A famous writer said: "The memory of happiness is pain, the memory of pain is pain". This beautiful and poignant music perfectly represents, in my opinion, this thought.
art is not sience it is nothing more than to feel and basically create from it. we have known about this basic method but how many people can create something extrordinary like this piece of music. in this modern world, sometimes all the method of living can be ignorant because of society we are living, anyhow love this music so much.
@memoeslink And that is why I appreciate life so much. At my young age, with a very high IQ and a life-threatening heart condition, I know that it's very important to love life for what it is; a miracle. Nature's beauty is a miracle, such is the birth of an animal or a blooming flower. It makes you realize how fortunate you are, and to live life as best you can. I'm 16 and I might not reach adulthood, yet I know that I have begun to live life to the fullest already and will til' the day I die.
@StrangerNReality Because I live my life knowing that I'll never regret taking opportunities to better myself and experience great things. Truly, I can't say that I don't have some kind of purpose to fulfill in life and I'm therefore not living life to the fullest, but for now I live without anxiety and hope for a better tomorrow.
God has not inspired music(though when I hear Unto Us a Child is Born by George Handel, I wonder what his inspiration was) because God does not exist. This song was written by a brilliant man. Many men and women are born to write music, and know how to create some of the most beautiful masterpieces outside of nature's own. There was no God involved in the creation of this beautiful piece. What was used was a love for the world, inspiration, and a genius with joy ringing in his ears. Amazing.
@SolidOne40 Who said I am talking about a personal God? What force is behind intelligent design? There is no creation without a creator.Footprints in the sand prove the presence of a traveler, a new born calf proves the presence of a cow. A sky full of stars, an earth full of mountains and valleys, oceans with great waves, do they not prove the existence of a creative force?
@SolidOne40 But it results even strange to say that there's not a higher entity over us. We, the universe, were created by a programmer, as this man created this beautiful music. I am not talking about a god of christians, jews or muslims.
@memoeslink I don't believe so. I believe that life (and Humanity) was created by a miracle. An algorithm with the distance of Earth from the Sun, with the gasses formed on the planet, the perfect conditions miraculously occurred in the formation of this planet. If there was a creator, would life not be everywhere? I don't dismiss it as a possibility, but I feel that it was pure luck that the algorithm that allows carbon-based life was formed. And another algorithm allowed Human evolution.
Why does everyone insist on creating bad arguments for or against religion in the comments section for this song? At least when you make your arguments please put them in a more appropriate location and write your arguments with something more than an ignorant view of what you believe the other side of the argument is say. You're all poo poo no no faces, so stop it and just enjoy the music here.
Why do all conversations on youtube revert to this theological argument?... Just appreciate the music, and if you don't like it, no one is making you stay on the page.
This proves that MAN -however ugly in his nature and deeds- can rise above the slime and create beauty. Nothing more, nothing less. It's an example to be learned from, when the majority of the existing seven billions is busy being greedy or wanking in our own sordid little corners. Imagine instead a world full of Mahlers!
Anybody else get here by watching Kuroshitsuji's OST and reading the comment about how this and that song from the soundtrack sound alike? (which it really does, ~ne?)
A classical MASTERPIECE. I wake up to classical music – when the guy isn’t chatting that is! Mahler’s Adagietto from 5th Symphony is so intense and passionate. I’m reminded of the German film STALINGRAD... I’ve only seen the version dubbed in English (annoying) would much prefer HEARING the German language and reading the English subtitles. I’ve seen DAS BOOT in German and WOW... Loved it. Germans certainly know how to make classic war films as well as classical music ~ Wunderbar
@AdmiralCNorton He was? OH! Thanks for telling me - but is there really a marked difference between Germans and Austrians? I mean the Germans didn't reject Herr Hitler for being Austrian now did they!
@KickWhitesOutAfrica There are huge cultural differences; for example a rejected art student in Austria would be equal with a mentally impaired dictator in Germany.
Oh my god. I've loved this song since I was ten. I used to make my mom play this at hip-hop blaring levels in the car whenever we went out together. I'd play this song--along with Symphony No. 1 in D Major 1st Mvt.--on my cd player every night before I went to sleep.
@FISTRIG In the large scheme of things, in the grand larger picture wherein we appreciate things for their artistic form and not for their labels, does that particular label matter?
@SweetSelie IT IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE A SONG. A SONG IS SOMETHING YOU SING. THIS IS A PIECE OF MUSIC. IT IS SOMETHING YOUI PLAY ON INSTRUMENTS. WHY BE SO DUMB AND STUBBORN ? IT IS A LOVELY PIECE OF MUSIC. IT IS NOT NOT NOT AND NEVER WILL BE A ' S O N G '
@FISTRIG In the large scheme of things, in the grand larger picture wherein we appreciate things for their artistic form and not for their labels, does that particular label matter?
