Il più grande ed umano direttore di sempre, ha ricollocato Strauss al giusto posto, fra i geni musicali, come Carlos! Mi manchi troppo, in questa epoca di puro calcolo materialista. Sei la pura gioia di vivere fatta uomo. Grazie!
Many years ago,as a beginning conductor, Arthur Fielder was conducting this piece in rehersal with the SF Orchestra. One of the flute players thought to be funny and played a wrong note, twice. No one heard it, but Fieldler did. And Fielder was on his 2nd bottle of scotch and Old. Five bottles of scotch in his dressing room always! Well, he dropped the baton, walked over to that flute player and tapped him on the head and smiled!!! Ozawa had to tell me what happened, I didn't believe it.
Indeed,the whole work was done during the rehearsals, and you probably know how strict and punctilious he used to be for each and every note - if you don't, try to watch the clips about his rehearsals with Fledermaus and Freischutz - so that during the performance he just enjoys himself, relishing the beauty of the music and the exquisite interpretation of his favorite orchestra. My feeling when watching him is that he doesn't produce music, he only gives voice to the music in himself.
The great Carlos Kleiber joyously conducting this joyful piece. And didn't the Japanese audience just love it.
He makes it look all so easy, but only because all the work was done in rehearsal. There are so many great visual moments here. A brief acknowledgement of the audience with his baton, and off he goes.
What a fascinating style of conducting... so much more interesting than people who just beat time all the way through. The man's got some big teeth, though.
I also think Kleiber probably has the most inspiring and attractive conducting technique. But please, this kind of piece doesn't show the genius of his musicality. Strauss pieces are mainly pieces where both the orchestra and the conductor are supposed to have fun, as he does it so skillfully here! We should appreciate the miracle that Kleiber is both a first rate conductor in more serious repertoire and yet exciting to see - some people can jump and move a lot but not do the music!
Carlos Kleiber was born in Berlin, grew up in Argentine and had dual-citizenship (honor-citizenship of Argentine due to his father and Austrian again since 1980) but is widely seen as Austrian conductor.
Can someone tell my why a smile appears on my face every single time I watch Kleiber and hear the fantastic music he and the orchestra bring? Really adore this master of music.
There's just something about him - he lives every moment of the music and must be incredibly inspiring to be conducted BY. I love how sometimes he'll sit back and enjoy the orchestra and the work they're doing - he trusts them. Just . . . wow!
I like to think that Kleiber's up in heaven with Strauss himself, conducting the symphonies that Johann has been commissioned to write for the angels.
I love watching Kleiber conduct because it looks like he's painting a landscape with his arms when he conducts. Most of all, he's just having the time of his life up there.
You can hear the thunder and see the lightning here! What a performance! Kleiber was a great man as an artist and as a human being (I guess both notions are related).
Totally agree, and the happiness on his face while he directs the orchestra, man, what a pleasure to hear and see it, Karajan and Kleiber, best between the best.
It´s not only his unique interpretations, his abilty to focus on the main musical aspects - one simply can see that he enjoys and loves music! It´s not about himself, it´s about music. And that´s something you can´t say about Karajan, Böhm and most of the other famous conductors.
Every time I see Kleiber conducting, it seems as he himself has become the music, breathes the music and so on. He seems to use his body to evoke the music (and conduct at the same time).
Karajan, on the other hand, seems more of a very skilled technician. An atticist, as you will.
Kleiber shows his skill in the rehearsals. But live he absolutely knows when it´s about to control the orchestra (endings, bridges) or to motivate it or just to let it go. That´s real skill. Karajan conducts like showing himself as the nucleus of it all.
Electrifying, simply. He is so wonderful, can't help it coming back to these videos over and over. A miracle, I keep reading. And how right. Just love him.
Durch Informationen aus dem privaten Bereich, begab mich auf die Suche, mir mein eigenes Bild über den Star Kleiber -mit so manchen (Vor) urteilen- zu machen. So stieß ich auf diesen Mittschnitt (unter Blitz und Donner) und nun bin ich ein Kleiber-Verehrer. Wenn ich meinen Lieblingssänger nennen müsste, würde ich sagen: Fritz Wunderlich. Wenn ich nun meinen Lieblingsdirigenten nennen müsste, würde er lauten: Carlos Kleiber. Ich denke, das sagt alles.
