Brahms Symphony #1 (1 Mov, part 1)

[bogokapare]

expressive symphony... 

[joeypiano1998]

One of Brahms students was Carl Friedberg. One of Freidberg's students was Joanne Baker. One of Baker's students was David Hatch. David Hatch is my teacher!

[TheCaramelitha]

Maravillosa pieza, pero lo más impactante es que reúna a personas de distintas lenguas para expresar el lenguaje universal, la música. <3

[godalex69]

De la très grande musique, sans aucun doute.

[MehrunesDaagon]

amazing!!! :)

[japaneserainbow]

beautiful piece !

nevertheless, if you listen to this magnificent symphony you will understand that not even one second was wasted

[QMPhilosophe]

Certainly one of the best movements from any symphony!

[EliLeonidaLitta]

Perfetta. Ma preferisco la direzione di Solti.

[itsmister2u]

it grabs your attention right from the start.

[Bonsai1993]

This also could be the 10th Symphony of Beethovens

[occlto]

@Bonsai1993 when Brahms was told that after the symphony's premiere, he responded with "any ass could see that!"

[metalizechicken]

20 years for this piece. Such melancholy at the start...

[lunaticrose13]

this is a very powerful piece, i love it, im not a musician but i know i can appreciate great music such as this and that makes me proud.

[MissOboe99]

amazing :) although the oboe tone was a bit odd...

[yahuui]

I'm loving Brahms more and more everyday

[moltoallegro19]

In about six hours I'm gonna see this live with the Örebro Chamber Orchestra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!! GAAAAAAH!!! CAN'T WAAAAAIT!!!!

[moltoallegro19]

@moltoallegro19 IT WAS EPIIIIIIIC!!!

[chingstasnipe]

@moltoallegro19 is that an orchestra from dusseldorf, germany?

[moltoallegro19]

@chingstasnipe No, Örebro in Sweden. They are actually called the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, but they have their office and perform mostly in Örebro so they are often called the Örebro Chamber Orchestra.

[itsmister2u]

@moltoallegro19 how was it?

[moltoallegro19]

@itsmister2u One of the best experiences of my life, really.

[Hettbone1]

who disliked this??

[DonnieTheKing]

@Hettbone1 Very very sad people

[paulostroff99]

Lovely! TY

[Dregoxx]

muy bueno

[TheMrHens]

Check out the overly serious man playing timpani @ 0:37

[adrianavargova]

This is perfect, perfect symphony. Likes everyone, who likes drama in music. Thank you, Mr. Brahms for composing this!

[happywandy457]

Happywandy457,  this symphony means a great step towards music emancipation throughout history: All composers (Schubert and even Brahms) were overwhelmed

by Beethovens ninth. So, there is a similarity to this great piece in the last mov. of Brahms first. Some musicians call it then Beethovens tenth, as a tribut to

this great composer.

Hans Fröhlich Germany

[hermelindoruiz]

@happywandy457 I'm sure thats why he completed it after 20 years of work.

[20Clarinet]

me gusto esta version

[SuinjaoRaosue1]

How stately it is !

I love this music and thanks for uploading !!

suinjaoraosue

[watutman]

Wow. Good performance of an awesome composition. Brahms symphony nr. 1 is on my top 20 list of classical music pieces.

[Nuker1337]

This is excellent! Now I know what piece I've been hearing in various nuclear videos.

[watutman]

This really is a surprisingly good performance. I think Brahms Symphony Nr. 1 is one of the top 10 classical pieces.

[gracek703]

So beautiful.

[RomainGerbi]

I love this piece ! I will play it in 2 weeks and the solos in the second mouvement are realy difficult ! beautiful performance

[Shaf88]

i love brahms symphony no 1...

this peace was my fav...

thanks

[Cthulttio]

This sounds lovely.

[wesoloco1618]

siempre agradezco la posibilidad de conectrme tan profundamente con mi interior, gracias  a este movimiento.

[Papasean7]

Beautiful piece!

[ReignOfPraine]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[reiranamine]

I really like how the music starts. It so grand!

