Mozart Symphony 38 D Major 'Prague Symphony' (1/4)

[eddiemperor]

Happy Birthday to the greatest man that ever walked this Earth.

[ivanoschen]

@sharingfeelings Do you really know what "copy" mean?

[ivanoschen]

Mozart = Beethoven = Bach > all the rest musicians.

[beastinblack]

@HerlockSholmes123 haydn -> mozart -> beethoven

[lewars1912]

My favourite Mozart symphonic movement.

[jamiels93]

aint there no words to this dave?.

[wt8012]

@jamiels93 It's the karaoke version.

[Mandy3ization]

I just love it ^^ <3 

[SkyProtonFood]

ULTRAVIOLENCE!

[OolabaSwa]

@SkyProtonFood Mozart and moloko

[PP1969GR]

@HerlockSholmes123 I just heard it, they look like same, i guess its a coincidence:)

[PP1969GR]

@HerlockSholmes123 In which exactly part of the 17th?

[PP1969GR]

@HerlockSholmes123 What is "tempest"?

[mojirsk]

Fantasticke!

[whneo97]

So far, after hearing so many others, this one's still my favourite interpretation...Thanks!!! :D

[adv20]

3 people have bad speakers on their computer

[sometimesilovelife]

salieri disliked this 3 times ?

[345bomberman]

@sometimesilovelife Salieri was a frined of Mozart. AMADEUS introduces him as an enemy, but he really wasn't.

[sometimesilovelife]

@sometimesilovelife LOL, i know. i was just being humourous :)

however you can't be around a genius like Mozart and not be a little jealous.his ''better than you ''personality reflects in his work.

[345bomberman]

@sometimesilovelife True. The only ones not jealous are Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

[345bomberman]

@sometimesilovelife True. The only ones not jealous are Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. And maybe Liszt.

[sometimesilovelife]

@345bomberman yes, absolutely no reason whatsoever!

[sometimesilovelife]

this is just so ... majestuous and happy :) it's like Mozart on caffeine

[aircat29]

ufff .como copiò Verdi de aqui!!!!!

[whneo97]

Does anyone else agree that the harmony used in beethoven's violin concerto sounds like the harmony at the start of this symphony?

[PJinBston]

@whneo97

I don't hear it that way, but there are a lot of moments in his concertos that suggest to me that he'd been spending a lot of time studying Mozart's piano concertos. The middle movement of Piano concerto 5, for example.

[345bomberman]

the greatest piece of all time. it greatly describes Prague at the time of Rudolf. I can just imagine walking down Karlova Street while listening to this.

[Silverlin212]

As great as this recording is, I much prefer Mackerras's recordings with the scottish chamber orchestra

[Olegstuff21986]

there's one melody that sounds very similar to The Magic Flute at 3:33, I wonder if this symphony was an earlier work than The Magic Flute, hmm.

[Silverlin212]

@Olegstuff21986 Yes this was an earlier work composed in 1786. The magic flute was written in 1791. Before you mentioned it I hadn't noticed the similarity in those passages, but they are quite obvious.

[polymath7]

@Silverlin212 "Yes this was an earlier work composed in 1786"

He'd have been twenty-nine or thirty in 1786, which I would not consider a particularly early point in the life of a man who died at thirty-five; but without checking that sounds to me like an implausibly early date.

I seem to remember reading that his final three symphonies were all composed in the summer of 1791, and I'll be much surprised if a Google search tells me five years had passed between this work and those.

[polymath7]

@Silverlin212 You were right, I was wrong. This does indeed date from 1786, and his final three were written in the summer of 1788, not 1791 -leaving a full three years in which he might have written a 42nd...

Curious, and tragic.

Come on Wolfgang, after three symphonies in as many months, couldn't you have gotten off your ass in those last *three years*? Then again, one wonders where he might possibly gone after that jaw-droppingly magnificent final movement of the forty-first.

