Superbe symphonie très bien écrite impressionnante par rapport à l'âge du compositeur, la fraîcheur d'inspiration est intacte. Merci infiniment pour ce joyeaux.
The conception of this work is almost unfathomable. While Europe was spilling its seed in vain at Donauechingen, Schmitt was composing this dithyrambic, titanic masterpiece.
Florent Schmitt wrte this second symphony during the last year of his life (the first one is a concerting symphony with an outstandingly complex and difficult pino part). He kept almost the same style all his career long - a quillât for some people, a default for some others. If you know his works well, you can even think that the harsh or ironic characteristics of his style are here for sure, but somehow "softened", as if the unavoidable approach of the end pushed him to have a more gentle look upon the world.
While I consider the musical language to be more advanced in the Schmitt compared to the Korngold, there's no question that both symphonies are mid-century masterpieces of the form.
Useless fact: Schmitt I believe lived in Paris and was friends with Delius in the 1880's. I think he made a short score of one of Delius's operas, as did Ravel.
@@marcusrock6800 A Nazi admirer in the 1930s, a music critic who'd shout out his opinion during concerts, even including screaming "Vive Hitler" at a Kurt Weill concert...yeah, Mr. Schmitt wasn't a nice man.
@@marcusrock6800 As is so often the case, the reality is far more nuanced than the dismissive caricature above. florentschmitt.com/2017/01/20/organist-and-music-researcher-guillaume-le-dreau-talks-about-french-composer-florent-schmitts-consequential-work-as-a-parisian-music-critic-1912-1939/
More information about this concert performance is covered in this interview article: florentschmitt.com/2017/11/01/experiencing-florent-schmitts-symphony-no-2-1957-in-concert-an-eyewitness-report-from-london/
@@dacoconutnut9503 -- Oh no...I'm not Annoyed at all! True, I suffer from a personality disorder (it's Mild, though) but do not consider these comments to be Random, but rather provocative. How about you, Cocoanut?
@@dacoconutnut9503 -- Some are, sure. But others are learnéd disquisitions by brilliant scholars. As for others' brief Opinions, I enjoy perusing them....Why would they bother me? Or you??
![Florent Schmitt - Six Pièces Romantiques for Piano, Op. 42 (1901-08) [Score-Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hv4yrVVCMjo/mqdefault.jpg)
Superbe symphonie très bien écrite impressionnante par rapport à l'âge du compositeur, la fraîcheur d'inspiration est intacte. Merci infiniment pour ce joyeaux.
Un de derniers feux de la musique française...
The conception of this work is almost unfathomable. While Europe was spilling its seed in vain at Donauechingen, Schmitt was composing this dithyrambic, titanic masterpiece.
Florent Schmitt wrte this second symphony during the last year of his life (the first one is a concerting symphony with an outstandingly complex and difficult pino part). He kept almost the same style all his career long - a quillât for some people, a default for some others. If you know his works well, you can even think that the harsh or ironic characteristics of his style are here for sure, but somehow "softened", as if the unavoidable approach of the end pushed him to have a more gentle look upon the world.
Reminds me of Korngold's Symphony written a few years prior.
While I consider the musical language to be more advanced in the Schmitt compared to the Korngold, there's no question that both symphonies are mid-century masterpieces of the form.
Perfection!
Useless fact: Schmitt I believe lived in Paris and was friends with Delius in the 1880's. I think he made a short score of one of Delius's operas, as did Ravel.
More information about this music can be found here: florentschmitt.com/2012/09/30/florent-schmitts-valedictory-composition/
His PSALM 47 is a beautiful work. It is a shame that he was not a very nice human being.
how so?
@@marcusrock6800 A Nazi admirer in the 1930s, a music critic who'd shout out his opinion during concerts, even including screaming "Vive Hitler" at a Kurt Weill concert...yeah, Mr. Schmitt wasn't a nice man.
@@markokassenaar4387 Thank you for letting me know.
@@marcusrock6800 As is so often the case, the reality is far more nuanced than the dismissive caricature above. florentschmitt.com/2017/01/20/organist-and-music-researcher-guillaume-le-dreau-talks-about-french-composer-florent-schmitts-consequential-work-as-a-parisian-music-critic-1912-1939/
@@markokassenaar4387 boohoo "he wasn't a nice man". You shouldn't be allowed to open your ass for saying such things.
More information about this concert performance is covered in this interview article: florentschmitt.com/2017/11/01/experiencing-florent-schmitts-symphony-no-2-1957-in-concert-an-eyewitness-report-from-london/
cool
Is going okay! 👌🏻 👌🏻 👌🏻 ❤️🎶❤️
ガーシュインの音楽かと思いました。雰囲気が。。。
music for pantomime
Alex Parkin -- You mean like Noh Theater? Or Kabuki??
@@steveegallo3384 I don't know why are you always responding to random comments in Classical Music videos, but you surely seem to be annoyed...
@@dacoconutnut9503 -- Oh no...I'm not Annoyed at all! True, I suffer from a personality disorder (it's Mild, though) but do not consider these comments to be Random, but rather provocative. How about you, Cocoanut?
@@steveegallo3384 I don't find them provocative at all, for me these comments are just 3-word sentences that sum up an opinion about the piece
@@dacoconutnut9503 -- Some are, sure. But others are learnéd disquisitions by brilliant scholars. As for others' brief Opinions, I enjoy perusing them....Why would they bother me? Or you??