricordarti che Wagner stesso apprezzava il modo di condurre di Toscanini (gli fu scritta una lettera di encomio a nome della "famiglia" Wagner). Se non ci fidiamo di Wagner.. probabilmente è più aderente questa versione all'idea originale.. piaccia o meno eh ;)
QVIRINVS 8 months ago
@QVIRINVS Nella storia della musica si contano a migliaia gli esempi di grandi compositori che sono stati anche mediocri esecutori dei propri stessi capolavori,e pessimi giudici degli interpreti dei medesimi ed applicando questa logica al caso specifico potremmo dire che anche Wagner potrebbe non aver fatto eccezione.Scusate la foga, il mio giudizio è totalmente emozionale e soggettivo, e pesa in esso una grandissima antipatia per l'uomo e disistima per il direttore Toscanini.
lector06t 8 months ago
Awesome! TY for posting.
paulostroff99 11 months ago
Black fumes of cloud crown the Waffen SS division speeding through polish countryside. Gleam of supreme triumph shines in the smiling eyes of the Gruppenführer sitting atop an Olympian tank. A fiery swastika adorns his immaculate black uniform - indicating high competence in unrelenting malice. The Nazis are riding.
xtrmsprts 11 months ago
Impresionanteeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Que original !!!! o la verdad es que nos acostumbramos a un estilo y creemos que es el único?
hhhhmmmmm
Del contraste sale la luz!!!
Jairgifr 1 year ago
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L'Italia un giorno rivivrà un nuovo rinascimento culturale, e quel giorno saranno tutti lì, Leone, Morricone, Mastroianni, Magnani, Toscanini, Sordi, Fellini, Monicelli, Pavarotti, Rota, De Sica, Gassman, Loren e tutti gli altri. Saranno tutti lì a ricordarci che questo è il paese che ha creato l'Arte e l'ha insegnata a tutto il mondo.
ianpaice84 1 year ago
Unless I'm wrong, in 1948, phonograph records and especially the players were of poor quality at best. The audio on this video recording (or is it kinescope?) is pretty good! To bad the general public couldn't enjoy it to any great extent back then.
amceagle1 1 year ago
@amceagle1 Of course the average person did not have access to hi fidelity, but by the mid-forties there WERE high fidelity equipment, for a price of course. Check out the 1945 "point one" Leak amplifier, for instance.
In any case, most people still listen to sound which is poor, at best! I cannot even imagine playing music through the tiny speakers of a laptop - and yet many people do it!
majortom51970 11 months ago
@amceagle1 Yes, you're quite wrong, of course.
The recording industry actually had pretty good recording equipment by the fall of 1927 and within five years had equipment that almost qualified as hi-fidelity.
watch?v=8ufWoyMAS0w
The reason the audio is so good on these kinescopes is that it has been, in our own time, synched with a separately done recording done on a much better quality dedicated audio tape machine.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
from 0:31-0:40 hes "ALL HAIR HITLAR"-ing lol
jigglybandit 1 year ago
the great arturo toscanini ... or was he that great ... .
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
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@MusicPredominates "...or was he that great ... . Well, ummm, how many people think he was, versus those who didn't? Does a question like that count? The orchestra is the paint. The conductor the painter. And the baton is the, the, umm. Oh, shit, I forget. Your question is, of course valid. If 15 million evangelical christians think the Earth is 6,000 years old, and 2 million scientists know it's 12-13 billion, does that make the Earth 6,000 years old?
KitCox 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates "...or was he that great ..." Well, how many think he was versus those who didn't? Or is that a valid question? The orchestra is the paint. The conductor, the painter. The baton is the, the, umm. Oh shit, I forget. The question is, of course, valid. If 20 million evangelical christians think the Earth is 6,000 years old versus 3 million scientists who know it is 12-13 billion, does that make the Earth 6,000 years old? Sooo, how you measure greatness? Beauty? By vote?
