Mahler: Symphony No. 5: Part I: Mov. 1 - Part 2 of 2

[marleyfan008]

I really appreciate the rarity, that is your organized and simple numbering system of this piece. Usually symphonies can be a challenge to undertake on youtube. Thank you.

[bervy8]

Love the music and Bernstein, but oh that humming. Very distracting.

[LordWingDeath]

They are so out of tune!!!

[nickthenab1]

@LordWingDeath you're out of tune...

[Jimbothenoob]

Seems like Mahler was really obsessed with death.

[spartanGUN]

@Jimbothenoob Is that what happened at the end?? Because that's exactly what it sounded like; someone's last gasps of life before signing out.

[nickthenab1]

@Jimbothenoob that's because he had a lot of tragedy in his life so death was pretty much his main theme of composing symphonies. a little fun fact for ya haha!

[flylooper]

Thanks for uploading this. I feel like I've taken a trip through the entire gamut of human emotions, images of nature, ländlers (and parodies of them!),Viennese waltzes...the whole 9 yards. A great work, to be sure.

What's amazing is that Mahler kept evolving in his music. By the 10th he was approaching atonality. God only knows what he would have produced had he lived a full life. Maybe getting to go to heaven is really about getting to listen to Mahler's finished 10th, and an 11th , 12th,etc

[isupportthepatriots]

We should have women, just so we can have women? Bullsh-t! All this affirmative action and lowering standards just to allow others to compete has lowered the quality of this country. Let the best make it, no matter what gender or race.

[Art2Fly]

OH MY GOD! Trombones at 3:08 it sounds like the first plays the whole melody, but in fact the first only plays half! That is the sign of an extremely good section, they blend so well, the second could be the first or the first could be second!

[Jack1946geboren]

A person not trained in music (I'm a Schmarotzer -- a parasite who listens, but plays nothing), I'm profoundly drawn to Mahler and think this Symphony somehow lies near the core of his artistry. Hearing Bernstein interpret it is icing on my cake.  I detect echoes of his 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'-cycle interspersed throughout this magnificent composition. For all my un-musicality (I'm a physician, not a musician), I'm deeply moved by the Fifth -- Hell, it blows me away. Thanks!

-- Jack

[kimattbort]

geesh can't people just enjoy Mahler and not turn everything into a race issue

[VonBraun87545]

Das ish goot undine der kaiser und yendheminfonse, das mystisch, bita und americana!

[LLJtbone]

That's not a good sound sorry @ 3:10. Maybe he was having a bad day?

[rldaniels95]

Despite there being no women, this orchestra is amazing and deserves much praise.

[mzoli1222]

aggressive ending

[Kaminanzuenderin]

Mahler und Bernstein - es gibt keine bessere Kombination!

Einfach großartig!

Danke Lenny! Danke!

[icgriffin]

This is very good but checkout Sir Charles Mckerras with the Royal Liverpool philharmonic . It certainly gives old Bernsteins a run for its money. Also the acoustic in the rlpos concert hall is far superior to this.

[septip123]

Was this the orchestra Bernstein had trouble with in playing Mahler?

[jacobflaschen]

@septip123 What do you mean?  This sounds fantastic.

[scottlens]

@septip123 I think that was the Berliner Philharmoniker.

[septip123]

@scottlens yeah, I'm not so sure. Damn, I have a bad memory. At one point Bernstein says, "I don't give a damn about your 8 hour work days"

[jamesh625]

I don't think I saw a single woman in the orchestra...what's up with that?

[Tokkemon]

@jamesh625 The VPO has been traditionally an all-white all-men orchestra. This has changed a little bit (there's only a couple non-white non-male members today), but back in 1970s this policy was in full force.

[crazy77town]

@Tokkemon pitty that policies are changing! ;) In my opinion a man's playing has something more to give..

[chemiah]

@crazy77town I agree. Even as a black man I can apreciate the value of a homogenous orchestral body. I would feel the same about a west african drum section being all male and all black. It's not about gebnder or race but harmony and purity of sound. Some progress is necessary but some of it is absurd.

[ggguzman]

@chemiah only thing that counts is if they can make it sound right. if a chinese woman or native american dragqueen can play better than a white man, they should get the job.

[LLJtbone]

@ggguzman Here here!! Who gives a rats ass if they're purple! If they can play their ass off give them the job!

[Jack1946geboren]

@ggguzman You're damned right. All this nonsense about colour and gender is precisely that: nonsense, foolishness, Unsinn and bigoted twaddle which misses the main point -- COMPETENCE as a performer. For members of an orchestra, I suspect that demands not only skill on one's instrument, but intelligence and a certain pliability, the capacity to work with others, to take direction, to learn and grow.

-- Jack

[gretchenne]

@chemiah huhhh.. I feel kind of insulted at what you just said.. Basically you're saying that, if we put white males together, the music they will produce will necessarily be more pure than if we threw in some blacks or yellow or whatever and some women... Your comment is absurd AND stupid. Precisely why right now the VPO are starting to accept more DIFFERENT people. Gees you're clearly a pretty conservative person eh ?

[trombonemassa]

@gretchenne Conservative has nothing to do with being racist, I think.

[gretchenne]

@trombonemassa Well in this case, if you add "conservatism" to "basing your opinion on a person's skin colour or whatever", to me it sounds pretty racist. But yes, otherwise those two concepts do not necessarily go together

[TheDavid2222]

@chemiah i don't skin color would make one bit of difference. Actually I KNOW it wouldn't make any difference.

[EscargoTouChaud]

@chemiah They all dress in black, and that should suffice as for the homogenity. A good orchestra needs all its instruments. Who plays them must be excellent. Women, Blacks, Whites, others... can all be excellent. End of story.

[LLJtbone]

@crazy77town Sorry but you're full of crap! Woman brass players, woodwind players are just as good as any dude out there!

[crazy77town]

@LLJtbone fine about flute and piccolo, but brass??? who is full of crap now, I wonder....

[venskus2009]

@Tokkemon why?

[gwyn15]

@Tokkemon excepting the harp player who was female. They only ever showed shots of her hands, and she was not listed in the program. There were three reasons (they claimed) that they didn't hire women

1. They said that women were catty towards one another and caused unnecessary drama

2. They didn't want anyone taking time off for maternity

3. and they thought that women were sentimental and would therefore produce a different sound and colour than the men would!

Seems a bit far fetched to me!

[fmusikalia]

@jamesh625 Hey that's true.....that's not good...

[rob913]

@jamesh625 I'm glad that we find that strange. Because it is.

[TheCrusius]

@jamesh625 perché questa registrazione è almeno di trent'anni fa.....eravamo più maschilisti all'epoca

[MasterAzunai]

The best trumpet I have ever heard. Superlative!

[actordev101]

great