My dad listened to this as a teenager in the 50's when his friends listened to whatever else. He told me that one time he had his record player up so loud that it woke my grandmother up out of her sleep. She came into his room yelling and asking what he was listening to. He thought he was in trouble when in fact she said "That is BEAUTIFUL!" I played it for him when he was on his death bed 15 years ago, now its a permanent part of my life. This is truly the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard!
That's an awesome story. I'm an 18 year old guy. I blast classical music in my car all the time. I get some of the weirdest looks. I wish more people appreciated real music.
I like that in "Im Abendrot", one of his "Four Last Songs", the final words are "Is this, perhaps, death?" - and then he quotes "Death and Transfiguration" to answer the question.
Thank you for this story. I understand. I attended a performance of this at The Kennedy Center a few years ago. I had never felt such rapture until that night.
The orchestra plays this exceptionally well and they are helped by a conductor with an excellent sense for the long line. Whether one considers “Tod und Verklärung” a great work or not, there is no doubt that the climb from the gong at 16:55 to transfiguration at 21:56 is one of the awe-inspiring climaxes in all of music.
For a medium sized orchestra Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen produce a remarkably rich and deep tone which is perfect for this remarkable work. Obviously musicians of a very high caliber. Thanks for such a wonderful performance, and I don't say that lightly because I've heard the finest orchestras in the World play this composition.
This is, to me, the most sublime and greatest of all tone poems. I can only wish that death is as it is depicted in the final glorious minutes of this phenomenal work of music.
"Strauss said to his daughter-in-law as he lay on his deathbed in 1949: "It's a funny thing, Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung." " (from English Wikipedia page for the work)
One of the most incredible things I've listened to--it's well worth the 25 minutes! Never really listened to Strauss before, but now I've discovered another wonderful composer to listen to.
This performance is quite surprisingly OUTSTANDING!!! I would NEVER have thought that a string conglomeration of merely THIRTY-FIVE - 35 (10-8-7-6-4) - people could sound so astonishingly WONDERFUL!!!! I used to hear an orchestra of equivalent size playing live not too infrequently in past decades and even when they boosted their numbers with extra-players to 42 or 44 strings, they didn't sound half as good as this (and they were all professionals)!!! [Thirty-five strings (excluding the harps) surely must be near the chamber-music end for an orchestra (i.e., small). Fifty (50) would be medium, while 60 can be medium-large. To be truly large, you really need 70 or more, 64 is the BARE minimum in that category.] I'm here reminded of a book and TV-series "The Music of Man" written - and hosted - by Sir Yehudi Menuhin from 40+ years ago, where he wrote "I can almost be convinced of the greatness of Richard Strauss' symphonic poems when they're played by a first-class orchestra" of the requisite size (e.g., the Vienna or Berlin Philharmonic). However, "when the size is cut in half &/or the ensemble is not of top-notch quality and size," he thought (I've not read that book in decades!!!) that the pieces would suffer correspondingly. I would have liked him to see and hear THIS performance...
No words to describe such glorious music. A journey to total oblivion of this life and a vision of intense light of life in a distant and eternal land. WONDERFUL !
Eines der besten Musikstücke überhaupt! Sehr bewegend ist der Schluss, als das Verklärungsmotiv leise und feierlich ertönt und zu einem sehr friedlichen Ende ansetzt und die Musik still und leise verklingt, wie ein Mensch, der plötzlich entschläft.
A story goes that when Strauss was on his deathbed, he said to his wife, "It's a funny thing, this is just how I imagined it in Tod und Verklaung" Not a bad ending.
I have collected 4 copies of this, collected over the past 50+ years, and by various orchestras. This is definitely better than those in my collection. I love the pace and precision of the numerous voices of this wonderful piece. Congratulations on a truly great performance!
16:50 -- When I was young and heard this for the first time I figured this was the moment of the soul passing to some other plane. It seems to disappear in a whisper.
I only found it last year and all I can hope for is that I'll still be listening to it in 30 years, such a magnificent ascent at the end. You can't beat that
MUY PERO MUY BUENO, EXCELENTE INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA SINFONICA, MAGISTRAL DIRECCIÓN DE LA BATUTA, BIÉN PERO BIÉN APASIONATTO, COMO SE DÉBE INTERPRETAR ESTA GRAN OBRA DE R. STRAUSS, MUY BUENO.-
Worth it to be the one who hit's the tam tam just right and shifts the mood of a piece from 'death' to 'transfiguration' whilst sending shivers down every spine in the hall.
