Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude

[VictorMLudwig]

I died at 07:28

[Lordstanleyenglish]

I urge fellow tubers to watch the movie "Ivansxtc", directed by Bernard Rose, a modern take on the Leo Tolstoy novel "The death of Ivan Ilyich". Which uses the prelude and finale to devastating effect. As for the racial politics awash with Wagnerian music, I feel that ultimately the music itself takes precedence, and that it is no longer fashionable to squeak "Racist" at anyone who happens to find the music moving. A sentiment shared by many musical professionals Jewish or otherwise.

[itosanjesusprpriedad]

Soberbo!

[hereitgosagain12]

This was used so well in Van Tier's film Meloncholia

[buraktsch]

@hereitgosagain12 Who the fuck is Van Tier ?????????? :D

[IORITZgudari]

this appears in God's iPod

33 australopithecus

[wistoncap]

smoking too much dope brought me here

[goupi]

this seems to be a brought me here theme.... well i heard this in a cold basement apartment the whole time and sometimes i thought its was cold like the place i was in and then it all started to expand .... i like how it expands.... like a huge ocean. so i figured out was it was called and typed in tristan and isolde and only the prelude appears ... that's waht i heard in the basement it is actually three days long

[AngeloNiklis]

Sir Alec Guiness, George Lucas and JRR Tolkien brought me here.

[roryalmeida]

Tirem urgente essa propagandinha idiota do "my fun card" que fica apitando e atraplhando. Não dêem um tiro no próprio pé. Se liga !!!!!!!

[balonglongllama]

Your mum made me come. Now get on with it.

[SeRe290392]

a dream brought me here

[erres1981]

nothing brought me here. i just tiped Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and than clicked play. hello from Bulgaria :)



[lynn10flash]

"Love in the Afternoon" more comical than "melancholia"

[Ostrakov]

My personal taste in music brought me here.

[devilxhlywood]

clicking on about 10 related links brought me here

[ticosexy22]

I was reading nietzsche

[vulvakillfire]

Thumbs up if Proust brought you here...

[hol08048275]

seminar presentation deadline looming brought me here ....

[panosfrantzis]

Isolde brought me here .....

[angelsalad]

Melancholia brought me here

[cutetip3]

my music teacher made me come here.

[mellonxcollie]

wikipedia brought me here.

[abernardcorpus]

I, AM here because of Melancholia and am glad to have arrived. The movie, like Wagner's music & many great works of art can leads us to the most profound emotions & thoughts, even inspiring some to go beyond what we thought were their normal limits. Whether the viewer sees the film as a study of clinical depression, Sci-Fi catastrophe, or both, it is rare to find a film such an inspiration for exploring the boundaries of the human experience, but you gotta have an open mind to make the trip.

[hollowcaustic]

Fuck Melancholia (Oh what's that in the sky? A rogue planet twice the size of Jupiter heading towards us? Who knew.)

A disgrace to Wagner's masterpiece

[fullmetalchamploo]

@hollowcaustic Actually the disgrace is that someone as ignorant as you likes Wagners piece. GTFO, you probably haven't even seen the movie, and even if you did you didn't understand it one bit.

[hollowcaustic]

@fullmetalchamploo

Your taste in anime sucks as well :)

[fullmetalchamploo]

@hollowcaustic Please do elaborate on how Fullmetal Alchemist and Samurai Champloo are considered anime that "suck" in your dumbass opinion.

[hollowcaustic]

@fullmetalchamploo

Fullmetal Alchemist is generic Shonen Jump fodder and Samurai Champloo is just daft with it's insipid characters and dialogue, which is only exacerbated by bad hip hop music.

So there you have queef jerky

[swa5297]

@hollowcaustic Fuck off, troll..

[FallenTaru]

Does somebody know when this was recorded?

[figocooldude]

Nietzsche brought me here.

[kalelsjorelson]

@figocooldude Nietzsche had a love-hate relationship with Wagner (I'm not sure Wagner actually cared too much one way or the other) but Nietzsche eventually turned against Wagner and declared that Carmen by Bizet was superior to any Wagnerian opera. None of the Wagnerian heroes actually ever killed a female heroine, but heroines routinely gave their lives to save the males. I'm not sure what it says about Nietzsche that he was more enthralled with Don Jose & Carmen...

