K. Böhm Conducts Mozart Symphony No. 36. "Linz" (1/3)

[wolflover8765]

Wonderful! Gotta love Mozart :)

[handsomechuck1]

I've never been a big fan of Mozart the symphonist; to my mind Haydn and Beethoven both excelled him in symphonic composition. I have to say, though, that this is quite good.

[NelsonClick]

I just learned about Godwins Law. Not impressed. To me it sounds like the usual pseudo intellectual PC unctuousness meant to moderate a person who expresses any point of view with intensity or passion; people don't like it if you're too happy or too free. Some people like to "tear it down" and some people like to "build it up". I'm a build it up person myself.

[Sinfoniette]

@NelsonClick I don't get at all what you mean by your post. The statement simply shows that internet board discussion is prone to turn into a league of name calling and brutish acts, and the statement shows it on rather preposterous terms regarding the Nazis! Not sure what you mean by not being impressed. Its nothing of the matter of being impressed - its just an observation. And what do you even mean by 'moderating a person'? Don't really get where you're coming from.

[beastinblack]

the intro brings a tear to my eye

[NelsonClick]

Who the hell are you people? Why are you so stiff, joyless, humorless and provincial? Is it me who is not getting it? The classical music scene where I am is a lot more vibrant, open and bohemian. I guess I have become accustomed to this and you composer worshiping crowd is unfamiliar. Do you have any idea how fun it is to tip over a sacred cow? Doesn't this music inspire you at all? It's so fun and alive. WAKE UP and take a deep breath. Good Morning.

[Sinfoniette]

@NelsonClick Being vibrant and joyful is one thing, calling him an asshole is another thing. Certainly I like stories of Bergman dissing Godard but this particular incident you have brought doesn't seem to be a good excuse to call him an asshole.

[NelsonClick]

@Sinfoniette

Honey....do you ever get out into the real world and interact with breathing human beings? It saddens me how someone who is sophisticated enough to purport a love for classical music could have missed such an obvious example of verbal irony. Irony is all throughout Mozart's symphonies. The Linz itself starts with irony in the first movement. It opens serious and reverent then surprises you with its unexpected uptempo joy and energy. Mozart is dead. His music is not.

[Sinfoniette]

@NelsonClick Can't we just hug now then?

[Sinfoniette]

@Sinfoniette Although I still think calling someone an asshole should be justified in a more appropriate manner. Guess its the internet and if such nuances could be expressed there wouldn't be Godwins law.

[NelsonClick]

@Sinfoniette

touche......LOVE IT....thank you....MWAH



[InvisibleFriend77]

I think this is my favorite of mozart symphonies. Also Mozart recordings that were conducted by 'Bohm" are the very best! Thanks for uploading this!

[NelsonClick]

If I'm not mistaken this was the symphony he wrote in 72 hours. The story I read was that as the audience was filling the hall where this work was to be performed he was backstage still composing it. Can you imagine? They had to start late because the ink was still too wet on the paper and the orchestra had to sight read the whole work as they performed it live in front of a paying audience. Yet Mozart pulled it off and everybody loved it. What an asshole! ha, ha, ha.

[Sinfoniette]

@NelsonClick Well he was quite the wunderkind and if you see that episode as him being an asshole I do think you should lighten up a bit.

[NelsonClick]

@Sinfoniette

I just found this comment. You will be pleased to know that I bought a canister of helium and inhaled it deeply and have lightened up considerably. Now if I could just stop laughing I could keep that helium inside me always because it is such a let-down when you are pulled back down to Earth. My only solace at those times is the satisfaction I feel from my sense of humor.

[Sinfoniette]

@NelsonClick Ah well.

[Isitshiyagalombili]

@NelsonClick From Wikipedia: "The entire symphony was written in four days to accommodate the local count's announcement, upon hearing of the Mozarts' arrival in Linz, of a concert. The première in Linz took place on 4 November, 1783." Whose the ass now?

[BeztMuzic]

A few days ago, the PBS in my area aired “Live From Lincoln Center” kicking off the 2011 Mostly Mozart Festival. The first night fittingly featured all Mozart’s works, 4 pieces in all. The last one was this “Linz”. The host explained that he composed this great symphony upon the request of a count in just 4 days! Mozart often said music was just flowing freely in his mind and he simply copied the notes down, sometimes could not keep up with the pace. This piece certainly testifies what he said.

[neilmatharoo]

Genius--no more, no less. I just saw Linz performed at Lincoln Ctr in the Met, and it was amazing. Mozart is the only music which can so engross me that I wake up first thing with an entire piece playing in my head, note for note. It's just so natural, like an extension of the human soul.

[Olegstuff21986]

Beautiful and joyous symphony!

