Weber-Der Freischütz Overture-Kleiber (1970)

[MrGordzing]

4:18

[1stParatrooperman]

tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, my bullet punishes all without distinction.

[wenlin33]

Great performance!

[malichi912]

im a total metalhead/tecno fiend. still i can fully appreciate the beauty and grace of this. honestly i wish more people would pay more attention to this. thier loss unfortunatly

[sIMP37]

04:18 :D stupeflip viteeee

[Mahlerweber]

I loved this recording - gave it thumbs up.

I don't understand why Kleiber is the only Weber conductor that doesn't seem to end the overture, or opera (the 3 final chords) for that matter in a "triumphant fashion"? -- this is what Weber and the librettist were striving for..., nevertheless, Kleiber was a great conductor (or is?.....)

[HalfLife2Beta]

4:19 et 6:13

[maitretorsten]

je pense que sans stupéflip vite cette vidéo aurait nettement moin de vues :p

[TeepexNet]

STUPEEFLIPPPPP !

[dizeyeye]

stupeflip vite!!

[adriano19209]

Non finiremo mai di ringraziare Erich Kleiber che con la sua severità teutonica ha allevato il figlio Carlos fino a farlo diventare uno dei più grandi direttori del 900, se non il più grande. Adriano

[bignicewolf]

C'est magnifique, un pur ravissement.

[MrLouisthebest]

Stupeflip Vite !!!!

[jeansam84]

Vite Stupeflip vite!

[ZZMusik1997]

Gute Musik!

[Farnik01]

Amazing performance! I noticed something odd though... did anyone see the left-handed violist in the back around 9:07 ? That is something I haven't seen before...

[gmkline]

@Farnik01 Yes, I noticed, but the man is playing a viola not a violin. Things like that happen occasionally. Seating has to be chosen with care.

[mattingly17]

Holy Crap! This guy is freakin AMAZING! I only watched vids of Kleiber performing the New Year's concerts before when he was old (late 80's), and I liked his fluid , graceful style and expression. It seemed as if he didn't need to do much to get the orchestra to play exactly how he wanted. Which to me, seemed near perfect. But holy cow, this is incredible. Truly no less than sheer magnificence!

[TheWillyJ16]

amazing

[ea7417]

06:13

[ea7417]

04:18

[GabNRose]

04:19 : Le CROU ne mourra jamais.

[MrFerminleon]

Der Freischütz is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It is considered the first important German Romantic opera, especially in its national identity and stark emotionality.

Its plot is based on German folk legend, and many of its tunes were inspired by German folk music.(From Wikipedia)

[SARMA1956]

Good Video! 

[mougout]

enorme passage reprit par stupeflip ! j'adore =)

[chota1942]

Just wonderful. Thank you Raychuan for posting this video of Carlos Kleiber.He is truly the greatest of all conductors---just so magical to watch this amazing man and his charismatic music making

[chota1942]

@chota1942 

[EmmanuelleBeartJvc]

Stupeflip vite ! :3

[RavenGuard29]

Ca prouve que l'aire du stup' a commencé bien avant qu'on ne le croit :)

[TheMJZaza]

Le meilleur moment reste quand même à 4.19 ..!

[benfica84]

et après le stup! un peu plus loin on reconnait le générique de la tribune de l'histoire!

[kimkallstromatt]

4:19 STUPEFLIP !! ♥



[narazime]

4:16 : on reconnait un air du Stup :D

[ConnerieHumanumEstYT]

04:19 : "Stupeflip vite!!!", for those who'll find this amazing performance and who will understand what I meant.

[LuffyAndMe]

@ConnerieHumanumEstYT

Merci, c'est grace a toi que j'ai été voir cette video ! ;)

[Harakanodn]

@LuffyAndMe Pareil, haha

[videllli]

@ConnerieHumanumEstYT right dude

[malichi912]

@ConnerieHumanumEstYT

i just get so uplifted at that part.

[windstorm1000]

I am quite obsessed by this opera. maybe its the folk--maybe its the supernatural...whatever--Weber hit the bull's eye. Can everyone please write their respective opera co. directors to get this unfairly neglected work on your rosters?? Its a musical sin that is is not heard in this country much more often.

[s911417]

1:30 There's a Left-hand viola player !!

[bowedmyhead]

@s911417

So what?

[VanoGamkrelidze]

This is my favorite overture. Great performance.

[WPGS25041941]

Reminiscent of Brahms.

[BassMan1984]

Klieber is beyond amazing, but as a bass player, I wish basses played as in tune then as they do now. Even in the old Berlin Phil recordings with Karajan, the bass section is like horridly out of tune good number of the time. Overall the orchestra sounds great though.

[arageneralbelgrano]

I saw the rehearsal and enjoyed very much the faces of the older orchestra masters when the (south) american lad pretends to teach them how the musical shades must be understood and interpreted.

