Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado)

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  • Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, Summer 2003
    Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 21 August 2003
    Eteri Gvazava - soprano
    Anna Larsson - mezzo-soprano
    Orfeón Donostiarra
    José Antonio Sainz Alfaro - chorus master
    Lucerne Festival Orchestra
    Claudio Abbado - conductor
    Chapters:
    00:00:00 Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
    00:01:37 I. Allegro maestoso
    00:22:26 II. Andante moderato
    00:32:18 III. [Scherzo] In ruhig fließender Bewegung
    00:43:38 IV. Urllicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
    00:48:42 V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend - "Auferstehn"
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    Resurrection in Lucerne
    Lucerne Festival. 21 August 2003, 7.30 pm. The atmosphere in the large concert hall in the spectacular, steel and glass Culture and Convention Centre built on the shore of Lake Lucerne by the French star architect Jean Nouvel is electric. The event was sold out months ago. Here and there a throat is softly cleared, people settle in their seats, their faces alert and expectant. At last, doors open and the members of the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra come on to the platform. There are many very well-known faces: the clarinettist Sabine Meyer and Emmanuel Pahud, the fleet-fingered first flute from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Natalie Gutman among the cellists, members of the Hagen and Alban Berg Quartets among the rank and file of strings, and other players include Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Kolya Blacher (violin) and Wolfram Christ (viola).
    Lucerne en fête
    What kind of orchestra is this, formed of the most famous instrumentalists, the most celebrated chamber-music players, the most experienced soloists from the world's best orchestras? With Claudio Abbado to conduct it, chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker up until the previous year, for whom the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is the realization of a wholly personal dream? One answer, at least, is obvious: lt is an orchestra of superlatives. "After this first appearance", the press agreed, "there can be no argument: orchestral cultivation of this calibre is scarcely to be heard anywhere else."
    The Lucerne Festival has a long tradition of generating its own orchestras. The best remembered is probably the Swiss Festival Orchestra, which assembled "the best orchestral musicians of Switzerland" (to quote the Original memorandum of association) to give the concerts that formed the festival's backbone every year from 1943 to 1993. But the idea of an elite orchestra goes back further, to the summer of 1938. This was the year in which Arturo Toscanini dissociated himself from the Salzburg Festival for political reasons; a handpicked orchestra was formed for him to conduct in Lucerne (the members of the legendary Busch Quartet, banned frorn playing in Germany, sat at the first desks of the string section) and his "concert de gala" marked the moment when Lucerne was new-born as a festival city.
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  • @viniciusferrari6364
    @viniciusferrari6364 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Ten years without Claudio Abbado. How much we miss this great conductor.

  • @chiranthanr3163
    @chiranthanr3163 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +352

    I dont know why people say classical music is boring when gems like this exist..Bravo Mahler!

    • @joaot.5693
      @joaot.5693 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      It's because their taste is corrupted by songs that talk about things in this life which don't worth, songs that make them do things without thinking. I've listened this masterpiece a lot of times and i never get bored. Its wonderful

    • @chiranthanr3163
      @chiranthanr3163 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@joaot.5693 exactly

    • @janpacana6293
      @janpacana6293 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Variety is good but the greatest music.

    • @alessandromarchesini9039
      @alessandromarchesini9039 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Dear Friend, don't lost your time to say about stupid people...

    • @fawazkhaledalzayed9812
      @fawazkhaledalzayed9812 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I definitely agree 👍🏼🌹

  • @benjaminzeleznik3415
    @benjaminzeleznik3415 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I can't help but feel as if Claudio Abbado is the embodiment of Gustav Mahler in his absolute artistry and vitality. Conductor Abbado pays his authentic tribute to the composer and conductor Mahler. Tremendous work is this Mahler's II. symphony.

  • @Satopi3104
    @Satopi3104 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    I can never not cry at the finale of this piece. I wish the lyrics were on the screen because they matter so much. I am not religious but that message of hope, that my heart will rise again, that nothing is lost, that I should prepare myself to live once again… that message has gotten me through many rough periods in my life.

    • @EzroNightmare
      @EzroNightmare ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This symphony is called the symphony of resurrection, it tries to show us what the next life sounds and feels like, in my opinion this symphony also explains how we are able to die not only physically but emotional and mentally and we must rise again, because we’ve come to this world to struggle and fight for what we think we deserve, our goals and ambitions. Stop trembling and prepare yourself to live

    • @lom1910
      @lom1910 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed, resurrection is real. 🙂

    • @kirstymoss9810
      @kirstymoss9810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh my word yes, i stop while I'm running, cry, and applaud to my headphones ❤

    • @kirstymoss9810
      @kirstymoss9810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your explanation is beautiful, thank you

    • @joseignaciooterocatalan9209
      @joseignaciooterocatalan9209 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Steve be te

  • @pauliberg3492
    @pauliberg3492 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    what a brilliant conductor.

