Mahler - Symphony No 4 - Abbado

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    Gustav Mahler
    Symphony No 4
    1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen
    2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
    3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio
    4 Sehr behaglich
    Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
    Lucerne Festival Orchestra
    Claudio Abbado, conductor
    Live recording. Lucerne, August 2009
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  • @cristiandeaconu1185
    @cristiandeaconu1185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen 0:03 - 16:21
    2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast 16:36 - 25:58
    3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio 26:18 - 47:35
    4 Sehr behaglich 47:35 - 57:08

  • @m_bg
    @m_bg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    The almost 40 seconds of silence at the end of the Symphony are sublime. Every performance should end like this, to allow us to fully digest the last notes, before starting to replace it with the clapping noise. Only Abbado was able to achieve it. I miss you so much Maestro.

    • @emmanueldacunha3211
      @emmanueldacunha3211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Absolutely true !!

    • @katrinat.3032
      @katrinat.3032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I strongly agree. We need a few moments to let our emotions peak and release

    • @andeet509
      @andeet509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I so enjoyed that you pointed that out. As a musician myself, I love how he almost seems not to stop directing until he has also digested the music & processed his emotions. He does not simply wave a wand at the end of a piece to bring it to an abrupt end. What a joy it must have been to play for him!

    • @jeffreykalb9752
      @jeffreykalb9752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I suspect they were recording it. Most audiences do not have the self-control to maintain that silence without prior instruction.

    • @guiladkrief4879
      @guiladkrief4879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you will appreciate the defeaning 5 mn of silence after the 9th at the Lucerne festival : th-cam.com/video/81AFdWXLNCU/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1.

  • @pasage2005
    @pasage2005 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This symphony saved me. Listening to this symphony gave me the courage to remember to keep going in the tough times I've encountered so many times in my life. Thank you Mahler. Thanks Abbado.

    • @TheVaughan5
      @TheVaughan5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This symphony made me reassess Mahler. Never been a great admirer but have to admit there’s something very special and unique about this work, absolutely wonderful.

    • @dst0212
      @dst0212 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gott, segne Dich

    • @genevievehugues
      @genevievehugues หลายเดือนก่อน

      Elle est très drôle pleine de suspense comme la vie. Un peu single aussi

    • @wolfie71231
      @wolfie71231 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ditto.

  • @user-zy4no8if7b
    @user-zy4no8if7b 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    0:00 1st mvt - Bedächtig, nicht eilen (slowly, without rushing)
    sonata form; in a neoclassical style except for the complex development section
    16:36 2nd mvt - In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (moving at a leisurely pace, without haste)
    scherzo and trio; scherzos show Death playing the fiddle, while trios sound like the Ländler folk dance
    26:18 3rd mvt - Ruhevoll, poco adagio (tranquil, a little slowly)
    double theme variations + coda; theme A and theme B alternate with different variations
    47:35 4th mvt - Sehr behaglich (very comfortable)
    strophic variations; verses from mahler's song Das himmlische Leben interspersed with refrains to the 1st movement

  • @christopherdandeker6122
    @christopherdandeker6122 8 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    How many conductors must wish they had such wonderful musicians so eager and pleased to play for them as is so clearly demonstrated here.

    • @ilkinond
      @ilkinond 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yes, the much-loved Claudio Abbado certainly had them on his side.

    • @StephenGauger
      @StephenGauger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher Dandeker I

    • @206dvr
      @206dvr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The playing throughout is sublime--despite the histrionics. I don't doubt that the orchestra loved him, too, but I doubt even more that the contrived turbulence and gyrations for the camera have anything to do with that. (Look, for example at 24:09. Good thing we can see both of his hands!) There are some videos I watch with the sound muted. This one, I listen to with the screen minimized. To each his own. And yes, I love the music Claudio Abbado made.

    • @perry1559
      @perry1559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      206dvr There’s nothing wrong with an orchestra getting jazzed up for a great conductor. Bernstein had the same effect I’m sure, to name just one. Unlike some other legendary conductors who were capable of inspiring terror.

    • @douglashott9843
      @douglashott9843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@206dvr Obviously your choice to feel this way. Abbado is the ONLY composer I've ever watched who elicited a smile from a musician playing a complex part of a symphony. For the type of music he helps create I find his gestures endearing and loads of fun to watch. If he didn't adore his orchestras he was the best actor in the history of classical music.

