Strauss II - Fledermaus Overture - Kleiber (1970)

[windstorm1000]

I see such quiet joy on this conductor's face--he has a permanent smile if you notice---and he translates that to the orchestra. Magical.

[47Heiner]

Einfach großartig und unübertrefflich!

[Millerrc08]

Anyone else remember this from the Tom & Jerry episode, 'Hollywood Bowl'?

[GosfordAbercrombie]

phenomenal! my second favorite overture ever and this is heavenly listening!!!!!

[ingriddoppler]

Lovely music and nice rendition ( maybe a little too fast at moments ) but delightful to watch. Grazie @angelamaria1944 per condividerlo.

[jin12345678]

interesting a younger kleiber

[mackinl]

this is GREAT.

[tiedyefalafel]

I used to figure skate to this music. This music makes me want to cry. It is the happiest, most hopeful music in the world. It represents to me the hope that you can do anything-that I can do a double salchow, that you can go sky diving, that we can be free! This means so much to me and the way that this is conducted and performed truly embraces these feelings. Bravo!

[MahlerBruckner]

His conducting is so full of joy and passion. Amazing!

[violayla]

Around 7:20, he does NOTHING for about 4-5 seconds. And it's the harderst part to get right of the whole overture. An unbelievable conductor!!! *****

[hmabboud]

Bravoooo!

[eyh201]

pedegree -> pedigree

[ClericHUN]

I've loved this since i saw it on the Tom and Jerry cartoon.

[ClericHUN]

Tom and Jerry:The Hollywood Bowl

[dmrks]

This is wonderful!

[Antillas636]

Carlos Kleiber did very few recording and each every one of those recordings must be considered as a unique treasure.

I had no idea of the existence of this video this is why I treasure it so much.

He is half argentinian what makes me even prouder.

[showwould]

He actually has no Argentinian blood at all. He's half American and either half German or half Austrian, depending on who you believe his father is (Erich Kleiber or Alban Berg). He spent his childhood in Argentina when his family fled the Nazi regime. He however spent most of his time in English boarding schools and had a British nanny.

[fungovenoso]

He didn't just "spent his childhood" in Argentina. He was actually born in Argentina, therefore he is Argentinean. There is no such thing as "Argentinean blood". One is Argentinean by birth or naturalized. Most Argentinean have "foreign blood" like Kleiber and he is as Argentinean as everybody else born there. Additionally, his mother was Argentinean as was his father -maybe not his biological father (?), but his "real" father: Erich Kleiber- who had....

[fungovenoso]

...become an Argentinean citizen by the time Carlos was born. Many well to do Argentineans had foreign nannies in those days. According to your definitions, most Argentineans are not Argentineans!!! (like Borges, Cortázar, San Martín, Menem, Baremboin, me, etc.)

[fungovenoso]

I stand corrected. He was born in Berlin. The rest is still true. He is still Argetinean. The whole family became Argentinean (that is why his name is now Carlos and not Karl). Additionally, he was educated in Argentina (the British boarding schools he attended were in Argentine) and his music formation was mostly in Argentina.

[showwould]

No one in the family was Argentinean born. Carlos was born in 1930. The family moved there in 1935. Erich became a citizen in 1938. Karl became known Carlos while he was there but there is no evidence that he legally changed his name.

I don't quite understand your idea that there is no such thing as Argentinean blood. There is evidence of human life there from around 11,000 BC. The Spanish settled in the early 1500s. To say Carlos is as "Argentinean as everyone else from there" goes quite far.

[fungovenoso]

His family chose to be Argentinean in protest against fascist regimes in Europe (they didn't need to do so to live and work there). Carlos became a citizen in 1938. Becoming an Argentinean citizen makes one Argentinean. Carlos didn't even become an Austrian citizen until 1980.

What does "Argentinean blood" mean? I was born in Argentina but my dad and maternal grandparents came from Europe. I have one other passport and was partially educated in the US and in a European school in Argentina. Am..

[fungovenoso]

I not Argentinean? Do I have Argentinean blood? If I do, CK did too!

He studied music in Buenos Aires. He even went back to Bs. As. to do so after a time in Zurich. He spoke Spanish with a Porteño accent (I met him very briefly about 20 years ago). Grove, E. Britannica and most publications mention him as Argentinean, Argentine-Austrian, or German-born Argentinean.

I don't believe he was a US citizen and, if you need indigenous blood to be Argentinean, he probably was not half American either.

[showwould]

I already stated that his childhood was spent in Buenos Aires. I define childhood as birth till teens, so I would hope he spoke Spanish like a Porteño. I also imagine someone who defines them self as having Argentinean blood would have a problem with your argument. My comment was in response to "half-Argentinean." Maybe then you should take up your silly issues with Antillas363. I say silly because you were so eager to respond to me with uninformed information, which hurts your credibility.

[eyh201]

Wasn't his biological father Erich Kleiber? Is there anything related to Alban Berg on his family pedegree?

[showwould]

Apparently it is fairly common knowledge that Ruth Goodrich (Carlos' mom) had an affair with Alban Berg, and that the speculation over Carlos' paternity is perhaps the root of his issues with Berg's music. Then there's the resemblance, I think more so with Alban than with Erich.

[pepinillo2500]

GRANDIOSO DIRECTOR DE ORQUESTA.

Mi vida ya no es tan aburrida desde que te puedo ver y oir en You Yube.

¡ Viva la buena música !

[RayDelmonico]

very fine performance. worth to watch over and over.

[humenezes]

he is the best

[lauherbertina]

the great Kleiber!!!great talent...!!