@SweetSelie Yes, that particular label does matter. And it is very important. I am quite happy to say, that I love a woman. I am happy I don't label her as a man...
When I hear this music, it's like I can see the sense of life before me, crystal clear. This makes me completely fulfilled with joy. This music is the reason I want to dedicate my life to music and go to conservatory instead of university. This is what makes me happy, I need no more.
Why did I have to stumble on this video while writing such a horrible character? Now I have to go try to write a good interpretation of Heaven or something.
Despite the fact that I'm unhappy about putting the awful person that I was writing aside, goodness this is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever heard. Mahler was an absolute genius, there is no doubt about it. This puts my mind completely at rest. This is real music.
Being in the percussion section(or brass and woodwinds as well) was great during this symphony. We could just close our eyes and listen to musical perfection.
science claims that we are merely a more evolved form of a monkey, pretty much. So what luck of the draw made it so that we could wear clothes, have a sense of right and wrong, write music, understand music, learn to cook, make the computer I'm typing on? And if scientists say there is no life in space, then where did the life on earth come from? And where did the thing that made the thing that made the thing (and so on) that made the big bang come from? This does not just happen by chance.
@HannahtheCelloplayer So much of what you just said is incorrect, and b.t.w things can spontaneously pop into existence, but don't drag science into beautiful music. Lets just enjoy this now.
The sheer complexity, beauty, and brilliance of this song is truly a great tribute to the race of men that God made. May peace come to all who hear this.
@obliterator789 Without air (a product of a higher inteligence), man cannot exist, sound cannot be carried. Man cannot produce another man without the help of a superior intelligence. Without wood (which man did not create) this music would not exist. The complexity of the brain is still a mistery in many ways. Be thankful to whoever or whatever helps you create in this life.
@guscaldas2 I was produced by two organisms, a man and a woman. Both do not believe in a higher intelligence. Also, air (oxygen, Co2, nitrogen, etc) are all naturally occurring elements, they weren't poofed into existence by a naked man on a cloud. And the complexity of the brain is a product of evolution, and the natural desire to grow better and more intelligent. This music was created by this desire. The Human desire. The desire to love the world, and to create and to inspire. No God required
@obliterator789 “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”.
I was surfin in youtube for some epic compositions reviewin from reinassance and medieval to baroque, classical and romantic and i finally found this epic piece... Its as powerful as barbers adagio or albinonis, im glad i came here. If u guys know any other epic compos (also like pachelbels canon or bachs air) pls tell me, theres alot of garbage in classical music too, need good adivces!!!!
mais n'oublions pas non plus que la symphonie toute entière est superbe, avec son morbide premier mouvement, ses curieux deuxièmes et troisièmes, le splendidisime quatrième, qui est suivi d'un -méconnu- finale indescriptiblement joyeux. Une oeuvre splendide!
I remember crying like crazy when I was listening to this song...I can't really remember what was going throguh my head but I know part of my head was thinking 'I'm really fortunate to enjoy the benefit of listening to great composers like this whenever I want to'.
@compmaniac Many thanks for reminding me of yet another great work...l have it on CD. Clearly you see an apparent similarity between the two pieces that can't be denied. lndeed,so close are they that it would be easy to believe that they were written by one and the same,Mahler or Barber. lt's a pity Barber wasn't better known albeit that he certaiinly left his mark with the Adagio.
Now that you mention it, it does remind me of the Adagio for strings. To each his own of course, but I'm torn between piece and this one. They're equally beautiful.
@blondiepianist Having listended to Mahler and Barber several times alternately l can empathize fully with your comments regarding a preference between the two works. They are,as you say,equally beautiful. But Barbers Adagio being the more sombre of the two,l think l am inclined towards Mahler as the more uplifting piece...Decisions,decisions!
Now that you mention it, it does remind me of the Adagio for strings. To each his own of course, but I'm torn between that piece and this one. They're equally beautiful.
I look into the mirror as I listen to this, I do not see my reflection, but that of my child, my son. He has tears in his shining eyes, of sorrow, that come from a yearning to be loved by a father that has all the affection in the world for him. He will grow, he will have knots of pain in his heart as he fights to understand why he is prevented the embrace of his father. And in time it will be made clear to him who has brought those tears to his life. Despairing I shall wait for his return. Dad.
Movement 5 of the 6th Symphony is similar to this most beautiful piece. Also please check out Leonard Bernstein's conducting of this piece with the Vienna Philharmonic. If this moves you, watching Bernstein will shake you to your core.
Blisstacy !! That is just achingly beautiful !! It's the first time I've ever heard it and I'm in tears of joy ! Although I've heard small sections in movies and TV programs I never knew what it was until now. Life isn't good for me at the moment but that has just cheered me up no end ! Thankyou.
