Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.พ. 2011
- Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache & Münchner Philharmoniker
Apart from the operas, Wagner composed a small number of pieces; this stems from his reluctance to conceive music which didn't belong to the sacredness of the drama, fundamental expression of his thought.
The "Siegfried Idyll" is a symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December 1870, by a small ensemble on the stairs of their villa at Tribschen.
Wagner's opera "Siegfried", which was premiered in 1876, incorporates music from the Idyll. It was once thought that the Idyll borrowed musical ideas intended for the opera, but it is now known that the opposite is the case: Wagner adapted melodic material from an unfinished chamber piece in the Idyll and later incorporated it into the love scene between Siegfried and Brunhilde in the opera. - เพลง
For anyone so blessed to who have ever been in true love, imagine the incredible awe Wagner's wife must Cosima have felt as he debuted this incredible symphonic poem to his wife as a gift on Christmas morning to his wife for the birch of their son Seigfrid. He arranged to have a small chamber ensemble perform it at their villa in Tribschen. It was a musical poem illustrating sunrise and birdsong. Truly, one of the most lovingly romantic gestures of musical artistic brilliance of all-time.
Next to Cosima, Nietzsche also got to experience that, too. He had his own study (thinking) room, called the 'denktube' in Tribschen. It was on a spot from which he was able to hear Wagner perform Siegfried's third act, while writing Nietzsche wrote his famous works.
光が燦々と降り注ぐ中に聞くと最高
Wasn't he married to one of Franz Liszt's daughters'?
until you read 'I am Dynamite' and find out what a pair of self serving narcissists they both were
@@ovariantrolley2327 Slave
This is............prettay prettay prettay........... pretty good
LOL !!!!!
Thats exactly how I got here
Congo man with a nazi german name lol
@@goober2832 Does this come from a tv show? Larry David?
@@mwong987 Curb your enthusiasmsm
Wagner’s melodies are out of this world. What a gorgeous piece of music !
Wagner Genius
@@captainahmethakantunckol5307 Wagner tarihin en büyük sanatçılarından biridir.
Neden Mahler yazdınız çalıntı değil ki parça
Mahler?
Wagner composed the Siegfried Idyll as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December 1870,[1] by a small ensemble of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich on the stairs of their villa at Tribschen (today part of Lucerne), Switzerland. Cosima awoke to its opening melody. Conductor Hans Richter played the brief trumpet part in that private performance.[2]
The original title was Triebschen Idyll with Fidi's birdsong and the orange sunrise, as symphonic birthday greeting. Presented to his Cosima by her Richard. "Fidi" was the family's nickname for their son Siegfried. It is thought that the birdsong and the sunrise refer to incidents of personal significance to the couple.
Wagner's opera Siegfried, which was premiered in 1876, incorporates music from the Idyll. Wagner adapted the material from an unfinished chamber piece into the Idyll before giving the theme to Brunhilde in the opera's final scene.[3] The work also uses a German lullaby, "Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf (de)", played by solo oboe. Ernest Newman discovered it was linked to the Wagners' older daughter Eva. This and other musical references, whose meaning remained unknown to the outside world for many years, reveal the idyll's levels of personal significance for both Wagner and Cosima.[4]
Wagner originally intended the Siegfried Idyll to remain a private piece.[5] However, due to financial pressures, he decided to sell the score to publisher B. Schott in 1878.[3] In doing so, Wagner expanded the orchestration to 35 players to make the piece more marketable.[3] The original piece is scored for a small chamber orchestra of 13 players: flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns, trumpet, two violins, viola, cello and double bass. The trumpet part is very brief, lasting only 13 measures. The piece is commonly played today by orchestras with more than one player on each string part. Modern performances are much slower than those of earlier years.[6]
Rakesh Mathur Many thanks, Rakesh; your comment added to my great enjoyment of this wonderful work.
thx
can you find the original to listen to?
Nice copy/paste from Wikipedia
Regardless, it's extremely rare that you actually learn something from TH-cam comments.
It is utterly sublime. It harmonizes with one's soul.
This music feels like one's whole life flashing before your ears for 23 minutes.
"Siegfried" means that feeling of peacefulness and easiness you get after you just won a huge battle.
Interesting... this is exactly what I was feeling before I knew what this meant. This is how you know you're listening to an absolute masterpiece.
Literally.