KitCox 1 year ago
@KitCox : Oh, Professor Cox, your statement, Christians ¨think¨ the world is ´X´ number of years old, while scientists ¨know¨ the world is ´Y´ years old old is highly biased against Christians. In reality, ´think´ and ´know´ are one and the same The first; ´X´, was settled on by Archbishop Ussher using historical methods. The second; ´Y´, is based on the half-life of some isotope. But the isotopic age decided upon for, say, a volcano often differs from its classical geological age. Thus ´X´ !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates Actually, all scientific knowledge is highly biased against ALL religions. ALL religions are based on the imaginations of human beings, and therefore as factual as Santa Claus. Science doesn't have that luxury. The isotopes don't lie, and only christians would have trouble understanding that. Of course I should have said "...christians BELIEVE the world is..." instead of "think". My mistake. Does that clear things up for you?
KitCox 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates Ok, why is it even interesting as a question, unless it leads to very specific technical analysis that could be useful for other conductors to study..
What matters is did he get music under the skins of many many people, or just three but who were blown away? If yes, then any other discussion is nul and void..
If not, if just balast "meaning nothing" then yes, talk and get people to real musicians. But AT touched and still touches many . No more to discuss.
gwirgalon 1 year ago
@gwirgalon : It is all worthy of debate mate !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
amaizing & powerful
subowen 1 year ago
I wish it were a bit louder. I had my volume turned full up and it still sounded as if it were on in another room. This is apowerhouse peice by a powerhouse orchestra and it didn't really come through as it should.
44032 1 year ago
The Maestro needs a haircut; that's why this was called "Long -haired music."
SatchmoSings 1 year ago
You can, in some parts, very faintly hear Toscanini singing.
SteveAndrewLangford 1 year ago
Toscanini & Furtwangler = 20th Century's BEST two conductors. maybe of all time, although Japan has a superior conductor there, whose name I can't remember just right now.
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow When Toscanini was asked to name the best living conductor, other than himself, he unhesitatingly, but begrudingly named Furtwangler.
There were a LOT of great conductors contemporary with Toscanini; Furtwangler, Weingartner, Koussevitzky, Stowkowski, Mengelberg, Stock, Goosens, Beecham and more.
They all had careers and justifiably so.
SatchmoSings 1 year ago
@SatchmoSings I agree, but these two guys stand head and shoulders above the others you mentioned. Toscanini almost frantic on occasion, and Furtwangler nearly herky-jerky at times. but both seemed to get that EXTRA out of their respective orchestras. hope both of them are up on that big conservatory in the sky, each just doing their own thing, as it were.
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow I don't much care for Toscanini's "frantic" recordings; he made more than enough that show real breadth and depth, the same goes for Furtwangler.
There are many, many terrible recordings made by the ALL the conductors I listed; figuring out how a piece should sound and then directing a bunch of VERY individualistic people is not an easy thing to do; we should just be glad of when the microphone is there to capture the times when it's "magic" and enjoy the result.
SatchmoSings 1 year ago
@SatchmoSings i wasn't referring to his recordings but his "live" conducting style, if you will. many people, 'back in the day' unfairly criticized Toscanini for being too flamboyant while conducting. I strongly disagree, I found his style attractive and stimulating. Furtwangler's style was described as being robotic and jerky. I disagreed with those critics also.
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow I agree. I like hearing good music. Toscanini is maestro and I wouldn't mind if they started using the word toscanini instead of maestro. I won't even start with the conduction of new year's concert in vienna. It just makes me sad. I know a lot better Strauss than that. ;)
5ra46 1 year ago
@5ra46 well said !!
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow You too! ;)
5ra46 1 year ago
Arturo puts some real emotion into his conducting, truly an amazing piece.
CreepieIsAwesome 1 year ago
my only complaint = jsut wish it was a little louder. sigh :(
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow Agreed! There must be some way to heighten the volume.
SteveAndrewLangford 1 year ago
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WORTHLESS STICKWAVER
jess3a3 1 year ago
My favorite piece ever. Simply beautiful.
PiratePoopsicle 1 year ago
Adorable maestro!
zurriussII 1 year ago
Bravo! One of the Great One's!