  • @jrthiker9908
    @jrthiker9908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Abbado always got the most flexible phrasing and rubato out of his orchestras without over-conducting, over-controlling. Always organic. He trusted the musicians and they trusted him. He's one of the few conductors who could get a non-Italian orchestra to play with the sunny affekt and rhythmic flexibility that are hallmarks of Italian musicians. His Rossini is unmatched for finding the right balance of speed, poise, lightness, and a singing quality at all times.

  • @Anna-vz5jl
    @Anna-vz5jl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I have had such a hard time lately going through panic attacks and sadness sometimes because of this pandemic im so scared .... i feel worn out latley mentally ... i try to have a positive attitude. Some days as of late have been hard for me . But i know millions of people across the globe are experiencing this to different degrees. Bless everyone 🙏🏻💖🇨🇦 Sending love from Canada. This music is so beautiful so peaceful calming and reminds me of hope and happiness.

    • @balthazarnaylor5874
      @balthazarnaylor5874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You’ll come back on top. We all will.

    • @annaw.354
      @annaw.354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel the same way. And, my name is also Anna.

    • @Anna-vz5jl
      @Anna-vz5jl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@annaw.354 hello Im sorry you to are feeling this way . Two things have changed for me since this time last year . Well what is most important is i have my health for now. Thank goodness. And because my housing situation has not changed i am currently living with my sister and her boyfriend. Its been a incredibly difficult road for me personally speaking . Ive been abused by them emotionally Picked on Put down insulted . Because of the pandemic i have not been working but in order for any situation to improve i may have to go back to work . If there is work for me . To save start saving up some money to have my own place to live thats all i dream about all i need . Is a small apartment. My own peace of mind which in this chaos sometimes i cant hear myself think or breathe . I walk outside to the park . Look at the birds squirrels pray . Psalm 91 Protection Decree. I find that helps a little .
      Sometimes i end up crying alone in my room because of the way my sister treats me . And no . There is no. Where safe i can go because of the pandemic. Unless god
      Forbid a shelter. I always pray please god help me . Sometimes they are nice but the majority of the time they are not. I cant tell my brother and older sister my situation because they are very close to my sister and probably wont believe me . This Christmas will be hard . I love Christmas but to much has happened to me when im around them i now have to pretend to like them i camnot cause any fuss. I reached out to a old friend of mine a few days ago i was desperate. This friend is a doctor . She talked to me he is also a psychologist. Therapist. So kind . He gave me good kind constructive advice i told him a-lot of whats been happening to me . So after a
      After many tears ..he got back to me and recommended me to another Psychotherapist apparently this specific doctor is very good and its very hard to get a appointment with one . In Toronto mental health assistance can be very challenging. I spoke to her yesterday she is so kind . And hopefully in a week or so i can start my therapy with her . Knowing that i have someone to talk to like a professional ( its not a magic Bullet) but helps me feel just a tiny bit im not alone . Just a tiny bit. I also need to do the work to . To move forward “half a block “he said
      I still havent gone to the dentist yet i will the only reason why i have not gone is because of the pandemic. Im double vaxed but still scared terrified of catching it there . I also have to have some blood work done routine blood work anual check up . Im scared because im worried something is wrong with me . I have so much anxiety. Its tiring

  • @charlessiewerdt2832
    @charlessiewerdt2832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Bewunderter, ja geliebter CLAUDIO ABBADO, unübertroffener Interpret der Musik MAHLER's! Ruhe sanft!

  • @spidertube1000
    @spidertube1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    You can see the joy in maestro Abbado's face. Truly a spectacular conductor and a very precise yet musical orchestra. RIP

    • @peterheisler4648
      @peterheisler4648 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Abbado conducted the greatest concert I ever attended with the VPO in the late 1970's.

    • @dough4297
      @dough4297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The best bosses I ever had were people who got me to do my best not because I was afraid of them, but because I was terrified of disappointing them by not living up to the standards they thought I met every day. I loved working for them. I always feel like this must have been what it was like with Abbado conducting.

    • @alfredovianello9818
      @alfredovianello9818 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@peterheisler4648
      Llpp❤❤

  • @jeffreykalb9752
    @jeffreykalb9752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My favorite composer. My favorite conductor. Enough said.

  • @Reckless150681
    @Reckless150681 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    0:15 that look and shared smile says a lot about how much fun they're having playing this. c:

    • @balthazarnaylor5874
      @balthazarnaylor5874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      music is one of the only things that make me hopeful for humanity. too much negativity these days, so I'm really glad to see people genuinely enjoying themselves.

