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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!
@@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).
The last 10 minuets of this changed my life forever, and this is only going back to last October. Ever since I've fallen in love with all of Mahler's works.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
The scale of Mahler's symphonies remains unmatched. The size of the choir alone is mindblowing. The orchestra with 2 Harps and all of this is directed by one of the better conductors that have walked earth. Nothing more to say than "impressive"
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.
Ich kann nicht verstehen, warum fast alle Menschen sagen, dass klassische Musik langweilig ist. Hier gibt wunderschönste, dramatischste und bunte Musik als andere. Viele Grüße aus Japan
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
@@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.
Me too… im a Singer and the first piece I sung was Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, I fell in love with Mahler. I was 17 and went to audition for University with this cicle. My teacher said that she found weird that I came with this as I was very young and most singers bring Opera.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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!!!!
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!
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.🎵😊😊
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.
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.
The expressions on the orchestra members' faces are different from others. You can see from the music and the video that they are engrossed in their performance. What a wonderful charisma Abbado had!
To listen Mahler music is difficult like to solve mathematics exam and need many times, mental energy but l like all Mahler musics. I am malherian. From daegu city in Korea
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.
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.
The absolute uniformity and contrast of male and female dress codes in the chorus, their symmetrical disposition according to height, and the absence of scores from which to read their parts - all is learned, and perfectly delivered from memory (although the instrumentalists have scores but the conductor does not) - together create an overwhelming impression on the mind and the spirit.
Mi meraviglia ogni volta che ascolto Mahler la grandiosa varietà dei temi musicali, dei percorsi intrapresi, sempre caratterizzati da una forte armonia nonostante la fantasia degli accostamenti. Manca del tutto la monotonia e la noia.
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!!!!!!
Superb camera work, following the instruments on cue, section by section. Adding to the pleasure of the music and showcasing the talent of the musicians, chorus and conductor. A great experience for us all to enjoy. Thanks to all concerned.
Esta grabación de la 2 sinfonia de Mahler está considerada como de las mejores de la historia, espectacular version ,hasta el mismísimo Beethoven lloraría de emoción.
Mahler es sin duda mi compositor favorito y en el poco tiempo que llevo escuchando música académica (de los 15 a las 18) ha logrado mostrarme un perspectiva de la música y del arte en general completamente renovada. La sinfonía Resurrección fue su segunda obra que escuche justo un par de minutos después de enfrentarme al final de su primera sinfonía y la que mayor éxtasis me ha producido, convirtiéndose así en mi obra preferida (la he escuchado sábados y domingos enteros de tal modo que la puedo cantar toda de memoria). Como toda las obras que escucho por primera vez las reproduzco en youtube, fue esta versión la de Claudio Abaddo con la orquesta del festival de Lucerna la primer que escuche y de ahí no pare de amasar versiones (Abbado - Chicago, Solti - Chicago, Rattle - Berlin, Bernstein - Londres, Boulez - Viena, Chailly - Gewandhaus, Mehta - Viena, Haitink - Dresden, Tilson Thomas - San francisco, Kubelick - Baviera, Jurowski - Londres, Walter - New york, Gergiev - Londres y Munich, Tennstedt - Londres, Klemperer - Orquesta Philharmonia, Jarvi - Frankfurt, y quizas algunas que por falta de meomoria olvide). Sin embargo mi grabación favorita es la de Lenoard Bernstein dirigiendo en 1963 a la filarmónica de New York , una experiencia según mi criterio etérea, mas aun si cuentas con el remaster japones en SACD y el equipo adecuado. En fin, Mahler ha impacto mi mundo de tal modo que no solo me abrió una ventana a nuevos compositores como Debussy, Bruckner, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Berg, Schoenberg, Ravel, Scriabin, Messiaen y Bartok, que para un enardecido seguidor de Brahms resultaron todos deslumbrantes (no se confundan, aun sigo amando su cuarta sinfonía, sus dos concierto para piano, su concierto para violín o su quinteto para clarinete), sino que también me impulso a tomar la decisión de estudiar concienzudamente música . En efecto, si tuviera la oportunidad de conocer, de poder conversar con una persona de antaño seria sin duda el gran Gustav Mahler.