Dear Xedos, what a wonderful clip! I'm a Kleiber-Fan too and wonder where you got these recordings from. Is it TV-broadcasts or DVD you put on your youtube-account? And how did you do this?? Best greetings, Benedikt (not knowing much about technique)
Yes, here he is playing with the orchestra. For all his knowledge, here he is enjoying himself so much, and together with his players so much, just as if amongst them. Look at the Wiener Phil, version, it is porridge in comparison This is so moving, and so endearing, and such energy and fun! Love it.
Even with the sound down he's interesting. You can almost feel the music just by watching him! And no music score to distract him. He knows it insideout!
To those who are claiming that this great conductor is simply dancing aimlessly along to the music as if it were a recording and he is waving his arms: try to observe how every single gesture that Kleiber makes has a profound effect on the sound, phrasing, and expressive trajectory the orchestra plays. After finishing those observations, imagine what the orchestra's playing would be like if he simply beat time and gave cues and nothing else, which is what you seem to think makes good conducting.
100% sure musicians wouldn't like to play for Carlos Kleiber? I think you will find that musicians lucky enough to have played for Kleiber will say he was one of, if not THE best ever! It is a great shame he wouldn't conduct more. Sadly you are probably right in thinking there are too many charletons around but good ones are all the more special. Even more sadly there is probably only one living conductor who gets anywhere near the results and respect from his players as did Carlos Kleiber.
Carlos Kleiber wasn´t an easy going type of artist. He had his own mind and prefered to quit if in his opinion anything went wrong. Somehow he is a typical child of the independent - means mainly paid by the country, not by sponsors or visitors - orchestras and opera houses in the German speaking countries. He was famous for not making compromises, but in his own way he was right to do so. For me as a studied conductor myself he was the best ever.
And he conducted at the Met at least three times in the late 80's/early 90's. I have spoken personally with several veteran members of the Met orchestra who all asserted that Carlos Kleiber was the greatest conductor, by far, with whom they had ever worked, and that the performances with him were unforgettable. He was the first choice of the Berlin Philharmonic for music director after Karajan's death, and was universally admired by singers and players. You are simply incorrect, junevi2000.
I have also spoken with a veteran bassist in the New York Philharmonic who confirmed that after Bernstein's departure from that orchestra, a committe of players, of which this person was a member, desperately lobbied the NY Phil board to consider Carlos Kleiber as the next music director. He was invited among a few others and, as was so often the case, turned it down. If you don't like the man's conducting, fine...but make sure your facts are straight before making blanket assertions!.
Kleiber was known for being meticulous in rehearsal and whimsical in performances. Even though it looks like he's just dancing, he is steering the ship and has rehearsed the orchestra to his preferences.
If you ever played in an orchestra, you will recognize the value of the conductor during rehearsals and practice... he sets the pace, tone and practically interprets the music to play it according to his taste. Kleiber was known to just put accents on the day of the performance without "conducting" properly, specially pieces like this that have a strong rythm.
This guy is a great great conductor - anything he's recorded on disc that I've heard is brilliant. This is the first video I've ever seen of him. I like the smile.
How can you be so ignorant and so arrogant at the same time...? This is music making of the highest calibre thinkable, or I should rather say unthinkable...! Once you can appreciate that you will have become a better person.
This man was an absolute genius at the this repertoire. His work was never grandstanding. Be sure to look at all aspects of ones work before casting aspersions around. He comes from one of the most respected musical families. between erich and carlos kleiber the musical world has been a better place!
The orchestra plays like that just because of him. Check versions of pieces by him and others (like the Radetzky march) and see the difference, with Abbado the best of their generation... peacock or not.
The orchestra "gets it" around 1:20, and Kleiber immediately starts conducting less for rhythm and more for the controlled smooth color he's reknowned for.
On his youtube performance of this same piece with the Vienna Philharmonic (better than this orchestra), Kleiber gets the sound and performance he wants from the opening measure.
When I watch Kleiber, it's almost like he immediately assumes his job is NOT to keep the orchestra together. As much as the orchestra will allow him, he's trying to conduct the musical line. He puts a great deal of responsiblity where it should be, and when his orchestra is paying attention, it makes for a much smoother relationship between conductor and orchestra.