    • @Bakexcake1
      @Bakexcake1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they really emphasized the portamento by sliding up from a different note hahaha

  • @michelangelomattoli109
    @michelangelomattoli109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    00:00 - 1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen
    16:35 - 2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
    26:15 - 3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio
    47:35 - 4 Sehr behaglich

    • @docbailey3265
      @docbailey3265 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      - 1 With apathy and fatigue
      - 2 In turmoil, slightly bumfuzzled.
      - 3 Questioning reality, meaning, and causation
      - 4 Withering contempt for audience

  • @Tuxedo2680
    @Tuxedo2680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    First time I listen to Mahler's 4th. The 3rd movement finale is nothing short of heavenly.

    • @noradosmith
      @noradosmith 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes. That movement I think is possibly Mahler's most beautiful. I have found myself crying listening to it more than with any other piece of music

    • @dough4297
      @dough4297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Over time it became my favorite part of this symphony.

  • @StephenZradicka
    @StephenZradicka 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Incredible Performance!! What a Beautiful voice she has as well!
    Praise the Lord for such talent they’ve all been blessed with. 🙏🏻

  • @GoOKuSj33
    @GoOKuSj33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    The most light-hearted Mahler symphony ever.

    • @abdullutfi7748
      @abdullutfi7748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      is as big as Beethoven's biggest & final symphony....

  • @dyuan
    @dyuan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I love how pleased of the orchestra's playing the conductor is.

    • @kerencanelo8580
      @kerencanelo8580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I first understood something that i liked more than the real meaning of the coment. I understood that the orquesta is playing the conductor and not the reverse and i fixed my attention to why you said that crazy phrase and i really lautgh looking at the poor Abbado dancing "forced" by the orchestra....

    • @dyuan
      @dyuan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kerencanelo8580 I meant he likes how they're playing

    • @reginayang537
      @reginayang537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s also why I love Abbado! : )

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@reginayang537 He looks frail here and must be near the end of his journey, but oh, how the music inhabits him and lights him from within. He is very near his God, and his God is music.

    • @FCarraro1
      @FCarraro1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Everyone should be pleased, I think. This Mahler cycle with Abbado and LFO might just be the greatest work of art ever witnessed in the history of music. I have worked with great conductors in my career, but I would exchange almost all of that for having the chance of being part of it....

  • @bdavis7981
    @bdavis7981 7 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    The energy is amazing. With some other groups and conductors, the music just lays there. Here, it's a life force. I love how Abbado doesn't break the spell after the last notes. He was so in sync with Mahler. He understood. Clearly the finest Mahler conductor.

    • @paulwagner688
      @paulwagner688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Watch his Mahler 9. He holds the audience for almost 5 minutes after the end.

    • @chulight
      @chulight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sleep well!

    • @karlheinzkirchmann6469
      @karlheinzkirchmann6469 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mahler lets you a wide range of interpretation. There doesnt exist "the only one". Abbado is one of the Mahler Connaisseurs.

    • @erika6651
      @erika6651 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Karajan was extraordinary as well.

    • @mcbigweener
      @mcbigweener ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kubelik is my favorite Mahler conductor tbh.

  • @charlie_charldon
    @charlie_charldon วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mahler had no idea how deep his music would delve into the souls of those who love his music.

  • @johnwestlake208
    @johnwestlake208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    To me the most beautiful symphony of Mahler

    • @didierbordereaux5898
      @didierbordereaux5898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Peut-être la plus poétique, elle vous mène dans les endroits les plus incroyables du paysage de notre âme. Bonne soirée.

    • @user-es5ts7wz7v
      @user-es5ts7wz7v ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too...

    • @edjours45
      @edjours45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Each of his symphonies unfolds its own intrinsic universe, this one being undoubtedly the most "accessible" in terms of its construction and its pure poetry, barely tinged with the usual - and sublime - Mahlerian torments and lyrical flights.

  • @alezev
    @alezev 6 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    The best Mahler's symphony, in my opinion. It's a complete work, with happiness, anger, sadness. It's soft, but heavy too.
    This symphony brings us to greater heights. It's marvelous.

    • @noradosmith
      @noradosmith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      The third movement is one of his best in my opinion. So beautiful.

    • @danbrown4090
      @danbrown4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Concordo assolutamente!

    • @jacksongrant15
      @jacksongrant15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@noradosmith I too think the 3rd movement is absolutely sublime. It's at the very core of the symphony.

