Rattle's recent performance of the Eighth in Berlin, with (naturally) the Berlin Phil et al. is splendid. I have only cavil: Rattle is obsessed with plasticity of phrasing. It is moving to hear, to feel, the tension rise (and fall) in such precisely mapped gradients, but for me it sounds a little too engineered, gleaming like a burnished metallic finish on an automobile. It's a minor quibble, but it becomes wearying to listen too, like a workout on a Bowflex. I feel relieved, not released.
Solti? I beg to differ. Solti's performances were highly charged, and he may have had better choral forces, but otherwise Solti did not equal, let alone exceed, either Bernstein or Horenstein. Very fine Mahlerian Solti was, but not great in my opinion.
Please don't miss Jascha Horenstein's 1959 performance, on BBC Classics, with similar forces and venue. It is not *better* than Bernstein's, but is easily the equal of it. I believe that recording, too, was in stereo. The sound is magnificent, and if anything, the atmosphere is even more exciting due to its being a live performance! I may be wrong on this, but Bernstein's I believe was recorded either before or after the live performance.
Good, grief, people! I have the highest respect for Alan Gilbert—and for that matter, Gustavo Dudamel—but compared to Bernstein or Horenstein they are still boys. Not that they can't conduct exciting and moving performances that are persuasive simulacra of more those much more mature conductors, They really can't, and don't, compare! Both Bernstein and Horenstein, to name but two, had hammered out distinct Mahlerian *structures* for their interpretations. Gilbert or Dudamel have not.
OMG! I saw the NYPhil on TV on 9/11 with alan Gilbert -- a total travesty. He has not a CLUE! I had to watch Bernstein, cuz I know what this piece (and Mahler!)should really sound like. I am totally wasted!
@rosending I saw Gilbert and NYPhil also, live, a couple of weeks after that, and as I far as I'm concerned it was perfect. He's still pretty young and he's already building a great career for himself.
@rosending Please tell me you're joking! The 9/11 performance was one of the Best NY Phil Performances I've seen in the past 15 years! So much passion and energy. Gilbert secured his status as an elite conductor in the profession. We all love Bernstein but with the players the NYP has now, it's no contest. Especially brass.
It's amazingly beautiful! I sung tenor in my college's performance of this. What's also amazing is that Bernstein has the entire friggin thing memorized! Genius! XD
Never thought that I as an amateur viola player I would ever get the chance to play this piece, the ultimate symphonic work. But it happened, and the experience was something that I will not forget easily. Have a look at Youtube 3MH0uI57LGY
The greatest symphony ever written, except maybe for Mahler's 3rd, which is also the greatest ever written, and Mahler's 9th which is also the greatest ever written, and Mahler's 1st, which is also...
Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always with Mahler: Ab Fab! And Leonard, so enthusiastic and loving it. What a grate conductor he was.
Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always with Mahler: Ab Fab!
Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always witn Mahler: Ab Fab!
watching bernstein conduct (anything really, but especially this piece) is one of the most stimulating and inspiring experiences ever...a mere mortal such as myself can only dream of having the kind of emotionally charged passion Bernstein has in this clip...at spots like 4:55 or 5:11 or 6:57 you can tell that he has ascended beyond this world to a heavenly place in his mind...
My favourite interpretation of this piece is by Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne Festival, but this is a close second! I love how he's basically singing along.
I've just figured that it looks like Die Schöpfung, Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde. The accent on "auferstehen" (rise) here is very similar to the Haydn's oratorio, where an accent is made on "Licht" (light).There is nearly the same shape. And this symphony is called resurrection, it's probably a reference.
