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This symphony took Brahms 20 years to write because he said it felt like Beethoven (who was dead) was looking over his shoulder and man what a great piece he wrote
Hans von Bülow excitedly declared the symphony "The 10th!" upon hearing it, much to the dismay (some say annoyance) of Brahms, who feared the comparison.
Love that news that Beethoven "was dead," but still looking/hovering over... Never dead, these guys. Always alive in our hearts, souls & ears. May the next gen of Russian composers catch a Spark likewise, from Brother DS..!!
Well, and Brahms composed with a bust of Beethoven behind him and looking down on him as he would write, so what you say is both literally and figuratively true!
Truly one of the great symphonies the world has come to know. Thank you Johannes Brahms for this wonderful gift. Maestro Jarvi and the Orchestre de Paris perform it perfectly.
I have been listening to this symphony since the early 1980s. This might just be one of the most electric renditions I have ever heard. The final coda is awe inspiring here.
I heard this at The Proms. I was late returning back to my standing spot after the interval. I was running along the corridor. The lights dimmed, and the music started. The timpani and sighing strings. It felt just like being in a dream, where you are trying to run but not going anywhere. Whenever I hear the opening, I am reminded vividly of this.
@@elinaq750 grabbed this from a comment below: 00:00 Un poco sostenuto - Allegro 16:47 Andante sostenuto 25:35 Un poco Allegretto e grazioso 30:14 Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro, ma con brio - Più Allegro
00:00 Un poco sostenuto - Allegro 16:47 Andante sostenuto 25:35 Un poco Allegretto e grazioso 30:14 Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro, ma con brio - Più Allegro
Wow, that modulation moment at 44:34 - 45:00is one of the amazing passages in all music, just stunning. My orchestra have just performed this symphony, and that moment remains with me,
A truly amazing and outstanding performance of one of the greatest symphonies ever written. Bravo to everyone involved. Such a magnificent and monumental work. X❤
I LOVE Jarvi's intensity, whether he is conducting Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, or Tchaikovsky. And he is perfect for Brahms' intensity here. :)
It took me a while to enjoy Brahms. It's a bit like taking in a piece of art so large and detailed that it takes a few trips to see enough to enjoy it. There are just so many details in this work.
Likewise. I liked Symphony No 4 and Academic Festival Overture from boyhood but in the last few years have been discovering more of his music and finding treasure in it.
Simply magnificent. Brahms starts the symphony strong, gets stronger as he goes along, raises the bar in the Finale, and takes it to a whole other level in the coda. I love Maestro Järvi's tempos, too. Nothing too rushed, nothing too slow. Everything feels natural. Wonderful performance by a great conductor and a world-class orchestra.
Thank you so much for this beautiful, dynamic, touching and moving performance. It's been here a long time, but please know that you still gladden hearts with it. Warmest wishes 🌹🌹
Concerning the tympani at the opening: Yes, the thumping line of drum-strokes is more prominent than in most performances I have heard, but I think it works well. The tympani (along with double-bass and contrabassoon) provides the only stable line in the orchestra, which is otherwise divided into melodic lines pulling up and down away from each other. Also, I think Jervi's approach is consistent with an increasing awareness that the symphonies of Brahms (and Beethoven) should not sound like chamber music. There is sinewy power in these works, and other conductors have also seen fit to let the music ring out. Yes, there is still a need for restraint, but restraint does not mean stifling the music, and Jervi's interpretation here in no way violates that need. Rather, I think we are merely surprised by the sound he elicits by allowing the music's intrinsic strength to be fully heard. I'd say this is an excellent performance.
Glory. Brahms was a true disciple of the Muse. One thing that is so fascinating here, is how the inspiration of the Muse finds expression through Brahms's compositional technique.
Sorry, I spoke (wrote) too soon, before hearing the full symphony performance. Beyond very good, this was a magnificent performance of this great symphony. Bravo! I was thrilled!