@turboslag I can relate. Been really depressed lately, but after hearing this work in its entirety a few times over the past couple of weeks, I can say with certainty that something deep inside me is changing. This symphony (and number 9) has stirred something in me that very few works of art can even hope to attain.
There exists in this world things so magnificent that words can not begin to illustrate their beauty. Many of Mahler's compositions can be described as such.
Yeah I agree, we love great instrumentalists and arrangers and heck I can list them all and why I love their work but composing. Aahh,that is 'the gift'. "At this conservatory we love and work at music, but the melody comes from god." - Nadia Boulanger
@imaginativelads Right about that; Wagner and Mahler in particular stretched the orchestra to it's limits. Can't imagine what a pain in the ass it must be for producers to organize a performance of the Symphony of a "thousand" with top notch orchestra conductor and choir.
Why would anyone dislike this? Maybe because it made them cry? Its that beautiful this piece. Completely evokes emotions and feelings in response from the audience.
I went to the ROM recently with friends. We were going through an exhibit on early modern Europe and I decided to split up from my two buddies to see the section on post-1890 Europe. They have an exhibit where you can sit on a bench and listen to audio. One of the options was to listen to four bits of early 20th century classical music. I listened to the first bit of the music. Needless to say, I felt totally at peace on that bench by the time my friends found me hearing Mahler's 5th Symphony.
This music premiered in Köln in October 1904, so was quite timely as used in the 1912 setting for 'Death in Venice'. My music history channel includes playlist for every year since 1900, so I've added this to 1904's list, thanks for posting this!
Perfect, this video s just perfect. The interpretation of the music is perfect, the music itself is phenomenal, the picture is beautiful, the description with the video is just perfect, it has all the information one would want to know in the first place about the performance, the only thing that just doesn't feel right is the 4 dislikes. I guess they just clicked wrong, the mood this music puts me in makes me willing to forgive.
Beautiful. Can't get enough of Mahler. Thanks so much for posting.
So true about 'talent' and how it varies qualitatively and quantitatively from artist to artist. In Mahler we see the uppermost scale in both as he transports musically pain, suffering of all sorts, so then we, as receptors, automatically identify with.
... ... ... ... I know a place where imagination and hope unite and there the seeds of hapiness are created and warm gentle winds of courage take them far into the shining night and slowly they cascade into the hearts of those who seek only to smile again ... ... ... ... and light eternal continues forever in perfect peace ...........
I wonder where the picture is from - it's overwhelming. I really love it.
pewpewlul 2 minutes ago
Procrastination is inapplicable when listening to this song.
loltilda 1 day ago
A famous writer said: "The memory of happiness is pain, the memory of pain is pain". This beautiful and poignant music perfectly represents, in my opinion, this thought.
aniagain1 6 days ago
I find it amazing that this kind of music inspires debates on religion. I gotta admit, it does have a divine other-worldly quality to it...
secretagentmann9 1 week ago
A prova do INSS me trouxe aqui hehe
Lagostiiinha 1 week ago
...encantadora melodía!....ha ipú kanguymi ñande apysapekuape....
...ipora ko Mahler rembiapo!
huincas54 2 weeks ago
Oh es tan hermosa!
isuau1815 2 weeks ago
wow, i'm not a mahler fan, but this, this is divine, it's beyond words. How can something be SO beautiful?
tristanbradley 2 weeks ago 4
The most beautiful, evocative music I have ever heard!
Differential2 1 month ago
Beauty will save the world. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
novicatalasic 1 month ago
Have to play this for my next concert
abbie2hip15604 1 month ago
.......... breathless... amazed in the presence of BEAUTY....
Arpeggio555 1 month ago
@greatunwashedmass that is the most beautiful image to go with this...
Violingirl1797 1 month ago
That's the most beautiful picture ever. Such a lovely shade of green, and the way the moon reflects off the clouds like that. Fantastic.
Good tune too, btw.
cadmus98 1 month ago
@cadmus98 Yeah, let's not forget the music =/
fanguk2 3 weeks ago
@fanguk2 It is the icing on the cake ;-)
cadmus98 3 weeks ago 2
art is not sience it is nothing more than to feel and basically create from it. we have known about this basic method but how many people can create something extrordinary like this piece of music. in this modern world, sometimes all the method of living can be ignorant because of society we are living, anyhow love this music so much.
poppyandresen 1 month ago
BEAUTIFUL
abbie2hip15604 1 month ago
Comments should be disabled. Nothing needs be said when art points to itself.
