Karajan - Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 - II. Adagio non troppo

[nirvana2187]

whoa an amazing symphony

[donnasweet0703]

Stunning.......I studied it (analysis) in college...had to listen to it 30 x, or so....leaves an indelible impression.........impending tragedy @ 8:03.

[gotoast123]

Best.Composer.Ever.

I'm just sayin:P



[mi007fistspot]

Ha excuse me, I meant BRAHMS! not BACH.

[mi007fistspot]

Wow! I am ashamed to admit, that although I have listened to classical/romantic era music my whole life, I am only now starting to listen to bach. once again I am utterly amazed by this! just incredible, beutifully put together, and wonderful melodys.

[Adronomics]

Amazing, truly amazing.

[KatieeLouisee14]

Ive played this symphony so many times and by far this is the most challenging movement of the wholse symphony...i just cant get my head around it!!!

[Lecter70]

Thank you, my friend! You have definitely given a piece of your mind. You must be pleased with yourself. So be happy and be quiet!!

[beanzaronii]

@meesbroersen well, ignorance is certainaly bliss.

[meesbroersen]

@beanzaronii ok i didn't say that, and if i did... i hate it. i think someone hacked my youtube or something, i'm a huge fan :S

[deedeeraree]

well it's brahms...

[Simon0]

hmm i would say this is more melancholy than most beethoven am i right?

[mi007fistspot]

@Simon0 I would say that beethovens melancholy was on a much deeper level...



[Cocoheadedcannibal]

@mi007fistspot it's impossible to have gradations of melancholy. If Beethoven expresses melancholy on a 'much deeper level' than you're no longer talking about melancholy; it would be more like a deep depression, which moves away from melancholy into extremes of emotion.

[earthypig]

@Cocoheadedcannibal i disagree... a piece of music can have just a "touch"of melancholy, or more intense melancholy. "melancholy" isn't just one color, far from it. and different artists have their own special flavor of melancholy unto themselves.

[Cocoheadedcannibal]

@earthypig strange...and unconvincing, you have extremes of emotions happiness and sadness, and inbetween you have melancholy.

if you move away from the fragile state of melancholy you stumble off the path of it altogether into despair and sadness.

The quintessence of melancholy is its state of 'inbetweeness' , it is the mildest of sorrows, while at the same time being sorrow for it acknowledges the contradictions of life, without being depression.

your intense melancholy is sorrow.

[earthypig]

@Cocoheadedcannibal there is an even finer "inbetweenness" within melancholy itself.

not here to convince you, but to air what is. one can have just a touch of melancholy, or deeper. the palette is much richer than one can imagine, and just as one thinks one knows all about melancholy, there will be yet another artist to come along to explore the level of melancholy not yet expressed....

[josepharchbold]

@Simon0 I would define Brahms as the melancholy composer. Its nice that all the composers have different moods because it adds variety.

[cherishiskisa]

Lovely cello solo at the beginning!!! It is one of the audition segments for GDYO, it is very challenging.

[hwangeable]

it's a cello soli.