Without paying disrespect to any of the performers, I have to say that Barbara Hendricks rendition of this peice has a much more profound and deep aspect to it. She perform the same peice with Berstein with the New york philharmonic
It is just like bernstein is filled with mahler s spirit and music in every single part of his body and soul !!!!!! The rendition is spectacular !!!!! Perfection actually :o
I also think that Solti's performances of Mahler are better than Bernstein's, but my favorite version of Mahler's 2nd is Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony. No discredit to Lenny though. He did the greatest of Mahler's 6th while in my opinion no one has ever come close to Solti's 1971 recording of the 8th. Still, Blomstedt in his 1994 recording of this is without question THE BEST. Although that is my opinion and mfrmffreh.
Wow, what passion. It is enough to turn skepticism to worship. This performance is wonderful and I adore the music of Mahler. I think his daily prayers in Vienna were more than amply answered by a God who found such favor in his compositions. Thank you Mr. Mahler and Maestro Bernstein....love it.
@parzifal40 woship, but for the music itself, the only man kind creation that should be worshiped. No one has been killed, or turned his life into a living hell by it. Only music can bring the best of us regarding religion, race or social status.
I first saw this cast performing the work at the 1973 Edinburgh Festival. It moved me so deeply then (I had never heard it before) and it still does today. I was in such a state of bliss that I have no recollection of getting back to my hotel that evening - I was still so wound up in the music.
There was total silence at the end before rapturous appause. I like that for some works instead of immediate ovations, sometimes even before the performance has ended - happens too often in opera.
It might sound weird but to me when I hear this rendition, I feel like the stone of the grave of our Lord is moving away and He, the Son of God is geting out of the grave in all His Glory with a bright white light around his body. The Splendor of our Lord´s Resurrection!
It is one of the most iconic pieces of music. This is a sublime performance. I never had the pleasure of singing in it, but would probably would have cried through this section anyway. And who needs a blubbering baritone?
I was actually singing in this performance (bass) and I was NOT wearing glasses (right hand end, third row from back). I still get a chill up my spine even today when I hear the off-stage trumpets, knowing that the "Ja auferstehen" was not far away. It was the scariest thing I have ever sung!
I'm 60 now. I was 23 then. I still don't wear glasses!
7 years ago, members of the choir dating from the 70s were re-assembled to perform the Faure requiem at Arthur Oldham's (the chorus master) memorial service. It was good meeting up with many of the people you see on YouTube.
We recorded the Faure Requiem with Barenboim in Paris in the 70s too. I think the recording is still available.,
superb. If you are ever in New York, the Paley Center for Media has the CBS broadcast of Mahler 2 by Bernstein and the NY Symphony Orchestra broadcast in Nov 63 as a memorial to JFK. Spinetingling.
Possibly the best rendition of the finale to the 2nd I have ever heard. Bernstein really brings us to the heavens with his passion. I am brought to tears every time I hear this finale.
@CookedSalmon .Hi,a wonderful performance,but I also think Rattle/CBSO,1987,is equally good. Never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up,my crying equivalent,I guess!!!
I had the great pleasure of being a tenor in a performance at St.David's Hall,Cardiff.The absolute highlight of my singing carreer.I was deleriously happy in the closing stages,couldn't stop smiling.
I know another recording of this symphony with Bernstein, but this one is even more incredible. I have never seen him in such an ecstasy as at the end of this recording...
Rattle's recent performance of the Eighth in Berlin, with (naturally) the Berlin Phil et al. is splendid. I have only cavil: Rattle is obsessed with plasticity of phrasing. It is moving to hear, to feel, the tension rise (and fall) in such precisely mapped gradients, but for me it sounds a little too engineered, gleaming like a burnished metallic finish on an automobile. It's a minor quibble, but it becomes wearying to listen too, like a workout on a Bowflex. I feel relieved, not released.
GTEd 2 days ago
Solti? I beg to differ. Solti's performances were highly charged, and he may have had better choral forces, but otherwise Solti did not equal, let alone exceed, either Bernstein or Horenstein. Very fine Mahlerian Solti was, but not great in my opinion.
GTEd 2 days ago
Horenstein's performance was in Royal Albert Hall. ~6,000 were in attendance.