    • @HectorGarcia-ho3xe
      @HectorGarcia-ho3xe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      From my point of view I think it's the worst Mahler symphony, steel all Mahler symphonies are brilliant

    • @benedictspinoza1025
      @benedictspinoza1025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's profound, but it doesn't hold a candle to his second, which IMO is akin to Beethoven's 9th at its grasp of everything a symphony could convey.

  • @debradebello3732
    @debradebello3732 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Out of the thousands of performances I've enjoyed, I've never seen musicians have such a good time playing....lovely!

  • @MrBruno7447
    @MrBruno7447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    10:00 - 10:22
    This is what would eventually become Mahler's 5th symphony, 1st movement main theme

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fate itself.

    • @paulwagner688
      @paulwagner688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not surprising since he wrote them concurrently

    • @MaestroTJS
      @MaestroTJS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well...Mahler tended to be self-referential. Some works are more closely related than others (symphonies 2-4 with each other but also with Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 5-7, etc.).

    • @keithyeung9097
      @keithyeung9097 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, it's the same I think

    • @paulwagner688
      @paulwagner688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@keithyeung9097 well you know, heard one Mahler symphony you've heard them all

  • @lzichon
    @lzichon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    It's such a rarity and luxury to have some silence in the end, thanks to the correct gestures of the conductor. The music really needs such a grand pause, but the audience is usually so impatient to show off its presence.

    • @chemprofmatt
      @chemprofmatt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. The silence at the end was, in and of itself, amazing.

  • @markozurak5206
    @markozurak5206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    For fellow Croatian visitors to this channel, this Symphony no. 4 and no.6 were written in Opatija (Abbazia), Croatia when Gustav Mahler and his wife were staying there.

  • @barnabas6391
    @barnabas6391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I feel Mahler's symphonies are not just a piece of music but the whole universe not otherwise experienced and expressed at all. Love this symphony and can't forget this conductor~~

    • @jamesmatthews905
      @jamesmatthews905 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mahler himself felt exactly the same. He actually said so.

  • @barbarabarry3799
    @barbarabarry3799 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Abbado has a wonderful synergy with the orchestra. He shapes phrases with both precision and refinement by the smallest gesture. Beautiful sound in every part of the orchestra, notably fine playing by the oboe, cor inglais, clarinet, horn, harp and all the strings. Thank you for making this performance available.

  • @LBalaur
    @LBalaur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I haven't seen anything complimenting the work of the cameramen and the crew capturing beautiful expressions and the violin waves. This is awesome. Thank you.

    • @appogiatura
      @appogiatura ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes! Terrific camera work. Some of the best I have seen on TH-cam

    • @WalterSAllen
      @WalterSAllen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And how about the orchestra!? I don't believe Maestro Abbado played a single note!

    • @genevievehugues
      @genevievehugues หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @genevievehugues
      @genevievehugues หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @egidiogallina2898
    @egidiogallina2898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Quando ascolti Claudio Abbado come dirige non ascolti una Sinfonia ma una fiaba sinfonica. E un genio...

  • @MarcoPedrazzi
    @MarcoPedrazzi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    It's perfect. Thanks.
    I love, at the beginning, smiley faces of violinists during the "glissando"

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What a great conductor Claudio Abbado was. To think, this is my first time seeing him conduct in a lifetime of listening to great music. And my first time seeing the 4th Symphony of Mahler. New discoveries. He creates a world of its own.

  • @daponte18
    @daponte18 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Absolutely wonderful , inspired performance ! Rest in peace, Mr. Claudio Abbado , you are sorely missed by the classical music world .

  • @briannadonnelly3643
    @briannadonnelly3643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The oboist is absolutely perfect

    • @martin1024
      @martin1024 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brianna Donnelly Its Lucas Navarro

    • @artemisiaartemis9976
      @artemisiaartemis9976 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I totally agree with you Brianna Donnelly !

    • @paulwagner688
      @paulwagner688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Forget about the oboe, what about that horn player?

  • @kaliarecords1511
    @kaliarecords1511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bravo! Riposare in pace, Maestro Abbado. Ci manchi. Grazie mille!

  • @jackhousman6637
    @jackhousman6637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Astounding. These people play like gods. (And they look like they're having the time of their lives.)

  • @grahammorrison2785
    @grahammorrison2785 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love this version. Abbado, his musicians and the singer share the emotion of the piece.