  • @Josef_1186
    @Josef_1186 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    One of the most powerful expressions of the human spirit. I hope to hear it in person one day.

    • @gliscor9892
      @gliscor9892 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Trust me, when heard in person it has a totally different taste, it's like you are watching all the air particles converge to the stage, it has a soul and it will live you totally speechless

    • @ProyectoAlpha-ol9vw
      @ProyectoAlpha-ol9vw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jk

    • @JL-yc05
      @JL-yc05 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hanekawa pfp pog

    • @jeffmilner8740
      @jeffmilner8740 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dublin soon

    • @grahamwilliams8926
      @grahamwilliams8926 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ive been to 8 performances of it,and i still cant get enough. Gets me every time!

  • @ManuelBelli
    @ManuelBelli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Abbado direct without reading a single note. He perfectly knows the entire score, any instrumet part, tempo, expression, sound. He is in total control of the simphony and can move beyond with the orchestra in the realm of MUSIC. That's how the great conductor works.

    • @sergeyneugodnikov3819
      @sergeyneugodnikov3819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Щщщ9щщщщщщщщщ9щщщщщщщщннне

    • @NicholasWarnertheFirst
      @NicholasWarnertheFirst 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But wouldn't that be as with any true instrumentalist. Memorized. You know what's gonna happen before they do...

    • @carlossaavedra7536
      @carlossaavedra7536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      11 11111

    • @ritawing1064
      @ritawing1064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, an underestimated but vital skill.

    • @pierrehenripontac8493
      @pierrehenripontac8493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Abbado ...the boss

  • @DiamondEagle73
    @DiamondEagle73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    You can listen to this music over and over again; you will never get tired of it. This interpretation is simply awesome.

    • @noradosmith
      @noradosmith 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I've found this to be the pinnacle of my personal music taste since as far back as 2005. It just doesn't get old. Ever.

    • @richardh8082
      @richardh8082 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I am crying right now. Very moving

    • @adamdesanti6713
      @adamdesanti6713 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The best Romantic-era symphonies are like this. They take you on a complete journey.

  • @SecretaryBirdable
    @SecretaryBirdable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    A day without listening to this music is a day wasted.

    • @Ian24s
      @Ian24s 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      correct

    • @SecretaryBirdable
      @SecretaryBirdable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mr. Fuller, thank you for introducing me to Holst. I see a strong resemblance between Holst's Saturn and Mahler's second! Holst is more subtle and more gentle. Give me Art Garfunkel any day too! Cheers!

    • @alexreik424
      @alexreik424 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SCE BIRD UNABLE you need tranquiliziers or PCP therapy

    • @SecretaryBirdable
      @SecretaryBirdable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex Reik Why you'd say that?

    • @joelrobitaille4283
      @joelrobitaille4283 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Listen to the Word

  • @chef_hoyle7180
    @chef_hoyle7180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Finished a 14 hour shift. I got home, Sat back and put this majestic Vid on. I couldn't be happier. Beautiful. In everyway. Thank you.

    • @georgetzimas1541
      @georgetzimas1541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know the feeling! Been there numerous times.

    • @user-mq1cy6dw3q
      @user-mq1cy6dw3q ปีที่แล้ว

      @@georgetzimas1541 に?っっっっっちょと焼肉キングに?吉澤はチェ

    • @fedemaass
      @fedemaass ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stop working 14h shifts

    • @chef_hoyle7180
      @chef_hoyle7180 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fedemaass These days being short staffed all the time it's hard no to. Trust me i'm trying not to lol.

    • @yuanlongqiao104
      @yuanlongqiao104 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mate, is it a purr joy and a life changing experience.

  • @Dj-mu6rm
    @Dj-mu6rm ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This piece makes a very strong argument for music being humanity's greatest accomplishment

  • @eduardoclavijo5477
    @eduardoclavijo5477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Somebody help me!. Can't stop listening to this version of Abbado.

    • @RamonBSanz
      @RamonBSanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can,'t too
      Añd can't help

    • @ivebarraco
      @ivebarraco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      listening to it twice a week keeps the doctor away.

    • @stefanufer608
      @stefanufer608 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heard him conduct this with ECYO at the 1985 Proms in London - Christa Ludwig was mezzo soprano - one of the greatest musical experience of my life. You can see from his expression in the final chorus just what this music means to him.