Dean585858 1 year ago
I don't want to write music, I don't want to play
I want only to Conduct .
This is my dream
hope before I die my dream will be made!!
MrClassic022 2 years ago 9
When I listen to Toscanini conduct this, I feel like I'm flying.
AndyBetts 2 years ago 3
sometimes i wonder why do they have to have a conducter.some seem so non-passioned.this shows me how deep the orchrestra and the conducter work together.beautiful!
nomiclas 2 years ago
This is the music that one would listen in the middle of the Earth.
Jomabeks 2 years ago 3
@Jomabeks I also loved what he said about Marian Anderson-"A voice like hers comes, once in a century"
zipper179 1 year ago
eccellente
williyful 2 years ago 3
Toscanini = Genius thanks for uploading this one five stars of course and made it a favorite FT
FellowTraveller 2 years ago
Before cinema, there was Opera. Before there was the film score, there was Wagner. The best musicians and conductor bring Wagner's music to life as this example demonstrates. Thrilling to say the least!
keikamaui 2 years ago 3
amazing
raticida123456 2 years ago 4
wow very natural
raticida123456 2 years ago
sutch powerful music
cuberguyyy 2 years ago 9
A conducter controls so many things. When you have so many musicians concentrating on their reading,there has to be someone to control Timing,Balanceand Dynamics.Otherwise it can get out of control pretty fast.
Count22 2 years ago 3
understatement!
3y3raven 2 years ago
I'm not going to sit here and claim that I know much about music. I don't. Before now, I had no idea who Toscanini was.
What I see in him here though is a man passionate about bringing forth the best possible. A man who focuses on personally rising to the standard he wants to see around him. That is what I define as class.
Thanks Onegin65 for the upload. Best Wagner I've heard (even if I'm no aristocrat, expert or aficionado).
LoveHeartLogicHead 2 years ago 3
The video you all are viewing is a "live performance". NBC had programs with Toscannini. They were on radio .
xmetbass 2 years ago
@xmetbass Toscanini just wasn't "on radio;" he was on NETWORK radio that was broadcast LIVE, COAST-TO-COAST, not just locally in NYC.
Indeed, the studio where this network TELECAST was made was originally built for him and The NBC Symphony Orchestra; it is now the television studio where "Saturday Night Live" is done.
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Los directores de orquesta sirven para lo mismo que los entrenadores de fútbol: para nada. Ah, y para molestar a los músicos. Así que menos milongas, flipaditos.
QuintaBrigada1 2 years ago
If you want to hear one of Toscanini's best recordings, check out his 1939 recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis on BBC Legends (coupled with some orchestral pieces). It even puts the Klemperer version in the shade, though the latter has better sonics and is in stereo.
Madman2759 2 years ago
Toscanini managed to lead an orchestra with a great sense of time (tempo) while being incredibly expressive with his hands. He showed everything he wanted in the music without being either a flamboyant showman or an expressionless metronome. In my opinion, we have not seen the likes of him, since, and the ones who have come the closest to his mastery of the music have been Carlos Kleiber, perhaps James Levine..after them?
ateapotist67 2 years ago 4
wow how did they do that 60 years ago 1:13
btw 100k viewers soon woot
tommy9882 2 years ago
To 'GregQzag'
Just what exactly is your profession?
wadegg 2 years ago
"Dustman"
LordKiniors 2 years ago
Are people seriously trying to say that there is nothing to conducting? If so than I'm sorry they've never worked with top musicians because they are mired in mediocrity or are too ignorant to know the difference.
corwinofamber8 2 years ago
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Standardized ways and means? No? I got a metronome! Is there any other course materials I need, other than a broken broom stick painted white? I just read the entire wiki page devoted to it. Yes, the entire page! I can go be great also now right?
GregQzag 2 years ago
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I have no idea on why idiots talk. Maybe to give air to their empty cavity where the brain was supposed to be? Dear idiots, have you ever thought that what you see on a concert is just the end of a hard job that has been carried out beforehand? Have you ever seen a backstage? Does the word reharsal mean anything to your poor mind? Do you know what is the job of a director? Can you explain it in two intelligent words without banalites?
dbertobis 2 years ago
rehearsal
gzaenker 2 years ago
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At least we agree on one thing. That is, You have no idea.