Only Brahms could write a piece of music which begins with a sustained crescendo rising up into heaven get with the earthly sounding heavy drumbeat below
Yes, I agree. He's a great musician, a great man, and a great conductor. I saw/heard him conduct Sibelius #5 in NYC. When he came out for the encore, somebody yelled, "Play it again!" which would have pleased us all. Jaervi replied, conversationally, "No, it's too long," and then launched into the encore. I'm glad to see him on here. I think he's under-appreciated.
Has anyone alive ever listened to Brahms's Symphony No. 1 and said, OMG, this is exactly like, or really, really similar to Beethoven's Symphony No. [fill in the blanks}? No? I'm not surprised. Most lay listeners(like me) are in awe of this magnificent piece and, very likely, cannot point to anything Beethovenesque therein. But when it was finally published and played almost a decade later, there were many who called it "Beethoven's Tenth." One can imagine Brahms's disgust & anger with this inane remark. It took Brahms14 years to compose it (! -- 1854-1868) precisely because he wanted to stay AWAY from a comparison of the sort he'd received. At any rate, I don't think that I'd be erring in naming it one of the world's 15 greatest symphonies, and closer to the top than to the bottom, for sure. Paavo Järvi's conducting, his precision, tempi, facial expressions, gestures, smiles and frowns, are simply delightful (not to mention his occasional turning of pages of the score --he clearly does not need a score). This was, in my opinion, an outstanding performance and, I guess, Brahms would have been elated to hear it thus played. THANKS!
I have heard this called Beethovens 10th and it is in the style of that OTHER great. But Brahms is beautiful to listen to also! BRAHMS STANDS ALONE TOO. I loved the opening tympani they are surprising but well done. Thanks for a great listening experience!
Majestätische Aufführung dieses perfekt konstruierten Meisterwerks mit seidigen Töne aller Streicher, brillanten Töne aller Metallbläser und, vor allem, milden Töne aller Holzbläser. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im angemessenen Tempo mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach erstklassig!
Exquisite. I really wish the producers of these concerts would allow us to see and feel the completeness of the audience response. That is such a joyous moment. Why cut it off...?
Excelente interpretación. Gran calidad de la Orquesta de París. Y brillante en la dirección Paavo Järvi, con una exquisita sensibilidad hacia Brahms. Enhorabuena.
I am very happy to watch such gorgeous classic master piece rather than other politics, sports, vlog tubes etc. theses master pieces are real beautiful. they really inspire me while I am down.
Those kettle drums just slay me in the opening. And then this sublime string and woodwind theme. Järvi has the bearing of an aristocrat from the ancien régime. I ADORE BRAHMS. To die for. My soul is wed to this music!
Never have listened to much classical music. Brahms was mentioned in a Tom Selleck/Jesse Stone movie I just happened to watch. Interesting and quite relaxing!
Music sometimes is like a baby duck who imprints on its mother. The first time you hear a symphonic work that grabs you, you never want to listen to another orchestral/conductor if they can't deliver the original experience. I'm listening to this one for the first time and so far so good. It's the third movement that will make or break it for me......3rd is pretty good.
Usually true, but I must say, Jarvi has won me over on this one. My first was with Furtwangler, and I still love his interpretation, but Jarvi's exuberance in his interpretation has, to me, exemplified Brahms.
It’s of no doubt that Brahms laboured united the enormous shadow created by Beethoven. Weighed down by the expectation someone should come along and move music forward just as he had done. It took twenty years of composition before Brahms released this symphony into the public domain. He was asked why haven’t you produced a symphony, and his reply was, “how can I Beethoven has composed them all”, but what a first symphony it is. In a style all his own it’s magnificent. But I feel he needed cathartic release from his predecessor, so imbedded in this wonderful work is a homage to the old master, with a reference to Beethoven’s fifth in the timpani at the end of the first movement, and of course ode to joy in the fourth. This is a magnificent performance of this symphony, full of the majesty it truly deserves.