I find it a little odd to compare the two performances. The recording quality and positioning of the mics alone will make the two very different. And yes the Vienna band is better, but you should also take into account what each performance was... in this case an encore probably not rehearsed as much as the Vienna show. The Viennese also have a tradition with this music that the Germans do not. By his reaction at the end, the whole thing was obviously very spur of the moment for all of them.
I think you're mistaken. Conducting is actually a very simple task, all it requires is a bit of luck, a naturally born talent, and 40 or 50 years of sweat, practice and hard work.
You can tell just by his facial expressions that the music he's conducting is flowing through his very veins. He doesn't even need to concentrate. He lets the music work itself.
To buzzkiller--if only we HAD conductors like Kleiber to lead our groups! We don't need a time beater--we need an inspiring line and a musicality we can admire. Sure the work was done in rehearsal--but in the "show" he just carries us along his musical road. A bit of a ham? Who isn't in their own way?
BRAVO!!!
angelamaria1944 6 days ago
never seen a person so happy :p
great man
DIABLO95559 6 days ago
Divine Carlos. Excellent artist, absolute gentleman and ... perfect dancer :-)
czechoperafan 3 weeks ago
Il più grande ed umano direttore di sempre, ha ricollocato Strauss al giusto posto, fra i geni musicali, come Carlos! Mi manchi troppo, in questa epoca di puro calcolo materialista. Sei la pura gioia di vivere fatta uomo. Grazie!
giuseppe33199 3 weeks ago
If a storm would sound like this, I'd enjoy it with pleasure! :-)
Whenever I hear this I start to laugh; makes me so happy!
And thus thank your for sharing this!!
Greetings and a very happy new year!
MyCateLynn 4 weeks ago
hm hab was geiles entdeckt haha
FreedaJenineho615 1 month ago
mad genius
Solus793 3 months ago
I watch this every day, after having breakfast.
volodya2 3 months ago
a peculiar man, good dirgen was he
aslom44 4 months ago
Genius at work...
MariaCaIIas 4 months ago
@Estuddian
Yes ;) Karajan's is a march, not a schnell polka!
shonnyno 4 months ago
Many years ago,as a beginning conductor, Arthur Fielder was conducting this piece in rehersal with the SF Orchestra. One of the flute players thought to be funny and played a wrong note, twice. No one heard it, but Fieldler did. And Fielder was on his 2nd bottle of scotch and Old. Five bottles of scotch in his dressing room always! Well, he dropped the baton, walked over to that flute player and tapped him on the head and smiled!!! Ozawa had to tell me what happened, I didn't believe it.
swbrand 4 months ago 3
My favorite version of this, it's so alive.
Karajans is also nice but it's just not for me - feels too repressed
Bluzme 5 months ago
jst saying i prefer karajns
Agomongo1235 5 months ago
Pure Joy !!!
CraigVader 5 months ago
Indeed,the whole work was done during the rehearsals, and you probably know how strict and punctilious he used to be for each and every note - if you don't, try to watch the clips about his rehearsals with Fledermaus and Freischutz - so that during the performance he just enjoys himself, relishing the beauty of the music and the exquisite interpretation of his favorite orchestra. My feeling when watching him is that he doesn't produce music, he only gives voice to the music in himself.
dtrutia 6 months ago 2
@Estuddian becourse ur brain is too small
PayQPayQ 6 months ago in playlist Das beste aus der klassischen Musik
you know you've done well when the audience starts clapping ten seconds before you're done playing...
freakintom 8 months ago
The Genius
TheZdp1 8 months ago
a miracle
MrMaxmorphing 8 months ago
He always managed to draw out something extra.
dvconcrete 9 months ago
Bravo ! Extraordinario ! ! !
nichollasmoloch 9 months ago
CHARMER!
alfabetab 10 months ago
it's as if all he needs to do is to tell them when to begin and when to end, and then he's just enjoying what the orchestra has to play for him!
gintonic8025 11 months ago
@gintonic8025 Yes exactly right.
cullanpiano 6 months ago
I prefer Karajan, but this was still great. Bit too fast...
panzerelite195 11 months ago
5 ignorant or hip hop and rap people
mauriciomille 1 year ago
the way how to direct the orches from this director, reminds me how mr.bean directs the little christmas orchest on the down town, his movings.
mauriciomille 1 year ago
The great Carlos Kleiber joyously conducting this joyful piece. And didn't the Japanese audience just love it.