[miledestroyer1]

@kalelsjorelson He is talking about the fact that Nietzsche praised this piece even after their break. This piece was very much enjoyed by N. And N didn't like that Wagner's work was becoming more religious and anti semitic, whatever that means. He even mocked Wagner that his father was jewish. Wagner wrote in the letter to doctor that N. nervous problem was excessive masturbating, not that he was homosexual.Letters of his wife show that Wagner felt remorse about break with N.

[figocooldude]

@miledestroyer1 Exactly.

[lpfreak007]

@figocooldude Ecce Homo?

[derfyxxx1]

@figocooldude me too

[LazyGun625]

@figocooldude Me too buddy!

[javiermonoartico]

I'm not here because of Melancholia, that is, by the way, such a huge film that is very difficult to understand. I'm here because Wagner is one of the most greatest composers in History , and particularly this prelude makes my head explodes with, clearly, the most expresive manifestation of culture -Spirit, would say Hegel- of the human kind.

[sirjuandabicho]

Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[nomajeen]

It is well-known that Hitler felt an affection for great artists. Some resisted, others couldn't because they were dead already. The problem is, Hitler did not just hate Jews, he was in many other aspects a very, very sick man. Just because 2 have something in common, they don't have to be particularly fond of eachother. Antisemitism was very common when Wagner lived. Not just in Germany, but in the UK and US too. Hopefully we've come a long way from back then, and are smarter now.

[datojana]

music that frees up the soul...

[hellraidzor]

I am a martian cheesemonger and I like this music.

[juanaraci]

This was the only thing that hitler was actually right : this is good music

[Lildrummerboy50]

Thumbs up if Melancholia brought you here.

[clyve1227]

@Hamgammy most of these old composers were pretty eccentric. Seriously they were all nuts in their own ways.

[Hamgammy]

Wagner reportedly had dreams where the ghost of Beethoven visited him and told him he was a better composer. Wagner was a bit eccentric.

[FranLidiaix377]

na ich bin eine gummi puppe

[classicallady]

Can we stop the bullshit and pettiness and focus on the music?

[pbpeex]

omg this music

[RayeChalar]

Oh, the tension... oh lack of true release. What a great metaphor for the whole of Tristan und Isolde.

[DimitrijFedorovic]

What a performance!

[CrudeleFan]

Best performance ever!



[MartianStories]

I've never really listened to Wagner before. Seeing "Melancholia" shattered my lens. This piece haunts me, as does the film. I've decided to really listen to as much Wagner as I can find now. I always loved Schubert and Liszt, and now I'm hooked on Wagner even more. Incredible music.

[pbpeex]

this cannot be compared with the beethoven's 7th because this is a OPERA :p

[Ghostshepard]

MELANCHOLIA!!!! I loved the movie!

[sometimesilovelife]

This piece left me paralysed, in addition to the beautiful images by Lars von Triers... really i've reached the peak of sensibility in this piece, and believe me i have listened to many, if i dare put this next to Beethoven's 7th ...

[kobyisraelite]

astonishing overture

[Mazunteful]

@chamuda610 It is worth to read the comments on YouTube just to read enlighten comments like yours.

[JonathanArsenault12]

Thumbs up if Nietzsche brought you here.

[Veigueta]

The best music ever composed. Nothing compares to Tristan and Isolde

[LazyBoy9476]

@Veigueta if you look at german music in general it is very different you can tell it has that German sharpness.

[sweaq123]

One of the deepest pieces of music ever written brilliantly chosen to become a part of one of the depeest movies ever made.

Lars Von Trier, you are a genious.

[fluffyman64]

don't see melancholia, it sucks, even Wagner couldn't save it

[Distortion0]

@fluffyman64 "Sucks". What a great critical opinion of a film.

[Hamgammy]

This is an amazing piece! You can hear the solitude and desperation just screaming out! So hauntingly romantic!

[bbawful]

mahler mahler



[bbawful]

mahler



[WBOwensV]

Whether it's because of a movie, a TV commercial, your parents, your high school music class, or your friends, what's important is that you found this great music. Music appreciation doesn't have to start at an early age for it to be genuine.

[edhastie]

It's as though Wagner saw way off into the future with music like this. It's simply unfortunate that his views of so many of his contemporaries were so hateful. Definitely a musical genius.

[BenderThaMagnificent]

And this is what I think about that.

