Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4 - 3 (1/3) - Leonard Bernstein

[BERNARDTRIBAY]

Admirable !... Unique !... Merveilleux Poco Adagio... Quelle émotion ! Quel enchantement...

Inoubliable Mahler dans une inspiration exceptionnelle...

[vonspre]

Too good for this shitty world we all live in...

[elisabeth717]

It was my favourite movement when I discovered this symphony at the age of 12. It was my waking up music before school for a while. I listened to it every morning before school. It brings such peace in the mind. Happily I had a chance to see the whole manuscript of this symphony...At Musée d'Orsay in Paris...

[Josedono]

My God, this life has its pleasures, doesn't it?

[dannymiewdg]

PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE RECORDING QUALITY THE HARPS AND CELLO PIZZICATO ARE ALMOST INAUDIBLE AS THEY BEAT THE SLOW RYTHM IN THE'BACKGROUND = TAM TAM===TAM TAM TAM==TAM TAM ; IN ABBADO''S VERSION IT IS MUCH BETTER; AND AN OLD RECORDING OF KLEMPERER TOO IN ABBADO

[yraggnik]

Bernstein's old recording with the NY Philharmonic was much better.

[heino320]

Holy shit, The french horn player's beard. Thats a man.

[GraceEleanorWood]

If anybody could tell me why the soprano walks in on this movement it would make my day!

[gwalgof1st]

@GraceEleanorWood ,,,,do you understand half time in football

[kianskiputz92]

@GraceEleanorWood they probably want to make an attacca after the 3rd mov. and when she walked in then, people would clap and the whole atmosphere would be destroyed...

[GraceEleanorWood]

@kianskiputz92 Thank you :)

[jakubkasperski]

One of the beautiest Mahler's adagio!

[MusicInvestigation]

This music gives me great comfort, and it has always been there for me, when people weren't. When things were gloomy even with so much beauty in life around me, when my heart was broken even when it had so many reasons to sing, this work of beauty sang to my heart. This performance is fabulous, one of history's greatest conductors conducting one of history's greatest orchestras, performing music by one of history's greatest composers.

[walshamite]

@MusicInvestigation Yes, I first heard this wonderful adagio in 1972, and it knocked me out then, and still does. Music is a supremely rewarding pleasure, and apart from the damage to one's ears of over-loud playing, is harmless. It also masks my tinnitus, so blesses me yet again.

[wearetheggmeninit]

Wait.. are the players human or robots? lol

[MrANTONIOS383]

ΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΡΓΗΜΑ .

[gusmarr1]

QUERES QUE HABLEMOS DE ORQUESTACIÓN Y COMPOSICIÓN ?? QUE MIERDA SABES DE MUSICA VOS''

[gusmarr1]

Suena a Beethoven, Muy poco original. Auque pretende "conmover" solo deslumbra.

Lindo pero no bello.

[javilack]

Greatest solution youtube came out with for bad and negative comments. lets make a general green vote to cast out all the evil that is in you and make your primary goal to reach the higher vote.

[JSweec]

Heavenly orchestrated...

[Levinconstantino]

Tuve una experiencia muy extraña con este adagio. Lo Iba escuchando en un colectivo, mientras apreciaba el atarder en el campo. La primavera se acercaba, faltaban dos días para septiembre. Dos horas después de eso falleció una persona muy querida para mí; y viendo retrospectivamente la situación del colectivo, la de Mahler y el atardecer, sentí que esa música y esas imágenes me habían anunciado el final

[memphis148]

@Levinconstantino me come la polla.

[Levinconstantino]

Tuve una experiencia muy extraña con este adagio. Lo Iba escuchando en un colectivo, mientras apreciaba el atarder en el campo. La primavera se acercaba, faltaban dos días para septiembre. Dos horas después de eso falleció una persona muy querida para mí; y viendo retrospectivamente la situación del colectivo, la de Mahler y el atardecer, sentí que esa música y esas imágenes me habían anunciado el final, sin que yo lo entienda, como un anuncio secreto, como una revelación.

[johnnicolson]

A little soothing Mahler for a hot Sunday.....

[AthlonNapelmanak]

Esto siempre me hace llorar.

[Napelmanak]

Maravilhoso!

Maravilloso!

Wonderful!

Magnifique!

Mahler.

[Napelmanak]

This always reminds me that I'm still alive

[jasoncrew]

@Napelmanak Askenazy said that Mahler is so beloved, because everyone can recognize the own inner world of sentiments in it. And for that reason, he said, his music can be misunderstood.

[vonspre]

Mahler was right to remark that this movement 'laughs and cries at one and the selfsame time', since the opening theme, motionless and meditative , is followed by a second theme that is openly anguished in character.

[zebrain38]

Played in Grenoble (FR) 3 days ago, by Symphonic Orchestra of Champs Elysées... In my TOP 3 favorite pieces of Mahler. I love this mvt!

[icedrummer4]

3:06-3:35 Epic moment =]

[Epmonito]

what barrels are the oboe using?

[sfrenchhorn07]

@Epmonito Since the orchestra preforming is the Vienna Philharmonic the insturments that the orchestra uses are somewhat unique amoung professional orchestras.

[kiterunner007]

Lovely, tranquil music indeed. I wonder if Mahler used some of the same ideas for the Adagietto of his 5th?

[sfrenchhorn07]

@kiterunner007 That is a tough one because Mahler constantly revised the scoreing of the 5th symphony up until his death. I would definatly suspect that some of the scoreing of the strings in both symphonies movments are similar but in regards to the actual themes ect both movments are independent.

[MarcusHK1]

I find that Bernstein has a visually elegant conducting style, better then in some of his performances later in life, where he had a peculiar way of lifting his shoulders.

[Vindrag]

love this music

[GoatDaddyVersion2]

Why?

[beethomozart]

one of the most inspiring and emotives adagios composed by Mahler, great symphony and even greater 3rd movement,

[Kurtyoungblood]

Penderecki is a much better horn player than composer :)

[martinw1906]

favourite gustav-mahler-piece of mine.

[jotjedl3b]

so beautiful

[sfrenchhorn07]

@xaviqaz Easiest is a relative term when your talking about mahler lol. While this symphony may have the smallest insturmentation, this symphony also has some of the most trecherous exposed solo passages of any of the mahler symphonies. Because of this I would actually rate this harder than the first through third symphonies.

[Fuzzyrush27]

this is absolutely breathtaking :)

[spinoza1111]

Freisch weht der Wind,

Der Heimat zu,

Meine Irisch kind,

Wo weilest du?

[yusefelhalal]

Imho this is the best rendition of Mahler's 4th. Some conductors seem to want to rush through it, but Bernstein really takes his time and is truly ruhevoll.

Thanks for posting.

[goldenagepianist]

try Tennstedt conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra...it's closer to heaven...

[yusefelhalal]

I will! Thanks for the tip.

[danijel370]

Bernstein had a great respect for Mahler...

[ivdycke]

prachtig!! art!! onevenaarbaar! zo sensitive..

[umnvu09]

thank you for posting this!