To watch Abbado conduct is an an unforgettable experience. His passion and devotion to the music is what makes an interpreter of his caliber a master conductor. Just like Bernstein before him, Abbado had no peer.
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.
A super impressive piece. I find Mahler's music more satisfying than any other composer. It surprises me to read that Mahler's main goal was not to be a composer, yet he seems to have surpassed many other great composers. I had the pleasure to hear Mahler 4 and 5 played live but I never heard this one live.
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.
This is in my opinion by far the best performance available that I know of. I can't find a single other that makes the orchestra/chorus sound so perfectly in harmony. He's a genius!
С любовью и благодарностью! Монументальное произведение Великого Малера прозвучало на высочайшем уровне исполнения. Низкий поклон всем. Это грандиозно.
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!)
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.
Sempre emozionante e commovente Abbado in uno dei più grandi capolavori del genio umano. Il finale è qualcosa di indescrivibile che trascende l'essenza stessa della musica.
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.
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.
if you can read music I urge you to listen to this recording whilst reading the score. It's absolutely ashtonishing how they manage to bring to life every single detail, every single nuance written by the composer. Differences between fp, accents, sfz, agogic accents, articulation, tempo changes.....everything is just perfect. We are witnessing the best recording of not only Mahler's 2nd symphony (and almost every other symphony played by LSO and Abbado is just as good), but probably the best recording of every piece ever written. this is Making Music. What does not come this close is, in my opinion, useless.
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.
Ten years without Claudio Abbado. How much we miss this great conductor.
Imiss him too
Legend
Goat
Iconic
Claudio Abbado and Kajaran will always be the peak of Conductors
I dont know why people say classical music is boring when gems like this exist..Bravo Mahler!
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
@@joaot.5693 exactly
Variety is good but the greatest music.
Dear Friend, don't lost your time to say about stupid people...
I definitely agree 👍🏼🌹
what a brilliant conductor.
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.
One of the most powerful expressions of the human spirit. I hope to hear it in person one day.
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
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Dublin soon
Ive been to 8 performances of it,and i still cant get enough. Gets me every time!
This piece makes a very strong argument for music being humanity's greatest accomplishment
And underpaid.
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.
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
Indeed, resurrection is real. 🙂
Oh my word yes, i stop while I'm running, cry, and applaud to my headphones ❤
Your explanation is beautiful, thank you
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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.
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But wouldn't that be as with any true instrumentalist. Memorized. You know what's gonna happen before they do...
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Yes, an underestimated but vital skill.
Abbado ...the boss
A day without listening to this music is a day wasted.
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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!
SCE BIRD UNABLE you need tranquiliziers or PCP therapy
Alex Reik Why you'd say that?
Listen to the Word
You can listen to this music over and over again; you will never get tired of it. This interpretation is simply awesome.
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.
I am crying right now. Very moving
The best Romantic-era symphonies are like this. They take you on a complete journey.
This is one of the best performances of the Mahler 2nd.
Certainly
Not just a one of the best, It is Best!
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.
My personal favorite, together with Mehta
What about Bernstein's performance
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.
just instruments? In a symphony with soloist singers and an entire choir?😂😅
@@marioroveda5481 The human voice is the oldest instrument there is.
@@Josef_1186 What about the bone-flute? It is over 60,000 years old.
there are humans behind instruments
@@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).
The last 10 minuets of this changed my life forever, and this is only going back to last October. Ever since I've fallen in love with all of Mahler's works.
forcedemodo it is, indeed, truly remarkable.
I prefer Mozart's minuets!
@@kecenqian7169 so what r u doing here?