Wow his pacing is uncanny in the finale, especially the coda. Huge intensity but no sign of the train leaving the tracks. Like a Szell-Cleveland performance, but even more so. Bravo indeed!
Although not a great fan of Brahms, I love the melody that comes in at 35:12 and again at 38:46 in the 4th movement - many years ago I bought the single 'Musik zum Verlieben' by the Gunther Kallman Choir, which is based on this melody (the flip side, 'Elisabeth Serenade' is based on Ronald Binge's piece). Incidentally, the name Järvi is pronounced YARR-vee, not YAIR-vee as though it were German (or Swedish). In Estonian (as in Finnish) the letter ä is pronounced as in English 'cat', whereas the unaccented a is pronounced as in English 'cart'. Similarly, Arvo Pärt's surname is something like 'parrot'. Presenters on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3 seem unaware of this!
I must say that I'm not a huge fan of Brahms' orchestral music, especially the symphonies. Brahms and I did fall out some years ago but if any performance might make me rethink my resolute stance, it's this one. Jarvi, for me, is one of the most versatile and talented conductors around today. And after listening to this and the incomparable Carlos Kleiber, I may be at the point of a Damascene conversion. Better late than never, eh..?
ComposerinUK , Carlos' Kleiber's Brahms symphony 4 is indeed one for the ages. Personally, for this symphony nr. 1, I prefer my vinyl of Vienna Phil and Böhm. Though Järvi is pretty good. For some reason, Brahms is an acquired taste. But I never get tired of listening to Brahms' piano concerto nr 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra and Rudolf Serkin, piano.
I’m somewhat of the same opinion, although I say it only in hushed tones and in trusted company🤔😉 I have to be “in the mood” to cue it up--but when I’m in the mood, it is, truly glorious.
Brahms had a way of portraying his tragic life expertly in all his works. I especially love all his symphonies. It's too bad he was such a sad man but the music is gorgeous!
Colleen Stadnick A tragic life? A sad man? Not at all! He had enough money, he had friends and women (secretly, of course!), he could compose freely etc.
@@irmavargas4786 You think so? Yes, he might have had the trappings of success but he was, essentially, a family man who never had a wife or children. Listen to the end of his fourth symphony and tell me that was a fulfilled man...
@@irmavargas4786 With respect, yes, a sad, insecure man. What he did to Hans Rott out of jealousy was unthinkable. I love Brahms' music, but can't help the sour taste in my mouth of him as a person.
And for a completely different "side of Brahms" (just kidding) listen to his two String Sextets and his two String Quintets. The 2nd String Quintet (Op 111) will blow you away!!!
Yes, I have to agree with you, Steven---even tho I, too, was at first a bit troubled by the strong sound of the tympani. Rich and full orchestral sound. Overall very good performance. Brahms was among the very top songwriters, too, as well as being so full of heart, so full of soul.
Brahms symphonies and piano concertos, Sibelius symphony 1 and violin concerto, have not been bettered. I do have some favorite interpretations, but I love most of them. I found the introduction of this one deeply unsettling, which is how it became a favorite.
It does sound that way, but it isn't: I've found this a few times there is a particular balance of instruments and usually it isn't only the result of scoring, but the exact balance/sound/acoustics at the time, which create odd effects like this one.
Well, the main theme of the finale of the First Symphony is also reminiscent of the main theme of the finale of Beethoven's Ninth, and when this resemblance was pointed out to Brahms he replied that any dunce could see that! In 1876, when the work was premiered in Vienna, it was immediately hailed as "Beethoven's Tenth"!
15:32 That rhythm going through the bass, e.g. tympani - the theme of Beethoven's 5th. I've heard this symphony loads of times, but I'm too stupid to have observed this until now.
if u read the score, u would immediatelly notice that. actually the whole 1st mvt is comprised of 4 basic motives, everything from the 1st mvt is derived from them. and that beethoven 5 rhythm is one of them.