[Enad700]

It's like the 35th symphony was the last one with the first movement happy from beginning to the end. The three next symphonies have a dramatic opening and are absolutely beautiful to me. In the opening of the first movement of the 36th, Mozart shifts easily – as he used – from a deep drama to a victorious happiness that floats over all without braking the delicate weft of the musical tissue. A balm for the heart and soul. They say he wrote it in 4 days? No. He needed years to reach that.

[MrHaydn1974]

People,Mozart did not need someone to thank him for this music,you think,he did it for you? the hole meaning of this,is to shut up and listen.Who can do it better? je

[alexsm5682]

I was told that Mozart wrote this symphony over a 4 day period.  The story told to me was that a count or duke in the area of Linz wanted Mozart to put on a performance and Mozart hadn't brought any music with him, so over a weekend he wrote this!! He was a true genius!!

[auburnpeninsulare]

a brilliant interpretation of a brilliant movement of a most remarkable piece of music; i never fail to be amazed at how modern and fluid it sounds..fantastic

[natalexwolffluv123]

im a mozart lover!

[sebtemple]

heaven this is

[Darkboy2525]

Ooww tomorrow I go to the mozart concerto :D and this is in it to :D I CAN"T WAITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TO hear this in live preformance :D sure tears will take me :D !

[twinpeaksweb]

I love Mozart and Beethoven

[2108617686]

J'adore cette symphonie.

[iamalittlespy]

Only Mozart could write an opening like that. The harmony is absolutely sublime.

[alnamree]

Hats off to him, he reached the ultimate kingdom of devinity.

[Ear4Beauty]

Correct me if I am wrong. We actually do not know what Mozart looked like except for one statue of him playing violin as a child. I heard all artist's portrayals of him are purely imaginative. Is this still true or am I wrong ?

[polymath7]

@Ear4Beauty You're wrong. He was actually painted from life five or six times from childhood till just a few months before he died, but, curiously, as with all portraits of all the great composers who lived before the age of photography, they're all too unskilled to reveal much of anything, so I guess you're half right.

The one exception I know of is a pretty decent portrait of C.P.E. Bach by Thomas Gainsborough.

[polymath7]

@Ear4Beauty That contradicts what I've heard. It was my understanding that only *one* extant portrait of Mozart was painted from life.

But don't take my word for it; this impression is based solely on a caption to a reproduction in a book I was thumbing through several years ago (It read something like "This is the sole likeness of Mozart now considered authentic").

[Maazel456]

This is brilliant.

[thesir27]

he wrote this symphony in 4 days WTF!!!! i really wanna learn the compositional methods they used back then, are there any books that specifically teach classical period composition?

[alilapointe1]

if it was not for mozart ,i would not listen to music 

[SandrineSoprano]

Thanks a lot for putting this on the tube...

[Xxsarawasti123xX]

This music is sooo soothing I can learn and study so easily with this music on!!

[mtlcanadiensrule]

@mahlerite

I think Mozart was THE most naturally gifted composer ever. No music sounds as perfect and naturally good (I have no words for describing his music) as his.

[MrContrapunctus]

Awesome piece! However, in this interpretation I think the intro should be played a tad slower to give a greater sense of 'grandeur'

[franz4615]

quien tenga el video de esta sinfonia y otras dirigidas por carlos bleiker: por favor permitanos volver a disfrutarlos. abrazos

[FOFO730]

can anyone tell me in which year it was recorded this? many thanks

[TheMagnificentmozart]

wow this is brilliant! indescribable! what a genius! mozart you are the greatest!!!

[sicnarf25]

in this first movement you can hear the 4th movement if you listen for it...great.

[KittyKatKutiy555]

omg u have soooo many vids!

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[mahlerite]

I recall Handel's Messiah at 1:58-2:03.

Mozart's compositions sound so effortless... I think he was one of the most naturally gifted composers ever, seeing as he mastered virtually every form and that his music seems so "perfect."

But nice selection Sinfoniette. I might upload his 40th symphony later on this week. His best symphonies came toward the end after all.

[Sinfoniette]

Thank you. ;)

My favorite symphony is actually the Jupiter. I love that 1st movement theme. You should definitely listen to the Bohn interpretation of that. However, did you know that I didnt like too much Mozart before listening to your Piano Sonata? I now literally love him. I owe credit to you a lot.

Regards,

M.K.

P.S. You can call me Mingyu if you want, David.

[guyoftheplace]

I know Mozart appreciated Handel greatly, and I believe he presented a German version of the Messiah in Vienna at some point in the 1780's. A nice little homage here, I think...

[sivant1]

@mahlerite At the same point I recall Haydn's symphony no. 62, 4th movement. So Haydn took it from Handel?

[polymath7]

@mahlerite I agree. As many others have observed, many of Mozart's works have a sense of perfect "rightness", as though there was only one really correct way to write that composition, and Mozart found it.

Mozart's symphonies from 35 onward are all utterly flawless.