Celibidache Rehearses Bruckner's Ninth

Music Documentary / 58 min / 2006
Sergiu Celibidache rehearsed Bruckner's ninth symphony with the Munich Philharmonic for an extended and intense period. Using previously unreleased 16mm footage, the film focuses on the conductor for unusually long sequences, revealing the musical interaction in this tantalizing process of rediscovering a seemingly familiar piece.
Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by PARS MEDIA
Co-produced by BR and ARTE
Supported by Media+
WWW.PARSMEDIA.COM

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Celibidache
• Bruckner
• PARS
• MEDIA
• Schmidt-Garre
• conducting
• aesthetics
• classical
• music
• documentary

[liebe0zur0musik]

The Munich Philharmonic was the best orchestra in the world, during Celibidache's period!

[rattupenigu]

Ci manchi.

[alexjrmarino]

@liebe0zur0musik In the hands of a genius even 5 year olds will make a decent take on smth lighter of course, but that's a character of great knowledge and sensitivity, so compelling..

[sgabriel]

@muslit Speaking from a similar point of view (though with far less experience) I have to agree with you. It's indisputable that Celi was a great musician, but his aloof and "strangling" approach, and his fairly frequent disregard for the score made for a lot of gloomy and uncomfortable results.

One thing is certain: he was good at creating a personal mythology!

[Bautisnemo]

@muslit True he hold an absolute control over the piece but in the other hand I believe he explored much different harmonical universes in them !

[tflee38]

真是一個經典的錄影, 他指揮布氏的第九比gunter wand 還要精彩

[GMahlerVerehrer]

"Du bist über dem Orchester; um Gottes Willen."

Oh ja, es gibt kaum was schlimmeres als zu laute Pauken.

[olmaleo]

After reading some very good comments posted here, I have a question. For many reasons, Bruckner is a sphinx. Yes, Celi had a real symbiosis with this composer. But, when I'm searching for "Bruckner truth" I find it MORE in Jochum, in Kabasta, in Bohm's Fourth, in Furtwängler wartime Fitth, in Giulini's Eight... Any opinion?  I'm totally mad?

[olmaleo]

Poor Münchner Philharmoniker.

From Celibidache heaven to Levine purgatorio and Thielemann hell.

but "Wer der Grund seines Unglücks ist, beweine sich selbst".

[savonese1]

@rattupenigu proprio tanto!

[djohnnyf]

Celibidache's Bruckner recordings with the MPO are peerless, despite the conductor's disdain of recordings!

[muslit]

An orchestra player for 50 years, and an observer (I have a number of VHS tabes of Celebidache), I have come to the opposite opinion of many here: that Celebidache drains every ounce of spontaneity from a performance, especially after watching him in rehearsal. I could only help thinking of what Furtwangler said in the 30's, lamenting that too much rehearsal time was allotted to a final performance, robbing it freshness and vibrancy.