    • @SpeedFreaK79x
      @SpeedFreaK79x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same here, every night 6-12 hours only mahler.......

    • @pedroj.martinezrobles1761
      @pedroj.martinezrobles1761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. The best, no doubt...

  • @deydreamer
    @deydreamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I cried when I heard this live at a concert and it was my first exposure to classical music. Incredible how just instruments can trigger emotions.

    • @marioroveda5481
      @marioroveda5481 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      just instruments? In a symphony with soloist singers and an entire choir?😂😅

    • @Josef_1186
      @Josef_1186 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@marioroveda5481 The human voice is the oldest instrument there is.

    • @vafanapoli5396
      @vafanapoli5396 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Josef_1186 What about the bone-flute? It is over 60,000 years old.

    • @raphaeldallanese3012
      @raphaeldallanese3012 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      there are humans behind instruments

    • @adambe1126
      @adambe1126 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Josef_1186 Is the voice actually an instrument though? People always distinguish between singers and instrumentalists (I am not saying that one is superior to the other to clarify).

  • @srcultureshock
    @srcultureshock 7 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    This is one of the best performances of the Mahler 2nd.

    • @DaviSilva-oc7iv
      @DaviSilva-oc7iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Certainly

    • @seongmin_choi1123
      @seongmin_choi1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Not just a one of the best, It is Best!

    • @seongmin_choi1123
      @seongmin_choi1123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of course, there is a lack of instruction for all notes and a subtle tempo twist, but it is not an essential element in Mahler music.

    • @wnbbmbjg
      @wnbbmbjg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My personal favorite, together with Mehta

    • @DaviSilva-oc7iv
      @DaviSilva-oc7iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What about Bernstein's performance

  • @olliemartinelli4034
    @olliemartinelli4034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    5th movement is unreal. Choral passages are stunning

  • @KeenxLimit
    @KeenxLimit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    My first ever orchestral concert was this piece, I went in with a mindset I'd be bored and sleep halfway through. Quite the opposite. I could barely see at the end of it from the tears, it was glorious and I was hooked on classical music ever since. It felt like watching a movie.

    • @youngwoo5860
      @youngwoo5860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your discricption beyond
      million expressions

    • @adamdesanti6713
      @adamdesanti6713 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad your intro to orchestral music was this piece, one of the top symphonies of the Romantic-era. You could ask for a better introduction? A great Romantic symphony has tons of great stuff in it.

  • @paulbadertscher
    @paulbadertscher 7 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    I had the joy and privilege of being part of the chorus that performed this work last night (April 3, 2017) with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. For the past 6 months, Maestro Abbado's version has been my constant companion - not just my study guide. So glad that this was published - a brilliant version of an epic piece of music - and that the effort of the musicians can live on electronically.

    • @egarmo1
      @egarmo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      congrats... even so late after. I belong to a more modest chorus but the pandemic has brought too much silence. We shall sing again!!!!!

    • @user-pp3je8qu8g
      @user-pp3je8qu8g ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💪💪💪🌺🌺🌺👍👍👍

  • @srijansatpathy2808
    @srijansatpathy2808 8 ปีที่แล้ว +689

    One of the greatest symphonies of all time...no doubt about it.

    • @robertofiore
      @robertofiore 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      +Srijan Satpathy one of the greatest conductor of all the time...no doubt about it

    • @tomallen4230
      @tomallen4230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Leland Chan one of the greatest... Oh never mind

    • @MarkVickers1
      @MarkVickers1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One of the greatest bow ties of all time!

    • @MarkVickers1
      @MarkVickers1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      No, but seriously, it is utterly moving to see the intensity of Abbado's engagement with the orchestra from the very start. Wish I'd been there.

    • @ciaogeorge2853
      @ciaogeorge2853 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes,great!

  • @millerlou7294
    @millerlou7294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    No doubt the greatest symphony of all times for me personally. The raw power and emotion this piece has are beyond what words can describe.

    • @thurizaz
      @thurizaz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For me it's nr Nr. 8 but Nr. 2 is right up there too.

  • @1968KWT
    @1968KWT ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy Birthday and RIP Claudio Abbado 🌹🌹🌹

  • @user-bz7fo8dd3k
    @user-bz7fo8dd3k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    There is incredible emotion in this music, Mahler manages to make tears roll from my eyes when I hear it. I listen almost exclusively to classical music, Mahler is one of my top 5 composers, including his songs - bread for the soul!!!