He makes it look all so easy, but only because all the work was done in rehearsal. There are so many great visual moments here. A brief acknowledgement of the audience with his baton, and off he goes.
Musical magic <3
youtubister 1 year ago
I want to marry him! (too late.)
ellandelachapelle 1 year ago 5
Bravo!
quertreiber0 1 year ago
2:20 the best!!! ^^
HerrVonHintenTV 1 year ago
@HerrVonHintenTV And I love this place: 2:57 :-)
Mravinszky 1 year ago
The most impressive and fascinating conductor!!! That's real inspiration!!!
ogeidnamzug 1 year ago
What a fascinating style of conducting... so much more interesting than people who just beat time all the way through. The man's got some big teeth, though.
EienYubikiri 1 year ago
I love it!
Raed103 1 year ago
Kleiber beat DragonForce to the idea that "everything's better with prestissimo."
SimuLord 1 year ago
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He conducts like a god, or shall we say, he is like a god
iplongnin 1 year ago
指揮の魅力がｸﾗｲﾊﾞｰを見ていっぺんにわかりました。
SAHAA0127 1 year ago
1:20 Kleiber looks exactly like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons!
In all seriousness, I love this song, and I highly respect this composer. Karajan, Bernstein, and Kleiber are my three favorite composers.
mormonsick 1 year ago
@mormonsick
My friends in Vienna tell me I look like Carlos Kleiber. I always considered that a compliment.
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OMG. This is so much too fast !
debiaptget 1 year ago
@debiaptget No it isn't. It's too slow. THE FASTER THE BETTER.
Maestrojosh87 1 year ago
@debiaptget no, it's not.
I think the tempo is 196
Augenmann2 1 year ago
I also think Kleiber probably has the most inspiring and attractive conducting technique. But please, this kind of piece doesn't show the genius of his musicality. Strauss pieces are mainly pieces where both the orchestra and the conductor are supposed to have fun, as he does it so skillfully here! We should appreciate the miracle that Kleiber is both a first rate conductor in more serious repertoire and yet exciting to see - some people can jump and move a lot but not do the music!
dga471 1 year ago 2
Perfetto.
chiorto 1 year ago
¡The great Carlos Kleiber was born in may country, Argentina and his first musical studies were there!
rodolfobass27 1 year ago
@rodolfobass27
Carlos Kleiber was born in Berlin, grew up in Argentine and had dual-citizenship (honor-citizenship of Argentine due to his father and Austrian again since 1980) but is widely seen as Austrian conductor.
All the best
Ethratian 1 year ago
最好的版本了
感觉好象要飞起来一样，伟大的小克
xiaoheijeff 1 year ago
Carlos Kleiber, true master of life, of music. Pure energy, pure joy.
MyMusic0201 1 year ago 5
@MyMusic0201
YES... HE IS REALLY MASTER OF MUSIC.... WONDERFUL.!!!
nukovci 1 year ago
So , So
Awesome
:)
BtoCtrill 1 year ago
Can someone tell my why a smile appears on my face every single time I watch Kleiber and hear the fantastic music he and the orchestra bring? Really adore this master of music.
fojaak 1 year ago 6
@fojaak
No one can tell... It's a MIRACLE
nukovci 1 year ago
@fojaak
No one can tell.... It 's a MIRACLE
nukovci 1 year ago 3
Genius. Absolute genius.
valevtx 2 years ago 14
@valevtx
nukovci 1 year ago
@valevtx
YES
ABSULUTE GENIUS
nukovci 1 year ago
¡Bravo Kleiber!
Se ve que disfrutas la música que diriges
¡Tu entusiasmo me contagia!
Telmexia 2 years ago 8
Göttlich!
Cellinojo 2 years ago 7
Beyond perfect! I daresay the performance is better than the composition!! Only Kleiber wouldn't wait for the audience to stop clapping!!!
