Takashi Asahina - Bruckner Symphony no.5 4th mov 2/2
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One of the greatest conductors.
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Undoubtedly the best conductor that ever existed japan. His quality and the depth of understanding of the symphonies are compable to that of Gunter Wand. The last of real Bruckner`s music ... you need so much control when you conduct Bruckner that no one today can conduct at high precision and command as Asahina Takashi. If you are Brucknerian and never heard his music, then you are missing a alot.
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Part 6: I must say I very much appreciate the posting mmuussiicccccc has provided for us all. My opinion may not be shared by everyone, and that is entirely splendid with me: if a single kid ever gets inspired to pursue a career in music, or simply to acquire a life-long appreciation of serious music, by running across a brilliant performance such as this one (let alone of a composer of the caliber so casually characterized as the "peasant genius" of Bruckner) it is hands down a WIN!!!
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Part 5: Alas, Asahina spends a full 5 minutes and 20+ seconds of one of the most brilliant metabolic exercises in the history of symphonic exposition in an artificially depleted wasteland that is bogged down by a badly misplaced interpretative imperitive. But he needs to return to Bruckner: SUDDENLY, the vigorously lively energy reasserts itself out of nowhere, as if context had nothing whatever to do with it. He finishes it off with fair excellence, but that 5.3 minutes of ponderous wrecks it.
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Part 4: A symphony is like a living creature: it breathes and has a heartbeat and must neccesarily respond to the self-referential context of its past, its previous experience. Asahina brilliantly managed to take us as far as the 11:16 mark nearly unblemished... then, unaccountably, by venting the steam from 11:16 to 11:33, he sets himself up for a required (and unnecessary) reinvigoration, which he sluggishly finds at the 2:05 mark of the final section supplied by mmuussiicccccc here...
Amazing condutor, THANK YOU FOR POSTING ASAHINA ON YOUTUBE BECAUSE THERE IS SO VERY LITTLE OF THIS DESERVING ARTIST WHO IS UNKNOWN TO WESTERN LISTENERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!!!
Invisus944 10 months ago
@Invisus944 Thank you for your comments! :D We discovered a mutual interest in CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!!!
mmuussiicccccc 10 months ago
Part 7: A corrective note here - when I first refer to the time marks on the finale, I am referring to the first part of it posted by mmuussiicccccc (who, incidently, unlike most other YouTube music posters, does a SPLENDID job of ensuring his or her posted segments break with minimal damage to the flow of the listening experience. Most other posters just don't give a damn about where their posting breaks to the next partition. A deep bow to mmuussiicccccc for the care in preserving the MUSIC!
smartingamerica 10 months ago
@smartingamerica You are great music lovers!!I'm honored to be praised by you!Now, many Japanese are crying....Begin reconstruction of the city!Thank you for your comments!!! :D
mmuussiicccccc 10 months ago