Grande Direttore, grande Uomo. R.I.P.
I feel the same
Somebody help me!. Can't stop listening to this version of Abbado.
I can,'t too
Añd can't help
listening to it twice a week keeps the doctor away.
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.
same here, every night 6-12 hours only mahler.......
Same. The best, no doubt...
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.
I know the feeling! Been there numerous times.
@@georgetzimas1541 に？っっっっっちょと焼肉キングに？吉澤はチェ
Stop working 14h shifts
@@fedemaass These days being short staffed all the time it's hard no to. Trust me i'm trying not to lol.
Mate, is it a purr joy and a life changing experience.
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.
Your discricption beyond
million expressions
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.
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.
For me it's nr Nr. 8 but Nr. 2 is right up there too.
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!!!
The scale of Mahler's symphonies remains unmatched. The size of the choir alone is mindblowing. The orchestra with 2 Harps and all of this is directed by one of the better conductors that have walked earth. Nothing more to say than "impressive"
Oh my God. Who's cutting onions around here??? Hit me right in the core; right in the soul.
5th movement is unreal. Choral passages are stunning
If you are not blown away by this performance you are virtually dead! AMAZING ......
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
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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
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49 40:55
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53 42:20
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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"
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2 49:02
3 50:20
4 51:41
5 52:30
6 53:05
7 54:26
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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
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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
Thank you so much for this, you're a angel !!
You, my friend, are a hero.
HERO!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
non capisco...
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.
hace rato me hubiera matao si no fuera por mahler y bach
@@mercy2409 no diga eso, la vida tiene muchísimas cosas y personas hermosas
@@uke98 No lo niego, pero he de admitir que una de mis enormes razones para vivir es la música clásica
One of the greatest symphonies of all time...no doubt about it.
+Srijan Satpathy one of the greatest conductor of all the time...no doubt about it
+Leland Chan one of the greatest... Oh never mind
One of the greatest bow ties of all time!
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.
yes，great！
Ich kann nicht verstehen, warum fast alle Menschen sagen, dass klassische Musik langweilig ist.
Hier gibt wunderschönste, dramatischste und bunte Musik als andere. Viele Grüße aus Japan
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.
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.
I´m in tears - My favorite! I agree with your analysis - Im just an Electronic Engineer but I love Mahler.
David James ll
Your comments are so refreshing to read
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.
It was the day of my birth when this concert was performed! So fascinating!!!
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.
congrats... even so late after. I belong to a more modest chorus but the pandemic has brought too much silence. We shall sing again!!!!!
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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.
Happy Birthday and RIP Claudio Abbado 🌹🌹🌹
How is it possible for a mere human being to create such beauty?
I have often wondered
Mahler, the reason why I decided to become a musician.
I totally agree
Really, how?
@@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
@@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.
Me too… im a Singer and the first piece I sung was Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, I fell in love with Mahler. I was 17 and went to audition for University with this cicle. My teacher said that she found weird that I came with this as I was very young and most singers bring Opera.
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.
If just the world will listen to this music i think we will get a peaceful life without war.
So true -- but much of the world doesn`t even know what music is.
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!
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This is my favourite thing on the internet ever.
Me too
Man it has to be something glorious to listen to this live
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.
Four!
Really great comments and I share your feelings totally.
What you are feeling its called greatness in its more orgasmic expression!
I feel ya, bro
Do you really think you're one four Americans who love deep art?
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.
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!!
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
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.
A masterpiece. Performed by an extraordinary orchestra under the baton of the incomparable Claudio Abbado. Mahler is life itself.
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.
He was only 51 when he died.
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
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.
是啊！我的感受跟您一样！
Comparto plenamente sus comentarios, saludos desde lolol pequeño pueblo chileno
Claudio Abbado makes Mahler fill our souls with extraordinary music. It is really a 'resurrection' for me.
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!!!!
That's because you have a gift most youngers in this time don't.
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!