Took me years to notice it. Brahms is saying, "Hey, I can make my own 4-note things too." I see that as Brahms grabbing the baton of the continuing German music tradition.
Epic tempo, epic and marvellous. i think this should be what Brahms want. Composers have never written slow music, but only those conductors make it too slow.
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This symphony took Brahms 20 years to write because he said it felt like Beethoven (who was dead) was looking over his shoulder and man what a great piece he wrote
Hans von Bülow excitedly declared the symphony "The 10th!" upon hearing it, much to the dismay (some say annoyance) of Brahms, who feared the comparison.
Not so. He wrote mvt 1 in about 1856 then put it aside for 20 years. The rest was completed in the early to mid 1870s.
Love that news that Beethoven "was dead," but still looking/hovering over... Never dead, these guys. Always alive in our hearts, souls & ears. May the next gen of Russian composers catch a Spark likewise, from Brother DS..!!
@@henrycerro9151 Brahms did that intentionally - and said "Any arse can see that" as a response to Bulow.
Well, and Brahms composed with a bust of Beethoven behind him and looking down on him as he would write, so what you say is both literally and figuratively true!
Truly one of the great symphonies the world has come to know. Thank you Johannes Brahms for this wonderful gift. Maestro Jarvi and the Orchestre de Paris perform it perfectly.
its absolutely marvelous!
I have been listening to this symphony since the early 1980s. This might just be one of the most electric renditions I have ever heard. The final coda is awe inspiring here.
I heard this at The Proms. I was late returning back to my standing spot after the interval. I was running along the corridor. The lights dimmed, and the music started. The timpani and sighing strings. It felt just like being in a dream, where you are trying to run but not going anywhere. Whenever I hear the opening, I am reminded vividly of this.
Paolo Hrabachko Stay off the drugs mate.
I understand, entirely...
Superb memory!!
The circular corridor below the arena!
I get goosebumps everytime the minor changes into major in the fourth part. I love Brahms!!
At what time stamp?
@@elinaq750 grabbed this from a comment below:
00:00 Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
16:47 Andante sostenuto
25:35 Un poco Allegretto e grazioso
30:14 Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro, ma con brio - Più Allegro
00:00 Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
16:47 Andante sostenuto
25:35 Un poco Allegretto e grazioso
30:14 Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro, ma con brio - Più Allegro
THANK YOU
Wow, that modulation moment at 44:34 - 45:00is one of the amazing passages in all music, just stunning. My orchestra have just performed this symphony, and that moment remains with me,
I wonder if Howard Shore borrowed that because it sounds exactly the same as some points in the lord of the rings soundtrack.
A truly amazing and outstanding performance of one of the greatest symphonies ever written. Bravo to everyone involved. Such a magnificent and monumental work. X❤
I LOVE Jarvi's intensity, whether he is conducting Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, or Tchaikovsky. And he is perfect for Brahms' intensity here. :)
Superb !!!!!
마씁니다 작곡가 누구든 지휘자가 누구든 관계치 않습니다 음악만 좋으면 되니깐요ㅡ 누가하든 그들만의 노하우가 있을것입니다
100% agree. Check out his Saint Saens Organ Symphony with Paris Orchestra. Put the speakers right next to your ears and go to another world.
It took me a while to enjoy Brahms. It's a bit like taking in a piece of art so large and detailed that it takes a few trips to see enough to enjoy it. There are just so many details in this work.
Like you, Charles Cornner, I found out over time that Brahms is an acquired taste. However, it's a taste I should never wish to live without.
Likewise. I liked Symphony No 4 and Academic Festival Overture from boyhood but in the last few years have been discovering more of his music and finding treasure in it.
The oboe and flute sounds so clean in the beginning.
I. 00:01
II. 16:45
III. 25:36
IV. 30:14
thank you so much
merci Étienne... chic et utile
merci Étienne. merci beaucoup
Always loved Brahms' use of winds and brass...