From Arkiv Recordings:
Performer: Beryl Hatt, Agnes Giebel, Joyce Barker, Kerstin Meyer, Helen Watts,
Kenneth Neate, Alfred Orda, Arnold Van Mill
Conductor: Jascha Horenstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Orpington Junior Singers, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, Hampstead Choral Society,
Emmanuel School Boys Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBC Chorus
GTEd 2 days ago
Please don't miss Jascha Horenstein's 1959 performance, on BBC Classics, with similar forces and venue. It is not *better* than Bernstein's, but is easily the equal of it. I believe that recording, too, was in stereo. The sound is magnificent, and if anything, the atmosphere is even more exciting due to its being a live performance! I may be wrong on this, but Bernstein's I believe was recorded either before or after the live performance.
GTEd 2 days ago
Good, grief, people! I have the highest respect for Alan Gilbert—and for that matter, Gustavo Dudamel—but compared to Bernstein or Horenstein they are still boys. Not that they can't conduct exciting and moving performances that are persuasive simulacra of more those much more mature conductors, They really can't, and don't, compare! Both Bernstein and Horenstein, to name but two, had hammered out distinct Mahlerian *structures* for their interpretations. Gilbert or Dudamel have not.
GTEd 2 days ago
This was really on fire! I got a spine tingle for a full minute and a half at the end!
phootie 1 month ago
At 3:25 ...highest emotion ...;!!!!
GA4N 1 month ago
Is there a CD recording of this performance? Please say there is a CD recording of this performance!!
moruku88 1 month ago
3 personas no podran resucitar y sus almas quedaran perdidas en el limbo del reggaeton
hutulu1 1 month ago
Dame Janet Baker is the soloist. Great performance.
T2Step 2 months ago
Vini vidi clamavi !
ARTmuseBeat 2 months ago
I just can't stop watching again and again and again.....wow!!!!!
ARTmuseBeat 2 months ago
This had me sobbing uncontrollably.
MatthiasAletharch 2 months ago
triumph of life over the dead !!!!!
seponvi 3 months ago
This and the Eighth prove, unequivocally, that Heaven is written in the key of E Flat Major.
Sylderon 3 months ago 2
@Sylderon YES my friend your are very right !!!
GA4N 1 month ago
Stunning interpretation. Such beauty, emotion and power. I love Mahler so much!!!
gregapage 3 months ago
A bit fast for my taste, but brilliant performance nonetheless. I think I prefer Boulez' interpretations of Mahler above all, though.
As for the music, I don't think I'm worthy of making any comments about it.
NMyullyari 3 months ago
Ely Cathedral. I feel honored. My name with such a holy piece like this being played. My god is Mahler.
ellis12241 4 months ago
whenever someone asks me what a conductor is for, i show them this video.
fledgehog 5 months ago
OMG! superbe! dźwięki uderzyły w moją pierś, przeżyć to jeszcze raz... jedyne! w swoim rodzaju!
marigroszek 5 months ago
OMG! I saw the NYPhil on TV on 9/11 with alan Gilbert -- a total travesty. He has not a CLUE! I had to watch Bernstein, cuz I know what this piece (and Mahler!)should really sound like. I am totally wasted!
Out of this world, literally...
rosending 5 months ago
@rosending Gilbert's performance was great; he's easily the next Mahlerite successor along with Dudamel.
