George Enescu - Study Symphony No.1 in D-minor (1895)
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George Enescu (19 August 1881, Liveni -- 4 May 1955, Paris) was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.
Work: Study Symphony No.1 in D-minor (1895)
Mov.I: Maestoso 00:00
Mov.II: Andante scherzando 13:24
Mov.III: Scherzo 26:36
Mov.IV: Allegro con fuoco 31:43
Orchestra: Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Horia Andreescu - เพลง
The young Enescu was fascinated by Richard Wagner's creations!
Most of his compositions were powerful, monumental and demanded a lot from the philharmonic orchestras that performed them! I am proud as a Romanian to have had such a genius composer!
I remember hearing this on this channel several years ago and remembered the picture. I recently thought of it again and searched and searched for about 45 minutes and finally FOUND THIS GEM AGAIN!
He wrote this when he was 14. Unfair.
Good for him!
Apparently a 14 year old with more talent in his little pinky than most mortals. Awesome work.
I'd always thought of Enescu as a "light" composer, but this symphony places him among the big league, for melody, orchestration, depth and variation. Shades of Brahms, Mendelssohn and even Tchaikovsky in places. Great stuff!
I've gone through the same process. I've played the Romanian Rhapsody plenty of times, and that was how I saw Enescu. He grew to hate the piece, because it was the only piece of his anyone wanted to hear. He wrote quite a few light pieces, but he also wrote a substantial amount of powerful and innovative music. I've spent years getting to know his five mature symphonies thoroughly, and I would claim that this is the greatest symphonic set of the century. His second piano quartet, piano quintet and second string quartet are all masterpieces. He also wrote the first spectral piece--in the nineteen teens!--and one of the first masterpieces of microtonal music. His first and third orchestral suites are magnificent. His Octet is one of the most brilliant works of its kind ever written. His two last completed song cycles are masterpieces. And he wrote one of the greatest operas of the century.
@@franklincox9508 I wholeheartedly agree! Another underrated favourite of mine is his Sonata in F minor Op. 26, for cello and piano. Also written at a very young age (he was 16 I believe); the piece was later bundled with the sonata in C and assigned the higher Op number. It's not his most complex or virtuouse work by far, but so full of character and quite unique in my view.
@@heikomankin3410
Yes, that's a very fine piece. My favorite works of his, though, tend to come later, although there are masterpieces throughout his output.
I was iffy about many of his works, but my resistance is collapsing. It's often hard to make sense of the whole through the forest of details. But pretty consistently the breakthrough comes through listening to performances by Romanian musicians. There are a decent number of very fine recordings of his symphonies, but Lawrence Foster's version of the first three still is my favorite. He keeps his focus unerringly on the whole, while bringing out a rich forest of details at all times. (Ruzicka also did outstanding recordings of the last two symphonies). Luckily, the symphonies are finally being performed by a wider circle of orchestras--thank goodness for the Enescu Festival!
Have you heard this recording of his Second Cello Sonata?
th-cam.com/video/s1PSRQf03ns/w-d-xo.html
00:00, I. Allegro moderato ed amabile
10:08, II. Allegro agitato, non troppo mosso
16:12, III. Andantino cantabile, senza lentezza
22:44, IV. Final a la roumaine. Allegro sciolto
Laura Buruiana, Cello Martin Tchiba, Piano
I've heard about six different interpretations, but this one seems to get it about perfectly. I'm hoping to perform this piece next year or so.
Thank you, my fellow Romanian always in our hearts.
Love the lesser-known composers. Makes you wonder why more people don't know about them. Thanks!
+Matthew Klauber because his from Romania.. if he was German, he would have been world wide
Well, it's certainly true that the First World countries systematically ignore the cultures of the Global South. Eastern European music is a partial exception, and many composers from that area are very well known, from Chopin and Tchaikovsky to Stravinsky and Bela Bartok. There are excellent composers from other parts of the world, like Silvestre Revueltas or the Turkish Five, who are slighted to an even greater degree than the Eastern Europeans. Nonetheless, your point is well-taken, and it would be certainly harder for a Romanian to become well-known than a German.