WiggyWittgenstein 1 month ago 2
@memoeslink And that is why I appreciate life so much. At my young age, with a very high IQ and a life-threatening heart condition, I know that it's very important to love life for what it is; a miracle. Nature's beauty is a miracle, such is the birth of an animal or a blooming flower. It makes you realize how fortunate you are, and to live life as best you can. I'm 16 and I might not reach adulthood, yet I know that I have begun to live life to the fullest already and will til' the day I die.
SolidOne40 2 months ago
@SolidOne40 How can you tell if you're living your life to the fullest or not?
StrangerNReality 1 month ago
@StrangerNReality Because I live my life knowing that I'll never regret taking opportunities to better myself and experience great things. Truly, I can't say that I don't have some kind of purpose to fulfill in life and I'm therefore not living life to the fullest, but for now I live without anxiety and hope for a better tomorrow.
SolidOne40 1 month ago
the only 9 minutes and 46 seconds that can evoke every possible human emotion
jukebox171 2 months ago
Why exactly is there a religious debate going on here?
bullsquid42 2 months ago 10
God has not inspired music(though when I hear Unto Us a Child is Born by George Handel, I wonder what his inspiration was) because God does not exist. This song was written by a brilliant man. Many men and women are born to write music, and know how to create some of the most beautiful masterpieces outside of nature's own. There was no God involved in the creation of this beautiful piece. What was used was a love for the world, inspiration, and a genius with joy ringing in his ears. Amazing.
SolidOne40 2 months ago
@SolidOne40 Who said I am talking about a personal God? What force is behind intelligent design? There is no creation without a creator.Footprints in the sand prove the presence of a traveler, a new born calf proves the presence of a cow. A sky full of stars, an earth full of mountains and valleys, oceans with great waves, do they not prove the existence of a creative force?
guscaldas2 2 months ago
@SolidOne40 But it results even strange to say that there's not a higher entity over us. We, the universe, were created by a programmer, as this man created this beautiful music. I am not talking about a god of christians, jews or muslims.
memoeslink 2 months ago
@memoeslink I don't believe so. I believe that life (and Humanity) was created by a miracle. An algorithm with the distance of Earth from the Sun, with the gasses formed on the planet, the perfect conditions miraculously occurred in the formation of this planet. If there was a creator, would life not be everywhere? I don't dismiss it as a possibility, but I feel that it was pure luck that the algorithm that allows carbon-based life was formed. And another algorithm allowed Human evolution.
SolidOne40 2 months ago
Love this movement. Is possibly one of the most transcendent piece of music I've ever heard. Extremely influential among many film/composers as well.
AsianRage1 2 months ago
obliterator 789 dead right mate -
MrSpenone 2 months ago
Slightly too quick in my opinion but still a beautiful version
grinthan 2 months ago
all I can think of is someone dancing alone with a silk handkerchief
GreatUnwashedMass 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
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thiegoimax 2 months ago
Why does everyone insist on creating bad arguments for or against religion in the comments section for this song? At least when you make your arguments please put them in a more appropriate location and write your arguments with something more than an ignorant view of what you believe the other side of the argument is say. You're all poo poo no no faces, so stop it and just enjoy the music here.
katilley10 2 months ago 16
@katilley10 I place my arguments and my thoughts wherever I want and there is nothing you can do about it! :)
guscaldas2 2 months ago
I found this music because of an Atari ST game called millenium 2.2. Not god.
an1m4l 2 months ago
@an1m4l Maybe God inspired the Atari ST game developer...
Gizzzmo68 2 months ago
Why do all conversations on youtube revert to this theological argument?... Just appreciate the music, and if you don't like it, no one is making you stay on the page.
bcapacio 3 months ago
@bcapacio "Why do all conversations on youtube revert to this theological argument?"
My answer: because we want to. And I have the access to the posts. I do whatever I want as long as I don't offend anyone.
guscaldas2 2 months ago
Nothing to do with god, this is humanity! This is something of the best humanity can offer.
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Nothing to do with god, this is humanity!
hoppsize 3 months ago
A classic classic...
2010VinnieR 3 months ago
GOD! MUSICA, HOMBRES BENDITOS QUE APROVECHAS LAS FACULTADES QUE DIOS DA.
VERAEFIGIES 3 months ago
This proves that MAN -however ugly in his nature and deeds- can rise above the slime and create beauty. Nothing more, nothing less. It's an example to be learned from, when the majority of the existing seven billions is busy being greedy or wanking in our own sordid little corners. Imagine instead a world full of Mahlers!
systemspel 4 months ago
Greatness !
rjvernesto 4 months ago
I discovered this music piece not long ago. It's magic. And I really like the image that is associated with it. It's seems mysterious.
JohnRift 4 months ago
so wanna ruin 666 likes
16kbrown100 4 months ago
Love it !