  • @luisbreva6122
    @luisbreva6122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Man it has to be something glorious to listen to this live

  • @peterschaekers8415
    @peterschaekers8415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If you are not blown away by this performance you are virtually dead! AMAZING ......

  • @LGDubstep1
    @LGDubstep1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    legends says they are still applausing

    • @Sam-zj6mw
      @Sam-zj6mw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mythings tells they are still thanksing

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    What can I say? I can say something about this snowy winter in northern Sweden, about snowy trees, about covid-19, about the dark weeks up here , about the moon over white fields, but in this case I have completely nothing to say. The mystery is still a mystery, the unknown is still unknown. And I like it that way.

    • @marikamagnone5216
      @marikamagnone5216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ... Snowy landscapes and this music, no better combination. Take care up there in the far north. From the very south of Europe, Milan Italy

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@marikamagnone5216 Thanks, Milan is not such a bad plece either...

    • @user-qd8kw9iu8g
      @user-qd8kw9iu8g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Хорошо написано.

    • @karinwijnberg9489
      @karinwijnberg9489 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Its the wonder that is keeping the stars apart" E.E. Cummings

    • @denestandary3372
      @denestandary3372 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marikamagnone5216 Lampedusa is in the South. :)

  • @AngelaSclater-de1lg
    @AngelaSclater-de1lg 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Music is food for the soul
    We all need it for peace in this world

  • @isaacsamuel9520
    @isaacsamuel9520 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It was the day of my birth when this concert was performed! So fascinating!!!

  • @manoharankaliappa658
    @manoharankaliappa658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Claudio Abbado makes Mahler fill our souls with extraordinary music. It is really a 'resurrection' for me.

  • @chabenicht7355
    @chabenicht7355 8 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Probably my favorite piece of orchestral music ever. I have never heard the human voice so perfectly blended into the orchestra, not separate, but in incredible communion. Thank you Claudio Abbado for your insightful reading and translation of Gustav Mahler's work. When I found this on youtube I listened to it, and had to stop what I was doing and go into my 'music room' to turn on my much more robust sound system to really listen and feel the sound. (no ads were seen or heard) I've loved this piece for decades, and seldom hear it without tearing up at least once during the performance. The emotion, the soul, the truly spiritual essence that Mahler imparted in this piece is overwhelming.

    • @ciaogeorge2853
      @ciaogeorge2853 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      是啊!我的感受跟您一样!

    • @rodrigooyarzun7974
      @rodrigooyarzun7974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Comparto plenamente sus comentarios, saludos desde lolol pequeño pueblo chileno

  • @daireoshea6107
    @daireoshea6107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A masterpiece. Performed by an extraordinary orchestra under the baton of the incomparable Claudio Abbado. Mahler is life itself.

  • @carbon1740
    @carbon1740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    First time hearing Mahler, I was reccommended the 2nd symphony, I feel like I was in good hands with Claudio Abbado presenting it to me for the first time, it was a journey I will never forget. Thank you EuroArts for making this available to us.

  • @mozartiano123
    @mozartiano123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I've listened to this symphony more than 100 times, and everytime I find something new in it. Superb Genius mr Mahler.

  • @user-vc1vm9zd4y
    @user-vc1vm9zd4y หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Greatest Mahler no.2.
    No doubt!

  • @karinlindquist2192
    @karinlindquist2192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh my God. Who's cutting onions around here??? Hit me right in the core; right in the soul.

  • @anandsamuel1978
    @anandsamuel1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Every single symphony of Mahler's are masterpieces! Yes this one is amazing but so are the other 8. This Symphony is all the more amazing because it is a fantastic orchestra performing! And the icing on the cake is the glory of Claudio Abbado conducting!!!. It is such a loss that Abbado is not with us any longer.

  • @user-oq2qu2zx4d
    @user-oq2qu2zx4d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I am missing you abado.
    You were the man who loved the music and the human.
    You always made me moved by your humble attitude as well as by the playing the symphonies.

  • @ivankaramasov
    @ivankaramasov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It took me a long time to really appreciate Mahler's symphonies. I foumd them hard to get into. But now I love them, especially symphony no 2

  • @MrBlackcorp
    @MrBlackcorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Let's take a second to appreciate how even the camera work is amazing in this recording

  • @tanaraci92
    @tanaraci92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is my favourite thing on the internet ever.

  • @VIOVIO2000
    @VIOVIO2000 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If just the world will listen to this music i think we will get a peaceful life without war.

    • @darkgreenambulance
      @darkgreenambulance 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So true -- but much of the world doesn`t even know what music is.

  • @freedommendoza40
    @freedommendoza40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How dare people say classical music is boring... This is more intense and full of emotion than music these dayssss. I'm 15 and I love classical music!!!!