Reminds me of the name Siegmeyer and Siegward from Dark Souls. Just a random thought.
Siegfried was also a legendary warrior from Xanten in germany
Victory-Free
I don’t know much about Richard Wagner, but he looks just like what I would expect a RICHARD WAGNER to look like. Fantastic piece, beautiful and easy to enjoy.
Got my name after this man, and I think this is the only time in 19 years of living taht I reaaly stopped to listen to his music and I gotta say it's amazing!
You really lived for 19 years without a curiosity for his music? What about your parents? They never showed it to you? Well, Wagner's music is beautiful indeed.
I'd always thought that I might name any daughter I had after one of Tolkien's characters (ferget about the films, it's the influence of the books.. he borrowed/stole some ideas from the cycle of myths that Wagner drew on) - She'd have ended up something like Luthien Rahman, or even Luthien Tinuviel Rahman! Anyway. In the event, when my daughter WAS born, I didn't. I think I just forgot. So you're named after Wagner, but from your surname, from a very different milieu? That's pretty cool. (The name I gave my daughter in the end is Samia Imani Rahman.)
his name was richard
@@Niray119 oh yeah, a Tolkien name would be awesome. Eowyn ;)
It shows that you have music in you. Most people go through their whole lives and don't appreciate such great music.
4:55 - 6:15 One of the most touching moments in music history..
Agreed. This section evokes such strong feelings even though it's hard to describe what they are.
@@alexf7377 That is the sign of great music. It gives expression to powerful emotions for which we have no words.
Listen to mahler 1 last mvt. There's a section Very similar but even more dramatic. But now I know who Mahler got ideas from
Little late to this party, but... I’m playing this with an orchestra next week and this section felt so familiar to me (and of course painfully beautiful). Thought about it a bit and remembered a bit in the soundtrack to PotC At World’s End - look up the track “One Day,” a bit past the 3-minute mark it almost exactly quotes the climactic arrival in this work. Safe to say Hans Zimmer was a fellow Wagner enthusiast.
@@fgrBman999 damn man you're right i can clearly ear it in one day !! you have good ears :)
In this rendition, i can see Wagner as he stood on the stairs picturing the sounds drifting up and awakening Cosima in a sense of wonder. She rises and carries their son to the head of the stairs looking down on her husband with a smile that few of us will ever know . This is the most tender version I have ever heard and it's wonderful. Thank you!
Before brushing her teeth and probably needing to pee. Typical egocentric Wagner! :D
Am I the only one, thinking Cosima was only unfaithful, though, being loving to Wagner?
It's hard to imagine the human mind could conceive of something so beautiful.
Or perceive it to be so
I have just begun to appreciate classical music. I always seem to be drawn to Wagner. This is my favorite piece. Absolutely beautiful!
PLEASE keep it up try Khatachurian for a start brilliant.
Cyder Steve Thank- you, I shall
All who appreciate classical are drawn to Wagner pure beautiful well you know the rest right?
Maybe the greatest music by Wagner is the first act of Die Walküre. There are many excellent recordings available. Tristan und Isolde was not only beautiful but also revolutionary and can be viewed as having determined the history of classical music for the next 100 years, or longer. Whole books have been written analyzing the opening cords of the prelude.
John Williams copied it for the Superman theme.
Wagner's Siegfried Idyll is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed. Though I like much of Wagner's music, I could only enjoy the excerpts from his operas as opposed to the opera's in their entirety. The Siegfried Idyll reveals Wagner's genius with a piece of such unrivaled tenderness and warmth. Such music convinces me that there is still some beauty in a weary world, and even by a man who by many accounts was quite self-centered, pompous and bigoted.
You have hit upon the paradox of Wagner. He wrote such beautiful music, yet his soul was so very ugly. His operas focus on the need for love, yet his life was filled with hate -- hate which his works often promoted in others, logn after he was gone.
@@gaschamber9637 Like many people across history, you have fallen into a trap of ignorance and hatred and idolize a mass murderer. Amazing how some things never change.
@@MichaelHopcroft What a grotesque statement !
"hate which his works often promoted in others, logn after he was gone."
Are you referring to the Nazi era ? Ho can one hold Wagner accountable for the fact the the Nazi performed and used his music for other purposes than the intended ones ?
"yet his life was filled with hate"
Yes ? Examples ?
"yet his soul was so very ugly."