[PJinBston]

@polymath7

He did compose the magic flute overture of course. Thing is: he composed symphonies for concerts, but because of various conditions - a war with the turks, and econimic hardships, most of his patrons were either away from Vienna or not prepared to spend the money - so i've read. I wasn't there. Too bad he didn't pack up and go to London, huh?

[diogeneslaertius666]

A: and now you are just getting carried away in the most inappropriate way possible sir

B: isnt it glorious?

[nateonyourplate]

most people now days just listen to music that sounds good not how how creative and beautiful it is and really understand it thats why most people dont listen to this stuff now

[Chaliamusiclover]

Happy birthday Maestro Mozart.

On today January 27, 255 years ago was a great day for the world because Mozart was born.

[Chaliamusiclover]

Happy birthday Maestro Mozart.

[MrDsmalls]

Man I love this tempo for the operning... perfect I love this movement. The interplay between the 'comical' theme in the woodwinds at the end of each section is so awesome. I imagine a brother and a sister making faces back and forth at each other. Buh-buh-BUHN-num buh-buh- BUHN-num No matter how bad of a mood I'm in that part makes me feel like a little kid.

[polymath7]

Listening to this once cured me of a severe headache -really.

I wonder if it can do the trick again?

[MindOwerMatter]

@polymath7 mais c'est *vous"

who dun the trick, mon petit!

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(ever so subtle only to insinuate...)

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(((((don't neglect your insulations;)))))

[Chaliamusiclover]

Bravisimo!!!!! Mozart!!!

[kirkconway]

One of mozarts best,

thats a high noted bassoon horn, on the end al alone sweet note,

[kirkconway]

there is no harpsicord in there,

It's a symphony,

harpsicord's were used like piano's back then,

all the Instruments are talking to each other,

violas violins timpany drums, clarinets,the occasional bassoon horn in the background ,

high noted clarinet,

bass fiddlesin the background filling in for low areas,

[romanelcore10]

mozart wrote this when he had just lost a son. its really a complete symphony containing some undertunes that can be found in other masterpieces of his like the magic flute's ouverture at 2:42

[damitdan1]

i once vistid his home as a child from america. i never heard this until now, it made me smile and want cry, i thank you for posting, and i thank u Wolf

[romanklatorski]

lovely... a great week start :-) and the beautiful Karlov Most :-)

[eddiemperor]

"Oh My Dear Wolfie you once more... have showed me Beauty , such spirit every note i get a glance of glory and eternal spirit in your soul"

[Mozart2you]

*´¨)

¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)

(¸.•´ (¸.• Divine Music, Mozart at his finest!

[rogybra]

:-)

[Radeir1]

Nesta Sinfonia

qual delicado mosaico

- em bis fragmentos

[sockcucker23]

what a shitty black flag rip off

[damitdan1]

@sockcucker23 lmao!

[Sviolinist]

This is, in my opinion, Mozart's greatest masterpiece.

[3629666]

@Sviolinist

Seems to me you're absolutely right, if not you're very very very close...!

[polymath7]

@Sviolinist 

Yeah, It's certainly up there, and I don't think it's at all a stretch to compare it favorably to the 40th and 41st.

[RJLKMRD]

@Sviolinist yea I agree. This is Mozart's best symphony. It's arguably the best composition he ever wrote!

[pierrebernard123]

Magnifique musique  God Music

[warwithangels]

@pierrebernard123 HAHAHA! It is SECULAR Music, Yes, It IS!! Compare Tew: "JESUS Loves ME" hehehe!!!

[polymath7]

@vanderbilt887 Now you've got me wondering what you said.

[vanderbilt887]

Ah yes this reminds me of Prague. I walked that very bridge two years ago :-D

[mensobruckner]

I don't think this is special. the tempo is too quick without being exciting. Too mannered. Listen to kubelik or ancerl and you know this is shit

[BobnyBob114]

Charles Mackerras is absolutely the best Mozart conductor!