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.🎵😊😊
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You must be 20 now? Nice to see young people here. I'm 17 ❤
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.
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.
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.
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.
Music is food for the soul
We all need it for peace in this world
The greatest symphony conducted by its best interpreter.
It is a pity that Sergiu Celibidache did not leave any performances of Mahler symphonies.
The expressions on the orchestra members' faces are different from others. You can see from the music and the video that they are engrossed in their performance. What a wonderful charisma Abbado had!
Let's take a second to appreciate how even the camera work is amazing in this recording
To listen Mahler music is difficult like to solve mathematics exam and need many times, mental energy but l like all Mahler musics. I am malherian. From daegu city in Korea
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.
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!!
Grande maestro Claudio Abbado, seu legado nunca será esquecido. Quem for brasileiro curte ai, quem ñ for curta também!kk
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.
My favourite part too
It is the gate to heaven opening.
Maravilhoso! … fiquei pensando como que o público da plateia baixa não se levantou… uma pena ..
Greatest Mahler no.2.
No doubt!
The absolute uniformity and contrast of male and female dress codes in the chorus, their symmetrical disposition according to height, and the absence of scores from which to read their parts - all is learned, and perfectly delivered from memory (although the instrumentalists have scores but the conductor does not) - together create an overwhelming impression on the mind and the spirit.
legends says they are still applausing
mythings tells they are still thanksing
The best performance ever anywhere without any doubt.... A great great event...
I've listened to this symphony more than 100 times, and everytime I find something new in it. Superb Genius mr Mahler.
Mi meraviglia ogni volta che ascolto Mahler la grandiosa varietà dei temi musicali, dei percorsi intrapresi, sempre caratterizzati da una forte armonia nonostante la fantasia degli accostamenti. Manca del tutto la monotonia e la noia.
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!!!!!!
Gracias a quien nos lo regalase o hizo posible que hoy, con millones de personas recluidos en sus casas, pudiéramos vivir esta maravilla.
You can listen to this music over and over again, always in a state of amazement and wonder.
Superb camera work, following the instruments on cue, section by section. Adding to the pleasure of the music and showcasing the talent of the musicians, chorus and conductor. A great experience for us all to enjoy. Thanks to all concerned.
Esta grabación de la 2 sinfonia de Mahler está considerada como de las mejores de la historia, espectacular version ,hasta el mismísimo Beethoven lloraría de emoción.
I cry every time! it doesn’t get much better than this. RIP Maestro Claudio x
Mahler es sin duda mi compositor favorito y en el poco tiempo que llevo escuchando música académica (de los 15 a las 18) ha logrado mostrarme un perspectiva de la música y del arte en general completamente renovada. La sinfonía Resurrección fue su segunda obra que escuche justo un par de minutos después de enfrentarme al final de su primera sinfonía y la que mayor éxtasis me ha producido, convirtiéndose así en mi obra preferida (la he escuchado sábados y domingos enteros de tal modo que la puedo cantar toda de memoria). Como toda las obras que escucho por primera vez las reproduzco en youtube, fue esta versión la de Claudio Abaddo con la orquesta del festival de Lucerna la primer que escuche y de ahí no pare de amasar versiones (Abbado - Chicago, Solti - Chicago, Rattle - Berlin, Bernstein - Londres, Boulez - Viena, Chailly - Gewandhaus, Mehta - Viena, Haitink - Dresden, Tilson Thomas - San francisco, Kubelick - Baviera, Jurowski - Londres, Walter - New york, Gergiev - Londres y Munich, Tennstedt - Londres, Klemperer - Orquesta Philharmonia, Jarvi - Frankfurt, y quizas algunas que por falta de meomoria olvide). Sin embargo mi grabación favorita es la de Lenoard Bernstein dirigiendo en 1963 a la filarmónica de New York , una experiencia según mi criterio etérea, mas aun si cuentas con el remaster japones en SACD y el equipo adecuado. En fin, Mahler ha impacto mi mundo de tal modo que no solo me abrió una ventana a nuevos compositores como Debussy, Bruckner, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Berg, Schoenberg, Ravel, Scriabin, Messiaen y Bartok, que para un enardecido seguidor de Brahms resultaron todos deslumbrantes (no se confundan, aun sigo amando su cuarta sinfonía, sus dos concierto para piano, su concierto para violín o su quinteto para clarinete), sino que también me impulso a tomar la decisión de estudiar concienzudamente música . En efecto, si tuviera la oportunidad de conocer, de poder conversar con una persona de antaño seria sin duda el gran Gustav Mahler.
