Schumann: Symphony No. 4 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

[massimolioy]

grande

[ThePanpan7]

Who's principal violin here? I've seen him almost everywhere, he seems very talented! So I guess it's time to learn his name:P

[BerlinPhil]

@ThePanpan7 It is Daniel Stabrawa, 1st concertmaster with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1979.

[avogadroatomlee]

Wonderful!!!!! Great beautiful melody

[Theodorakis4]

Wie immer würde es besser klingen, wenn dieser merkwürdige Mann in der Kantine sässe, anstatt das Stück kaputt zu machen...Furtwängler, Karajan, Abbado,....0

[orangboodoh]

@Theodorakis4 genau auch meine meinung. aber anscheinend sind die orchestermusiker ja mit ihm zufrieden.

[hutz]

Furtwangler 1953 is all you need.

[QuanticEmpire]

Jedi Mind Tricks - And So it Burns

[TimonofBath]

Glorious music gloriously played.

[JMTaxus]

This percussion is far from decent. A good percussion would make this perfect, almost to Karajan's level.

[Harshal2DaG]

Listen to this first thing in the morning while eating breakfast..you're day will go so much better and you will function 10x more efficiently....beautiful music!!

[muslit]

This performance is terrible.

[MHNmusique]

@muslit Why do you say that? Not that I'm disagreeing with you, just would like to know why you think so.

[MrConductor1984]

@muslit would you be so grateful to tell us, why you think so?

[1985HC295]

Zu langsam! Wahescheinlich, um die ganzen (gut durchgehörten) Details klar werden zu lassen. Das ist gut, geht aber hier zu sehr auf Kosten der Spannung. Sir Simon kann sonst auch beides!

[Theodorakis4]

SCHLECHT ! SCHLECHT ! SCHLECHT !

[SchwarzeDose21]

@Theodorakis4 für wen hältst du dich? Gott?

[eek4rus]

was the slow part at the beginning of the finale already included in the earlier version?

[intelectus1]

rattle es evolucion sonora a la filarmonica de berlin....que hermoso se escucha....despues de el r. muti...

[o0Prometheus0o]

Yo tengo mi interpretación favorita: Furtwängler con la Berliner Philharmoniker en 1953 DG mono : )

[massimolioy]

cura troppo i particolari,schumann travolge,incanta,piu' vitalita'

[Champion1179]

Terrible interpretation. The reference for me is still the Karajan with the Wiener Symphoniker.

[MrConductor1984]

you can't compare it.. it's a completely different version of the piece!

[Champion1179]

I am sorry, but the version is one and only: Schumann! And it should be played as Schumann wrote it or if you play it differently, you should call it the "Rattle" Symphony.

[MrConductor1984]

I am sorry (deeply), but there are two quite different versions of this symphony by Schumann himself. Rattle is performing the first one from 1841, Karajan always did the second from 1851. That's why I'm saying, you can't compare the two interpretations..

[darchr90]

compare this and furtwängler's interpretation with the berlin philharmonic; i'm just shocked to see how the typical german romantic sound has been destroyed throughout the years, especially in the last years with rattle

[junglemozart]

The "typical german romantic sound," as you call it, was never destroyed - it has simply evolved. Don't demean Rattle because you refuse to change with the times.

[SonofDostojevskij]

The greatest of Schumanns symphonies!!!

[feste312]

just wonderful. thank you very much for uploading these. it's a dream of mine to watch the orchestra live, but until then, there's always youtube! :)

[SpottyDorsord]

Is this a different text to the one Karajan used or is it merely a very different interpretation of the same text?

[BerlinPhil]

It is obviously both. Simon Rattle conducts here an earlier version of the Symphonie (which is different e.g. in terms of tempo and instrumentration), whereas Karajan always performed the final version from 1853.

[SpottyDorsord]

Danke schön, Frau Phil.

[WagnerMahler]

And you know what?

Johannes Brahms loved this 1841 version much more than the revised version.

[meagamon490]

brahms also fell asleep at the premiere of liszt's piano sonata...

[remiqe]

@BerlinPhil 1851 :)

[GregHales]

I would like to see Rattle and the BPO record the entire cycle which include both versions of #4

[violintube1]

wohoo

[pziglioli]

Superb as usual. Thanks