SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120

[H00dFigg4]

who the hell is lady gaga?

[TRMDYLE666]

Very under appreciated musician.

[Shark1328]

The best of classic music is that you will put your own lyrics on it, your most hidden feelings are totally naked in front of your eyes...

[MelekSonsuz]

 (: שטויות

[jcjcjcp]

@MelekSonsuz pfffft!

[specter290]

the middle slow part makes me think that schumman is day dreaming and... it sounds like his in love lol....

[1390MUSIC]

@specter290 well, he was a composer from the Romantic period. ;)

[mahaputera7]

the reason why they died so young, according to dr bold its cause of too many Mc donald...

[siewen1]

I have a theory about their young deaths. They put so much of their souls into their music that it drastically shortened their lifespans with each piece they created!

[michiru123456789]

the beginning sounds so modern, even though it's the romantic period

[EAZE1R]

does any one know the instruments used for this piece?

[88Keyzand6Strings]

Idk why I like classical music so much but it's awesome lol

[MultiDannyboy89]

Great stuff to listen to...

[MorbidAngelification]

2 people dislike this because they lack souls..........

[Radicker22]

Muy bueno

[Mrmtjones]

If this is the kind of stuff Schumann was composing when he heard angelic voices, imagine what the stuff he wrote from the demonic voices. DAMN HIS WIFE FOR DESTROYING THOSE PAGES! I bet Schumann was the first guy to write rock n' roll

[FranzLisztFerentz]

Explendid!

[eusebium7]

Marriner is one of the best in this

Gardiner is superior ;)

Both make utterly moronic the ideas of this music being 'pianistic', 'Leipzigerisch', 'badly orchestrated' or any such pathetic cavilling mewling nonsense. The idiots who said this rubbish- their memories should rot.

[electricpub]

Excellent.

[sweetness902101209]

this song is pretty cool considering the fact that i'm not a classical music person hmmmm....

[DanPianoMan529]

Your question, beryllium2, is rhetorical, but is significant anyway. Life expectancy was much shorter back then, and many died of things we have now cured, especially Schumann, who died of Syphillus, which is also the reason he went mad and had to be institutionalized. It wasn"t just composer who died.

[juiceliina]

Robert = the purest romantic ever.

[violin614]

I think that this movement is very special. Maybe this performance of it is very good.

[marfer280105]

poto

[RebecaMurphy]

jahat einer bock bissl zu quatschn ihr werdets warscheinlich nicht bereuen ^^

[robertofiore]

This is the RIGHT TIME! Great! Karajan and Bernstein have too much slow time!

[pljms]

Perhaps Bob's finest symphony, although I love the 2nd just as much.

[amajowanna]

this one is great, almost the beggining

[gregapage]

wow an excellent peice!

im new to schumann, ill have to look more into this composer!

[shishirth]

1:37 - the second subject is simply gorgeous - Schumann's symphonies are just fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[princegarbsen]

HfM&Co.

[guitarspectre]

Wow... its delirious........ how beauty this

[yvanleboeuf]

D'une sublime beauté que cette symphonie de Schumann...

[emmen18]

hahAHA AOTP

[op2torch]

Slightly too fast for my taste,

Nevertheless another fantastic musical playing.

Thank you for the uploading.

[Biffer5]

Horowitz loved that piece and you can really feel it in the way he plays it. It's exactly how I wish to play it. Every note is deep.

[mailtaiji]

one`s favorite author

[zeonic6trial]

my favorite piece of music, but this seems to be way too fast for my taste.

[justap19]

Bardzo ładny film !

[sizuller]

BEAUTIFUL!

[wolfgangfavorite]

Wow.

Thank you for posting this beautiful piece.

[dalmain77]

My favorite movement from Schumann's 4th.

[danceofthegoblins]

Bravo! One of my favorite symphonies: where's the rest!?....

Thanx for posting this!

[potsdamsnoopy]

lol seriously ?

[mathpianist93]

Brahms-Clara never turned into a romance...

[rodstartube]

lol who cares? B-P

[trombonehero2]

i just played this song in a concert it is great. especially my part. i have 349 measures of rest and then a FFF Eflat to make sure the audience is still awake.

[deadcalledpark]

great

[beryllium2]

This is my favorite schumann symphnony. Too there really aren't any recordings on youtube. I esspecialy love the 1st and 4th movements. Schumann is simply the BEST!

[nickleback212]

i recently found out that im related to Sir Neville Marriner :D

[morvensky]

cool

[anhacus]

Another genius who died young.

[beryllium2]

Why'd they all have to die so young? Mozart and Chopin esspecially died way too young. :(

Just think what Mozart or Chopin would have written if they lived 5 more years!

There are so many composers that I always wish had more music. Grieg and Schumann stick out.

I guess we should be grateful for what they did write...

[anhacus]

Yes, no one has been able to impinge upon why so many geniuses die young. Of course, Einstein lived long, as did Da Vinci and many others. And I agree, we should be grateful for their brief existences.

[kdancat]

And child prodigy, Mendelssohn also died way too young. Schumann's symphonies are sublime and his 4th is monumental.

[chopinandliszt]

@beryllium2 you forgot to mention Schubert, Mendelssohn

[amonasro100]

@beryllium2

I think genius does not want to be to long incarneted.

Best regards

[falstocat]

@amonasro100

I think it had more to do with the lack of treatment for now readily curable ailments like syphilis, of which Schumann died.

[amonasro100]

@falstocat

I've been talking to older music teacher and he was saying that

Schumann did not have syphilis. But who knows ?