Tokkemon 5 months ago 2
@rosending I saw Gilbert and NYPhil also, live, a couple of weeks after that, and as I far as I'm concerned it was perfect. He's still pretty young and he's already building a great career for himself.
xpto228 4 months ago in playlist Mahler Symphony 2 - Bernstein
@rosending Please tell me you're joking! The 9/11 performance was one of the Best NY Phil Performances I've seen in the past 15 years! So much passion and energy. Gilbert secured his status as an elite conductor in the profession. We all love Bernstein but with the players the NYP has now, it's no contest. Especially brass.
esava44 1 month ago
nice tambourine @ 1:07
stubbyt34 5 months ago in playlist More videos from Tokkemon
It's amazingly beautiful! I sung tenor in my college's performance of this. What's also amazing is that Bernstein has the entire friggin thing memorized! Genius! XD
rawrgDX 5 months ago
EXTREMELY EXCITING !
wilsa863 5 months ago
Wenn dies nicht die Wiederauferstehung ist, WO IST SIE DANN?.....
magaptn 6 months ago
Does anyone know where this concert was performed?
psisaza 6 months ago
@psisaza Edinburgh Cathedral.
Tokkemon 6 months ago
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richardpeteranderson 6 months ago
@Tokkemon Actually Ely Cathedral (that's definitely not St Giles) in 1973. I was living only a few miles away at the time!
DavidWBrooks 4 months ago
@DavidWBrooks Quite right. The choir is from Edinburgh. I got it backwards.
Tokkemon 4 months ago
@DavidWBrooks a gorgeous, resonant space. I would have given a lot to hear this there.
manthasagittarius1 4 months ago
@psisaza That was tittled at year 1974
mirkojorgovic 5 months ago
Gives me chills every time.
lmullig 6 months ago
Never thought that I as an amateur viola player I would ever get the chance to play this piece, the ultimate symphonic work. But it happened, and the experience was something that I will not forget easily. Have a look at Youtube 3MH0uI57LGY
peterernst100 7 months ago
Sublime Mahler. His music touches my heart like no other even more beautiful. Thank you.
nahui57 8 months ago
i had the luck to perform this symphony last january. best score ever.
StefanoClimbing 8 months ago
Two people do not think, therefore they are not.
RobotAfterAll 8 months ago 2
The greatest symphony ever written, except maybe for Mahler's 3rd, which is also the greatest ever written, and Mahler's 9th which is also the greatest ever written, and Mahler's 1st, which is also...
danmcglaun1 9 months ago 15
I always love the 'bells up' parts of Mahler symphonies. XD
Dragonsfire867 9 months ago 3
@Dragonsfire867 me too! it is said he never heard a fortissimo loud enough until he visited niagara falls
sdeshpande102 7 months ago
Marguerite Brooks would have something to say about the yelling from the chorus just before 3:00. Overall, excellent performance.
I LOVE the tempo at 5:30, through which Bernstein invites holiness into this performance. Wonderful!
Schlorff 9 months ago
@Schlorff the chorus should be screaming their heads off, or it's not Mahler.
rosending 5 months ago
@rosending :) Yes -- until we are fairly dizzy and seeing a halo of light around everything.
The nice thing is, so can the conductor, and no one could possibly tell the difference. Bernstein is clearly not lip-synching.
manthasagittarius1 4 months ago
That choir leaves quite a bit to be desired, but thank god for Bernstein.
KissaMyEyes 10 months ago
This is what Mankind is capable of.
Glory....
Essential listening for anyone bereaved, despairing, not knowing where to turn, at the end of the line.
The greatest of all symphonies, by a mile.
NonInflatable 10 months ago 2
Unbelievable beauty on this colossal Mahler's Symphony no.2 ' Resurrection ' !
MrGunterguerrero 10 months ago
At 6.14 High Horns WOW!!
lovecp11 10 months ago
Cute jump by Leonard at 3.16. Don´t you just love him?
lovecp11 10 months ago
Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always with Mahler: Ab Fab! And Leonard, so enthusiastic and loving it. What a grate conductor he was.
lovecp11 10 months ago
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Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always with Mahler: Ab Fab!
lovecp11 10 months ago
Like the dresses , not so sure about the hight hair, but those where the days of Hairspray and off course the importent thing here is the music. As always witn Mahler: Ab Fab!
lovecp11 10 months ago
Is this the New York Philharmonic?
Oieblik 10 months ago
@Oieblik London Symphony i'm sure.