    • @Balfour.
      @Balfour. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's because you have a gift most youngers in this time don't.

    • @budimirzvolanek6234
      @budimirzvolanek6234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so right, that's because young people being brainwashed at schools and pop music scene. Classical music genre carries in it the accumulated Judeochristian values and history. E.g. right here, a 19th century Jewish composer writes orchestral and voice piece on Christian theme and Faith, the Resurrection - what an ending!

    • @willdon.1279
      @willdon.1279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was about your age when I bought "Die Meistersinger Prize Song" - lost alas...a wide range of music, though mostly orchestral lieder and Opera has made me happy the following 70+ years. We are lucky to have found this. Enjoy, be open and enriched.🎵😊😊

  • @emilianocorradi4079
    @emilianocorradi4079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can listen to this music over and over again, always in a state of amazement and wonder.

  • @mikethefish5437
    @mikethefish5437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I cry every time! it doesn’t get much better than this. RIP Maestro Claudio x

  • @davidjames9935
    @davidjames9935 7 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    I am not a musician and only have a light education in music but I can tell you that music like this takes me to another world it seems. The thing about many other composers are their work is repetitious in a way that the music can be easily remembered (or at least the main motif can). Mahler's work is much more complex than that. A symphony like this has wonderful developmental sections, beautiful quiet passages, "stormy" sections where the tension builds, and explosive climaxes (one of the things I like best about his music and can be heard in its glory as early as the 4th movement of his 1st symphony). I have never heard music so moving in both overall tone and emotional impact as Mahler's works. I can relate to the commenters that state they tear up when listening to Mahler's work. The emotional impact is huge. Luckily I discovered his music early in my life (in my college years) so I was able to enjoy it for decades and still going. Listening to it now as I am typing this. I think if I was at this live concert I would go thru a whole box of tissues. It touches my soul.

    • @PerseusQ
      @PerseusQ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm with you on this. I've lived on a diet of punk music, Japanese grindcore, hard and psychedelic rock... and Mahler. I have all his symphonies and return to them often. I've tried the others (I don't mind a bit of Chopin when he's creepy, and I do love Salome by R.Strauss) but Mahler's the only classical composer I collect and listen to. I'm not sure exactly why (I can't describe it musically), but your description above explains a lot.

    • @skrpavarotti
      @skrpavarotti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I´m in tears - My favorite! I agree with your analysis - Im just an Electronic Engineer but I love Mahler.

    • @gillianmurphy5003
      @gillianmurphy5003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David James ll

    • @johnellis6755
      @johnellis6755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Your comments are so refreshing to read

    • @cherryforto5590
      @cherryforto5590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes! Very well said. I heartily agree. I think if I were to recommend the uninitiated which composer to listen to first it would be Mahler.

  • @blueberry-rw1kr
    @blueberry-rw1kr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    56:58 this is one of the few recordings where the strings are heard clearly. i know most people prioritize the brass melody but i think this particular performance features both strings and brass equally well

  • @beikehanmu
    @beikehanmu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Such powerful performance!

  • @agadorset5280
    @agadorset5280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Mahler's symphony number 2 is one of the most magnificent creations in the history of classical music. It never fails to take me into the world of an unknown beauty.The sublime perfection of Mahler's tunes creates a spectrum of pristine emotions within my brain.

  • @CaravanseraiSouthValley
    @CaravanseraiSouthValley 8 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    My God. I am on the floor, weeping at the raw emotion I just experienced. This raw beauty. This raw passion. I never thought I could be this moved by a recording... especially one found on TH-cam. All three of us Americans who still love deep art - the type that elevates the human soul- appreciate this. My sensations are beyond words. I wish I could fully articulate what I'm feeling right now.

    • @CaravanseraiSouthValley
      @CaravanseraiSouthValley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Four!

    • @TheCinemasound
      @TheCinemasound 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Really great comments and I share your feelings totally.

    • @MrAugusto55
      @MrAugusto55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What you are feeling its called greatness in its more orgasmic expression!

    • @SecretaryBirdable
      @SecretaryBirdable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel ya, bro

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you really think you're one four Americans who love deep art?

  • @emanuelamanucci18
    @emanuelamanucci18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fra poche ore è nuovamente l anniversario del tuo compleanno Maestro G. MAHLER.... Auguri di cuore "dovunque tu sia" assieme alla tue meravigliose partiture, veramente geniali e un affettuoso ricordo al maestro Abbado tuo grande interprete e grande direttore!!!!!!