In Argentina Carlos Kleiber is (exception in the musical and specialized environment) practically a stranger, an unknown genious for the common people.

Contradictory country where it's usual we feel shame of our prides and pride of our shames.

[gweiss5000]

@arageneralbelgrano

Kleiber was born as Karl Ludwig Kleiber in Berlin so I don't quite understand the reference to him being from Argentina or S. America. His father was Austrian and his mother American. While he spent some formative years in Argentina that certainly doesn't certify him as an Argentine or S. American really, especially since he spent most of his adult life in Europe and is buried in Slovenia.

[Humanoscope1]

Quelle intensité 

[paulostroff99]

TY Raychuan for this great posting.

[junevi2000]

@berto41 I won't challenge you. He is truly one of the greatest of conductors. If someone say he is the greatest I won't even contradict that. I like him best when he was younger specially in this video.

[sanmatteo12341]

What a fascinating piece of film...........Kleiber's razer sharp phrasing, his fluid tempi,his finnesse..........Thank you so much for posting

[junevi2000]

@berto41 I agree he is one of the greats. One of the giants "maestro" of all time.

[violasarah2000]

I knew violst were a little strange, but check out the right handed violist in the middle of the section! I'm surprised no one has no has noticed before!!!

[MrFlbob]

I give you the total genuis of this conductor, and I give you the genius of the orchestra players under his direction. Totally a magnicifent presentation. I not call your attention at approx 1.40 and again at 3.49 the inclusion of a left handed violist. Phenonemal expertise.

[billyguns2]

This is one of the greatest music videos on YouTube; no conductor alive can match the sustained concentration or obtain the sheer beauty of orchestral texture and musicality of this late, great Maestro. As much as I admire Pierre Boulez, he is simply not on this level; I do believe that young Maestro Dudamel shows great promise.

[Klaasklinkert]

Great performance of this great piece of music! This is in my opinion one of the last really romantic performances. Wonderful and thanks for posting!

[yont99]

Wow. It is a feeling, like i'm in Europe.

[rakconductor]

Oh!!



[ZombeerMaster]

I'm 15 and i can honestly say this is one of the best songs i've ever heard. See not ALL of this generation is going to hell. My favorite part is at 4:19. And this guy is a great conductor.

[ZombeerMaster]

@ZombeerMaster So much emotion and passion put into this song. I forgot to add that.

[Jojo007407]

from a video 40 years ago!

[002288052]

such unity of sound. excellent overtones.

[Hosea22]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor...

[Donluggy]

omg, look at the violist... at 1:30.... he is playing the other way around... haha

[ReignoftheRain]

wow, what a passionate conductor. Espcially around 8:35 and I absolutly love that horn quartet!

[ThePakodark]

vamos ya esos cacho de trompistas

[apsod]

The best part of listening to this opera is when after a while we hear again the theme of 4:05

love this overture!

[Tigerstarz]

I love this! Second violin is AWESOME! XD

[TheCrazychick07]

I have played this before, and it was so much to play. Der Freischutz by Carl Maria Von Weber is my favorite masterpiece :)

[thewyj]

It's interesting that sometimes at the really intense moments, the conductor goes from making sweeping gestures to almost completely removing the beat and doing nearly nothing with his hands, dispite the music being very lively.

He does it between 7:28-7:38 if you are wondering what I am talking about. I guess his arm was just sore.

That is all.

[sutphoe]

ha! does anyone else see the cellist with the sunglasses on at 3:10 ? so funny...

[crshinjin]

@sutphoe It's more likely that he is blind. So, no. It's not really funny.

[bob1dole]

It can not be possible that the cellist is blind, as he would not be able to see the conductor in crucial moments allowing the conductor to shape the music. I cannot think of an orchestra allowing a musician into an orchestra without the ability to see. in short the musician is not blind just probably wearing very tinted glasses.

[LoveleyVideos]

thats Ray Charles. Kleiber asked him to join and Ray Charles agreed.

[kynismos]

@sutphoe He is blind.

[adelfiano]

Stunning! A genius. The best conductor ever. Ethical perfection.

[somavillas]

He oído esta obertura ciento de veces, es una de mis favoritas, es una interpretación magnifica, tanto por la orquesta como por ese monstruo de la dirección llamado Kleiber, pero destacaría el sonido de las cuatro trompas, ¡bravo a sus ejecutantes!

[ipmoic]

A truly great overture brought to stunning life by Kleiber. Weber predates Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler. But they are all different composers without the dramatic genius of Weber. Weber set the table for the drama of Romanticism

[akaneh1989]

I never saw a conductor enjoying himself so much... so good to see he's (or rather was, since he died) enthusiastic:) And of course the music is catchy, too:)

[strauss12345]

Some ignorant person said "Cant forget the third reich". Okay, what an idiot. Richard Strauss was in the Third Reich, not Johann Strauss. Get your facts straight before you insult Johann Strauss.