[MrBandera1968]

it was the fav music by luis bunuel he had used it, in andlusian dog, the golden age, el, viridiana and that obscure object of desire

[MK40213]

Don't use language in order to abuse it: When making up the word "transcendental" Immanuel Kant was saying that we are able to reflect our ability to think abstractedly. By no means he meant to suggest that we can define a deadline, cross over it and watch the world from the side we have no access to. It was only Hegel, our German idiot, to create such nonsense, followed by the commuists who killed 150 mrd to achieve the job. (You are, however, doing better than expressing your idea by wow, wow.

[pianomirtha]

bellisimo!!!



[santiagoh92]

@MrUmgajo Well, as much as I agree with your last few sentences, it is not sad people had come here because of a movie Melancholia for many reasons, mostly because many people now hear and love this music as much as you and also because it is properly used in a movie that revolves well..around desperation and solitude. So it is an excellent choice for a well made and interesting movie.

[GrupoAP12e]

@santiagoh92 well said :)



[twooffour]

@MrUmgajo

Love, longing, orgasms, whatever, yes, but no "desparation" - there are plenty of other works for that kind of stuff.

No "rage", either.

"Tristan and isolda"

No - this music was written with these characters in mind, but as a standalone composition, it only conveys abstract emotions and assocations not specific to even the "star-crossed lovers" archetype.

Oh gee... a pretentious, wide-eyed pseudo snob? Not a good combination :D

[jamkouk]

This is the most erotic piece of music ever written. A hymn to love and death. Proper for the rituals of Lars Von Trier and in my view, grotesque complement to a movie where no hope arises but the power of universe itself contrasted to the punity and lonliness of Man. A film that will be a landmark to the history of cinema and mostly as the quite opposite of Tarkovsky's "Sacrifice". Satanic, Ironic and deeply Erotic.

Dimitrios Koukoulakis, Greece

[zeroinfinit]

interlace is killing the video.

[LuckyB107]

whoever could possibly dislike a thing as this...

i honestly cannot comprehend.

such sounds are ecstasy for the ears.

i can't even be distracted listening to this.. i have to stop whatever i am doing and just listen in dumbfounded amazement.

[jonbap426]

My introduction to this piece of music was Excalibur, 1980 or sometime in the early eighties. That flick should have been called Wagner's Excalibur!

[krystalericalewis]

this at the beginning of the movie brought tears to my eyes

[Francesko263]

Wagner achieves structural unity in his gargantuan productions via the

usage of leitmotif, sequences, and periods.

Periods are structural divisions of acts often with AAB (bar form) or

ABA (arch form – or bogen). However, these forms are not aurally obvious

and are camouflaged by transitions, codas, introductions, etc.

[MsBickle76]

@Francesko263 Awesome! Thanks for telling me that.

I herd this in Von Trier's Melancholia. Fucking excellent movie and piece of music!

[Francesko263]

Sequences or semi-sequences abound in Wagner’s operas, whereby

motives recur (possibly with slight alterations), transposed to other degrees.

Schoenberg called this formal approach “developing variation” and it assists

the listener in making the themes memorable.

[Francesko263]

Chromaticism in the music of our time tends to fall into three categories:

1) Momentary chromaticism.

A chromatic note is considered a “non harmonic” tension and is quickly

resolved (usually by step) to a consonance (usually a note in the chord).

2) Delayed resolution.

A chromatic note is “elongated” or prolonged in time before eventual

resolution. This increases the importance of the “wrong” note.

[Francesko263]

3) Pan-tonal chromaticism.

A chromatic note may not resolve at all. Tonal ambiguities in the harmony

are manifested by complex polyphony. Tension is a relative term and

notes tend to speak with almost equal importance. Tone colour, rhythm

and orchestration come to the fore as important elements of “hamony” and organization of musical space.

[existentialistcat]

People who dislike this piece just don't like Romantic music. ;)

[doifal]

einfach nur wunderschön bin gerade in einer andren welt

[devilxhlywood]

@mattcooper07 fairly certain the conductor is jewish

[chamuda610]

@devilxhlywood Actually Indian, but he's conducted in Israel.

[chamuda610]

@mattcooper07 I'm Jewish. I listen to this over and over. Politics/religion shouldn't factor into the equation when we're talking about a masterpiece like this. Period.

[LazyBoy9476]

@chamuda610 yeah and dont forget that Wagner was born wayyy before Hitler was conceived so as far as i am concerned just because some a**hole used music for political agenda doesnt make the artist guilty

[chamuda610]

@LazyBoy9476 Agreed.