  • @milodautkitteh
    @milodautkitteh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’ve listened to this piece in it’s entirety probably about 40 times in my life and it can still bring me to tears. Oh why couldn’t Mahler live to be 1000.

  • @obamadoescare9351
    @obamadoescare9351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    15:45 so much goosebumps it's crazy

  • @violench
    @violench 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Unforgettable Abbado...

  • @michelrow
    @michelrow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I've cried loudly and silently several times with this performance and with Maestro abbado's death. What a music and what a man. I wish I would have met him.

  • @MadderMel
    @MadderMel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite symphony , from my favorite composer !

  • @radiotelegram
    @radiotelegram 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Vintage Abbado knowing all, expressing all to do Mahler's genius justice. RIP, caro maestro. (Lovely shot of Bruno Ganz in the audience, RIP to you, too, maestro).

  • @susansharpe3469
    @susansharpe3469 8 ปีที่แล้ว +923

    Links to rehearsal numbers
    1:18 I. Allegro maestoso
    start 1:37
    1 2:47
    2 3:43
    3 3:57
    4 4:50
    5 5:13
    6 6:06
    7 7:13
    8 7:55
    9 8:37
    10 9:40
    11 10:17
    12 10:55
    13 11:15
    14 11:50
    15 12:18
    16 12:52
    17 14:11
    18 14:41
    19 14:58
    20 15:45
    21 16:19
    22 17:18
    23 18:08
    24 19:22
    25 20:03
    26 20:53
    27 22:01
    22:26 II. Andante moderato
    1 22:55
    2 23:35
    3 24:09
    4 24:50
    5 25:32
    6 27:06
    7
    8 27:57
    9 28:15
    10 28:28
    11 28:48
    12 29:20
    13 30:04
    14 30:52
    15 31:44
    32:18 III. [Scherzo] In ruhig fließender Bewegung
    28 32:21
    29 32:55
    30 33:24
    31 33:55
    32 34:15
    33
    34 35:09
    35
    36 35:55
    37 36:20
    38 36:41
    39 37:02
    40 37:18
    41 37:43
    42 38:14
    43 38:46
    44 39:10
    45 39:25
    46 39:50
    47 40:17
    48
    49 40:55
    50
    51 41:
    53 42:20
    54
    55 43:06
    43:38 IV. Urllicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
    1 44:37
    2 45:31
    3 46:17
    4 46:44
    5 47:18
    6 47:38
    48:42 V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend - "Auferstehn"
    1
    2 49:02
    3 50:20
    4 51:41
    5 52:30
    6 53:05
    7 54:26
    8
    9
    10 55:42
    11 57:00
    12 47:40
    13 58:10
    14 58:50
    15 29:26
    16 1:00:18
    17 1:01:06
    18 1:01:27
    19 1:02:09
    20 1:02:39
    21 1:03:03
    22 1:03:43
    23 1:
    24 1:04:15
    25 1:04:44
    26
    27 1:05:24
    28 1:06:08
    29 1:06:44
    30 1:07:50
    31 1:09:16 CHOIR!
    32 1:10:31
    33 1:11:15
    34 1:11:52
    35 1:12:29
    36 1:13:27
    37 1:14:10
    38 1:15:00
    39 1:15:34
    40 1:16:11

    • @TheRE4Player
      @TheRE4Player 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Thank you so much for this, you're a angel !!

    • @edgunther8136
      @edgunther8136 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      You, my friend, are a hero.

    • @Angel-tn4uj
      @Angel-tn4uj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      HERO!

    • @ABSM100
      @ABSM100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @ventiletor95
      @ventiletor95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      non capisco...

  • @mikefuller6959
    @mikefuller6959 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Now that is how to end a symphony!

    • @ajpdeschenes
      @ajpdeschenes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This is my favorite symphony ending with Shostakovitch 15th, and they're totally opposites!!!

  • @MrNicholas56
    @MrNicholas56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best performance ever anywhere without any doubt.... A great great event...

  • @late8641
    @late8641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The beginning gives me cold shivers. The most keyed up, ominous beginning ever!

  • @raphaelmeyer9940
    @raphaelmeyer9940 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a great man... Requiescat in pace Claudio Abbado

  • @llanellboy
    @llanellboy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The greatest symphony conducted by its best interpreter.

  • @neusbarrera6401
    @neusbarrera6401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I miss Abbado very much! He was a great conductor!!RIP maestro and thank you very much for the joy you brought to our lives!!

  • @theingabo212
    @theingabo212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Maestro Claudio Abbado did an excellent job with this Epic symphony by "Mahler".