Musicians take their aural cues from the first in their section. And all take their Aural cues from the First Violin. Someone who actually plays an instrument rather than looking like a pasty version of Mickey Mouse's Fantasia
GregQzag 2 years ago
So you are saying that the First Violin is conducting the orchestra?
gzaenker 2 years ago 2
I love this peice of music !!!!!!!
aajj7101 2 years ago
Look at the men attack their instruments ! This is music for men not sissy boys, ha.
opportunityforgrowth 2 years ago
Honestly who is paying attention to the old guy with the stick? Noone. Everyone is looking at the music sheets in front of them. he could be flapping his arms like a pigeon for all the muscians care.
GregQzag 2 years ago
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/watch?v=Cxh-o9ENW5o&feature=related
Honestly whoever knows something about classical music or have ever been on a scene knows that this cliché is really stupid ;)
:P
edraith 2 years ago
Arturo Toscanini was one of the greatest conductors of all time. A man like this has to be HONORED
gzaenker 2 years ago 3
Honered for what? Waving a stick around while people ignore him and read the music in front of them? That makes a man great?
GregQzag 2 years ago
Do you drive a car? When you look into the rear mirror for a split second. That's how the players sync up with each other. Why don't you think about standing in front of this magnificent orchestra. Would you think 'oh, man, I'm a just a stick wielding dummy..' Should all the conductors then be done away with? Or resign? I encourage you to become a conductor
gzaenker 2 years ago 4
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" I encourage you to become a conductor "
So, can you tell me a school/university that offers courses, scholarships and programs in this? Hello. I would like to apply to Blankety-blank Collage to study to be a conductor, because I heard that they are great! Do you offer job placement? No? Ok. Can you tell me Where I might find a manual on the official practices and procedures on this Occupation? Other than waving a stick around and going 1,2,3,4 in my head, what else is there?
GregQzag 2 years ago
GregQ why not take out some time and read biographies and autobiographis of famous conductors (Toscanini, Furtwaengler, Bernstein, many others..
gzaenker 2 years ago 3
Actually I could send you some material on the programs at all the best conservatories in the world such as the Juilliard School, The Royal Conservatory of Music in London, The Paris Conservatoire, etc. Yes, there are people that devote to their entire music career to "waving their sticks" at orchestra members who actually do follow them closely. Because not ever piece of music has a steady beat.
kwbmusicman 2 years ago
GregQzag--
The whole conception of how a piece should sound; it's entire shape is in the hands of the music director.
There is a REASON why certain conductors are considered "great" or have a repertoire that they are known for, good or ill.
Indeed, one better example of this would be the Olivier's Henry V vs. that by Branaugh.
Remember, you only see the finished product on the screen; you should also hear a rehearsal tape to see what the conductor really does before a concert.
SatchmoSings 2 years ago 21
@SatchmoSings agreed, for a two hour presentation/performance goes maybe a hundred hours of preparation. the conductor during this time makes it all "come together" and it aint easy by a long hot.
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow Well, I don't know about a ratio of rehearsal to performance time of 50:1 but I would say that 20:1 is not unrealistic.
SatchmoSings 1 year ago
@SatchmoSings I dare say you are probably a lot closer in your ratio time estimate than I am. just wanted to make a point, but not exaggerate.
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
@TravellerFellow Well, it does depend; a totally new work that is complex with all sorts of changes in meter, intensity, key and rhythm would require more time to learn than a rehearsal of, let's say, Brahms 3rd Symphony.
SatchmoSings 1 year ago
There is actually a rather well known orchestra that plays fairly well without a conductor; it's called "Orpheus."
And while it's a superb ensemble (look it up if you're really that curious for a different perspective on this whole matter) it really would play a lot better, in my opinion, if it did have an overriding hand making the final artistic decisions.
SatchmoSings 2 years ago 2
gzaenker--
Toscanini has a lot of great recordings.
he also has some that are mediocre and some that are totally misconceived but ultimately, the man knew a helluva lot about music, more than some idiots here.