22:48 Wow, that chord sure does remind me of "Scene d'amour" from Vertigo - same key, and nearly same instrumentation. They say Bernard Herrmann took his cues from Wagner, but apparently some R. Strauss made it in as well!
Check out Ravel's "Rhapsody Español" if you want to so where about a third of Vertigo comes from. (No disrespect to BH, one of the best soundtracks out there, IMO.)
Bernard Herrman was an original and closer to the romantics than Steiner and John Williams but they all borrowed from the great classical masters. Of course Vertigo was his masterpiece and should be played alone in some of the symphony halls.
this is such an indulgent piece from Strauss. Usually he rushes through the motives and themes so fast, always on the run to change the texture and fabric, but with this one and also alpen symphonie, he really took the time to deliver a full blown, sweet and soft melody that actually lasts more than 1 minute, and even builds on it. Impressive
I don't totally agree that Strauss rushed through some of his works; it's all how iti's interpreted by the conductor playing the work. Who's to say a conductor can't take liberties w/ some of the motifs ?
This tone-poem is a masterpiece, and despite good playing and interpretation, Strauss really needs nearly twice as many strings. But given the limitation of smallish string sections, this is nonetheless a most enjoyable and rewarding performance.
@@rickmarti77 It's not quite the sound that Strauss intended, but yes, it is lavish in its way because the string players achieve excellent tone and ensemble. (It's not uncommon for works to get performed by forces diverging anything from slightly, as essentially in this case, to substantially, and achieve a wholly satisfying performance.)
@@bryangl1 It's worth noting that this tone-poem plus its predecessor "Don Juan" both DON'T specify the number of strings (excluding harps) Richard Strauß wanted. Given that he started doing as much with his subsequent works, perhaps he had an experience that changed his mind; yet both these two works remain unspecified to this day (thus possibly implying flexibility for them), over 73 years after his death.
Esta composición hace vibrar lo más profundo del interior de uno, el alma; y deja transcurrir en uno mismo escenas de una vida vivida, con un final conmovedor que pinta lágrimas en los ojos. La interpretación es magnífica!! Gracias por la música Richard Strauss!!
This is Amazing. Great Job!! Now I know where John Williams got his inspiration when he wrote the music to the Superman Theme. Planet Krypton Theme and Superman Love Theme.
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Richard Strauss is one of those rare composers I listen to more out of a sense of obligation as a serious music student than for any love for his music.
that's just saying his music is bad but with extra steps :D Anyway, the ending of this is a little bit rushed imho, this is a fantastic piece you can listen to 100 times once you get it
@@timroebuck3458 It's not like he tried really hard to be popular. His music is one of the most difficult to get into from almost everything I've heard, there's barely any "free" melodies with him and he also makes sure to keep them short hah
A new aspect after Bruckner and Mahler but not so deep made for our century without mystic but full of true feeling like a strugglev against "Schicksal"destiny.
A committed performance of the wonderful Strauss masterpiece but not the greatest string section to do this piece justice and the conductor doesn't always capture the true ebb and flow. Try Toscanini and Karajan.
Explain why. Give any evidence, even if it does not make musical sense.. Don't sound like Donald Trump by lying and keeping lying so much that some people started to believe he was telling the truth.
My dad listened to this as a teenager in the 50's when his friends listened to whatever else. He told me that one time he had his record player up so loud that it woke my grandmother up out of her sleep. She came into his room yelling and asking what he was listening to. He thought he was in trouble when in fact she said "That is BEAUTIFUL!" I played it for him when he was on his death bed 15 years ago, now its a permanent part of my life. This is truly the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard!
That's an awesome story. I'm an 18 year old guy. I blast classical music in my car all the time. I get some of the weirdest looks. I wish more people appreciated real music.
What is your favorite interpretation of this, do you like this one?
I like that in "Im Abendrot", one of his "Four Last Songs", the final words are "Is this, perhaps, death?" - and then he quotes "Death and Transfiguration" to answer the question.