Again, examples ? Are you refering to his famous "antisemitism" ? You cannot judge a person with different social and cultural glasses. It's easy to not be "antisemitic" after the Holocaust, but antisemitism was a centuries long tradition which even "enlightened" spirits couldn't view with our XXth and XXIst century's eyes. Are you aware that it is a man named Hermann Levi (sounds pretty jewish to me...) who conducted the 1re of Parsifal ?
@@TheCyanSqueegee 🇵🇸 free palestine 🇵🇸
@@TheCyanSqueegee hitler was not born yet. Wager had jewish friends.
In my humble opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces ever constructed. I've been in love with it for 40 years. Thank you for posting it.
For my beautiful girl, missed every second, every hour, each day and almost 2 years. Rest in peace Zosia 💔 till we meet again
She is now an angel...
"Thus the work of art of the future shall embrace the spirit of free humanity beyond all barriers of nationality; the national essence in it may only be a decoration, a charm of individual variety, not an inhibitory barrier. " Wagner
I feel sorry for the 222 dislikers. They are literally out-of-tune with one of the great creations from within our universe.
250 right now. what kind of person would dislike such a beautiful piece.
@@aeriseong1270 Uncultured ones.
What about the creations from outside our universe?
If only we could dislike their dislikes!
This is so beautiful
this is the best performance i've ever heard of this piece, thanks Celibidache.
Wagner's genius made my arrival here, inevitable.
A hauntingly beautiful symphony
It's beautiful but it's not a symphony.
Taking apart his ideas about music, drama and art, for me Wagner its the best composer for orchestra ever, his technic in orchestration, harmony and melody 'phrases' its absolutly perfect
I closed my eyes and accidentally knocked off around the 15 minuet mark I’m guessing, I don’t know, I know I was just cloaked in pure majesty and beautiful music and slowly come back around as it ended....I went just fir a moment to a magic place.
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please.
I found this by way of music class in college. Once hearing this, I wanted to hear more of what Wagner had composed. Lo and behold, the Ring cycle was broadcast on PBS in NYC about this time (late 80's). I had a copy on cassette of the instrumentals, and discovered the dangers of listening to it while in the subway. One can't help but walk majestically while listening to the Gods enterning Valhalla
It is truly mesmerizing in it's entirety a beautiful piece a product of his very soul but you will be branded a antisemite if you realize it not really a insult
@@barryhollon468 lol
In memory to Fleet Admiral Siegfried Kircheis of the Imperial Navy, Kircheis Fleet and it's Flagship Barbarossa.
A Honorable soldier, A Loving Friend, A Distinguished Citizen of the Empire
if only kircheis were here
@@sergiomoreno5067 and now Reinhard is among the stars, drinking wine and enjoying bread with Kirchies forever
The first piece of classic music I fell in love with.... Twists the knife every time... Got to conduct it once. Glorious...
one of the most tender versions ive ever heard...truly this song is what it is like to be in love
Incredible! One of the most wonderful pieces of music ever composed. The conducting was sublime...
I agree about the conducting. Celibadache was a great conductor, one of the all-time greats. Also a great human being. Incidentally, there is a recording of this music conducted by Siegfried Wagner. He studied "his piece" with the conductor Hans Richter. His interpretation was very authentic. If you hear it, listen to the clarinets doing the bird calls which punctuate the music. I suspect that Toscanini who knew Siegfried personally was inspired to perform these bird calls in the same way. Also a great reading of the piece, Toscanini's.
Happy birthday, Cheryl.
Best part was when Jeff comes through the door
hahaha
Tyler Young Can I play 9?
Andrew M. HAHAHAHA YEAH, LIKE THIS
Excuse me, are you jewish??
It makes you want to sink into meditation, in perfect harmony with the Universe.
Utterly beautiful.
Agreed
I'm not religious, but thank u god for this, it's a true blessing.
Love this. My fav contemporary composer! Dankeschön
wagner is a romantic my dude
nice irony sire !
@@williamgibson2114 it is a joke because who writes the comment is Ludwig of Bavaria, admirer of Wagner, his friend.and protector. I recommend you to read about the Neuschwanstein castle.built by this king inspired by the Lohengrin. It's great
Thank you for posting one of Wagner's most beautiful inspirations- and realized by one the greatest conductors of the 20th century! Sublime performance and music.
This Work is 150 years old this years and has ever remained a collector's item.
