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César Franck: Symphony in d minor - movement 1, part 1

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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2009

César Franck: Symphony in d minor - movement 1, part 1
Duna Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Tamás Dániel Csűry.
The recording was taken on June 3 2009 in the Great Hall of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

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  • Ah, i LOVE symphony in d-minor! Beautiful and powerful at the same time!

    I am not very competetnt to talk about orchestra playing, but I enjoy every time I listen to this video. Thanks a lot for it!

  • I often watch classical music on YouTube, and I can't understand most of what the conductors mean by their gestures. But I can understand all the conductor's gesture in this video. so I suppose it is a very basic way of conducting. though some nuanse was missed, there seems no big trrouble, and it still is enjoyable, worth listening to.

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  • you can hear the influence of Liszt very strongly in this. In the motif especially I hear the opening to Liszt's Les Preludes symphonic poem.

  • @gsmonks Do you hold either a bachelor's or master's degree in music? Have you ever studied conducting? As an educator and professional musician/conductor, learning is a lifelong process--even the greatest musicians of our time still look to their peers and predecessors for advice, guidance and professional development. Having taken conducting classes and private lessons for both of my degrees, I can tell you that our chief mission is communication, conveying ideas to our musicians.

  • @violinguy585 Balogna. If that's the case, you're still learning the craft yourself.

  • @gsmonks Your comment about most conductors not really conducting at all in performance is insulting and untrue. I am a professional orchestral musician and conductor. As a musician in an orchestra, I follow cues and body language given by a conductor to let me know how he/she wants an excerpt phrased or articulated. As a conductor, movement and gestures are for the ensembles benefit. I do not just make up "choreography" to wow a crowd, we paint a musical picture for our ensembles to interpret.

  • The brass have lots to do in this work--esp. the tuba which has all sorts of counter melodies. A nice conductor, but it'd be nice if someone would post a major conductor/orchstra like Bernstein or Dutoit.

  • @potisdepotis He's very young, and is still directing the orchestra during the performance. The practice, and the reason you can't understand what most conductors' gestures mean during a performance, is that most conductors put on a show for the audience during a performance, and are not conducting at all. The real conducting was left behind at the rehearsal stage. The show is for the benefit of the audience, not the orchestra.

  • An excellent performance of a work not heard often enough.

  • @ZhengStudios This is a funny comment. One might assume from it that we judge a concert of art music by means of the applause-o-meter!

  • This conductor is too busy beating every beat, the beats are always big and the pattern predictable. He is conducting from memory, which is admirable, but is missing cues and often looking down, which defeats the advantage of memory. Looking down at the climax at 5:45? Oy vey. The left hand is often vague in terms of style and nuance. Too much left-right mirroring. This is overconducting, and with a good group, this conductor will be somewhat ignored. This has to be a student,

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