Tremendous Performance of one of the greatest symphonies of all time !!!!!
Simply magnificent. Brahms starts the symphony strong, gets stronger as he goes along, raises the bar in the Finale, and takes it to a whole other level in the coda. I love Maestro Järvi's tempos, too. Nothing too rushed, nothing too slow. Everything feels natural. Wonderful performance by a great conductor and a world-class orchestra.
Thank you so much for this beautiful, dynamic, touching and moving performance. It's been here a long time, but please know that you still gladden hearts with it. Warmest wishes 🌹🌹
This and Mahler,s Sym no 1 are two of the greatest composed symphonies of all time, you better believe it!!!!!
I had a great evening with Paavo and DKB in Taipei !!!
Brilliant Brahms
What an introduction to his symphonies! If that doesn't get your attention nothing will.
16:40 Second movement
25:34 3rd movement
Awesome! That timpani opening is truly awesome. I've heard it referred to as the "Telltale Heart" movement.
Concerning the tympani at the opening: Yes, the thumping line of drum-strokes is more prominent than in most performances I have heard, but I think it works well. The tympani (along with double-bass and contrabassoon) provides the only stable line in the orchestra, which is otherwise divided into melodic lines pulling up and down away from each other. Also, I think Jervi's approach is consistent with an increasing awareness that the symphonies of Brahms (and Beethoven) should not sound like chamber music. There is sinewy power in these works, and other conductors have also seen fit to let the music ring out. Yes, there is still a need for restraint, but restraint does not mean stifling the music, and Jervi's interpretation here in no way violates that need. Rather, I think we are merely surprised by the sound he elicits by allowing the music's intrinsic strength to be fully heard. I'd say this is an excellent performance.
I agree completely. What a wonderful comment :)
Steven Tiger You are 100% right, I love this way. Sounds very impresive.
The main problem is that the tympani player is slightly behind the beat during the entire passage.
Your passion for Brahms is a gift from the motherland. Embrace all of your heritages Tiger.
Yes even his smaller orchestra that he worked with for the Beethoven symphonies had all the power I needed.
37:13 for an absolutely wonderful oboe solo
Really great, exciting performance! Warm strings, energetic rhythms in unforced tempos. Wonderful nuances-the ensemble really breathes together. 😀👍
Without a doubt the most harrowing, ominous introduction I have ever heard. This thunders through my studio!
Glory. Brahms was a true disciple of the Muse. One thing that is so fascinating here, is how the inspiration of the Muse finds expression through Brahms's compositional technique.
Sorry, I spoke (wrote) too soon, before hearing the full symphony performance. Beyond very good, this was a magnificent performance of this great symphony. Bravo! I was thrilled!
Perfection. Thank you for this majestic performance and journey into the genius of Brahms.
Only Brahms could write a piece of music which begins with a sustained crescendo rising up into heaven get with the earthly sounding heavy drumbeat below
Maestro Järvi never disappoints. He asked for a deeply felt, splendid performance, and the Orchestre de Paris rose to the challenge. Bravo indeed!
Yes, I agree. He's a great musician, a great man, and a great conductor. I saw/heard him conduct Sibelius #5 in NYC. When he came out for the encore, somebody yelled, "Play it again!" which would have pleased us all. Jaervi replied, conversationally, "No, it's too long," and then launched into the encore. I'm glad to see him on here. I think he's under-appreciated.
He tells everyone to back off a bit at 15:51 to make the ending more effective and so we can feel that f---ing contrabassoon rattle the f---ing floor.
Has anyone alive ever listened to Brahms's Symphony No. 1 and said, OMG, this is exactly like, or really, really similar to Beethoven's Symphony No. [fill in the blanks}? No? I'm not surprised. Most lay listeners(like me) are in awe of this magnificent piece and, very likely, cannot point to anything Beethovenesque therein. But when it was finally published and played almost a decade later, there were many who called it "Beethoven's Tenth." One can imagine Brahms's disgust & anger with this inane remark. It took Brahms14 years to compose it (! -- 1854-1868) precisely because he wanted to stay AWAY from a comparison of the sort he'd received.