SatchmoSings 2 years ago
They didn't do that in rehearsal, that is for shure.
SatchmoSings 2 years ago
Toscanini ist der Beste! Vergiss Karajan, Furthwängler und Bernstein.... bravo, maestro :)
sanserverino 2 years ago
Ja, du bist Richtig
backnumber1662 2 years ago
yo this is my shit
bugzap02 2 years ago
Wagner is Wagner...Hitler is Hitler...
ronaldeath1 2 years ago 3
Amazing!
LordMgls 2 years ago 5
Hitler almost destroyed Wagner just because he loved his music. Everyone started to hate Wagner because Hitler liked him.
This is the great thing about YouTube. How many people would even be able to see Toscanini if it were not here.
This is what life is made of; Great Wine, Beautiful Women, Great Music and Great Cigars.
BoomerNavy70 2 years ago 4
Sorry, but you´re in really stupid for say that. My suggestion is you need to study more to hitler life and his work. To say wagner is hatted for hitler is the most stupid think.
Deberias de estudiar más la obra de Adolf Hitler antes de decir estupideces. Además, el decir que Richard Wagner es odiado por culpa de Hitler es la más grande estupidez que jamás he oido en mi vida.
jogomez1988 2 years ago
FANTASTIC!!!:)
Isolar 2 years ago
This stuff is brilliant. Wagner and Toscanini are geniuses both.
OberKommando77 2 years ago 2
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Toscanini was a good director, not a genious, and Wagner, an excellent composer, but genious...? wtf
rodstartube 2 years ago
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the violinist looks like hes shoving the violin rode up the conducters butt
iorlowsky 2 years ago
that theme became a part of german propaganda machine.
Amoneth 2 years ago
In case you did not know, Toscanini was one of the greatest and most famous enemies of Fascism and Nazism, and all his concerts had anti-Nazi themes. He even conducted the newly-founded Palestine Symphony (now the Israel symphony) for free, because it was made up of Jewish refugees from Nazism.
FabioPBarbieri 2 years ago 4
thgis is the awsome
iorlowsky 2 years ago
beautiful thank you
SONOFRAMBOW 2 years ago 2
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Este fué el ultimo dia de la Era de Piscis. el 21 de Marzo de 1948 entra al amanecer del sol la Era de Ganimedes, la Gran Era esperada.
nadametal 2 years ago
it remembered me mr burns xD
killerpollo11 2 years ago 2
when I listen this song always think in war :O
SweetJulietta 2 years ago 4
Normal! it's a music for a Battle!...
tantris5 2 years ago
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beaäthaoäven suxs
mryandao54 3 years ago
sun of a bitch
bakancs11 2 years ago
its son not sun
Tralviss 2 years ago 5
What people need to understand about conducting is that it is about more than just Keeping time with the orchestra during a performance. Most of the conductor's work is done rehearsal, where he molds the ensemble into the sound he wants, balancing every chord, making sure everything is as the composer wished and is to his liking. That is where Toscanini was at his best, that is when he did his magic: When he was molding the orchestra to match what he heard in his head.
mazurmusic7 3 years ago 33
Very true. Conducting is all about interpreting the music and realizing the interpretation with the orchestra. In my experience, most good musicians don't even need the conductor at the concert. I have known many conductors who, during the concert, try to get the orchestra to be more expressive and powerful than they were at rehearsal. I even saw one literally JUMP on the podium. Of course, he was completely unsuccessful in getting the band to play any better.
cheesemank44le 3 years ago 2
@mazurmusic7 It was something he did very well indeed. I listen to several versions of a piece, and the difference between conductors is astounding. It's a disaster when a conductor can only elicit a technical performance.
VolkgartenBySquirrel 1 year ago
@mazurmusic7 Although I presume Toscaninis performances are some of the best around, and he took the greatest pains to make it so, I can only imagine the level perfection he wasn't able to transfer to the orchestra, that was in his head.