TheLastOfTheFinest80 9 months ago
watching bernstein conduct (anything really, but especially this piece) is one of the most stimulating and inspiring experiences ever...a mere mortal such as myself can only dream of having the kind of emotionally charged passion Bernstein has in this clip...at spots like 4:55 or 5:11 or 6:57 you can tell that he has ascended beyond this world to a heavenly place in his mind...
fledgehog 11 months ago
This is real music. It is perfection. Love Bernstein's emotion.
tlanigan 11 months ago 2
My favourite interpretation of this piece is by Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne Festival, but this is a close second! I love how he's basically singing along.
sdeshpande102 11 months ago
I've just figured that it looks like Die Schöpfung, Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde. The accent on "auferstehen" (rise) here is very similar to the Haydn's oratorio, where an accent is made on "Licht" (light).There is nearly the same shape. And this symphony is called resurrection, it's probably a reference.
gabriel94220 11 months ago
The second Mahler conducting him self !!! Bravo
aaround 1 year ago
Without paying disrespect to any of the performers, I have to say that Barbara Hendricks rendition of this peice has a much more profound and deep aspect to it. She perform the same peice with Berstein with the New york philharmonic
albertacristie99 1 year ago
It is just like bernstein is filled with mahler s spirit and music in every single part of his body and soul !!!!!! The rendition is spectacular !!!!! Perfection actually :o
thomassmile 1 year ago 3
haha old Bernie (as usual) in full force, very involved. Quite touching, female singers are good lookin' too hahaha. Bravo.
TheVaccumtube 1 year ago
I also think that Solti's performances of Mahler are better than Bernstein's, but my favorite version of Mahler's 2nd is Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony. No discredit to Lenny though. He did the greatest of Mahler's 6th while in my opinion no one has ever come close to Solti's 1971 recording of the 8th. Still, Blomstedt in his 1994 recording of this is without question THE BEST. Although that is my opinion and mfrmffreh.
AJHyoton 1 year ago
Janet Baker, what a heavenly voice!
darije77 1 year ago
I cannot find the libretto anywhere. Could someone please tell me where i can read it
gabriel94220 1 year ago
@gabriel94220 The text is on the wikipedia page for Mahler's Symphony No. 2.
Tokkemon 1 year ago
@Tokkemon Yes indeed, thank you
gabriel94220 1 year ago
Amazing!! Bernstein's conduct was so intense that gave me goose bumps. Wow.
rosehazelnut 1 year ago
Great musicianship, ultimate concentration. Bernstain obviously opened up the sound of the LSO
animumaurarium 1 year ago
wonderful conducting!
chulx1001 1 year ago
Impossible not to find beauty in this, just impossible. It is lacking the essential qualities of a human being.
HeiligZorn 1 year ago
Just look at Bernstein's expression...he's the embodiment of music itself
kanazo 1 year ago
une des meileurs symphonies!
juste derriere la 9eme^^
777wallaby777 1 year ago
Just as I guessed...0 dislikes
thejudge517 1 year ago 3
maybe a little slow at some parts, but amazingly flawless
violasrbetter 1 year ago
Wow, what passion. It is enough to turn skepticism to worship. This performance is wonderful and I adore the music of Mahler. I think his daily prayers in Vienna were more than amply answered by a God who found such favor in his compositions. Thank you Mr. Mahler and Maestro Bernstein....love it.
parzifal40 1 year ago 5
@parzifal40 woship, but for the music itself, the only man kind creation that should be worshiped. No one has been killed, or turned his life into a living hell by it. Only music can bring the best of us regarding religion, race or social status.
camilleyagami87 1 year ago
@parzifal40 Don't forget to thank Janet Baker. One of the greatest singers of Mahler (and of most everything) ever.
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I first saw this cast performing the work at the 1973 Edinburgh Festival. It moved me so deeply then (I had never heard it before) and it still does today. I was in such a state of bliss that I have no recollection of getting back to my hotel that evening - I was still so wound up in the music.