MasterAzunai 2 years ago 11
@MasterAzunai
YES,
BEYOND BEYOND PERFECT AND EVEN MORE!!!
No word can describe it....
I visited his grave since he' s burried in my country Slovenia to thank him fo all he'd given to the world with his art...
Thank you dear Carlos for all and rest in peace!
nukovci 1 year ago
@nukovci
YES really BEYOND BEYOND BEYOND PERFECT and EVEN MORE!!!
Thank you dear Carlos
and thank you MasterAzunai to share my opinion...
nukovci 1 year ago
La música alcanza su máxima expresión al unirse tres genios: Compositor, Orquesta y Director!!!!
alexmacram 2 years ago 4
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He is miraculous...!!!
I've never seen nor heard something so wonderful like this...!
He is a true miracle..!!!
Since he's burried in my country in the beautiful little village Konjšica in Slovenia I visited his grave last week.... Unforgetable...!!!
Dear Carlos, requiescas in pacem et lux perpetua luceat tibi in aeternum....!
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nukovci 2 years ago
So schön werden wir es lange net mer hören...
laueralex 2 years ago 6
There's just something about him - he lives every moment of the music and must be incredibly inspiring to be conducted BY. I love how sometimes he'll sit back and enjoy the orchestra and the work they're doing - he trusts them. Just . . . wow!
smithespis 2 years ago 20
@smithespis Agreed!
darkprose 2 years ago 2
Gran Maestro Kleiber!!!
Suya es la Eternidad!!!
aiacos100 2 years ago 11
I like to think that Kleiber's up in heaven with Strauss himself, conducting the symphonies that Johann has been commissioned to write for the angels.
SimuLord 2 years ago 9
That's cheesy :P
crotchet66 2 years ago
I suspect Johann would still be writing dance music. Why would he start on symphonies now when he could leave that to Haydn and Beethoven?
Garpinator 2 years ago
Worthwhile point. Waltzes and light operetta would certainly suit him better.
SimuLord 2 years ago
I love watching Kleiber conduct because it looks like he's painting a landscape with his arms when he conducts. Most of all, he's just having the time of his life up there.
raiu0009 2 years ago 16
love this one , and the guy is all like , ready , iam . nice.good job/
Emunozcjnick 2 years ago
You can see that ALL the work was done in rehearsal. All Kleiber has to do at the performance is inspire and keep time!
What a joy it would have been to play for him.
ipmoic 2 years ago 64
@ipmoic Correct and exactly as it should be! This is how/why Toscanini was so great, among also all other great conductors.
SteveAndrewLangford 1 year ago
@ipmoic in the min 3.16 is james levine?... i thinks he isnt
mauriciomille 1 year ago
@mauriciomille (?) Of course not......, but thanks for asking me.
ipmoic 1 year ago
@ipmoic you are welcome
mauriciomille 11 months ago
@ipmoic lovely this master piece isnt?...
mauriciomille 11 months ago
Meraviglioso
gmesesa 2 years ago 11
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Amazing performance!! to bad the cymbal player is a bit off :D still very good! :)
ozzi94 2 years ago
It's hard to imagine there would be any precision problems with such clarity from the podium. ;)
b286guy 2 years ago 9
You can hear the thunder and see the lightning here! What a performance! Kleiber was a great man as an artist and as a human being (I guess both notions are related).
HeleneLens 2 years ago 18
Totally agree, and the happiness on his face while he directs the orchestra, man, what a pleasure to hear and see it, Karajan and Kleiber, best between the best.
antiorea 2 years ago 3
he brings so much energy into his music, and you can tell he is completely happy doing it
munky6933 2 years ago 12
2:17 - 2:22 are just incredible. I like Kleiber!!
as2011 2 years ago 2
It´s not only his unique interpretations, his abilty to focus on the main musical aspects - one simply can see that he enjoys and loves music! It´s not about himself, it´s about music. And that´s something you can´t say about Karajan, Böhm and most of the other famous conductors.
anonymusum 2 years ago 18
Every time I see Kleiber conducting, it seems as he himself has become the music, breathes the music and so on. He seems to use his body to evoke the music (and conduct at the same time).
Karajan, on the other hand, seems more of a very skilled technician. An atticist, as you will.