At any rate, I don't think that I'd be erring in naming it one of the world's 15 greatest symphonies, and closer to the top than to the bottom, for sure.
Paavo Järvi's conducting, his precision, tempi, facial expressions, gestures, smiles and frowns, are simply delightful (not to mention his occasional turning of pages of the score --he clearly does not need a score). This was, in my opinion, an outstanding performance and, I guess, Brahms would have been elated to hear it thus played. THANKS!
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I have heard this called Beethovens 10th and it is in the style of that OTHER great. But Brahms is beautiful to listen to also! BRAHMS STANDS ALONE TOO. I loved the opening tympani they are surprising but well done. Thanks for a great listening experience!
My favorite symphony, bar none.
Outstanding performance.
When it comes to Beethoven or Brahms, Paavo Jarvi rules! Wonderful conductor to say the least!
Majestätische Aufführung dieses perfekt konstruierten Meisterwerks mit seidigen Töne aller Streicher, brillanten Töne aller Metallbläser und, vor allem, milden Töne aller Holzbläser. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im angemessenen Tempo mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach erstklassig!
Happy Birthday Johannes. Thanks for musical gifts.
Really excellent. Freshly paced and a rich sound. Top notch! Thank you for uploading.
Love it, strong, special
Exquisite. I really wish the producers of these concerts would allow us to see and feel the completeness of the audience response. That is such a joyous moment. Why cut it off...?
Paavo Jarvi is a great conductor, an inteepretation very good
Delightful!
The timps are a bit hard at the opening, in our concert performance our conductor asked for softer sticks to be used
Ah,but Brahms was trying to awaken Beethoven who was not only deaf but dead.The hard sticks were required.
Excelente interpretación. Gran calidad de la Orquesta de París. Y brillante en la dirección Paavo Järvi, con una exquisita sensibilidad hacia Brahms. Enhorabuena.
I am very happy to watch such gorgeous classic master piece rather than other politics, sports, vlog tubes etc. theses master pieces are real beautiful. they really inspire me while I am down.
The trio in the third movement is so wonderful 27:14
44:50 Everything from here on is the music used in The Defenders during "Take Shelter".
Un capolavoro assoluto della musica!
BRAVO !
Those kettle drums just slay me in the opening. And then this sublime string and woodwind theme. Järvi has the bearing of an aristocrat from the ancien régime. I ADORE BRAHMS. To die for. My soul is wed to this music!
Do you know what happened to the Aristocrats of the Ancien Regime? Perhaps not something look up to
wow.... I get chills at 35:10
It's an Ode to Joy moment. What a beautiful segment!
What an amazing, wonderful first movement...! I couldn't wait to comment.
Never have listened to much classical music.
Brahms was mentioned in a Tom Selleck/Jesse Stone movie I just happened to watch.
Interesting and quite relaxing!
Relaxing?
Music sometimes is like a baby duck who imprints on its mother. The first time you hear a symphonic work that grabs you, you never want to listen to another orchestral/conductor if they can't deliver the original experience. I'm listening to this one for the first time and so far so good. It's the third movement that will make or break it for me......3rd is pretty good.
kowhort... I love your example of being like a baby duck, being imprinted on our first hearing/interpretation!
Usually true, but I must say, Jarvi has won me over on this one. My first was with Furtwangler, and I still love his interpretation, but Jarvi's exuberance in his interpretation has, to me, exemplified Brahms.
It’s of no doubt that Brahms laboured united the enormous shadow created by Beethoven. Weighed down by the expectation someone should come along and move music forward just as he had done. It took twenty years of composition before Brahms released this symphony into the public domain.