M0couchla 4 months ago
This music makes me think that mankind is genius when men express through art.
jason84000 4 months ago
What beautiful music!
Melknng 4 months ago
I love this SONG :P
aimancheikhali 4 months ago
Anybody else get here by watching Kuroshitsuji's OST and reading the comment about how this and that song from the soundtrack sound alike? (which it really does, ~ne?)
kagamine353 4 months ago
Someone be trolling
elCarlito1 4 months ago
sap
ijjok 5 months ago
While not a big fan of Barenboim's conducting, I find myself enjoying this movement very much. Truly a masterpiece, masterfully performed.
tenorote 5 months ago
Why hello there FunnyJunk.
MegaAnonymousNinja 5 months ago
A classical MASTERPIECE. I wake up to classical music – when the guy isn’t chatting that is! Mahler’s Adagietto from 5th Symphony is so intense and passionate. I’m reminded of the German film STALINGRAD... I’ve only seen the version dubbed in English (annoying) would much prefer HEARING the German language and reading the English subtitles. I’ve seen DAS BOOT in German and WOW... Loved it. Germans certainly know how to make classic war films as well as classical music ~ Wunderbar
KickWhitesOutAfrica 5 months ago
@KickWhitesOutAfrica ... Mahler was Austrian ...
AdmiralCNorton 4 months ago
@AdmiralCNorton He was? OH! Thanks for telling me - but is there really a marked difference between Germans and Austrians? I mean the Germans didn't reject Herr Hitler for being Austrian now did they!
KickWhitesOutAfrica 4 months ago
@KickWhitesOutAfrica There are huge cultural differences; for example a rejected art student in Austria would be equal with a mentally impaired dictator in Germany.
AdmiralCNorton 4 months ago
@AdmiralCNorton LOL - good one. I love reading intelligent and witty comments ~ Danke :-)
KickWhitesOutAfrica 4 months ago
THIS PIECE IS USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE "DEATH IN VENICE" QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOVIE EVER MADE !!!
FISTRIG 5 months ago
Oh my god. I've loved this song since I was ten. I used to make my mom play this at hip-hop blaring levels in the car whenever we went out together. I'd play this song--along with Symphony No. 1 in D Major 1st Mvt.--on my cd player every night before I went to sleep.
I LOVE THIS SONG.
SweetSelie 5 months ago
@SweetSelie THIS IS NOT NOT NOT A "SONG" IT IS A "PIECE" A PIECE OF MUSIC NOT NOT NOT A SONG !
FISTRIG 5 months ago
@FISTRIG In the large scheme of things, in the grand larger picture wherein we appreciate things for their artistic form and not for their labels, does that particular label matter?
No.
I am quite happy to say that I love this song.
SweetSelie 5 months ago
@SweetSelie IT IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE A SONG. A SONG IS SOMETHING YOU SING. THIS IS A PIECE OF MUSIC. IT IS SOMETHING YOUI PLAY ON INSTRUMENTS. WHY BE SO DUMB AND STUBBORN ? IT IS A LOVELY PIECE OF MUSIC. IT IS NOT NOT NOT AND NEVER WILL BE A ' S O N G '
FISTRIG 5 months ago 2
@FISTRIG Its not and never ever will be a "Song" but do you have to be such an arse about it!
dab45de 5 months ago
@FISTRIG In the large scheme of things, in the grand larger picture wherein we appreciate things for their artistic form and not for their labels, does that particular label matter?
No.
I am quite happy to say that I love this song.
SweetSelie 5 months ago
@SweetSelie Yes, that particular label does matter. And it is very important. I am quite happy to say, that I love a woman. I am happy I don't label her as a man...
romangrinberg 4 months ago
Absolutely beautiful!
Clarachk 6 months ago
This is the true cure to procrastination.
loltilda 6 months ago
When I hear this music, it's like I can see the sense of life before me, crystal clear. This makes me completely fulfilled with joy. This music is the reason I want to dedicate my life to music and go to conservatory instead of university. This is what makes me happy, I need no more.
mrOk333 6 months ago 53
Gorgeous rendition.
kwexler2010 6 months ago
Is this happy or sad?
Crouchenders 6 months ago 3
@Crouchenders melancholy :3
TheBookworm24 6 months ago
@Crouchenders
Yes
HannahXIV 5 months ago
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HannahXIV 5 months ago
6:42 - The best example of a musical "Sigh" in composition history. The absolute sense of content.
hodgeeees 7 months ago
it's so nice it's breaking my heart. mahler, you're truly human.
atticpat 7 months ago
Why did I have to stumble on this video while writing such a horrible character? Now I have to go try to write a good interpretation of Heaven or something.
Despite the fact that I'm unhappy about putting the awful person that I was writing aside, goodness this is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever heard. Mahler was an absolute genius, there is no doubt about it. This puts my mind completely at rest. This is real music.
