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The fact 6 is last (especially with that ending chord) really shows how good Mahler was with endings especially

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This is the ultimate "sing-phony"!

I’d check out kosenko piano concerto that’s a really good one

wow i cant believe i commented two years ago... thats a long time came back because i wanna hear more climactic material and also because your pfp is cute and now after having more experience im even more closely connected to rach's composition style and chord choice, i find my improvisation often uses some of the same patterns. i use him as a study tool now

bruh list, no rachmaninoff symphonies or piano concertos??

That's interesting. Personally, I think that the finale of the 6th in terms of form, orchestration and emotional response is one of the best, if not the best movements that Mahler wrote. Great video nonetheless

why does the video make the orchestra look as if they were members of the yellow submarine?

the fact the maslanka foundation has not come after this yet is very lucky, they recently started hunting down pdfs of perusal scores posted online. I made an arrangement for his saxophone concerto, a very short almost a minute snippet, and it was taken down off of musescore after about a week.

❤❤❤❤Jessye forever... How I love her... Her voice and presence is everything... ❤❤❤

It is a very rare thing to see a singer of James McCracken's stature watching and listening to the singing of another colleague with such rapt attention. Every time Jessye Norman sings, his attention is completely on her. He even nods in response at certain points during "Du Sendest Mir Einen Liebesblick." He is totally enraptured by her work in this piece of music - and rightly so!

Just a reminder that you're supposed to put 0:00 so the chapters appear ;) Great video and taste in pieces and cadenzas!

Thank you so much for posting this. I've adored the recording for years, first on LPs, later CDs, but have never experienced the visuals before now. And considering the performance happened well over 40 years ago, the sound is quite good. It's an intoxicating experience!

Thanks for posting this definitive Gurrelieder! 34 year old Jessye Norman and 54 year old James McCracken outsing all the competition in these two beautiful roles. Indeed this may be McCracken’s greatest recording (and he made some great recordings-Otello, Canio, Florestan). It is from April 1979, the only time he sang it. Hard to believe it’s 45 years ago. I remember watching it on PBS like it was yesterday. Ozawa is in a class by himself here-even though there’s a score on the conductor’s stand he had every note memorized, he was musically invested in every second, and he was totally inspiring to all involved. The entire chorus (also with their music memorized) is transfixed on him. If you put in the necessary work and preparation for these colossal works, the rewards too are colossal. I’m so grateful it was preserved on film.

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I appreciate this being posted...

Astonishing Maestro Ozawa 🌹

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Getting the numbers mixed up in the Mahler symphonies isn't your only mistake. In the second Liszt clip, you wrote "reminiscing" where you should have written "reminiscent." In the Rachmaninoff clips, it should be "Symphonic Dances," not "Symphony Dances." In the first clip of Mahler's 5th, it should be "punchy" rather than "punch." In the third clip of Mahler's 2nd, it should be "climaxes," not "climaxs." In the fourth clip of Mahler's 2nd, do you really want to say "finally the choir finally enters"? You sound like you have Alzheimer's. Also, it should be "softly," not "soft." And I didn't even bother mentioning all your capitalization and punctuation mistakes--but LMAO! "Whatever, never mind"--RIGHT?

they’re all masterpieces, so I, as a novice classical music listener, will (try to) make a list to offend the least amount of people possible, since there’s probably not many people watching this anymore 9: no. 7 in E minor (good, a bit all over the place imo) 8: no. 1 in D major (really impressive, I just think the others are better) 7: no. 5 in C# minor (the opening and adagio were amazing, the ending just doesn’t hold up as much) 6: no. 6 in A minor (very bombastic and unique, just a bit long) 5: no. 4 in G major (peaceful, calm and underrated) 4: no. 3 in D minor (a super impressive ending for a very long symphony) 3: no. 8 in E flat major (the choral ending was so epic, truly a grand finale) 2: no. 9 in D major (that adagio that fades into nothingness hits different) 1: no. 2 in C minor (uncontested, the best ending to any symphony i have ever listened to)

I'm probably in the minority here but I don't like this very much. There's some interesting moments but overall it's kind of a meandering mess that descends into some downright cringe-worthy moments. The ending just seems to meander on way too long that just gets louder and louder. It follows the same structure as most Maslanka pieces.

20:54 Choral, 14:30 saxophone solo

huge thanks for posting this. so cool to be able to follow with the vocal score. however, the singers on this recording are unbearable.

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Why are there so many russians lol

rach 1 has such a long and beautifully expressive. the build up to the single c# in 3 octaves before the maestoso, and the whole maestoso itself is just breathtaking

Respect to the ranking, but personally the 9th is my favorite. That whole Adagio hits me so different every damn time.

Interesting top 9 you made. My top 9 would be slightly different. 9. no. 4 8. no. 7 7. no. 5 6. no. 6 5. no. 1 4. no. 3 3. no. 8 2. no. 2 1. no. 9 I absolutely love the second, it was my first Mahler-experience. For a very long time it was my all time favorite classical piece of music. I've seen quite a lot of live performances of the piece and they always move me to tears. The Eighth is such a big piece of work, I've seen it executed once or twice but I always felt the amount of players was not big enough to do the piece justice. I always thought a symphony must have a grand finale, up until I first heard the 9th that ended in total desolation and oblivion. That was really the most stunning moment in classical music for me.

Nobody ended their symphony's better than bruckner

Great list. Thanks for putting this together! My order (I think) would be: Mahler 6, 4, 7, 9, 1, 5, 8, 3, 2. I'm a horn player. That may have influenced my choices.

I was going to throw HANDS if Mahler 2 wasnt number one, theres no universe where ANY symphony's finale even comes close to touching it

where is ravel g major cadenza, the most beautiful and lyrical that exists

I absolutely love this!!!! Thank you for making it :)) I love Mahler

Not to sound in any way pretentious or impertinent, I could speak a few words about the cadenza joining the 2 last sub-movements (Adagio and Finale) of my concerto in B minor on the abortive fragments of Grieg's no. 2. Whatever its merits (or lack of them) it has the unusual feature of quoting the essence of the original fragments directly as they stand, so that we, in a way, have a piece of "inverted Mozart", with the real composer stepping in for a moment.

The second and the eighth's finales shall never be surpassed. Probably the greatest endings of all time in music history.

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I believe this is derived from a television broadcast of Monday April 2, 1979. What a splendid performance. Listen to the wood dove!

Interesting how the camera person always shows the dominant instrument ie. opening bars the trumpet... but that's not the most interesting element in the score ie. the impressionistic strings would be better to observe at this time. or to show the entire orchestra from an ideal position in the auditorium than singling out individual players.

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Magnificent, EV . & all 3 parts!? Thank you so much 💥😭🙏 cheers

The Best Opera Singer EVER. Ther Jessye Norman ❤❤❤❤❤

Extraordinary & transporting. Imagine if you were to upload the entire video performance (or more of what you have); all your pasat sins will be forgeiving..

Description has an error, this is Zoltan's rendition (the best rach sonata 2).

Rachmaninoffs second Sonata is like a Piano Concerto just for piano alone

Love this passage, very heroic and romantic!

Zoltan’s rendition (the one in this video) is simply so legendary. i can’t go a month without listening to the complete recording of this sonata by Zoltan

I always felt the last cadence was missing a minor 4 chord.. just me? But awesome otherwise :D

pretty sure this is zoltán kocsis playing; lugansky takes this passage at a slower tempo, at least in the recordings I've heard