He was asked why haven’t you produced a symphony, and his reply was, “how can I Beethoven has composed them all”, but what a first symphony it is. In a style all his own it’s magnificent.
But I feel he needed cathartic release from his predecessor, so imbedded in this wonderful work is a homage to the old master, with a reference to Beethoven’s fifth in the timpani at the end of the first movement, and of course ode to joy in the fourth.
This is a magnificent performance of this symphony, full of the majesty it truly deserves.
Merci pour ce partage. Je redécouvre la beauté de cette symphonie après 30 ans. Il faut dire que Mahler était passé par là et avait tout emporté.
Wow his pacing is uncanny in the finale, especially the coda. Huge intensity but no sign of the train leaving the tracks. Like a Szell-Cleveland performance, but even more so. Bravo indeed!
I’m sure he can rest in peace now after your analysis.
Although not a great fan of Brahms, I love the melody that comes in at 35:12 and again at 38:46 in the 4th movement - many years ago I bought the single 'Musik zum Verlieben' by the Gunther Kallman Choir, which is based on this melody (the flip side, 'Elisabeth Serenade' is based on Ronald Binge's piece). Incidentally, the name Järvi is pronounced YARR-vee, not YAIR-vee as though it were German (or Swedish). In Estonian (as in Finnish) the letter ä is pronounced as in English 'cat', whereas the unaccented a is pronounced as in English 'cart'. Similarly, Arvo Pärt's surname is something like 'parrot'. Presenters on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3 seem unaware of this!
Thanks for this pronunciation guidance - BBC presenters also pronounce "de" in Spanish as though it were French.
I must say that I'm not a huge fan of Brahms' orchestral music, especially the symphonies. Brahms and I did fall out some years ago but if any performance might make me rethink my resolute stance, it's this one. Jarvi, for me, is one of the most versatile and talented conductors around today. And after listening to this and the incomparable Carlos Kleiber, I may be at the point of a Damascene conversion. Better late than never, eh..?
ComposerinUK , Carlos' Kleiber's Brahms symphony 4 is indeed one for the ages. Personally, for this symphony nr. 1, I prefer my vinyl of Vienna Phil and Böhm. Though Järvi is pretty good. For some reason, Brahms is an acquired taste. But I never get tired of listening to Brahms' piano concerto nr 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra and Rudolf Serkin, piano.
I hope so. Jesus may not save you but Brahms just might ☺
It's hard to understand how one could be unimpressed with Brahms and still enjoy the Romantic era of music broadly speaking.
I’m somewhat of the same opinion, although I say it only in hushed tones and in trusted company🤔😉
I have to be “in the mood” to cue it up--but when I’m in the mood, it is, truly glorious.
Me encanta esta sinfonia
Brahms had a way of portraying his tragic life expertly in all his works. I especially love all his symphonies. It's too bad he was such a sad man but the music is gorgeous!
Colleen Stadnick A tragic life? A sad man? Not at all! He had enough money, he had friends and women (secretly, of course!), he could compose freely etc.
@@irmavargas4786 You think so? Yes, he might have had the trappings of success but he was, essentially, a family man who never had a wife or children. Listen to the end of his fourth symphony and tell me that was a fulfilled man...
@@irmavargas4786 With respect, yes, a sad, insecure man. What he did to Hans Rott out of jealousy was unthinkable. I love Brahms' music, but can't help the sour taste in my mouth of him as a person.
And for a completely different "side of Brahms" (just kidding) listen to his two String Sextets and his two String Quintets. The 2nd String Quintet (Op 111) will blow you away!!!
@@irmavargas4786 I have a feeling the original poster is referring to the mutual but unconsummated love Brahms and Clara Schumann bore one another.
Honestly Brahms string chamber music is my biased favorite, but his symphonic works are amazing
Yes, I have to agree with you, Steven---even tho I, too, was at first a bit troubled by the strong sound of the tympani. Rich and full orchestral sound. Overall very good performance. Brahms was among the very top songwriters, too, as well as being so full of heart, so full of soul.