Livingston Honor Band 1975. I actually fell asleep when we were rehearsing this.
Thank you for this story. I understand. I attended a performance of this at The Kennedy Center a few years ago. I had never felt such rapture until that night.
Came from Twoset Violin.
which one? link pls
SAME
2sets violin mentioned this??
ciupenhauer from the top 10 classical music
ciupenhauer from the top 10 classical music
The orchestra plays this exceptionally well and they are helped by a conductor with an excellent sense for the long line. Whether one considers “Tod und Verklärung” a great work or not, there is no doubt that the climb from the gong at 16:55 to transfiguration at 21:56 is one of the awe-inspiring climaxes in all of music.
No live recording is complete without someobe coughing in the background
I always cry at the end, not because its sad but because every melody and
every sound contain the very understanding of existence. Sublime.
hope you finished crying in the meantime
@@horsthornung2424 No. :)
For a medium sized orchestra Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen produce a remarkably rich and deep tone which is perfect for this remarkable work. Obviously musicians of a very high caliber. Thanks for such a wonderful performance, and I don't say that lightly because I've heard the finest orchestras in the World play this composition.
vv
Skill shows
Came from twoset violin to experience death
Same
and did you? has your soul briefly fleeted?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Me too!
This is, to me, the most sublime and greatest of all tone poems. I can only wish that death is as it is depicted in the final glorious minutes of this phenomenal work of music.
It will be better. So beautiful words cannot describe.
"Strauss said to his daughter-in-law as he lay on his deathbed in 1949: "It's a funny thing, Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung." " (from English Wikipedia page for the work)
One of the most incredible things I've listened to--it's well worth the 25 minutes! Never really listened to Strauss before, but now I've discovered another wonderful composer to listen to.
This performance is quite surprisingly OUTSTANDING!!! I would NEVER have thought that a string conglomeration of merely THIRTY-FIVE - 35 (10-8-7-6-4) - people could sound so astonishingly WONDERFUL!!!! I used to hear an orchestra of equivalent size playing live not too infrequently in past decades and even when they boosted their numbers with extra-players to 42 or 44 strings, they didn't sound half as good as this (and they were all professionals)!!!
[Thirty-five strings (excluding the harps) surely must be near the chamber-music end for an orchestra (i.e., small). Fifty (50) would be medium, while 60 can be medium-large. To be truly large, you really need 70 or more, 64 is the BARE minimum in that category.]
I'm here reminded of a book and TV-series "The Music of Man" written - and hosted - by Sir Yehudi Menuhin from 40+ years ago, where he wrote "I can almost be convinced of the greatness of Richard Strauss' symphonic poems when they're played by a first-class orchestra" of the requisite size (e.g., the Vienna or Berlin Philharmonic). However, "when the size is cut in half &/or the ensemble is not of top-notch quality and size," he thought (I've not read that book in decades!!!) that the pieces would suffer correspondingly. I would have liked him to see and hear THIS performance...
No words to describe such glorious music. A journey to total oblivion of this life and a vision of intense light of life in a distant and eternal land. WONDERFUL !
21:44 to the end is an ending with which only Mahler's 2nd symphony is comparable.
Eines der besten Musikstücke überhaupt! Sehr bewegend ist der Schluss, als das Verklärungsmotiv leise und feierlich ertönt und zu einem sehr friedlichen Ende ansetzt und die Musik still und leise verklingt, wie ein Mensch, der plötzlich entschläft.
One of the most moving pieces ever composed.
A story goes that when Strauss was on his deathbed, he said to his wife, "It's a funny thing, this is just how I imagined it in Tod und Verklaung" Not a bad ending.
Actually it was his daughter-in-law
Violin allstate
1st excerpt starts at 10:45
2nd excerpt starts at 14:08
might be a little off on these...
THANK YOU I needed this😭🙏🏼
I have collected 4 copies of this, collected over the past 50+ years, and by various orchestras. This is definitely better than those in my collection. I love the pace and precision of the numerous voices of this wonderful piece. Congratulations on a truly great performance!
oh man Since you like this so much, wanna sell me the other copies? :)
A wonderfully moving final crescendo into the Transfiguration. Bravo! Bravo! Excellent performance!