Por tener el mismo nombre...?
Su cuarta sinfonía es fenomenal uffff 👌
Sono d'accordo se potessi di tutti i compositori vorrei incontrare MAHLER...
For anyone who has any doubts about Mahler, Claudio Abbado clarifies all doubts.
To watch Abbado conduct is an an unforgettable experience. His passion and devotion to the music is what makes an interpreter of his caliber a master conductor. Just like Bernstein before him, Abbado had no peer.
Klemperer.
@@anne-louiseluccarini4530 Wilhelm Furtwängler
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.
A super impressive piece. I find Mahler's music more satisfying than any other composer. It surprises me to read that Mahler's main goal was not to be a composer, yet he seems to have surpassed many other great composers. I had the pleasure to hear Mahler 4 and 5 played live but I never heard this one live.
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.
... Snowy landscapes and this music, no better combination. Take care up there in the far north. From the very south of Europe, Milan Italy
@@marikamagnone5216 Thanks, Milan is not such a bad plece either...
Хорошо написано.
"Its the wonder that is keeping the stars apart" E.E. Cummings
@@marikamagnone5216 Lampedusa is in the South. :)
This is in my opinion by far the best performance available that I know of. I can't find a single other that makes the orchestra/chorus sound so perfectly in harmony. He's a genius!
You are musician?
@@ForYou-ub6uc I try, I'm a composer.
С любовью и благодарностью!
Монументальное произведение
Великого Малера
прозвучало на высочайшем уровне исполнения.
Низкий поклон всем.
Это грандиозно.
My favorite symphony , from my favorite composer !
Abbado fu l'unico conduttore che riuscì a farmi apprezzare Mahler nella sua interezza.
I melomani sanno di cosa parlo.
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!)
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.
Such powerful performance!
Emozionante come poche altre cose...Grazie caro Maestro per questa splendida interpretazione del capolavoro di Mahler...Ci manchi tantissimo!
Sempre emozionante e commovente Abbado in uno dei più grandi capolavori del genio umano. Il finale è qualcosa di indescrivibile che trascende l'essenza stessa della musica.
Interpretazione sublime, di una perfezione assoluta ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie
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.
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.
I'm so upset with myself for not listening to this sooner. I could tell I was about to experience a masterpiece within minutes.
The beginning gives me cold shivers. The most keyed up, ominous beginning ever!
What a great man... Requiescat in pace Claudio Abbado
if you can read music I urge you to listen to this recording whilst reading the score. It's absolutely ashtonishing how they manage to bring to life every single detail, every single nuance written by the composer. Differences between fp, accents, sfz, agogic accents, articulation, tempo changes.....everything is just perfect. We are witnessing the best recording of not only Mahler's 2nd symphony (and almost every other symphony played by LSO and Abbado is just as good), but probably the best recording of every piece ever written.
this is Making Music. What does not come this close is, in my opinion, useless.
FCarraro1 It sounds as thougn you enjoyed the performance
So did I😀
So nice to have this marvelous work of art on TH-cam.
If you just knew everything we have on TH-cam!
Se juntan dos genios y el resultado lo podemos escuchar.
Gracias Malher, gracias Abbado.❤
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.
The sublime pleasure of listening to Mahler.