AverellDalton 2 years ago 48
Kleiber shows his skill in the rehearsals. But live he absolutely knows when it´s about to control the orchestra (endings, bridges) or to motivate it or just to let it go. That´s real skill. Karajan conducts like showing himself as the nucleus of it all.
anonymusum 2 years ago 11
@AverellDalton
YES ..... HE HIMSELF IS THE MUSIC...... GOD'S GIFT to US and to all the PEOPLE bonae voluntatis....
Recently I visited his grave, since he's burried in my country... I felt great hapiness and peace seeing his everlasting home...
Dear Carlos rest in peace! Requiescas in pacem et lux aeterna luceat tibi in aeternum...!
Thank you Averell Dalton
nukovci 1 year ago
A brilliant recording by a great conductor. Like father, like son!
duettists 2 years ago 7
What a conductor! Superb!
CanadaPisces 2 years ago 11
Kleiber is the best, better than Toscanini e Karajan.
No one know conduce STRAUSS like him!
Kleiber, I Love You!
GhuToB 2 years ago 16
what about beethoven, or brahms...
:-)
maxtanz 2 years ago
Kleiber was so happy then.
I am really jealous of those who were present....
muhchung 2 years ago 9
Insuperable Carlos Kleiber. El mejor entre los mejores. Todavía lo echamos de menos...
gratacos1 2 years ago 15
Fantastic performance by all, a great Kleiber moment. I love this.
peteconnolly99 2 years ago 6
Electrifying, simply. He is so wonderful, can't help it coming back to these videos over and over. A miracle, I keep reading. And how right. Just love him.
3isa5 2 years ago 7
what a cute performance. makes me thrilled~
cedricyu803 2 years ago
GREAT TALENT RIP KLEIBER
Rayner1234 2 years ago 4
ogni volta che vedo questo miracolo non riesco a credere ai miei occhie e alle mie orecchie
maxtanz 2 years ago 9
The best ever. He is the best ever!
3isa5 2 years ago
Durch Informationen aus dem privaten Bereich, begab mich auf die Suche, mir mein eigenes Bild über den Star Kleiber -mit so manchen (Vor) urteilen- zu machen. So stieß ich auf diesen Mittschnitt (unter Blitz und Donner) und nun bin ich ein Kleiber-Verehrer. Wenn ich meinen Lieblingssänger nennen müsste, würde ich sagen: Fritz Wunderlich. Wenn ich nun meinen Lieblingsdirigenten nennen müsste, würde er lauten: Carlos Kleiber. Ich denke, das sagt alles.
1arbiterelegantiarum 3 years ago 7
Es tut gut Kommentare von jemandem zu lesen der gleich denkt wie ich.
Ethratian 3 years ago
Genius Kleiber. Total master.
geraldopus 3 years ago 8
Er ist einmalig!...aber er war auch ein Spinner!...genial!
HawarantenLoserClara 3 years ago
I'm just not sure why Kleiber has to take everything that he conducts so fast...maybe I've been spoilt by Karajan.
barmanjoe 3 years ago
La Musica.
Chiollodario 3 years ago
Kleiber IS a music.
fleasong 3 years ago 10
Dear Xedos, what a wonderful clip! I'm a Kleiber-Fan too and wonder where you got these recordings from. Is it TV-broadcasts or DVD you put on your youtube-account? And how did you do this?? Best greetings, Benedikt (not knowing much about technique)
GianbattistaRubini 3 years ago 2
Nur fehlt noch das Regen!
wuppertalElberfeld 3 years ago
wunderschön!!!
jamtrp 3 years ago 3
dancing with the music. beautiful
sweetmpea55 3 years ago 6
Yes, here he is playing with the orchestra. For all his knowledge, here he is enjoying himself so much, and together with his players so much, just as if amongst them. Look at the Wiener Phil, version, it is porridge in comparison This is so moving, and so endearing, and such energy and fun! Love it.
3isa5 3 years ago 7
ma che uomo! io lo amo ♥
eriksatie9 3 years ago 7
thats perfect. i love karlos kleiber
1ragnar1 3 years ago 7
At the same time depressed and joyful.
A sort of fantastic sad and happy artist. Great result !
courtneyjolly 3 years ago 6
His way of conducting orchestra looks so unique and fabulous!
pigsong9 3 years ago 6
I would like to repeat maxmorphing: right, yes! This man was miracle.