  • @Blogzer
    @Blogzer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a stunning performance. Just wow. Sobbing like a baby at the climax Aufersteh'n. Can't believe I haven't come across this before. And it seemed like each member of the orchestra was a force of nature barely held in check, but with such gentle control, by the maestro. There was something in the air in Lucerne that day.

  • @willdon.1279
    @willdon.1279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So there are no adequate words - just the music, the world, the miracle. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @thepianoturtle9347
    @thepianoturtle9347 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My god. I never had the willpower to listen to the whole symphony. I never understood why so many people praise this as their favorite piece of music. Today, I finally understood why it is called "Resurrection".
    I cry very seldom, almost never. I used to think that a piece of music, however beautiful, couldn't evoke strong emotions in me. But when the choir and orchestra climaxed, at the very end of the fourth movement, I started sobbing like a baby. I am so grateful to know about this symphony.

  • @edsonsales693
    @edsonsales693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The part beginning roughly in 57:00 is the one which strikes me most, even more that the finale itself. The feel it brings of awakening, enlightenment, alleviation and conclusion is very impressive, as if it was stronger to recollect that sensation in this symphony than really experiencing it in life.

    • @khurmiful
      @khurmiful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My favourite part too

    • @erikvannimwegen644
      @erikvannimwegen644 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is the gate to heaven opening.

    • @tiffany5064
      @tiffany5064 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maravilhoso! … fiquei pensando como que o público da plateia baixa não se levantou… uma pena ..

  • @Euler1962
    @Euler1962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The brain of a man, through his music, communicates with my brain causing profound emotion, even, sometimes, tears and goosebumps. And the man died more than a hundred years ago.

  • @lailakhankhan90
    @lailakhankhan90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maestro Abbado conducting Mahler is absolutely sublime. I have listened to the fourth three times consecutively.. never heard such an excellent version!! In future will only look for el Maestro when listening to the great Mahler!!!!!

  • @rosernabona9364
    @rosernabona9364 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am very grateful Gustau Mahler and Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Claudio Abbado ❤

  • @georgetzimas1541
    @georgetzimas1541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am a regular visitor of this particular performance, in good and bad times. And the great Abbado does not disappoint. I've lost count of the different rendtions I have listened to (from the essential Mehta and Bernstein to Solti and Rattle) but the one that hits me harder is this one; perhaps because of the choir and the visuals, the facial expressions of the conductor, I still can't get my head over why this one hits me like a thunder (and I end up weeping!)

  • @bravaLiz
    @bravaLiz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I totally love this CONDUCTOR! ..... and I miss him. But we are not on this earth forever. Thank God and those who have preserved his work.

  • @butterflipmanny
    @butterflipmanny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How is it possible for a mere human being to create such beauty?

  • @markobryan5885
    @markobryan5885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Abbado and this orchestra performances of Mahler is both beautiful and sublime. Like no other.

  • @sweetbrightsea
    @sweetbrightsea 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am allways mesmerized by the ballet of a maestro hands and the contrast of the intense facial expressions. And this Ressurection overcomes me with emotions, wishing that my loved ones over the beyond be at peace and joy.

  • @aileenteo7027
    @aileenteo7027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Me, too! This is truly a maestro in every sense of the word. From his documentary, he likes to be called Claudio by the orchestra.

  • @greatmomentsofopera7170
    @greatmomentsofopera7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    An absolutely remarkable performance. Incredible orchestra, such virtuosity and splendour in the sound, and Abbado was simply one of the greatest conductors of our era. I sorely regret not seeing him live when he was still with us.

  • @user-sf4gk4ep8v
    @user-sf4gk4ep8v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't forget the emotion of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 performed by the Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester that I heard in Berlin in the winter of 2018. I listen to this music on the last day of every year. I am moved every time I listen to it.

  • @matzek.9119
    @matzek.9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ich liebe Gustav Mahler. Eine der schönsten Sinfonien überhaupt. Maestro Abbado hat hier eine wunderschöne Aufführung gezaubert.
    Was für ein Klangkörper! Das ist ja unglaublich!

  • @rufinabarcenillabarreda1258
    @rufinabarcenillabarreda1258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Yo sin la música clásica no puedo vivir,; me llena, me anima, me ayuda a reflexionar sobre la vida en el mundo que nos toca vivir y me da mucha serenidad ante los acontecimientos propios y ajenos. Gracias a todos los músicos que sin ellos no tendríamos estás y otras vivencias.