[comic4relief]

he's not afraid to play the repeats because he can deliver it

[TheMaxPol]

Later on the tempo is OK, the expression being just like I imagine for Mazart... I do mind the lack of what I call "Prague spirit" at the very beginning. Otherwise, I warmly recommend Sir Charles´s recordings of Janáček... haven´t heart better ones so far...

[LiberateEireIRA]

this is nice

[oatboy]

Most classical period scholars acknowledge that 20th century tempi were much to slow in regards to the classical repertoire. This is borne out by writings and the metronome markings left to us in writings by contemporaries such as Spohr. Given that Mackerras is very well regarded as a scholar, and strives for very "correct" interpretations I'd bet his tempi are much closer to Mozart's than whatever you're accustomed to. I agree the bass pedal is a tad quiet at 1:55.

[Scissors8311]

You are absolutely right! This is just the perfect tempo and probably the best interpretation of this symphony that I've heard so far...!!!

Bravo Mackerras!!!

[Qauchtemoc]

I that a harpsichord?

At Mozart?

Never heard before

[elias12186]

I noticed it also, its kind of nice, even if its not period instruments.

[Qauchtemoc]

Indeed, you don't notice him that much, but it's kinda nice actually

[clementjb]

@elias12186 The harpsichord or other instruments to realize basso continuo continued through Mozart's time. It's use didn't die out overnight, and in some places continued well into the 19th century, especially in Italian opera.

[Thingolfin]

@Qauchtemoc Yes it is a harpsichord. The Continuo practice in larger ensembles (not in quartets) was alive until

the beginning of the 19th century! forget about what school books write! Even In Beethoven piano concerts you can find figured bass lines and Haydn himself played the haprsichord in his london symphonies, providing an accompaniment.

[figocooldude]

@Qauchtemoc Mozart wrote some pieces for the harpsichord. He also used the harpsichord more than the piano to write his music.

[xkuchinx]

@Qauchtemoc i think it's a clavecin...characteristic from the gallant style

[jnamadeus]

@Qauchtemoc

The harpsichord is absolutely relevant and often necessary in Mozart's music.

[sas147741]

@Qauchtemoc He used it a lot on the Italian Operas and in the early symphonys.

[vincntius]

@Qauchtemoc

In most of Mozart's pieces, Mozart would play along with whatever's being played... In somewhat, some people think he was bored and started playing along as well as conducting at the same time which kind of showed of his "genius" side...

In this case, he used a harpsichord in this symphony more openly instead of playing something that hid in the background..

[thiagosoler]

I love this symphony! It has an atmosphere so cold, mysterious. Mozart is absolutely great!

[oatboy]

Mackerras is so good at conducting mozart.

[cjwaywell]

wonderfull video

[mark0866]

Not that anyone cares, but that picture above is copyrighted ... I bought the rights to use it on the cover of my book ... which ironically is entitled "Prague Symphony!" Mark Allen

[3629666]

Dear Mark Allen!

You've bought the rights of very very nice picture of the Karlsbrücke, and it fits 100% tot he music of the genius of music, but what is it what you want to tell us by that ?

[mark0866]

Nothing -- just the irony that someone used that exact same picture for something with the same title. If you Google Mark Allen Prague Symphony: Requiem for the Cold War you'll see what I mean.

[BraveUlysses01]

Are you really THE Mark Allen who wrote Prague Symphony? I ask because it's an absolutely fascinating work, well told, and really thought-provoking too. I particularly love the musical 'rest sections' interspersed throughout.

[mark0866]

Thanks Ulysses. I'd also like to congratulate you on your brilliant handling of the Cyclops ... that was truly inspired.

[BraveUlysses01]

Hahaha. Wish I really could take credit for that!

[sonata1992]

Thanks so much! It's electrifying :D

[elias12186]

I'll upload the rest tomorrow or later ;)

[sonata1992]

Thanks Elias =)