There was total silence at the end before rapturous appause. I like that for some works instead of immediate ovations, sometimes even before the performance has ended - happens too often in opera.
amoy1626 1 year ago
It might sound weird but to me when I hear this rendition, I feel like the stone of the grave of our Lord is moving away and He, the Son of God is geting out of the grave in all His Glory with a bright white light around his body. The Splendor of our Lord´s Resurrection!
artfortheworld 1 year ago
Hearing this version was like hearing it for the first time.
mahler151 1 year ago 3
It is one of the most iconic pieces of music. This is a sublime performance. I never had the pleasure of singing in it, but would probably would have cried through this section anyway. And who needs a blubbering baritone?
salvatore0222 1 year ago
I played this for my wife some 15 years ago. She described it as "the angels opening the doors to heaven."
Couldn't agree more.
mpgingdl 1 year ago
sublime
angelica2062 1 year ago
I think it was CS Lewis who said that music is the closest we'll ever get to heaven on this earth.
Atreus21 1 year ago
@Atreus21 very True! but today's modern popular music brings you closer to hell.
southwestguy223 1 year ago
almost every man in the choir has GLASSES HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!
9eberra1 1 year ago
I was actually singing in this performance (bass) and I was NOT wearing glasses (right hand end, third row from back). I still get a chill up my spine even today when I hear the off-stage trumpets, knowing that the "Ja auferstehen" was not far away. It was the scariest thing I have ever sung!
ChasFW 1 year ago 6
@ChasFW How old are you? This was recorded a long time ago.
23GrandMasterK 1 year ago
I'm 60 now. I was 23 then. I still don't wear glasses!
7 years ago, members of the choir dating from the 70s were re-assembled to perform the Faure requiem at Arthur Oldham's (the chorus master) memorial service. It was good meeting up with many of the people you see on YouTube.
We recorded the Faure Requiem with Barenboim in Paris in the 70s too. I think the recording is still available.,
ChasFW 1 year ago 2
Grazie a chi ha postato questo video. L'ho sentita da poco a Roma diretta da Pappano (niente male!).
E' grandiosa, emozionante!
undamaris2006 1 year ago
0:56-57 something snapped there did it?
dga471 1 year ago
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BugaDotCom 2 years ago
chills/goosebumps so good.
X0loooser 2 years ago
superb. If you are ever in New York, the Paley Center for Media has the CBS broadcast of Mahler 2 by Bernstein and the NY Symphony Orchestra broadcast in Nov 63 as a memorial to JFK. Spinetingling.
calstock 2 years ago
Possibly the best rendition of the finale to the 2nd I have ever heard. Bernstein really brings us to the heavens with his passion. I am brought to tears every time I hear this finale.
CookedSalmon 2 years ago 46
@CookedSalmon .Hi,a wonderful performance,but I also think Rattle/CBSO,1987,is equally good. Never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up,my crying equivalent,I guess!!!
I had the great pleasure of being a tenor in a performance at St.David's Hall,Cardiff.The absolute highlight of my singing carreer.I was deleriously happy in the closing stages,couldn't stop smiling.
MOGGS1942 1 year ago
@CookedSalmon
Chigaco Symph under the direction of Solti. Totally blows this out of the water.
keemez 1 year ago
@keemez
Uhh... Chicago* *red face* :D
keemez 1 year ago
I know another recording of this symphony with Bernstein, but this one is even more incredible. I have never seen him in such an ecstasy as at the end of this recording...
Thank you!
sanyihuma 2 years ago 20
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sanyihuma 1 year ago
@sanyihuma the one with NY philamonic? i's unbelievable
MrMaxmorphing 10 months ago
absolute genius!!
cookietaster12 2 years ago 4
7:25 - 7:53 de lo menos hasta DIOS
IgnacioSMW2 2 years ago