    • @mercy2409
      @mercy2409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      hace rato me hubiera matao si no fuera por mahler y bach

    • @uke98
      @uke98 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mercy2409 no diga eso, la vida tiene muchísimas cosas y personas hermosas

    • @LazarusAnimum
      @LazarusAnimum ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@uke98 No lo niego, pero he de admitir que una de mis enormes razones para vivir es la música clásica

  • @AsleNoddeland-xb9ww
    @AsleNoddeland-xb9ww 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thi is my favorite conductor of all time! Mahler’s 2nd Symphony is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mighty!

  • @alanmofticomposer
    @alanmofticomposer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is in my opinion by far the best performance on here. I can't find a single other that makes the orchestra/chorus sound so perfectly in harmony. He's a god.

    • @ForYou-ub6uc
      @ForYou-ub6uc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are musician?

  • @akrinord
    @akrinord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was a wonderful, wonderful experience. One of the most touching pieces of music I've heard in all my life.

  • @user-uu5xf5xc2b
    @user-uu5xf5xc2b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    what a great work of art this is.. this is.. humanity

  • @erosmangiaracina3239
    @erosmangiaracina3239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Eccellente esecuzione del grande Claudio Abbado, che dirige senza la partitura davanti, il quale ha memorizzato ogni frazione della lunga e complessa sinfonia N. 2 di Mahler. Una composizione di tardo romanticismo ma con aperture importanti alle innovative produzioni musicali di primo Novecento. Composta in un periodo importante della vita di Mahler, questa sinfonia esprime bene il conflitto interiore del compositore, tra certezza del nulla esistenziale e la speranza, seppur di palliativa consolazione, di una grandiosa resurrezione finale.

  • @scottmartins4634
    @scottmartins4634 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One of the best recordings I have listened to

  • @TomDonald
    @TomDonald 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Mahler, the reason why I decided to become a musician.

    • @seongmin_choi1123
      @seongmin_choi1123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I totally agree

    • @DaviSilva-oc7iv
      @DaviSilva-oc7iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really, how?

    • @darkgreenambulance
      @darkgreenambulance 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DaviSilva-oc7iv Perhaps the fact that you have asked, "Really, how?" indicates that it would not really achieve anything by answering you. All the best. Bev

    • @DaviSilva-oc7iv
      @DaviSilva-oc7iv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@darkgreenambulance I made this comment so long ago I don’t remember exactly my original intention, but I believe I just wanted to know why, even if I didn’t word it in the best of ways.

  • @BrooklinFunkProject
    @BrooklinFunkProject 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    For years I've been in love with Bernstein's 73 recording with the VPO, but this is just stunning. Beautiful, and what an orchestra!! Thank you Claudio may you RIP. Never forgotten.

    • @user-vi5jj2pg7w
      @user-vi5jj2pg7w ปีที่แล้ว

      Маэстро Аббадо! Сколько же нужно здоровья, чтобы приподнечти такое гигантское произведение зрителю в таком блеске!

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a wonderful orchestra the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is! I admire their dynamic playing, still with transparency, where all the parts fit together perfectly to shape a total unity.

  • @johns4038
    @johns4038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Grande maestro Claudio Abbado, seu legado nunca será esquecido. Quem for brasileiro curte ai, quem ñ for curta também!kk

  • @alvarito45
    @alvarito45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    OMG!!! Brothers Capücon ( violin and cello) among many other best musicians around Europe in this outstanding orchestra and with one of the best conductors!! Mahler music is most worthy for this!!

  • @mattdouglas8900
    @mattdouglas8900 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm so upset with myself for not listening to this sooner. I could tell I was about to experience a masterpiece within minutes.

  • @chrisramm1
    @chrisramm1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I would have loved to have been in the choir on that, its magnificent

  • @youngjoonyoon1559
    @youngjoonyoon1559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    thanks maestro Abbado. you're my idol forever.

  • @ZosimoLee
    @ZosimoLee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is such a superb, heartfelt performance. I keep listening to it, again and again. Claudio Abbado really feels Mahler.

  • @edwardlin7353
    @edwardlin7353 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wonderful !!!!! I think it is the best version in the world until now.

  • @zamora1ify
    @zamora1ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    For anyone who has any doubts about Mahler, Claudio Abbado clarifies all doubts.

  • @DanielLeeMusic98
    @DanielLeeMusic98 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely beautiful. Those last 5 minutes nearly had me in tears.

  • @danbrown4090
    @danbrown4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Emozionante come poche altre cose...Grazie caro Maestro per questa splendida interpretazione del capolavoro di Mahler...Ci manchi tantissimo!

  • @romanilies119
    @romanilies119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the Conductor and the Orchestra. They did Mahler justice. Bravi!