3isa5 3 years ago
There is no way I can describe this performance, it goes way beyond perfection, thank you for posting this video
jonny7classics 3 years ago 6
Even with the sound down he's interesting. You can almost feel the music just by watching him! And no music score to distract him. He knows it insideout!
dickdona 3 years ago 2
I've noticed it... pretty interesting, it's like a propaganda for him to look so good, and he knows it
Necroman666 3 years ago
this man was miracle
maxmorphing 3 years ago 10
Carlos Kleiber, his performance is really electrifying, isn't it?
This is exactly "thunder and lightning "!!
sitesnk 3 years ago 5
To those who are claiming that this great conductor is simply dancing aimlessly along to the music as if it were a recording and he is waving his arms: try to observe how every single gesture that Kleiber makes has a profound effect on the sound, phrasing, and expressive trajectory the orchestra plays. After finishing those observations, imagine what the orchestra's playing would be like if he simply beat time and gave cues and nothing else, which is what you seem to think makes good conducting.
nickfox2 3 years ago 4
.....and this one was a bit too fast.
iwanabana 3 years ago
brilliant!
artis922 3 years ago 3
nice smile at 2:13
donpet14 3 years ago
To the tests it is natural to be pernicious,
when, however, he directs in public, the respect exists with other professionals, teachers and musicians.
Great man, great manager, great mind, directs almost always to memory.
cercatolmente 3 years ago
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junevi2000 3 years ago
100% sure musicians wouldn't like to play for Carlos Kleiber? I think you will find that musicians lucky enough to have played for Kleiber will say he was one of, if not THE best ever! It is a great shame he wouldn't conduct more. Sadly you are probably right in thinking there are too many charletons around but good ones are all the more special. Even more sadly there is probably only one living conductor who gets anywhere near the results and respect from his players as did Carlos Kleiber.
battyprofessor 3 years ago 2
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junevi2000 3 years ago
Carlos Kleiber wasn´t an easy going type of artist. He had his own mind and prefered to quit if in his opinion anything went wrong. Somehow he is a typical child of the independent - means mainly paid by the country, not by sponsors or visitors - orchestras and opera houses in the German speaking countries. He was famous for not making compromises, but in his own way he was right to do so. For me as a studied conductor myself he was the best ever.
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junevi2000 3 years ago
And he conducted at the Met at least three times in the late 80's/early 90's. I have spoken personally with several veteran members of the Met orchestra who all asserted that Carlos Kleiber was the greatest conductor, by far, with whom they had ever worked, and that the performances with him were unforgettable. He was the first choice of the Berlin Philharmonic for music director after Karajan's death, and was universally admired by singers and players. You are simply incorrect, junevi2000.
nickfox2 3 years ago 2
I have also spoken with a veteran bassist in the New York Philharmonic who confirmed that after Bernstein's departure from that orchestra, a committe of players, of which this person was a member, desperately lobbied the NY Phil board to consider Carlos Kleiber as the next music director. He was invited among a few others and, as was so often the case, turned it down. If you don't like the man's conducting, fine...but make sure your facts are straight before making blanket assertions!.
nickfox2 3 years ago 2
He doesn't conduct..... he moves the the music, yes, but that isn't wat I would call properly conducted...
BlackestEye 3 years ago
Kleiber was known for being meticulous in rehearsal and whimsical in performances. Even though it looks like he's just dancing, he is steering the ship and has rehearsed the orchestra to his preferences.
Liedliebhaber 3 years ago 4
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junevi2000 3 years ago
BlackestEye,
If you ever played in an orchestra, you will recognize the value of the conductor during rehearsals and practice... he sets the pace, tone and practically interprets the music to play it according to his taste. Kleiber was known to just put accents on the day of the performance without "conducting" properly, specially pieces like this that have a strong rythm.
wysiwyg248 3 years ago
soverein gedirigeerd!
allard860 3 years ago
awesome!!
allard860 3 years ago
awesome!!!
allard860 3 years ago
This guy is a great great conductor - anything he's recorded on disc that I've heard is brilliant. This is the first video I've ever seen of him. I like the smile.