GaaraFangirl117 7 months ago
I hope that when i die this song will play. its a simple wish and that is all.
Nathproductions 7 months ago 3
Being in the percussion section(or brass and woodwinds as well) was great during this symphony. We could just close our eyes and listen to musical perfection.
Eemort1 7 months ago
this is the best Adagio ever heard. Please also consider Buckners Adagios and d'ont forget to watch Netrebko and Villazon
marcucciolo57 7 months ago
ohhh that picture at the beginning, that's my desktop background! :D
DaggVids 7 months ago
holy crud 0_0 we played this in orchestra class. -feels proud of self-
CagayakeGirl 7 months ago
Such a beautiful piece. It feels as if Mahler was able to put a bit of his own soul into the work. Just magical.
DeadWiegraf 7 months ago
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Such music is the proof that God does exist, and that human beings are His creation!!!
koln1996 7 months ago
@koln1996 No it does not prove God exists. It proves that man is genius and can do great things without this so called divine intervention.
obliterator789 7 months ago 24
@obliterator789 Mi associo!!!
SalMessina1 7 months ago
@obliterator789 your a donkey kong dick dong!
Purplecatsoup30 7 months ago
For me, it does actually prove that God exists. Human beings capable of imagining such melodies can only be God's creation.
JohnRift 4 months ago
@JohnRift i agree with you!
VERAEFIGIES 3 months ago
@obliterator789
Such beauty proves God's existence.
xtrashed 4 months ago
@xtrashed OF COURSE!!! IT IS GOD'S CREATION NOT VANITY.
VERAEFIGIES 3 months ago
science claims that we are merely a more evolved form of a monkey, pretty much. So what luck of the draw made it so that we could wear clothes, have a sense of right and wrong, write music, understand music, learn to cook, make the computer I'm typing on? And if scientists say there is no life in space, then where did the life on earth come from? And where did the thing that made the thing that made the thing (and so on) that made the big bang come from? This does not just happen by chance.
HannahtheCelloplayer 3 months ago
@HannahtheCelloplayer So much of what you just said is incorrect, and b.t.w things can spontaneously pop into existence, but don't drag science into beautiful music. Lets just enjoy this now.
garrysman 2 months ago
@HannahtheCelloplayer Read my other comments. PS: God commanded Adam and Eve not to wear clothes. Checkmate, you "sinner" you.
SolidOne40 2 months ago
The sheer complexity, beauty, and brilliance of this song is truly a great tribute to the race of men that God made. May peace come to all who hear this.
HannahtheCelloplayer 3 months ago
@obliterator789 Without air (a product of a higher inteligence), man cannot exist, sound cannot be carried. Man cannot produce another man without the help of a superior intelligence. Without wood (which man did not create) this music would not exist. The complexity of the brain is still a mistery in many ways. Be thankful to whoever or whatever helps you create in this life.
guscaldas2 2 months ago in playlist Classical Music
@guscaldas2 I was produced by two organisms, a man and a woman. Both do not believe in a higher intelligence. Also, air (oxygen, Co2, nitrogen, etc) are all naturally occurring elements, they weren't poofed into existence by a naked man on a cloud. And the complexity of the brain is a product of evolution, and the natural desire to grow better and more intelligent. This music was created by this desire. The Human desire. The desire to love the world, and to create and to inspire. No God required
SolidOne40 2 months ago
@obliterator789 “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”.
Hashpotato 2 months ago
@koln1996 please stop, you make christians look stupid
Nathproductions 7 months ago
I was surfin in youtube for some epic compositions reviewin from reinassance and medieval to baroque, classical and romantic and i finally found this epic piece... Its as powerful as barbers adagio or albinonis, im glad i came here. If u guys know any other epic compos (also like pachelbels canon or bachs air) pls tell me, theres alot of garbage in classical music too, need good adivces!!!!
gregorsamsameta 8 months ago
un très émouvant quatrième mouvement.
mais n'oublions pas non plus que la symphonie toute entière est superbe, avec son morbide premier mouvement, ses curieux deuxièmes et troisièmes, le splendidisime quatrième, qui est suivi d'un -méconnu- finale indescriptiblement joyeux. Une oeuvre splendide!
PersonneAnnonime 8 months ago
I remember crying like crazy when I was listening to this song...I can't really remember what was going throguh my head but I know part of my head was thinking 'I'm really fortunate to enjoy the benefit of listening to great composers like this whenever I want to'.
torduc22 9 months ago
@torduc22 This is not a song, buddy. There is no singing. Stop calling classical music compositions "songs".
jmugm 8 months ago
@jmugm lt's odd how many people don't realise that a song is vocal and a tune is instrumental...Very strange !
crankbv1 8 months ago
Kuwait's right! Beautiful:) * Thanks
SuperLion911 9 months ago
Fresh and beautiful, even in 2011
truthasfineprint 9 months ago
Beautiful!!
fredjmp 9 months ago
@adri1430 - thank you. It's my favorite of (and the composition that introduced me to) Mahler. Priceless!