  • @TahseenNakavi
    @TahseenNakavi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There is no doubt that Abbado's contributions to the music of Mahler leave him among my top ten Mahler interpreters!

  • @dennyt4520
    @dennyt4520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Beautifully played. The staggering beauty of the last movement brought me to tears. Wonderful rendition of Mahler's best symphony.

  • @fnsurg3395
    @fnsurg3395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the slow movement of this piece might be the most beautiful slow movement mahler has ever written it's incredible

  • @giuseppemariaperego8937
    @giuseppemariaperego8937 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Fantastico! Rest in peace Grande Maestro Claudio Abbado!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie

  • @jihanjoo
    @jihanjoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    17:24 Maestro Abbado's finger flick cue for that pizzicato is very satisfying.

    • @RossiniViolino
      @RossiniViolino 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had an orgasm too

    • @Balfour.
      @Balfour. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      20:07 is cool too :D

  • @ericoschmitt
    @ericoschmitt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    first horn is amazingly precise!

    • @salvatorequaranta8187
      @salvatorequaranta8187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      un certo Alessio allegrini!!il suono più bello di corno che abbia mai ascoltato dal vivo!!

    • @danbrown4090
      @danbrown4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      È bravo davvero!!

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are parts in this symphony where cracks by the horn section are so common I've almost assumed they were part of the score! It's a weird but pleasant experience hearing it without them.

    • @johnrandolph6121
      @johnrandolph6121 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly my reaction. Amazing playing!

  • @gardenphoto
    @gardenphoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Mahler had a deeper, more ethereal and visceral understanding of the absolute POWER of the double basses in symphonic music than any other composer in history: That incredible despairing passage in the “Ruhevoll” (Peaceful) third movement - beginning at 38:47 - with downward orchestral glissandos... ending with double bass glissandos (at 39:22)... revealing Mahler’s "Demons moving ominously, just beyond the veil of vision"... is one of the most astonishing and thrilling moments in ALL Mahler... and then, almost imperceptibly, we're back in the thoroughly “Viennese” key of G major (39:48)... chills & thrills aplenty! Mike D.

    • @janelahmeyer2014
      @janelahmeyer2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Comes into my head months apart from the heavens. Nothing like it.

  • @mattiacornetti1692
    @mattiacornetti1692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    From 46:35 we can recognise a quiet version of the final piece of 5th symphony adagietto, so elegant and peaceful to satisfy your most cherish need of kindness

  • @katepotter9713
    @katepotter9713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    What I find delightful about Abbado in this is that he knows the music so intimately, conducting by and from his heart.

  • @terrythompson3448
    @terrythompson3448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Beautiful, the highs and the lows. It just sweeps you away down a river of bliss. I felt like jumping to my feet and giving wild applause and shouting "Bravo" when the performance was over.

  • @raymonddooley2623
    @raymonddooley2623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I love the third movement of this symphony. The plucking of the cellos at the beginning is awesome. Something light and cheerful from Mahler for a change.

  • @karloslargeros
    @karloslargeros ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Un grand moment de ce festival. Dans ses dernières années, Abbado a donné à entendre de merveilleux Bruckner et Mahler.

  • @perry1559
    @perry1559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That’s one fine sounding orchestra for a Festival group. They’ve all probably played this symphony a couple dozen times times. And it never gets old.

    • @furdiebant
      @furdiebant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It seems this orchestra consisted mostly of an orchestra called the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, which was set up with the assistance of Abbado. So it’s not a festival orchestra in the truest sense (ie it’s not entirely ad hoc / a collection of players from various orchestras)

    • @badhairdye
      @badhairdye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lucerne Festival Abbado's summer orchestra. He chose the players, most of whom had played with him various places, orchestras, etc.

    • @phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885
      @phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s so happy it makes the whole orchestra happy too.

  • @pablocasasnovas1064
    @pablocasasnovas1064 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A performance for the ages, captured lovingly by this recording. Beauty so inexpressible it brings one to tears. Maestro Abbado, you will forever be remembered and so will the Lucerne Festival orchestra for this sublime work of art!!

  • @donlakakwaaijazz5220
    @donlakakwaaijazz5220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My Favourite and the first i have ever heard of Mahler, and i was hooked on his 9 symphonies, incredible how he uses tonality and atonal in his compositions

  • @flutepilot
    @flutepilot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the way he 'sucks the air out of the room' withe violins after the big oboe solo in the slow movement. My impression of any recording of this symphony is what the conductor does with with that 5 minute or so section from the oboe solo to the end of the second descent into hell. I could listen to this section of this recording forever and never get enough.