SteveAndrewLangford 1 year ago
@SteveAndrewLangford Painters have the same problem: getting paint out of a tube onto canvass. Painters can always remix a brush stroke right in the middle of the work. Musicians don't have that luxury... Once he/she taps the baton on the podium, in front of a live audience, it's all or nothing.
KitCox 1 year ago
@KitCox Agreed ;)
SteveAndrewLangford 1 year ago
@mazurmusic7 Indeed, you are right. But few conductors are able to do this deeply. Karajan seems to have been another such a one, as well as Mahler and some more fine conductors...
Enerkhan 1 year ago
@Enerkhan My personal favourite is C Kleiber,. Evrything was music, everything, and so sad he is no longer with us to teach some of the fast and easies or loud loud louds what music is, truly, and why so important..
gwirgalon 1 year ago
Toscanini represents the absolute perfection in conducting without the exaggerations that modern conductors do.He had a perfect insight into the tone and the tempo and he respected the original intentions of the composers about how their works should be performed.
Dimitris966 3 years ago 6
i think karajan is the best its just that when you look in his face you can see what he wants
Corniator 3 years ago
Toscanini grandioso!
RobertoFasciano 3 years ago
Hi.. Ladies and Gentlemen.. You forgot the main idea...Don't forget again please and don't talk to much. You look like kids...So far Toscanini is the Great, no questions. I do not know, whos comming but, Toscanini with no DDD sistem record sound better that the other conductors......
bachgod 3 years ago
Furtwangler a genius ??? It's just the opposite by true facts and not by ridiculous and bizarre one-way personal opinions : Arturo Toscanini, the greatest music director of all times, was a genius who could interpretate at legend Wagner ,Beethoven,Verdi and Rossini .
furtwangler was only a good director who couldn't afford Opera and any music out of Beethoven and Brahms : when he tried to execute Otello, he made an embarrassing crap still remembered nowadays !!
Knapperts who ?? :-)
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
Those 2 guys , not mentioning the well known pathetic &
childish Furtwangler's envy for Von Karajan,
can't even get to Toscanini's feet as for everything : interpretation ability, control on orchestra, prestige, intellectual & culture skills, not mentioning Toscanini's legendary ear ......
Definitely Toscanini is a genius who performed the greatest composers free of any long dated scholastic scummin interpretation ( which Furtwangler was all about ) , for sure he was the only one genius .
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
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Genius? How much creative genius does it take to do what he's doing in this video? Toscanini's conducting reminds me of my high school band leader. I'd never believe that Toscanini's unfussy conducting could ever be a good representation of Wagner's music, when Wagner himself conducted more like Furtwängler; he (Wagner) had an unclear beat, and constantly employed a tempo rubato. Toscanini forever bound himself to the score only.
Invisus944 3 years ago
Genius, that's exactly what he was, as stated by countless music experts and also by true facts and not by rude uncultured northamerican child brains who believe they can talk of music like they talked about a hockey/football game .....!! :-)
Try to get informed of true facts and learn history of musci, instead of posting your so totally false & bizarre nonsenses : Toscanini was famous for his extremely well read & precise conducting, no matter which composer he performed
&
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
( something any director else could only dream and probably will about for the centuries to come ), which is exactly the opposite of the idiocies posted in your so stupid and ridiculous comment.
It's quite well known that the Bayreuth House along with same Wagner family reputed Toscanini a perfect performer & director of Richard Wagner's music ( just study & learn
the subject, u jackass ).
Everybody knows that Furtwangler's carrier was only due to Nazis' protection and propaganda
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
( Von Karajan used to call him
" the little F " , meaning Furtwangler as a mediocre director ), Toscanini instead is the example Von Karajan and everyone else
after him looked at as for music culture, precise reading of composers' original scores
and versatile unbeatable genius in performing
every type of music at its best .
No Von Karajan ( so overrated by many experts' opinions ),Nikisch,Maazel,Abbado or
Bernstein could ever touched Toscanini's so well known genius.
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
How much creative genius does it take to do what he's doing in the video ?