AugustusAurelianus1 9 months ago
So emotive Mahler, so superb Barenboim. Magical illustration. Thanks for the video!
totalcinemania 9 months ago
True beauty - encompassing perfection and regret.
charleybest 9 months ago
"Music hath charm to soothe the savage breast"And that is so true of this moving,elegant and transcendental piece.
Squarerig 9 months ago
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crankbv1 10 months ago
creamy and warm, so soft and sensual, love the depth of this
TheRazzberet 10 months ago
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crankbv1 10 months ago
@crankbv1 have you listened to Barber's Adagio for Strings?
compmaniac 9 months ago
@compmaniac Many thanks for reminding me of yet another great work...l have it on CD. Clearly you see an apparent similarity between the two pieces that can't be denied. lndeed,so close are they that it would be easy to believe that they were written by one and the same,Mahler or Barber. lt's a pity Barber wasn't better known albeit that he certaiinly left his mark with the Adagio.
crankbv1 9 months ago
@crankbv1
Now that you mention it, it does remind me of the Adagio for strings. To each his own of course, but I'm torn between piece and this one. They're equally beautiful.
blondiepianist 8 months ago
@blondiepianist Having listended to Mahler and Barber several times alternately l can empathize fully with your comments regarding a preference between the two works. They are,as you say,equally beautiful. But Barbers Adagio being the more sombre of the two,l think l am inclined towards Mahler as the more uplifting piece...Decisions,decisions!
crankbv1 8 months ago
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Now that you mention it, it does remind me of the Adagio for strings. To each his own of course, but I'm torn between that piece and this one. They're equally beautiful.
blondiepianist 8 months ago
Esos violoncelos!!!.Los pianissimos de Bareinbom!!!.Indescriptible.Maistina
maistina 10 months ago
I look into the mirror as I listen to this, I do not see my reflection, but that of my child, my son. He has tears in his shining eyes, of sorrow, that come from a yearning to be loved by a father that has all the affection in the world for him. He will grow, he will have knots of pain in his heart as he fights to understand why he is prevented the embrace of his father. And in time it will be made clear to him who has brought those tears to his life. Despairing I shall wait for his return. Dad.
onlylexus 10 months ago
@onlylexus man... :(
BadCompany2113 10 months ago
Movement 5 of the 6th Symphony is similar to this most beautiful piece. Also please check out Leonard Bernstein's conducting of this piece with the Vienna Philharmonic. If this moves you, watching Bernstein will shake you to your core.
cmf2269 11 months ago
@cmf2269
Assuming you meant the andante from Mahler's 6th, I actually prefer that movement to this one.
freshhh1994 11 months ago
@freshhh1994 Precisely, the andante...
cmf2269 11 months ago
Blisstacy !! That is just achingly beautiful !! It's the first time I've ever heard it and I'm in tears of joy ! Although I've heard small sections in movies and TV programs I never knew what it was until now. Life isn't good for me at the moment but that has just cheered me up no end ! Thankyou.
turboslag 11 months ago
@turboslag I can relate. Been really depressed lately, but after hearing this work in its entirety a few times over the past couple of weeks, I can say with certainty that something deep inside me is changing. This symphony (and number 9) has stirred something in me that very few works of art can even hope to attain.
marcphilos 11 months ago
beautiful!
duchwhiteindian 11 months ago
Amazing
Londoner1001 11 months ago
Mahler is fanfuckingtastic.
poupee58 1 year ago
There exists in this world things so magnificent that words can not begin to illustrate their beauty. Many of Mahler's compositions can be described as such.
barber83091 1 year ago
@imaginativelads yeah, composers are a rare breed all right. Without taking anything away from arrangers and instrumentalists of course.
cmonclair27 1 year ago
@cmonclair27
Yeah I agree, we love great instrumentalists and arrangers and heck I can list them all and why I love their work but composing. Aahh,that is 'the gift'. "At this conservatory we love and work at music, but the melody comes from god." - Nadia Boulanger
AVANTMUSIC133 8 months ago
@imaginativelads yeah, in music good composers are a rare breed, without taking anything from arrangers and instrumentalists of course.
cmonclair27 1 year ago 7
@imaginativelads Right about that; Wagner and Mahler in particular stretched the orchestra to it's limits. Can't imagine what a pain in the ass it must be for producers to organize a performance of the Symphony of a "thousand" with top notch orchestra conductor and choir.
cmonclair27 1 year ago 10
Something about that picture is very captivating. I wish I were there...
