Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Mov.4 - Myung-Whun Chung, Radio France Philharmonic

[bloke372]

Greatest classical composer ever bar none.You can keep your Bethoven(who ever she was)Handle who should remain on a door,Bach which is a noise a dog makes

[ProfessorPiano]

Myung-Whun Chung makes a habit of conducting pieces over speed, where in most circumstances it's uncomfortable to the listener, I'm going to agree with the majority of comments in that this rather over speed tempo suits this movement perfectly!

[Balancement]

This symphony is about the triumph of the spirit in the face of Fate. The final movement is too rushed. It should be performed with power, yes--but also with a sense of strength, and dignity,and a soaring, thrilling exultation.

[daflamer]

i like it fast

[teddyxiao]

Where can I get movement 1 to 3 ?

[TheVairocana]

Just brilliant



[kaichrono]

The conductor is hilarious

[alexandrabak]

@kaichrono

Indeed! Could be Yoda's grandson with a conducting staff instead of a lightsaber. 

[paclos29]

@NewPumpkin Totally agree ! They are the perfect couple !



[danieljames1994]

And in go the ear plugs at 8:00

[Edsworth911]

I think that every one of the different nationalites have their own identity of classical music. Russian romantic music (Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov etc.) suits the French, Austrians are associated with Eastern European and Austrian music (Dvorak, Strauss etc.), the Koreans and the Japanese resemble modern classical music (for example Schönberg) and the the British go well with French impressionistic and Finnish romantic music (Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius and so on).

[Adri58]

Tchaikovsky was a genius

[David0794]

the tempo on this recording is perfect.

[plougerne]

The best on Youtube.

[doninvictoria]

The 4th movement of Karajan's B.P.O. performance from the late 70's clocks in at 9:50... which, given all the applause attached to this recording, makes it about a minute slower. I think you lose a lot with this reading -- every orchestra can play fast these days, which means that a lot of conductors will try and do just that. Hey! I beat Karajan!

[fitzgerald1337x]

@doninvictoria i don't think it's too fast at all...

[proggoth]

@fitzgerald1337x Oh yeah? Try telling that to the cymbalist after this mvmt. He's about to have a cardiac arrest...

[Adri58]

@fitzgerald1337x this tempo is perfect

[jin12345678]

@doninvictoria karajan's tempi are actually quite slower than most conductors, before and after his time. many conductors choose different tempi, but most of the time for aesthetic/musical reasons. I'm sure there are many recordings of this movement before karajan's time that are as fast as this or even faster.

[TheVaughan5]

Wonderfu orchestra and generally I like Chung as a conductor but he takes this last movement MUCH too fast. Just listen to Karajan/Phiharmonia (old recording admittedly) to hear how much more impact there can be at a slower tempo that never sounds ridiculously rushed. Far too many conductors of today fall into this trap when performing Tchaikovsky.

[oboistru]

@TheVaughan5: Strange. Tempo sounds all right to me.

[bojman]

Like it.. also I think there are many interesting things to see (and hear :) there on the east :)) hard working people and quality stuff

[Sergor2010]

OMG, the conductor is Chinese, but what a perfect understanding of this the "most Russian Symphony" of P.I. Tchaikovsky!!! What a performance !!! The whole orchestra

and every musician just incredible! I was crying and tears were dropping and I could not

stop listening! Divine!

[ZarathuPower]

@Sergor2010 No, the conductor is one of the best conductors in the world, Miastro Myung-whun Chung, who is Korean -- I am proud to be a Korean :-) No Google is available in Russia yet?

[allthewaythrough]

Bravo, what a great performance. Myung-Whun is one of my favorite conductors. His intererpretation attracts me deeply every time. Thank you for posting.