edgluhrs 4 years ago 2
I think he likes conducting Strauss pieces, doesn't he?
wuff23 4 years ago 4
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the orchestra would play just as fine without him grandstanding out there like a german-argentinian peacock.
teflonmagnet 4 years ago
the only thing i can't get over is how cute the man was. such a teasing expression in his face that you want to make a mad dash for the podium.
teflonmagnet 4 years ago 3
How can you be so ignorant and so arrogant at the same time...? This is music making of the highest calibre thinkable, or I should rather say unthinkable...! Once you can appreciate that you will have become a better person.
doktordrakator 4 years ago 4
How can I tell a german-argentinian peacock from a purely German or merely argentinian peacock?
Mahler1912 4 years ago 2
Dont you know that he was half american? (on the side of his mother)
myakira93 4 years ago
This man was an absolute genius at the this repertoire. His work was never grandstanding. Be sure to look at all aspects of ones work before casting aspersions around. He comes from one of the most respected musical families. between erich and carlos kleiber the musical world has been a better place!
bayridgemaestro 4 years ago 5
teflonmagnet,
The orchestra plays like that just because of him. Check versions of pieces by him and others (like the Radetzky march) and see the difference, with Abbado the best of their generation... peacock or not.
wysiwyg248 3 years ago
Simply the best Strauss possible. A masterpiece of interpretation.
epalleja 4 years ago 10
It's simply awesome!
Mathroum 4 years ago
He's simply just the greatest of them all.
etucker82 4 years ago
Bayerische Staatsoper one of the premier orchestras
MahlerTitan 4 years ago 2
Страшен образ. Незабравимо сценично присъствие.
Geoselo 4 years ago
The orchestra "gets it" around 1:20, and Kleiber immediately starts conducting less for rhythm and more for the controlled smooth color he's reknowned for.
On his youtube performance of this same piece with the Vienna Philharmonic (better than this orchestra), Kleiber gets the sound and performance he wants from the opening measure.
HuangKaiVun 4 years ago
When I watch Kleiber, it's almost like he immediately assumes his job is NOT to keep the orchestra together. As much as the orchestra will allow him, he's trying to conduct the musical line. He puts a great deal of responsiblity where it should be, and when his orchestra is paying attention, it makes for a much smoother relationship between conductor and orchestra.
twinviolinista 4 years ago
"He immediately assumes his job is NOT to keep the orchestra together"
Amen.
GeneralDAS 4 years ago
I find it a little odd to compare the two performances. The recording quality and positioning of the mics alone will make the two very different. And yes the Vienna band is better, but you should also take into account what each performance was... in this case an encore probably not rehearsed as much as the Vienna show. The Viennese also have a tradition with this music that the Germans do not. By his reaction at the end, the whole thing was obviously very spur of the moment for all of them.
tiredarms 4 years ago
I guess we all know who is the moron here...
AAtabey 4 years ago
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This is total crap and anyone who disagrees is stupid. Conducting is a retarded job. Millions of dollars to be a meternome.
buzzkiller420 4 years ago
lol dumbass
bitchass888 4 years ago
rofl, its you who is the retard.
bulboflight 4 years ago
no it isn't played in Japan, but japanese televion show these things
sirlollo 4 years ago
IT WAS PLAYED IN JAPAN.
abcanalyst 4 years ago
can't stop listen it
sirlollo 4 years ago
Er war einfach der Meister. Tip: Don't argue with people who don't know what are they talking about, that is just a waste of time.
ithosa 4 years ago
I think you're mistaken. Conducting is actually a very simple task, all it requires is a bit of luck, a naturally born talent, and 40 or 50 years of sweat, practice and hard work.
wendingo01 4 years ago
You can tell just by his facial expressions that the music he's conducting is flowing through his very veins. He doesn't even need to concentrate. He lets the music work itself.
GeneralDAS 4 years ago 3
Einfach nur schön...
chipitalex 4 years ago
To buzzkiller--if only we HAD conductors like Kleiber to lead our groups! We don't need a time beater--we need an inspiring line and a musicality we can admire. Sure the work was done in rehearsal--but in the "show" he just carries us along his musical road. A bit of a ham? Who isn't in their own way?
ipmoic 4 years ago