[MusicBeautyLove]

@LazyBoy9476 Thank you! =) ( I totally agree.)

[LazyBoy9476]

@MusicBeautyLove he was openly anti-semite, you cant take that away from him.

[johnmuie]

@chamuda610 you are still a jew

[chamuda610]

@johnmuie Your comment says a lot more about you than it does about me. Shabbat shalom.

[markitosbdn]

@chamuda610 Jew ...

You, you can not appreciate this delightful music.

[altertheskyy1]

@markitosbdn shut the fuck up dumb ass. unless you're kidding.

[markitosbdn]

@altertheskyy1 This demonstrated that the Jews did not aprencian art.

The only art they have is if anthropological system of "copy".

Never create only copied.

They can not appreciate art.

[altertheskyy1]

@markitosbdn My father's jewish you fucking retard. stop generalizing. stupid fucking anti-semite.

[markitosbdn]

@altertheskyy1 Sorry, if your father is Jewish, you are racially Jewish.

No wonder you can appreciate this music, quiet, do not fret.

[altertheskyy1]

@markitosbdn whatever. I appreciate art. My father does as well.

[del4m3u]

@altertheskyy1 no one cares

[altertheskyy1]

@del4m3u then why the fuck you commenting. Shut the fuck up and mind your own damn business... it's easy to ignore a few comments out of thousands on a goddamn youtube video.

[darrenegan2k9]

@altertheskyy1 i agree no one cares i look down in the comments and see 2 of yours and i have to say stop crying on youtube and get a life...no one cares what religion you are or what ou like/dislike...

[clearlogicify]

@chamuda610 Hmm, have you read any of his essays? Do you fully understand the man?

He was a repulsive man, with many flaws, but his music was amazing. If I were Jewish, I'm not sure I could enjoy his music as much as you seem to. While much of his music can be separated from his political views, anti-antisemitism is clearly present in his operas.

Poor example maybe, but I wont watch any Mel Gibson movies, past or present, solely based on his bigotry.

[twooffour]

@clearlogicify

Well, you know, I'm not sure if I could enjoy music by a murderer (such as Gesualdo) without feeling uneasy - but even in that case, I'd recognize it as personal bias of mine.

There is no logical argument supporting the rejection of art based on the artist's biography.

Otherwise, feel free to study every performer's and composer's biography and interview their friends and family before daring to listen to a CD. Consistency is where it's at ;)

[clearlogicify]

@twooffour "no logical argument supporting the rejection of art based on the artist's biography"

- I don't think there are logical arguments for taste, appreciation and artistic ability or factoring in an artist's negative past vs they positive abilities.

I actually think artist details/history can dramatically enhance appreciation of an artist, as well as diminish appreciation. Each to his own.

[meiro00102]

@chamuda610 how can u be jewish and appericate this? r u a self hating jew?

[ApolyonTheSoulRender]

@meiro00102 I'm jewish and I don't mind. It's really good music.

[costcordero2]

@chamuda610 ... couldn't agree with u more, i'm african - american & i know this is an absolute masterpiece ...

[chamuda610]

@johnmuie You have a problem, man. Peace.

[chamuda610]

@costcordero2 Yep! It takes my breath away every time. Maybe a lot of my Jewish friends/family won't listen to Wagner, but I don't care. This is too beautiful.

[kittenwit]

This is stunning.

[mattchoules1]

This music is just one magnificent way of pulling on my heartstrings, intent on warming it, and opening my eyes to the sheer beauty and prowess that the piece exudes infinitely.

[jhernandez16]

Oh man. What happened to the pizz at the end??

[bingin15]

this is such an intense piece. it's heartrending and beautiful all at once.

[TehKeytar]

Might be hard to follow a baton that changes to pixels when it's diagonal like that

[AFcunningham]

for anyone who is interested, this prelude by wagner is used repeatetely throughout the new film Melancholia directed by Lars Von Trier. It is the only major piece of music used repeatetely in the film. I'd consider it the theme music for the film.

[TheBombson]

@AFcunningham no shit sherlock, did you figure that out by yourself?

[gypsygirl58]

@AFcunningham I read that in EW. They are showing the movie on Demand the same day as the theatrical Can't wait to see the movie!