Clarinet solo II mv. 19:25
Clarinet solo III mv 25:37
Brahms symphonies and piano concertos, Sibelius symphony 1 and violin concerto, have not been bettered. I do have some favorite interpretations, but I love most of them. I found the introduction of this one deeply unsettling, which is how it became a favorite.
They are all magnificent masterpieces, I agree. But have you considered Rachmaninoff piano concertos and Beethoven symphonies?
Magnificent...... Superb.
PERFEITO! VIBRANTE EXCELENTE.
What a great conductor. His Sony LVB symphony set is my new favorite. He also places the basses front and center instead of off to the side.
How incredible beginning!
Plus c'est la même chose, plus ça change. My favorite symphony with the different touch of a master.
我一直以为德国3B的音乐一定是柏林爱乐的版本最为权威。勃1我自己一直在听卡拉扬日本LIVE版本，也习惯了柏林爱乐那种工业美感。其实今天是第一次听到巴黎管弦乐团这个版本，出乎意料的好听和对胃口，就个人喜好而言，强弱的变化我更喜欢这个版本。
Cameraman definitely had a crush on that one violinist 😂
Me too.
Absolute music. 14 years in the making. Every note established perfectly for all time.
My favorite one ! bravo !
I love Brahms, Maestro Jarvi and the orchestra, especially in the fourth movement! Thank you! Bravo!
diantre,quelle beauté,Brahms encore et toujours
banging tune mate
Beautiful playing.
Bravo. Bravo. Bravo. Maravilha. Sublime.
How energetic and passionate it is!
It seems as if the soul of Johannes is shouting.
음악들이 좋으네여!!
9:02 I swear I hear choir in that passage.
It does sound that way, but it isn't: I've found this a few times there is a particular balance of instruments and usually it isn't only the result of scoring, but the exact balance/sound/acoustics at the time, which create odd effects like this one.
Superb performance
I love this and also the 4th symphony
Well, the main theme of the finale of the First Symphony is also reminiscent of the main theme of the finale of Beethoven's Ninth, and when this resemblance was pointed out to Brahms he replied that any dunce could see that! In 1876, when the work was premiered in Vienna, it was immediately hailed as "Beethoven's Tenth"!
I love that drumbeat at the start - it sounds like Thor's hammer beating on the world!!
Brahms è la mia vita!!!
15:32 That rhythm going through the bass, e.g. tympani - the theme of Beethoven's 5th. I've heard this symphony loads of times, but I'm too stupid to have observed this until now.
+mdphdguy1 It would be a bit unfair to monopolise on a simple rhythm... otherwise not many pieces of music would get written!!
if u read the score, u would immediatelly notice that. actually the whole 1st mvt is comprised of 4 basic motives, everything from the 1st mvt is derived from them. and that beethoven 5 rhythm is one of them.
Took me years to notice it. Brahms is saying, "Hey, I can make my own 4-note things too." I see that as Brahms grabbing the baton of the continuing German music tradition.
I love Brahms. Grand introspective mysterious. Neo- classicism. Andante sostenuto in second movement.
Oh this part 35:11 is just mesmerizing, I adore it so much ❤
Very good performance by Jarvi,my eyes drawn to the very pretty horn player as well,great ending to the symphony bravo.
Yes, they probably just put her there for visual effect.
Love how the principal violist smiles at his stand partner at 5:23 after the conductor gets really into it with them and the cellos.
Great spot
SIMPLY GORGEOUS
Excelent!
Does anyone else consider the violin measures at 23:08 to be some of the most beautiful they've heard?
Stunning
The most beautiful intro
Epic tempo, epic and marvellous. i think this should be what Brahms want. Composers have never written slow music, but only those conductors make it too slow.
I'm not sure I totally agree with that technically, but I agree with the sentiment
Personal notes
4th movement
34:14
45:13
Chrorale
cinematography is excellent