[omgtkseth]

Yes, grand and at the same time melancholic, a combination that is quite rare. Shame that it doesnt revise those colors enough later on.

[nicholo05]

yeah.

[marklavar]

Majestic, grandiose, very teutonic.

[neothomist1275]

"Mozart—the cheerful, enthusiastic, tender, enamored spirit of Mozart, who was happily no German and whose seriousness is a gracious, a golden, seriousness and not the seriousness of a German Philistine" -- Nietzsche

[genzyme]

Neothomist; either you got the quote wrong or Nietzsche was talking to his horse. Or you got the quote wrong.

[linkz088]

brams write this beutiful symp in 20 years

[bboymango]

thought it took him 11 but im probly wrong

[YTM021807]

You should use more words to describe your feelings!

Instead of "sad" I would use:

Serene, grand, serious, impressive or majestic. And so on...

[nagetony1]

fine...

To me, there are too many sighs in the music... making it sad...

[YTM021807]

Could you be more specific.

Do you find the beginning "sad"?.

Have you tried the Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5

?

[chobrocoli]

I must agree with nagetony, even though it is majestic impressive and all that stuff, it still has periods of sadness, at 3:00 for instance.

[YTM021807]

Your response is more descriptive, Thank you!. But ..... is "sad" or "sadness" a "bad" or a "not wanted" feeling?

Please clarify your point. And "nagetony" please enter this interesting discussion or analysis !

[chobrocoli]

well, I guess I can't really say in which way it sounds "sad", I guess it's a bit like most of his works.

[YTM021807]

It seems that you dont feel comfortable with Brahms or are beginning to examine his works

[shishirth]

@chobrocoli

Yes..this symphony has very sad undertones - I would even say it is essentially a work about human tragedy...but what makes this symphony so great is that it turns that tragedy into something heroic and transcendental...its magnificence emanates from the courage that comes with having conquered ones grief.

[Satopi3104]

@shishirth exactly! i guess i have a soft spot for pieces about transcending grief and human limitations. This piece and Mahler's 2nd make me cry each and every time.

[nagetony1]

This music is quite sad...

[yoshidude777]

I love the way Brahms sounds, powerful at times, yet relaxing at others, brilliant

[Giovannig123]

Esta música es maravillosa! ¡Me encanta!

[zinke86]

Ich liebe Brahm's Musik!

[cubsrule2040]

Did brahms have the timpany tuned in occtaves at the beginning?

[652domino]

The timpani player is using two timpanis tuned at the same height. It allows him to have a wider sound without playing louder, a bit like having the piano with the fully opened lid!

[chobrocoli]

intresting

[ThaSchwab]

No. Timpanists often do that to make their instrument sound louder, probably because it's difficult to hear the higher pitch. It is for me, at least. Unless the covers are the same.

[soniameh]

ahh so this is the so called beethoven's 10

[thenickgirl]

OMG!!! Puerto Rico esa es la q hay!!!

[bassist789]

its fun great composer

[bassist789]

i plyed this piece with an orchestra once

[kzbxvz]

One of the best symphonies ever written.

[kimancuo]

Well, I sang several times with this ensemble and I only have one comment: Always a first class ensemble!

[jorgealbertobaron]

GRAN OBRA DE BRAHMS

[reachinforthesun]

i have to play the first part of this for an audition in two weeks! ahh!

[YTM021807]

This symphony was played in the first concert of the 2008 season of the Casals Festival. This time by guest conductor Rafael Frubeck de Burgos of Spain.

[djdrocco]

What on earth is up with the timpanist? Can he really not keep a steady beat, or the the conductor just that spastic? They both seem like they know what they're doing.

[silvr94]

maybe the conductor interpreted something very different??!!

[violinstar]

um... I think... this conductor made nice music... but... not exactly... bad ensemble...

[YTM021807]

La Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico tiene clase!

[YTM021807]

One of the "basic" Symphonies. Curiously the first movement does not have a melody. This performence is very pleasing!

[jazzpsalti]

who needs a melody with those unforgettable first 17 bars???