Enescu lesser known? I came here by random, redirected from some Polish composer video and even I know him :)
If more people knew about them, they wouldn't be lesser known.
I know. Tired of hearing Beethoven overplayed!
I played the viola for strings orchestra at 13-14yrs old for school, learning to read the notes was not easy...so it's wow he actually wrote music at 14 yrs old!
At the age of only 14 years he composes the symphony of the destiny of the Romanian people! Minut 7:35
Written at age 14? Impressive. At age 14 I was still learning to play the trumpet.
He was a LESSER KNOWN GENIUS....
Wish I saw kids that age creating stuff like this., now.
Unfortunately it seems to me that if Enescu had been German or Italian it would be more remembered today.
Exactly!
He's a hidden gem.
Eres quien creo que eres? Si es así, que coincidencia xD
He was romanian and he was proud of it.
Racism!
Hi was only 16 years old, when he wrote the 4 study symphonies! I have it all en CD
I always enjoy hearing all the great music that so-called "one hit wonders" like Enescu produce. Funny that none of his symphonies ever made the rounds beyond Rumania and Eastern Europe.
Not funny. Just limited time and resources. But with the advent of the CD revolution, and You Tube, and all those who labor to upload these forgotten treasures, we can now listen to and enjoy what live orchestras have no time to perform, and classical music radio stations cannot be bothered to add to their conservative playlists.
+Leading Leprechaun thank you--I love his work---and I love the rhapsody no 1--but we need to hear his other works too.
Que manera de tener tanta energia. que sinfonia mas dinamica. Bella.
How very beautiful thank you.
Jason Hayes, Tracy W. Bush, Derek Duke, and Glenn Stafford found their inspiration here to compose the Wow ost ! Amazing
Pure talent
Bravoooo!!! And what a finale! Thanks for posting these musical wonders :)
Georges Enesco (en roumain : George Enescu Écouter) est un compositeur franco-roumain1, né le 19 août 1881 à Liveni (Moldavie roumaine) et mort le 4 mai 1955 à Paris 8e. Il fut également violoniste virtuose, chef d'orchestre, pianiste et pédagogue.
And what about the incipit of the symphony and the begining of Across the Stars: Love Theme from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones? For me it's pretty obvious.
Enescu copied from the SW OST! What a loser!
Marian, you are biased, you are Rumanian! ;)
George Enescu has died in 1955,at this time the idea of Star Wars movies don't exist.
+Alpha Boss (Alph43oss) ur idiot
@@vhvalheaven615 This is something called sarcasm.
Wow!!!! I love
Wow!!!! I love
maravilloso y genial
Was für ein Landsmann ist Endschalldämpfer? Ein schönes Werk! Rolf
Very impressive - written as 16 years old ?
14!
Superb.
Gran bel lavoro.
Composée à 14 ans ? beau talent ! On ne sent pas encore l'influence des thèmes populaires roumains et tziganes dans cette 1ere symphonie. Plutôt l'influence de Brahms.
+classic4ever
Gypsy influences in this composition ?
Jeez, hell no. How can you say this ? This music have nothing in common with gypsy music.
" On ne sent pas encore".... Inca nu se simt influentele temelor populare romanesti si tiganesti in aceasta prima (1ª) simfonie. Mai degraba influenta lui Brahms.