Just listen to the music coming out from his hands if you can get it ( which I doubt about ) and ask any expert how perfect and artistic the musci is, instead of posting so pathetic & bizarre comments .
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
It was Furtwängler who called Karajan "Little K"... get the facts right; read Furtwängler's or Karajan's biography. Furtwängler was so jealous of Karajan's youth and popularity that he couldn't come to say his name... to my knowledge, Karajan never coined that term let alone used it. Karajan also looked up to BOTH Furtwängler and Toscanini; again, try reading his life story.
Invisus944 3 years ago
While I respect Toscanini's work and appreciate his early recordings, I don't see the genius in playing robotic Wagner if Toscanini's intention is to play the music as Wagner intended. Wagner (and Liszt) the conductor was a precursor of Nikisch and Furtwängler.
Invisus944 3 years ago
First of all, what does being North American have to do with it? Secondly, though I have no opinion of the subject in question I do have something to say about Trulyloyale: It's people like you with your self-righteous sense and uniform code of what music should be, citing your "experts", that is the downfall of compositional/classical music. That my friend, is a sad thing.
findingusernamesucks 3 years ago
Point being that Invisus944 is obviously looking for something else in his conductor. You shouldn't interfere with that. Not that it matters really the piece is still fantastic.
findingusernamesucks 3 years ago
"Kill the Wabbit! Kill the Wabbit!" E. Fudd
thebluepilgrim 3 years ago 2
ah arturo good job.
wilo201 3 years ago
te tu un capisci un tube di musica craigsmin
come dare il confetto al maiale
viva toscanini!
ventus68 3 years ago
Arturo Toscanini, we salut you!!
virtualblind 3 years ago 4
Anyone feel like invading Poland?
craigjsm 3 years ago 5
Wow lol
Kurtyoungblood 3 years ago
I'm German, but that's really funny.
phantom4087 3 years ago
"Anyone feel like invading Poland? "
Actually it wasn't me who came up with that, it was Woody Allen ;-)
craigjsm 3 years ago
are you isralei?
Beathame88 3 years ago
"are you isralei?"
No, why do you ask?
craigjsm 3 years ago
wagner's text should be studied ;his opras are from a writer not only a musician a true genius all in all!!
kessaven 3 years ago 3
very good copy
ps10094 3 years ago
intense shit! this dude Wagner really knew how to write music with brutal feeling
sixfeetundermeans2me 3 years ago 9
Arturo Toscanini was an absolute genius when it came to music. The man put so many hours into just studying Wagner's personal texts so that he could have a better understanding of what was meant by the music.
This video is an absolute treasure, major props on finding it and putting it up.
iamdrake88 3 years ago 11
Exactement giloubreizh !!
klemencehdl 3 years ago
Toujours très exigeant, le père Arturo! Il a raison!
giloubreizh 3 years ago 5
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BLITZKRIEG! BLITZKRIEG! BLITZKRIEG! BLITZKRIEG! yes yes yes!!
kneegrowlol 3 years ago
just imagine all the hard work done behind the scenes to create such lovely music.......
Ladykd2L1J 3 years ago 2
My favorite song, but it should have the melody louder, and I wish that I could turn this up louder, it greatly improves the piece
Mishaxhi 3 years ago 5
ya it just doesnt provoke quite the same level of emotion as it does at higher volume
kmofoshomyho 3 years ago
Turn up your speakers then.
phantom4087 3 years ago
What version has the woman singing opera? That is the best by far. Anyone?
cart123948 3 years ago
The one that actually happens during the opera, Die Walkure. This is a concert version.
phantom4087 3 years ago
das ist gut!
mattsimplebored 3 years ago 3
Most posting here don't seem to get the point. Toscanini lived long enough to be a true pioneer in bringing classical music to the masses on NBC TV from 1948 - 1952 courtesy of Gen David Sarnoff. The NBC Symphony created especially for him by Sarnoff from the 1930's thru the 1950's was one of the best during those turbulent days of WWII and the Korean War. I highly recommend this video of the original Kinescope Recordings to true students of early Television and Classical Music. Early TV A++
Playhouse90 3 years ago 8