Majestätische und wunderschöne live Aufführung dieser spätromantischen und perfekt komponierten Sinfonie mit herrlichen Stimmen aller genialen Solisten und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichenten Chors sowie farbenprächtigen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im lebhaften Tempo und mit möglichst effekiver Dynamik. Wunderbar vom Anfang bis zum Ende!
Gwyneth Jones and Arleen Auger giving just stunning renditions of those cruel soprano parts with dozens of high Cs in the first movement. truly magnificent performance of the first movement in particular. love how forward the organ is as well, some textures in the piece don't cohere if the organ isn't big enough.
the last page of the second part is so superbly built as a massive crescendo it must have been overwhelming in live performance. Haitink did magical things with this piece.
Thanks for your comment. Many only focus on the mishap towards the end, conveniently forgetting what an enormous tour de force this is for especially the soloists. In a live performance anything can go wrong when the voice is under continuous strain, not to mention the mental taxation of memorizing the parts of this monumental score.
You gotta love that opening
Makes you fall right out of your chair am I right?
Imagine hearing that for the first time during the premiere
Was just thinking about Mahler before this was uploaded
Majestätische und wunderschöne live Aufführung dieser spätromantischen und perfekt komponierten Sinfonie mit herrlichen Stimmen aller genialen Solisten und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichenten Chors sowie farbenprächtigen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im lebhaften Tempo und mit möglichst effekiver Dynamik. Wunderbar vom Anfang bis zum Ende!
One of the most sensitive and intelligent readings of this magnificent work. Haitink was truly a genius ... RIP.
Gwyneth Jones and Arleen Auger giving just stunning renditions of those cruel soprano parts with dozens of high Cs in the first movement. truly magnificent performance of the first movement in particular. love how forward the organ is as well, some textures in the piece don't cohere if the organ isn't big enough.
the last page of the second part is so superbly built as a massive crescendo it must have been overwhelming in live performance. Haitink did magical things with this piece.
Thanks for your comment. Many only focus on the mishap towards the end, conveniently forgetting what an enormous tour de force this is for especially the soloists. In a live performance anything can go wrong when the voice is under continuous strain, not to mention the mental taxation of memorizing the parts of this monumental score.
Wonderful
Mahler's music is Heavenly
Klasse
RIP Haitink
Wunderbar!
The symphony of universe.
he he he ha
For a guy (Haitink) who claimed to hold this work in low regard, he certainly didn't show it here!
Godness!
To think that this was written in 3 weeks.
Six weeks.
The Celeste at the end before the chorus sounds odd….