OhadAlmagorOhad 1 year ago
Can I have the link to that picture please? :) I want it as my wallpaper!
ShadowKitten13 1 year ago
@ShadowKitten13
It's a piece by Kayaga art! Google image it, and scroll down, you'll find it!
SuperMrSouth 1 year ago
Talent for composition is perhaps the rarest of all. Mahler had it pouring from every vein.
imaginativelads 1 year ago
@imaginativelads "Pouring from every vein" is an interesting way to describe it. Much of the time it is a kind of emotional bleeding with Mahler.
manthasagittarius 11 months ago
Mahler, the culmination and full bloom of the romantic age. He took the symphony to it's orchestral limitations.
imaginativelads 1 year ago
Why would anyone dislike this? Maybe because it made them cry? Its that beautiful this piece. Completely evokes emotions and feelings in response from the audience.
maidenofrohan 1 year ago
I went to the ROM recently with friends. We were going through an exhibit on early modern Europe and I decided to split up from my two buddies to see the section on post-1890 Europe. They have an exhibit where you can sit on a bench and listen to audio. One of the options was to listen to four bits of early 20th century classical music. I listened to the first bit of the music. Needless to say, I felt totally at peace on that bench by the time my friends found me hearing Mahler's 5th Symphony.
BloggerMusicMan 1 year ago
I think my mind exploded with the passion displayed in this piece....
Naum70 1 year ago
This music premiered in Köln in October 1904, so was quite timely as used in the 1912 setting for 'Death in Venice'. My music history channel includes playlist for every year since 1900, so I've added this to 1904's list, thanks for posting this!
chkjns 1 year ago
Diese Version (Cond. D. Barenboim) entspricht meiner Vorstellung eines
Aufbruchs in die erhoffte neue Welt...(T.Mann, etc)
und ich denke , dass Visconti für sein "finalmentes"Filmwerk nicht zufällig
eine Ausführung mit dieser Ausdrucksintention gewählt hat...
finalmentis 1 year ago
it is the sound of a heart breaking</3
TheBookworm24 1 year ago
Barenboim - Genius
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Geniuses
Mahler - Genius
Whoever created that picture - Genius
This is a damn good video.
ultracoolhomies 1 year ago
@BUZZBUZZU
i kno its late but make it five people who dont have a heart. this piece is so calming and full of drama. :} i like it
smileymaria95 1 year ago
..4 THINGS! with no souls dislike THIS!!?..
peteryyz43 1 year ago
Lovely music perfection for the lonely hearts and everyone else
earthvisitor3 1 year ago
Has anyone else just spilled melted butter all over themself?
mouthpiece200 1 year ago
great music. too bad gustav mahler's wife was a jerk who lived 50 years longer than him
Shmuckla 1 year ago 3
hermoso!!!
MrJenzy 1 year ago
Perfect, this video s just perfect. The interpretation of the music is perfect, the music itself is phenomenal, the picture is beautiful, the description with the video is just perfect, it has all the information one would want to know in the first place about the performance, the only thing that just doesn't feel right is the 4 dislikes. I guess they just clicked wrong, the mood this music puts me in makes me willing to forgive.
Beautiful. Can't get enough of Mahler. Thanks so much for posting.
mrOk333 1 year ago
four people don't have an heart!
BUZZUBUZZU 1 year ago 6
Amazing composer. That is a fantastic pic as well!
musicjester411 1 year ago
Just beautiful
nastiux 1 year ago
I just keep seeing visions of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue winning ice dance gold for Canada. This piece is so beautiful!
Alexanadu 1 year ago
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FreakoftheArts73 1 year ago
magnifique
daisy82785 1 year ago
So true about 'talent' and how it varies qualitatively and quantitatively from artist to artist. In Mahler we see the uppermost scale in both as he transports musically pain, suffering of all sorts, so then we, as receptors, automatically identify with.
ydraki 1 year ago
Wow, its so magical. Really beautiful.
ultracoolhomies 1 year ago 4
Shut up & enjoy the music
sarahxbee 1 year ago
... ... ... ... I know a place where imagination and hope unite and there the seeds of hapiness are created and warm gentle winds of courage take them far into the shining night and slowly they cascade into the hearts of those who seek only to smile again ... ... ... ... and light eternal continues forever in perfect peace ...........
klown2704 1 year ago
This is where I come to recharge my sanity chip in You Tube
atrios28 1 year ago 59
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This doesn't sound like anything, it's musical nonsense.
1thousandways 1 year ago
@1thousandways What? Are u ok? Because I dn't know how this is musical nonsense. Explain.
SephirothxAngel 1 year ago