Best regards

[BassicStorm]

@beryllium2 Schubert died youngest, just 31! and he have so many works, just if he live 10 years more :(

[Evariste4444]

@BassicStorm In fact, Schumann (1810-1856) lived even 15 years more ;)

[counterpoint35]

@BassicStorm There's even a greater tragedy. G. B. Pergolesi died of Tuberculosis at 26(1710-36)!

[BassicStorm]

@counterpoint35 y but he isnt so famous and talented like Schubert

[mlsku]

@beryllium2 You're so right -- genius dies young. But with Mozart he had had something like 600 pieces (unfished or not) written by his death. 600 pieces (+) and only one man. Yes we lost him too soon but we have plenty of material to remember him by. With Schumann you're much more correct -- tragic story of love and music.

[Montyleeny14]

@beryllium2 A lot of composers died because they devoted their imagination in creating such unique music. Alas, people did not approve of 'unique ideas' and so composers felt bewildered and such. The cruel human nature is what killed them, in the end.

[musicalidea]

@Montyleeny14 Um...a lot of composers dies because of malaria, typhoid, rheumatic fever and syphilis.

[cemseremetli]

@beryllium2 the reason they die too young is usually the way they live, fully bohemian style, very little sleep and habit of drinking too much alcohol and eating very little food. and no health care :D romantic era was the time of industrial revolution, so much perished anyways not only these guys

[BrightAnDre]

@beryllium2 Franz Liszt lived long though~ 75 years ^_^

[Squadron555]

@beryllium2 Indeed, so many of the great composers died so young. Firstly I find it impressive that they managed to write what they did, and second, as you said: What would have come of a few more years from composers such as Mozart, Schumann or Schubert?

[BlanFan2O]

@beryllium2 Yeah, it's better to be happy that they at least lived as long as they did rather than be sad that they couldn't live a little but longer. But I do agree.

[PeoplesDemagogue]

What about the interpretation makes you like it?

What is so deep about it?

[royalconductor]

NICE, o good taste... wow.. i love this interpretation... so deep in meaning of "schumann"....

sorry about the inglesh.

[wahnano]

magnifique. Bravo!

[bebobbebobbbbb]

Excellent Performance ..

Thank You

[alambic1911]

Marriner shows that Schumann was a really genius of the orchestration which he upset

[yhk5422]

Super!

[bebobbebobbbbb]

Thnak you for an excellent performance.

Schumann Rocks!!!!

[Defiant5555]

I also favor the "scherzo" to the third Symphony... what humor!

[mathpianist93]

entirely dramatic. I can't believe this. I think this is the BEST scherzo ever written, if you ignore Beethoven Symphony No. 9's Scherzo.

"Hats off, gentleman! A genius is here!"

[gryps77]

könnte ich täglich hören...

[sammie444]

Nice..

gotta love Schumann! :)

[negrooptico]

What a wonderful symphony. Why some people say Schumann´s symphonies are not well orchestrated? That´s nonsense. Thanks!

[tone12of12]

@negrooptico Perhaps because Berlioz was right next door doing crazy things like Symphonie Fantastique, while Schumann's orchestration is closer to the previous generation's works (Beethoven, especially). Which is too bad, because Schumann is an excellent orchestrator, just not in the ways that the Romantic Era became known for, I guess.

[flawlesscanadian]

@negrooptico some of them are not well orchestrated, but that's true for a lot of compositor. This one is good though imo.

My experience with Schumann is limited, but from the few pieces I listenned to, it's very hard to tell what's going on sometimes. In one symphony, it can go from dark to joyful moments, and back to dark, and fast and slow pace. So we can ask ourselves, what was he thinking when he made his pieces? What was on his mind? ;)

[SpyVi]

@flawlesscanadian my friend THIS is Schumann. Considering the fact that he died in a sanatorium, his mind is not for us to understand. This psycedelity evident everywhere in Schumann is what makes him unique and sometimes hard to follow like you would with other composers. Brilliant nonetheless

[flawlesscanadian]

@SpyVi Depends what you mean by ''us''. Personally, I long for understanding anything I dare imagine to understand...

When I made my comment, I meant other pieces than this one. I like this one. Since it's been a while I have commented, I can't remember exactly the names of the pieces I heard which I found ''not well orchestrated''.

If anything, I know that the changes of pace are due to the time required to compose that symphony. Art is based on emotion, on these change with time, simple.

[SpyVi]

@flawlesscanadian I was merely commenting on "it's very hard to tell what's going on sometimes. In one symphony, it can go from dark to joyful moments, and back to dark, and fast and slow pace. So we can ask ourselves, what was he thinking when he made his pieces? What was on his mind? ;)", not the orchestration comment. The emotions are characteristic of Schumann-Not just because of the time span, but this is his style. Pick anything else, it is as "strange" as this.

[specter290]

@SpyVi this song sounds like im pirate living in 18th century, this song reminds me of pirates the carribean from the disney movie

[johnhrobiii]

@negrooptico It's just that those who said that" Bob" wasn't a good orchestrator,just didn't know "Bob"!

[musicalidea]

@negrooptico Indeed! Listen to the way that he pairs the oscillating lines in the strings with the sustained notes in the woodwinds in the B Theme. It is as if the sighing volume of a river is propelled along with its undulating surface tides...Only a great orchestrator could have achieved this rich effect - not simply a cunning inventor of melodies and harmonies.

[1221amor]

@musicalidea yes, you are right, I agree with you! A great orchestrator, indeed, I think some musicans say he is not cause they watch the score and they think it's too simply... they watch the paper, but they don't hear the music

[okanerenli]

@negrooptico maybe they try to say not well orchestrated like beethoven's)). but for me just simple and clear not "bad" orchestration

[wuff23]

thanks! i like it