16:50 -- When I was young and heard this for the first time I figured this was the moment of the soul passing to some other plane. It seems to disappear in a whisper.
This is the most beautiful work in the history of music. This is what I want to hear when I know I’m dying.
I just listened to Wagner's Prelude And Liebestod, and now this. All I can say is - the German's really know how to kill a guy.
ayay 14:40 is pure magic, french horns' triumph
absolute masterpiece! I think I listened this beautiful music in more than 30 years a hundred times, and its always perfect.
I only found it last year and all I can hope for is that I'll still be listening to it in 30 years, such a magnificent ascent at the end. You can't beat that
Ling Ling plays this piece by heart.
who gives a rat's ass?
What a terrific performance! A wonderful musical experience. Thanks so much.
....All notes shine in this splendid interpretation...
Small string section but they really play. Beautiful performance.
extroverted as our time!
Very small. Three stands of cellos? Four stringed basses? Yes, the balance in the hall couldn't be right, when compared to the rest of the orchestra.
MUY PERO MUY BUENO, EXCELENTE INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA SINFONICA, MAGISTRAL DIRECCIÓN DE LA BATUTA, BIÉN PERO BIÉN APASIONATTO, COMO SE DÉBE INTERPRETAR ESTA GRAN OBRA DE R. STRAUSS, MUY BUENO.-
so wonderful, i can't find the words for its beautyness
The one auxiliary percussionist in the back waiting 200 measures to play
Worth it to be the one who hit's the tam tam just right and shifts the mood of a piece from 'death' to 'transfiguration' whilst sending shivers down every spine in the hall.
22:48 Wow, that chord sure does remind me of "Scene d'amour" from Vertigo - same key, and nearly same instrumentation. They say Bernard Herrmann took his cues from Wagner, but apparently some R. Strauss made it in as well!
Check out Ravel's "Rhapsody Español" if you want to so where about a third of Vertigo comes from. (No disrespect to BH, one of the best soundtracks out there, IMO.)
I agree I hear BH in this music. BH also borrows from Bela Bartok with his scoring of the strings.
I like this piece. I really do. But I'm not sure about that chord. It's not "wrong" - I just find it really unsettling.
19:04 superman too :) re-harmonized. Check out the love theme if you haven't already. That chord movement appears basis for it
Bernard Herrman was an original and closer to the romantics than Steiner and John Williams but they all borrowed from the great classical masters. Of course Vertigo was his masterpiece and should be played alone in some of the symphony halls.
Interprétation de toute beauté. L'enregistrement est à la hauteur.
Richarda Strauss era un grande affarista,però anche un grande musicista,e questo poema sinfonico lo dimostra.
Twoset sent me here. Awesome piece by the way.
this is such an indulgent piece from Strauss. Usually he rushes through the motives and themes so fast, always on the run to change the texture and fabric, but with this one and also alpen symphonie, he really took the time to deliver a full blown, sweet and soft melody that actually lasts more than 1 minute, and even builds on it. Impressive
I don't totally agree that Strauss rushed through some of his works; it's all how iti's interpreted by the conductor playing the work. Who's to say a conductor can't take liberties w/ some of the motifs ?
the orchestra has superb players and probably the best instruments to produce such a wonderful rich sound
I agree! A very beautiful and exciting performance: Bravo!!
Bravo! One of the most heart-searing performances I have heard and by a rather unknown (in the U.S.A.) performing groups.
This tone-poem is a masterpiece, and despite good playing and interpretation, Strauss really needs nearly twice as many strings. But given the limitation of smallish string sections, this is nonetheless a most enjoyable and rewarding performance.
Sorry, I disagree. The balance of strings and winds makes it more perfect. Lavish sound.
@@rickmarti77 It's not quite the sound that Strauss intended, but yes, it is lavish in its way because the string players achieve excellent tone and ensemble. (It's not uncommon for works to get performed by forces diverging anything from slightly, as essentially in this case, to substantially, and achieve a wholly satisfying performance.)
@@bryangl1 It's worth noting that this tone-poem plus its predecessor "Don Juan" both DON'T specify the number of strings (excluding harps) Richard Strauß wanted. Given that he started doing as much with his subsequent works, perhaps he had an experience that changed his mind; yet both these two works remain unspecified to this day (thus possibly implying flexibility for them), over 73 years after his death.