  • @giginorman1955
    @giginorman1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the final movement.
    I'm ready to eat fresh
    vegetables, and the joy of
    being in heaven.

  • @jenyk13
    @jenyk13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This performance by Magdalena Kozena is extraordinary. We listened to it many times after our discovery yesterday. Thank you.

  • @danbrown4090
    @danbrown4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    La IV di Mahler è, per me, uno dei 10 brani più belli di sempre!

  • @luismatos1359
    @luismatos1359 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    EXCELLENT... the perfect combination: MAHLER and Abbado.. Los mejores !!! Mahler... lo más grande

  • @billgrange3189
    @billgrange3189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mahler's 4th conjures up a journey through a magical (and happy) world.

  • @MD-md4th
    @MD-md4th 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a deceptively dark, unsettling work. The third movement is magnificently expressive, with the lush, elegiac opening leading to disturbing visions of the abyss ( 39:10 ) juxtaposed against Loony Tunes ( 41:35 ). And the finale. There’s more to this than the innocent ramblings of a child. More like a starving child dreaming of plenty, leading to the muted, nihilistic final harp notes. The soloist’s sometimes blank, sometimes intense expressions are fitting.

  • @user-sd3ni4fi9x
    @user-sd3ni4fi9x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow .. that final 5 or 7 seconds of silence was the most moving part of this sympony!!

  • @andreaanastasia8750
    @andreaanastasia8750 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My father used to love this beautiful Simphony so much and now every time i do listen to it i see him sitting on the couch

  • @danbrown4090
    @danbrown4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Niente di più gratificante per i musicisti del sorriso del Maestro Abbado...grande come Von Karajan e Bernstein!!

    • @molebasic
      @molebasic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toscaninni goes first and the the others follow like sheeps

  • @yuzhanglin5893
    @yuzhanglin5893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I feel connected to the universe when listening to the third movement.

  • @erosmangiaracina3239
    @erosmangiaracina3239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Straordinario Abbado, grande intensità esecutiva e senza l'ausilio della partitura. Eccezionale esecuzione e futura memoria.

  • @user-dg7gn4qk1y
    @user-dg7gn4qk1y 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The very first classical music i was ever introduced to was Mahler's 4th. It, and now all of the Great maestro's symphonies music are religion to me. He now plays for the heavens.
    My hats off to the happy conductor and musicians, this was a 10. Blessings

    • @oleflogger6828
      @oleflogger6828 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Congratulations, Robert. You are now directly connected to the Heavens. I especially enjoyed the singing of Magdalena Kožená. I think this piece suits a Mezzo Soprano much better than a Soprano. It needs that mezzo power. I first heard it 40-50 years ago, and Frederica von Stade, the great Mezzo Soprano of the 80s (and, even today here in Alameda, CA), sang it, under Maestro Abbado with the Wiener Philharmoniker. We lost that great Mahler interpreter 4 years ago.

    • @markanderson6707
      @markanderson6707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My introduction came w/ Mahler's 1st, 50 years ago on my 18th birthday. It was a gift from my mother. She knew exactly what she was doing. All these years later, Mahler still lives in me. What a gift!

    • @normanmiller1059
      @normanmiller1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      D. Milhaud symphony n3o

  • @AFSSSDF
    @AFSSSDF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A música de Mahler é inexplicável, transcende o entendimento. É uma espécie de conexão temporária com o divino, com algo que atinge em cheio nossas almas. Obrigado Mahler! E obrigado grande Abbado!

  • @claudiosironi7591
    @claudiosironi7591 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The musical concentration of Maestro Claudio Abbado at the end of the performance takes your breath away. My highest respect .

  • @nynms203
    @nynms203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Anybody else catch that No. 5 opening trumpet solo motif at 10:00 - 10:20?

  • @alicebui5285
    @alicebui5285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Splendide, ce merveilleux concert a une Âme celle du Grand Abbado !! Comme il nous manque 💕💕😭😭

  • @luigicervaro3910
    @luigicervaro3910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tutte le gioie e i tormenti dell'uomo contemporaneo risuonano in questa sublime sinfonia, in cui i temi si inseguono sorgendo uno dall'altro. Un grazie immenso al grandissimo Abbado che tutti rimpiangono per la sua maestria e per la contagiosa simpatia. Non so quante diverse emozioni mi ha suscitato questa multiforme sinfonia, trascinando mi in un'aura di paradiso. Luigi Cervaro

    • @valeriabucci9048
      @valeriabucci9048 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luigi Cervaro descrizione perfetta...bellissima

  • @mark-shane
    @mark-shane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great to see Claudio Abbado enjoying the performance so much !