[Yonderin]

@AFcunningham now I've watch the film, I can't help having the last scene in my mind when the climax comes. just unforgettable...

[1915fas]

@AFcunningham Also used at the end of the Russell Crowe film HEAVEN'S BURNING. Unfortunately it's not uploaded here.

[bullbunnies]

@AFcunningham thats what brought me here. its a beautiful movie

[andyy91]

@AFcunningham already seen... its marvelous, beautiful, its THE movie.

[HangAllKoonz]

InternalCompass needs to go home to the Kibbutz.

[LiaxJersey12]

Why do people feel the need to argue, here and now, in front of a beautiful piece of music giving itself fully to us all? Sit back and enjoy the show--it will bring you peace. Be humble, that we don't have to go further than a few clicks to see a magical show.

[OldSchopenhauer]

@LiaxJersey12 It's a Wagner video; we must argue.

[bayreuth79]

This is music at its most sublime- no composer before or since has reached so deeply into the human spirit than Wagner.

[sessionmessiah]

@bayreuth79 hah hah i agree this is SUBLIME... still Wagner, as great as he is , cannot be compared to BEETHOVEN my friend...nobody, no Schumann,Brahms, Wagner, Berlioz or Scriabin or Anybody, can EVER be compared to Beethoven . have a nice day friend...

[EsmeraldaIris36]

So good!!

[MrLeonardomalaguti]

Like is not enough. I am completely in love with this overture

[maiseyferret]

Seriously, moments like that at 7:30 are why I love music. Such emotion and beauty, this music is so cinematic...

[aahwUNL11]

@maiseyferret It's funny that you say it's cinematic, since they didn't even know what "cinematic" was at this time. This music is just plain amazing. :D

[rhiannonbjones]

enchanting!

[Mike5626]

For goodness sake shut the fuck up!

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Also found this after watching Melancholia- this composition also inspired Vertigo's composition

[Contrabassology]

I cant even stand when i listen to this, its just to amazing, I find his use of key as a system of emotion the best part

[Jaujaujau01]

wagner sucks

[randomUnhold]

This brought tears to my eyes.

[jonbap426]

I fell in love with this piece of music from 1983's Excalibur.

[mspeaceist]

I fully intend to listen to Tristan and Isolde and other works of Wagner in its entirety, which I would not have not done so if I had not heard 'Prelude' in the film. I listen to classical music but knew very little about Wagner. Get my drift?

[isistylelab]

i only see the blue planet melancholia when I hear this

[revelatorization]

VOYAGE DANS LES HAUTES SPHÈRES DE L HUMAIN.

[mspeaceist]

I echo the last two comments. I saw the film Melancholia today and was introduced to this music for the first time. If people are introduced to beautiful music through popular culture, all the better. This music is not for the elitist few.

[t3331157]

Go away Melancholia people. You wouldn't be here if weren't for that movie. Bit like Black Swan really. Some ignorant people never heard of Tchaikovsky before and suddenly they say 'Actually, that's not bad music.' Funny about that.

[johnmuie]

@t3331157 it's good that people discover this kind of wonderfull music and if movies like melancholia help then more of that please(btw melancholia is a great movie). people like you should be silent, your opinion is not important

[VaultTex]

@t3331157 I know a lots of classic music, I play in an orchestra. And I first heard it in the movie Melancholia.

So what the fuck?

[t3331157]

@VaultTex I'm not aiming my comments at people like you, nor am I being elitist. I'm referring to people who usually completely listen to popular music and suddenly realise that classical music ain't so bad after all. Film, let's face it, is now for most people the most viewed and accessible art form at the expense of many others, so that gems like Tristan und Isolde are reduced to the stakes of popular culture. If you want to listen to Wagner, listen to Wagner, not its bastardisation.

[osbely]

this has me feeling "Melancholia" and the like.

[VaultTex]

Life is only on earth

and not for long.

[LivinJoke84]

Just saw Melancholia last night which this piece of music featured prodominantly.

Very fitting indeed, coupled with the subject matter and some of the scenes was at times, sad, unnerving, forboding and sometimes even a little scary.

I do honestly feel that this piece of music made the film what it was and without it the film would have nowhere near the impact.

Sensational

[Gmpim121]

OBRA MONUMENTAL, MARAVILLOSO , COMO UN PAJARO COLOR ORO EN UN CIELO AZUL

Thumbs up if you're here because of Friedrich Nietzsche.