Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

[tissueowen]

Simon Rattle is a great Mahlerist of all time

[MHindemburg]

@mortalfrog0815 In 2:00 the strings are sounding in mf, so the violin passage is like interrupted with noise. I could saying a lot of morte things but I don't really want to.

[robpmusic]

@MHindemburg At 0:28, those accents are in fact in the finale edition of the score (Universal Edition). The string entry at 2:00 is thematic, and should be more present, whereas the violin solo is an ornamental line (and foreshadows the second movement).

[MHindemburg]

@sahand144 I miss Karajan too :,(

And @mortalfrog0815 Let's see..., you want qualified comments. Oh dear! Where do I start. First, in Tempo. It's too damn fast, you barely can hear the little triangle's percussions because the metals erase their sound. Also, the orchestration; in 0:28 you can hear the horrible orchestration of Rattle. ¿What are those accents? They're not in the score. Right there, after the silence you hear sfffz and not crescendo, as it should be.

[adam246811]

@MHindemburg Fair enough - everyone has their own opinions. Just, it isn't Rattle's orchestration...:P

[MHindemburg]

Oh, dear, I can't stand Rattle. And I'm not joking, he's the worst conductor in the Berliner Philharmoniker ever. I miss Claudio Abbado =(

[mortalfrog0815]

@MHindemburg this is your second comment on this video, your message has not changed. and even though i agree with you that abbado is an outstanding conductor, rattle is everything but an aggravation for the philharmoniker! please stop this nonsense and start making qualified comments...

[sahand144]

@MHindemburg I miss Karajan

[noirvalentin]

1:15 what a beautiful cellist....

[leoncioviolin]

GREAT

[Linchetto68]

Un esecuzione meravigliosa.

[iOnlySignIn]

Hopefully there's No.8 and Das Lied von der Erde as well?

[OlavoBLFilho]

Expressive, Bright. Very delicately. Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, and Horn's extraordinary Mr Stephan Dorhn. Greetings from Brazil. Congratulations Sir Simon Rattle and BerlinPhil.

[vickylovsmusic]

AWESOME i love EVERY single MOMENT of it <3

[SYSREV76]

MAGNÍFICO *****

[hihasisa]

the concertmaster changed another violin when he's playing the solo parts?

[goodmanmusica]

@hihasisa

no. in the "scherzo" the concertmaster has to play a violin with strings that are

tuned in a different way

[dzhang122]

@goodmanmusica What do you mean? Could you be more specific?

[MHindemburg]

The worst version of this piece ever!! Rattle sucks!!

[caversgreen]

@HIndenburg you suck

[EdwardWhelanPiano]

@MHindemburg, seriously? You have to be joking!

[classicalchristina]

Wow, the musicians really move with the music, don't they?

[WhiteNitE521]

@classicalchristina How could you not with something this gorgeous?

[AlanHemenway]

@classicalchristina  Of course!!! They are European; not like American orchestras.

[macintosh315]

why do the trumpets and clarinets look different? the clarinets have some weird different key system, and the trumpets look very different from the ones here in america. why is this so? do they have a different sound, range, or key? im a clarinetist myself, and i know the germans use Oehler and we use Boehm, but what about the trumpets? and why does germany and austria use these different systems?

[trombonebro]

@macintosh315 The trumpets are rotary valve trumpets, which are used mostly in europe. They have a more mellow sound, but have the same range. I'm not sure about the clarinets.

[lennic95]

@macintosh315 The clarinets are the standard ones they have in Europe. Maybe you saw a student model with less keys?

[macintosh315]

@lennic95 no, the clarinets i see in the video use a completely different system than the one used in america, with different fingerings and everything! i did some research; apparently this is called the "Oehler" system, and it's the standard in germany and austria; in pretty much the rest of the modern world, the Boehm system is preferred. look closely, there are rollers on the pinky keys (like a saxophone), and a bunch of extra rings that wouldn't be on american (Boehm system) clarinets.

[xtjc]

@macintosh315

Don't know why they use different systems but the trumpets you see here use rotary based valves like the ones most commonly made on french horns. The trumpets in America uses piston valves. Players using either ones need to get used to their counter parts. The german trumpet valves are faster to work with.

[silviocpfrg]

Absolute quality !!!!

[manuelspcool]

there is not another feeling compared with watch one of the Berliner Philharmoniker's Concerts.

[sebastianrc]

I love this channel! :)

[iMakHugo]

Simon, Rattle the sleigh bell!

[Hamburgerphil]

@iMakHugo No.