Thanks Rakesh Mahur for the historical perspective.
Esta música tan hermosa me hace llorar, mi papá la amaba y recién falleció. 🥺😭😭
This soothing music is like a dose of wellbeing to my weary soul. I am finally feeling better! It is a gentle as a pond, whose serene waters may have healing powers...It is definitely bucolic, and unlike his later mature works, the Idyllic Dreamscape is as simple as a child's smile!
fantastic piece, impossible to listen without calm.
curb your enthusiasm brought me here. this piece is absolutely gorgeous. thanks for uploading. :-)
Yep
It always seemed dubious to me that the main theme, rendered in Larry's whistling, could cause Cheryl to remark how beautiful it was!
Si me preguntan que es la perfección, que es lo más hermoso que he oído... Sin duda les responderé que Siegfried Idyll son ambas cosas
What a unique musical genius!
Die "Tribschener Treppenmusik" - wie wundervoll!
Listening to this feels like turning the pages of a leather-bound book, filled with epics and fairytales.
Today is the 150th anniversary of this being composed
Not composed - performed!
if you cover up the left side of his face and look at the right he looks evil but if you do the opposite he looks lost, innocent & romantic..
lol that sounds like Wagner alright.
The right side is associated with "rigidness", "logic" and "masculinity", while the left the "feminine", "intuitive," "unknown", transcendent...
Tattle Boad haha exactly brother. i'm glad you know this.
Black Swan wow thank you ! I actually didn't know that at all.
Or perhaps they're both the same and it's just the lighting. lol
This pieces reduces me to tears every single time.
What a mystical experience that these lush melodies provoke within one's self.
Geweldig / Großartig ! Wagners muziek is uniek. / Wagners Musik ist einzigartig.
Am I the only one who is getting emotional at 1:19 and have goosebumps ?
no, you are not alone.
5'00 to 6'13 is so astonishing beautiful! It makes me cry each time I hear it...
He looks like he would have been running a sawmill or an accountant house, but his soul and imagination just seems endless
12:50 - this Crescendo climb **chef's kiss** just made my morning...pretty fuckin good
Thanks for the upload and the notes. A beautiful lyrical piece.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed, even if the composer was a bad guy. Sergiu Celibidache's extra slow treatment was part and parcel of his interest in Buddhism; always in the moment and never in the recording studio but always in concert as he likened the music-making experience to a religious experience where a live audience is essential to the creation.
Phillus Kissus he had good aspects of his personality but sadly the bad part overpowers. Anti semitism and a super manipulative personality is not good.
Heard Wagner alot but neva cared to lent an ear.Reading Friedrich Nietzsche made me land up here.Melodious!
😮 I have never been into classical music until I heard Wagner ❤
Saint-Saëns had stunned Wagner himself when he sight-read the entire orchestral scores of Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, and Siegfried.
Wasn't that Liszt?
If you block half of his face, you can see that half of his face is pretty neutral, but the other side shows a different version of him...
a real life Harvey Dent
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses melodischen Tongedichts mit seidigen Töne aller Streicher und milden Töne aller Holzbläser. Das relativ langsame Tempo ist echt ideal für dieses feine Meisterwerk. Die künstlerische Leitung von diesem genialen Dirigenten ist auch unvergleichlich.
notaire2 z
I can feel the love through the music, to be able to listen to this with all of you guys is so extraordinarily magnificent. I feel love for you all, and i truly hope you feel it with me, eachother, and with the music of course. Have an amazing life.
goated pfp
we wont but thanks.life isnt like that but there are a few good moments.you must be young
You pose a good question. I pity them if they can't just enjoy the music without analysing the composer's or the performer's character. Wagner wrote this piece because of his love for his wife Cosima and their baby son, Siegfried. That's all.
Outstanding !
This is my favorite song
Majestic; Wonderful; Tender and Romantic. What a wonderful piece!
Man...this guy can write music.
Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha !
I think Wagner would have come up with some amazing movie soundtracks if he'd been around in these times.
I think some current film composers could turn their film scores into amazing symphonies!
I agree! Wangers music tells a story all by itself. The imagery is so powerful i can close my eyes and ideas spontaneously come to mind!
Impressively postmodern comment.
@@erpollock I don't think so.
Celibidache grazie per questa meraviglia che ne hai fatto un gioiello incomparabile.