[Leftclick24]

I remember playing this, and even though the recording technology of that time wasnt as great as it is now, their tone and pitch are phenomenal. To think many of theses people are in their 60+. Great performers.

[pz3shwk]

yeah, thanks for the encouragement.

Thankfully I got to play it again the next week, and I nailed it. Concert is next week...finally.

[OokamiDanna]

Hm.. Rip van Winkle loves it, right? x3

[ettml]

this is among the most beautiful early romantic pieces!

kleiber is one of the top 5 conductors of the century, right up there with furtwaengler and karajan

[pz3shwk]

we are currently playing this in our orchestra.

The lead clarinetist wasn't there and I had to play all the solos, but i fucked up every single one.

...I suck...

At least I can hear this guy play it right.

[evilpsyko]

This is a really good performance, i enjoyed it while working on something else and I didn't even realize I was listening properly to it instead of working :D

[Nachtmarchen]

Great performance, but as far as I'm concerned Erich Kleiber's 1955 recording of the complete opera with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra for the West German radio surpasses his son's recording despite the inferior (but still remarkably clear for mono) sound - Elisabeth Grümmer's Agathe has never been surpasses and Hans Hopf is a far manlier Max than Peter Schreier. In terms of interpretation Carlos' follows his father very closely, but I think Erich sounds a bit less mannered at times.

[Snake92170]

3:44

So good

[JupiterIV]

Agreed!

Although I'm reminded of Dvořák's "From the New World" @ 3:51, and Mozart's Symphony 40 starting @ 3:58.

[JillZMViolinist]

lol the 3rd chair violinist gets lost for a few bars like 5 bars and stops playing and misses a beat.

[jsparsifal]

Thanks for being so sharp eyed, but that is not the point at all, I hope you play better and always under the likes of Carlos Cleiber, don't you???

[unkgrounder]

BEAUTIFUL

[mcphibbit03]

Kleiber is without a doubt one of the greatest servants of music. His interpretations and knowledge simply flow from the tip of his baton...VIVO KLEIBER

[zweisteinJ]

it's just awesome!

[MillyP123]

Love it! this recording is awesome! as an answer to xxxxxx06...how come one of the violists plays with opposite hands (fingers with right hand and bows with left)?

You can get left handed stringed instruments although very few people use them these days because to be honest they're pointless.

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I love it

[Decxed]

the Wienerschnitzel comes from Austria :p

[cutencrazy07]

Excellent

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

see, see, theres some good stuff that comes outa germany besides hot blondes and veinersnitzel. I didnt say shizar porn cuz its horrible.

[treibhaus085]

you have no idea of germany...

-_-

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

sry, and david hasselhoff, j/k he sucks

[Mahlerweber]

Reply to Pimpmastahanhduece..."What comes out of Germany?"

Try the greatest geniuses in the history of music...that's what comes out of Germany. England may have the greatest writers, but Germany has the greatest composers!

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

that wat pretty much the point of my comment ty for pointing out the obvious.

[LiliumNightShade]

And beer lol. And chocoloate. And sausage =]

[eckarteckart]

You're still too young to listen to great music.

[eckarteckart]

This should be the answer to "echoside190"

[AXESHREDDER21]

your never too young to listen to good music. maybe to appreciate good music, but never to listen

[mcarp591]

That is never true I am 17 and i started listening to classical music and LOVING it when i was 12. This is one of my favorite songs I have ever played.

[MadWongles]

Are you retarded? This opera predates even the Second Reich.

[windstorm1000]

@Mahlerweber Agree, agree--honor to the German folk!!

[gs1984]

Carlos il supremo!!!!

Davvero irraggiungibile.

[wrzlbrmpft7]

Einfach super!

[musicmakesthewrldspn]

Amazing piece .

[xxxxxx06]

how come one of the violists plays with opposite hands (fingers with right hand and bows with left)?

[me254065]

where can you see that?

[ponyma0326]

at around 1 30, strange.......

[fourwayscottage]

AAAA.051426Z JAN 2008 This recording is not in my my opinion as good as Philip Gibson and the LSO.........AR.

[Ethratian]

In my opinion this is the best performance of this ouverture ever (but as mentioned before, this is only my personal opinion).

[anonymusum]

You should hear Carlos Kleiber´s recording of the whole opera with the Dresdner Staatskapelle - it´s studio. Breathtaking!

[Kerlerot]

Quelle énergie, quel entrain, superbe !

[Ethratian]

Great performance by one of the greatest conductors of the last century. The rehersal is amazing too.

I hope you'll upload more pieces from this performance.

[raychuan]

hmm other than the strauss (fledermaus), i haven't got anything else.

[Floyd5642]

I have the entire opera, but it doesn't have any video to it.