  • @davidpark5840
    @davidpark5840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Maestro Abbado, Sie fehlen mir.

    • @SerafiaOttilia
      @SerafiaOttilia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mir auch ❤

    • @GiovanniPunzi
      @GiovanniPunzi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Y

    • @docbailey3265
      @docbailey3265 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ja.

    • @docbailey3265
      @docbailey3265 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see that same cute violist with the pixie haircut and the small nose all over TH-cam.

  • @antonycooke6402
    @antonycooke6402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a wonderful performance-wonderful musicians, wonderful conductor, wonderful singer. Mahler at its best. Yet again from this group of extraordinary people.

  • @sidineibroering6300
    @sidineibroering6300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The best Mahler Symphony!Abbado is perfect like always!!

  • @carlosrevueltamarti7392
    @carlosrevueltamarti7392 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Las grabaciones de Abbado de las sinfonías de Malher en los festivales de Lucerna quedaran en el recuerdo eternamente.

  • @user-ej1ym7jd5q
    @user-ej1ym7jd5q 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Аббадо, низкий Вам поклон!
    Оркестр как единое целое.
    Вдохновенное
    состояние души рождает эта музыка и её превосходно е
    исполнение! ❤❤

  • @jackbigbug
    @jackbigbug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    la direzione del grande maestro sublima con la più appropriata delle interpretazioni lo spirito della quarta, Abbdo fine e sensibilissimo uomo.Immensa l'arte Sua.

  • @bernardkanejr5005
    @bernardkanejr5005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sublime. So beautiful. My absolute favourite symphony by Mahler. If there is a heaven, this is its music.

  • @pierredomjunior
    @pierredomjunior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vous nous manquez tellement M. Abbado!

  • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
    @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Gran orquesta, gran director (RIP), e inmenso genio (Mahler)

  • @matiasazpurua
    @matiasazpurua ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Maestros como Abbado no deberían morir nunca... Increíble todo lo que toca lo convierte en oro 🥇

  • @normhall1622
    @normhall1622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This transfixes me every time I hear it. My favorite before was Szell/Raskin. This performance takes me to a different world - a different place. I love Abaddo and his music.

    • @jackarcher7495
      @jackarcher7495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My own favorite is the Szell/Raskin. I listened to it just the other day. It is the only recording of the 4th in my too-large collection. But I agree that this is outstanding, that it does exactly what you say. Abbado was -- no, is -- a very great Mahler conductor.

    • @furdiebant
      @furdiebant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just posted that the Szell version is also my favourite! He and Cleveland made many brilliant recordings

  • @lexgutierrez57
    @lexgutierrez57 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Spectacular performance and historic

  • @johannespetereit9027
    @johannespetereit9027 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phänomenale Aufführung von Mahlers 4. Sinfonie, die für mich immer ein Schattendasein geführt hat. Völlig zu Unrecht! Diese Musik ist leidenschaftlich bis zerstörerisch, poetisch, melancholisch, fröhlich und religiös. In Mahlers Musik steckt immer das Ganze. Jetzt habe ich es auch in seiner 4. entdeckt. Danke für diese wunderbare Musik!

  • @paulaandreaacostajacome1456
    @paulaandreaacostajacome1456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this symphony, it's beautiful

  • @marazulization
    @marazulization 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Every time that I see this concert I cry, it's amazing how beautiful MAESTRO ABADO, feels by the end! It's impossible not to get the feeling of heaven! Perfect thank you for posting!