@@LJBSasha Thank you for this information.
from twoset recommendation :)
Bravo, a very fine performance. Bravo.
I just love this piece and commend the orchestra for their excellent job of conveying its emotion.
Esta composición hace vibrar lo más profundo del interior de uno, el alma; y deja transcurrir en uno mismo escenas de una vida vivida, con un final conmovedor que pinta lágrimas en los ojos. La interpretación es magnífica!! Gracias por la música Richard Strauss!!
Great performance as well as videography
O dom de Deus para a humanidade na música confirma sua bondade e amor sublime nesta obra magistral
This is Amazing. Great Job!! Now I know where John Williams got his inspiration when he wrote the music to the Superman Theme. Planet Krypton Theme and Superman Love Theme.
Wonderful :) Thanks for listening!!
Majestic!
Excellent.
Fantastic Orchestra:-).....
Thanks so much Michael!
Wow, what a journey
WHO WOULD PUT A FREAKIN CHROMEBOOK AD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE- omg 😖
Ugh i agree
TH-cam - that's why you use a Browser with ad blockers
It's free enterprise, so they've gotta enterprise. Incidentally, the ad blockers don't work. I've tried them.
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Me gusto mucho 😍
Richard Strauss is one of those rare composers I listen to more out of a sense of obligation as a serious music student than for any love for his music.
that's just saying his music is bad but with extra steps :D
Anyway, the ending of this is a little bit rushed imho, this is a fantastic piece you can listen to 100 times once you get it
True, I was trying to be polite. Truth be told, I find him boring as hell.
@@timroebuck3458 It's not like he tried really hard to be popular. His music is one of the most difficult to get into from almost everything I've heard, there's barely any "free" melodies with him and he also makes sure to keep them short hah
@@timroebuck3458 i didn't think of all the words in the English language r strauss would be called boring
17:05 ❤
PURA MAGIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really that string section is more fitting to play Beethoven in that strength.
good warm sound
Magistral
AFTER DEATH :::SOUL MUSIC😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍!!!!!!! TRANSFIGURATION
FRENCH HORN 'RE BORN
Theeasy part is death. The difficulty lies in the codifying transfiguration.
From two set
A new aspect after Bruckner and Mahler but not so deep made for our century without mystic but full of true feeling like a strugglev against "Schicksal"destiny.
Contrabassoon rumble is why I am still alive.
Thank you Jesus
Violin 6ms before P: 11:17 , 2nd Beat of H: 7:02
It's the few notes in the beginning
Those coughs! ugh...
Tears
He should've held his hands up longer at the end to delay the applause more.
David Brown , is that really all you have to say?
@@jamescecil3563 ? Yeah, everything else sounded amazing?
Ett av mina favortmusikstycken!
I came here to experience death
for the second time.
11:54, just for cellist
every saeculum has its expression!
14:07
Felt this within the first 20 seconds......
25:00👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
A committed performance of the wonderful Strauss masterpiece but not the greatest string section to do this piece justice and the conductor doesn't always capture the true ebb and flow. Try Toscanini and Karajan.
2:39 harp excerpt
Molt bona interpretació
Is it beneficial or at least purposeful to comment?
Too bad cameras dont focus on solos
Boeiende "lectuur" en uitvoering (!) van dit meesterwerk.
1:12 - when to cough during a concert?
you don't.
may ling lings unite under this piece!!
hi IYO
1:30
3:30
3:30
Yes.
3rd row on the end. jesus she is SWOLE
Batman ripped-off 6:39 lol
what's wrong with the filming director?
Why?
Meget smukt.
공연중에 계속 기침하는 소리 개거슬리네 ㅡㅡ
conductor is beating behind the orchestra
poor orchestra
Wrong: the conductor is a whole beat AHEAD of the orchestra. Just look at the beat patterns plus when they play.
Conductor sucks!
Explain why. Give any evidence, even if it does not make musical sense.. Don't sound like Donald Trump by lying and keeping lying so much that some people started to believe he was telling the truth.
Good performance, bad conductor, though.
10:42
11:45
11:30
10:44