He said that we don't feel romanian or gypsy influences yet in the 1st symphony
Il est difficile de parler d'influences des thèmes populaires roumains (ou tsiganes) dans l'oeuvre d'Enescu, à part peut-être dans les trop célèbres Rhapsodies. L'influence est beaucoup plus intériorisée chez lui; il s'agirait plutôt à mon avis d'esprit ou d'essence roumains (voyez par ex. les "Impressions d'Enfance" pour violon et piano, tout sonne absolument roumain mais il n'y a aucun thème populaire utilisé). Enescu a réalisé une exceptionnelle synthèse entre la musique roumaine et la musique culte occidentale, française ou allemande.
the same old cliché… tziganes. man, take a deep breath and study romanian folklore. all westerners, especially french people think that romanian are roma people or tziganes. how sad is this…
Are these Enescu's studies, or intended for others to study and learn from? This has every bit the detail and breadth and depth of so many accepted-into-the-canon works!
Wow, does anyone else think that the part at 00:10 and kefka's theme from Final Fantasy 6 sound remarkably similar?
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And it sounds very close to Dvořák
Enesco belongs to that category of comooser of the late XIXth and begginning of XXth centuries that plaznned to use folkloric music to renew the musical language. In most cases, thi eir reformes were quite superficial, so they were superseded by Bartok and,to some extent, the rite os Spring and Noces by Stravinsky. Nevertheless, these composers should not be forgotten. Here, we have a very beautiful symphony by the Romanian composer George Enesco.
You consider Romanian Rhapsody superficial, especially the one conducted by Celi? If that so. Then you do not have any rights to call you self a knowledge of great classical music.
Note phrase "so-called" in quotes. How many can name anything Enescu wrote beyond his Rhapsodies? Let alone have actually heard anything else? Even Ravel could be called a one-hit wonder because not many outside the classical world know anything he wrote but "Bolero." And that primarily thanks to the movie 10. How many knew Mozart beyond "Eine Kleine" before Amadeus?
+slothropgr The past year I quit listening to WSMR-FM, the classical music station of Sarasota, because, even though it played several symphonies every day, it never played a single one of the ten symphonies of Enescu. IDIOTI!
+Juan Jose Morales And not just Enescu! The list of composers of whom they played only one or two works would include many people who have a lot of TH-cam videos dedicated to them.
Plese note also the opera "OEdip king" and other at least 50 musical pieces (several types: symphonies, etc).
@@belianis Since this was posted three years ago I hope you've returned to WSMR-FM. Where else in the Tampa Bay area are you going to hear anything classical? My big gripe with that station is they are stuck in the "Classical" and Baroque periods. Every other piece they play is by a composer from one of those periods. They'll play a short piece by someone like Chopin and then follow it by another Handle or Vivaldi symphony. They do this over and over every day. Sometimes late at night, they'll be more adventurous or inclusive.
Enescu's "légende" is part of the trumpet standard repertoire
from 6.00 min is my favourite ...
7:40
1:03-1:10 Star Wars : The Force Awaken?? 😉
Wouldn't have been the first thing Williams lifted for Star Wars...
Why are this and his 4th symphony referred to as "study symphonies?"
Maybe composed during his university studies?
Sounds like sketches from his adolescent years that he orchestrated throghout his adult years.
Since,in my opinion Enescu's symphonies like this can be compared whit bhetowen 5th symphony.
Its sad that my country don't promoted these song in world because of coruption.
Este trist că Romania nu promovează aceste melodii în lume din cauza corupției.
@@andreiduta3711 păi,cine pe cine corupe?mai în clar nu se poate?domnule aveți "tăria opiniunilor"dumneavoastră.
The start sounds alot like a piece from the Jurassic Park soundtrack.
WellOfWisdom Jurassic Park?! It's more like Wagner then some of Beethoven's 9th symphony, then there is some of Mahler if I'm not wrong.
Alexandru Gheorghe Yes, Jurassic Park - have you not heard the soundtrack? Obviously, I'm not saying that this copies Jurassic Park, I'm saying that this piece influenced the soundtrack.
I know you don't say Enescu copy this melody,but like an evidvidence of this,Enescu has died in 1955,when jurassic,or star wars ideas for movies don't exist.
you are rigth
He must have gotten his inspiration from Star Wars.
Enescu died in 1955 😅
@@constantinart.426 Sarcasm ???
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