  • @ojbk
    @ojbk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    **第一乐章:缓慢地**
    在这个乐章中,乐曲犹如一位沉思的智者,缓步而行,不急不躁,仿佛在思考着生命的奥秘。管弦乐团扮演着探寻真理的角色,它们的音符在空气中轻轻摇摆,仿佛在追寻着一束微弱的光芒,那是智慧的灯塔。每一个音符都像是一颗闪烁的星星,照亮着前行的道路,引领着我们进入内心的深处。
    **第二乐章:缓慢流畅,从容勿急**
    这一乐章宛如一位悠闲的游客漫步在田园般的风景中。乐曲的旋律轻盈优雅,像是一幅优美的画卷,描绘着大自然的宁静和美丽。弦乐器和木管乐器仿佛是草地上婉转的风声和鸟儿的啁啾,它们轻轻低语,吟唱着大地的恬静,带给我们心灵的宁静与舒适。
    **第三乐章:宁静,稍慢柔板**
    这一乐章让人感受到一种庄严肃穆的氛围,仿佛是一场虔诚的宗教仪式。乐曲中的音符仿佛是教堂钟声,在空中回荡,唤起内心的敬畏和虔诚。管弦乐团扮演着神圣的仪仗队,他们庄严而恭敬地演奏着,带领着我们穿越时空,来到心灵的圣殿,与神灵相会。
    **第四乐章:温和舒适**
    最后一个乐章就像是一场欢快的聚会,欢笑声和笑语在空中回荡。乐曲的节奏明快,旋律欢快轻快,像是一群欢乐的孩子在花园里奔跑嬉戏。管弦乐团仿佛是一群热情洋溢的朋友,他们共同演奏着,分享着彼此的喜悦和快乐,让我们沉浸在音乐的海洋中,尽情享受生命的美好。

  • @wreckercookingchannel5473
    @wreckercookingchannel5473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t really put a finger on it, but I think that this symphony is Mahler’s best work.

  • @beatrixvantil8623
    @beatrixvantil8623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magdalena Kozena is wonderful ♥

  • @Artist_Aejoo
    @Artist_Aejoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for uploading the video ❤

  • @christianremygressier6084
    @christianremygressier6084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Merci Mr Mahler et Mr Abado admirable.

  • @rel375
    @rel375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Genius is a small word to describe Maestro Abbado. What kind of brain made him able to memorize the
    nine big and complicated Mahler's symphonies and conduct them (without score) with such brilliancy ? I think Mahler himself couldn’t do it. RIP Great Maestro Abbado.

    • @chulight
      @chulight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mahler always conducted from score.

    • @FCarraro1
      @FCarraro1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you understand music so deeply, to conduct it by heart it's actually the least challenging thing.
      Anyone can conduct by heart with some practice. To be like Abbado, 100 lives are not enough.

  • @cynthiapost5849
    @cynthiapost5849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful symphony...Mr. Abbado allowed its last notes to linger so the audience could savor them that much more❤️🎼

    • @aktoemam4
      @aktoemam4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nell'Empireo inter deosdeasque con Bernstein e Haitink

  • @guymahler4227
    @guymahler4227 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a so beautiful symphony .. it s so touching with C. Abbado as conductor in his favorite festival, in one of his last apparitions... I miss you dear C. Abbado..

  • @azitamonget1
    @azitamonget1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Grand Maestro Claudio Abbado, que votre âme repose en paix

  • @tvanya
    @tvanya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh, Abado. It is too late to late to praise. He was a unique conductor, with through understanding Mahler. Nobody and no other orchestra come even close to this jewel of performance.

    • @charlessiewerdt2832
      @charlessiewerdt2832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are right, except for one another performance by Claudio Abbado, the one he did with the Vienna Philarmonic together with the soprano Frederica von Stade around 1978. This rendition is the perfect expression of Mahler's symphonic art, specially the interpretation of the sublime third movement's ending.

  • @OmarFernandesAly
    @OmarFernandesAly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful concert with a sublime 4th movement. Thank you very much!

  • @user-sf3nh7lf1t
    @user-sf3nh7lf1t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    日本のオーケストラに欠けている一つはこの豊かな表現力であると思います。
    音楽の持つ愛情表現を皆が共有しているこの演奏は本当に嬉しく思います。
    今は亡きアバドの偉業!

  • @rpkrauss1
    @rpkrauss1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a wonderful performance ..!! Thank You for sharing this masterpiece..

  • @juergensteiniger5118
    @juergensteiniger5118 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seit ich in den sechziger Jahren Claudio Abbado in Bratislava als Dirigent erleben durfte, habe ich seine Karriere mit Aufmerksamkeit beobachtet. Welche Sympathie strahlte er aus! Dankbar bin ich für seine Interpretationen der Sinfonien Gustav Mahlers. Er hat uns damit ein großartiges Geschenk hinterlassen. Danke!

  • @akselx
    @akselx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply magical and transformational. Especially the adagio, with its subtle modulations in the end, from E to C, and then up to D.

  • @bobnrainy
    @bobnrainy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolute perfection!