This was a gift for Cosima Wagner- the composer's wife- one Christmas at Triebschen. Perhaps the lovliest Christmas gift imaginable? This is certianly some of the most serenely beautiful ever composed and quite a contrast to much of the Maestro's intense music.
Se trata de sentir y apreciar...no de política, ni de polemizar .
Esta composición musical es para compartir un amor, q va más allá de la vida.
Así la entiendo y así la amo!🌹
This is powerful yet soothing .. I love it.
Wagner with the magic touch of Celibidache! What a treasure!
Goodness me! Sergiu Celibidache must be the world's most misunderstood conductor!
All subjective andrey..all subjective. I personally think he was a genius! First a Mathematician, Brilliant Linguist, deep thinker and wonderfully sensitive Musician!. Like many others, I love this man's music making...I accept any enterpretation he cares to impart to the music he makes! I believe that what he says is the TRUTH...and I adjust my understanding of it accordingly!
This is not from this earth. Wagner’s compositions are destined to achieve greatness beyond this world
Kircheis too...
Very beautiful !
Sublime.....with or without coughs and sneezes!
“Farewell, distant day”
Like it or not, 4 or 5 of the 10 greatest composers of all time were Germans. As a non-German, I can only stand in awe at what they achieved in the arts over 200 years or so. All of this creative endowment to the world and humanity stands completely separate from their political or social history. And the worst that Germany has done in the 20th century will never detract one bit from the musical accomplishments of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Wagner, among many others
Schubert, Maria von Weber, Brahms, Strauss and many more.
Aside from the nazi's, there is a proud political and social history in Germany. You can't discard a rich, wonderful culture because some criminals took over government and went on a massive killing spree. The German people gave us so much more than music, and continue to do so.
Don’t forget the Strauss boys...Austria
Fantastisch.
Merci "IlaryRhineKlange" ✿ܓpour l'ajout de cet Opus musical phénoménal de Richard Wagner et son poème symphonique composé pour sa seconde épouse Cosima en cadeau d'anniversaire pour leur fils Siegfried en 1869...
❤🎼🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎼💙🎩🎩🎩
Awesome! Majestic! Beautiful! Never heard it played better!
I find the versions conducted by Siegfried Wagner, the composer's son, and by Toscanini are more authentic.
Un regalo del Cielo. Cuando escucho la obra de Wagner dejo de pertenecer a esta Tierra y me fundo con la totalidad de la eterna Existencia.
Giusto. Questa musica è proprio un dono del Cielo.
Haha, Larry David : " I do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish"
I'm here because of Larry David
@@javedsultan4830 ??
In what context did he say that
@@javedsultan4830why do people believe stereotypes...I am confused
@@abderahmanffoujamaa4938 Stereotypes exist for a reason. Usually there is at least some truth to them.
Drama of life, we owe to each other, and we seek each other, like there's no end, like a river, its edge unknown, yet not forgotten, never given up. We believe, we believe, we believe in each other. - NYC, 2/3/2020
what a composition, we certainly miss this in our present era!
"Are you jewish"...what were you whistling !?"
Your sarcasm will get you nowhere! Well, maybe still expect a knock on the door.
"There is an insane asylum that way"
hello dolly....i bloody love wagner and larry david
"Hello Dolly"?
I love how youtube is teasing out this entire thing by Wagner, movement by movement.
The divinity is at the next level.
Very fine work.
I especially like the ending phrases....
fantastic.. no words to describe...
Richard Wagner, the- greatest- man- of- the- World!!!!!
pololo 😂
A titan of music certainly
How BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for posting that.
Most beautiful passages (in my opinion): 0:01 - 3:16 ,4:55 - 6:15, 6:47 - 8:20, 12:00 - 13:30, 14:35 - 15:35, 17:19 - 23:38
12:00 - 13:30 ... Has to be his tribute to the process of the conception of his son
17:58
Siegfried Kircheis brought me here
Listened to it all, Beethoven and Wagner, that when I watched legend of galactic heroes I could instantly recognize the music playing
This music is beautiful.
Lovely and Sublime !
omfg, it gave me goosebumps...this is genious
You are not human if 4:55 - 5:25 does not move you.
same ancestors, same path, same victory!
Bravo bravo bravo bravo fantastic genial grandiose music
göttlich inspiriert!
Echte !!
Romantic AF 😍