Mahler - Symphony No. 2 'Auferstehung' - Mariss Jansons | Concertgebouworkest
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Mariss Jansons, chief-conductor
Ricarda Merbeth, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo soprano
Netherlands Radio Choir, chief-conductor Celso Antunes - เพลง
Proudest moment as a dad… My 12 and 10 year old making it through Mahler’s 2nd and then my daughter saying to me, “that was an hour and a half?”
For me its about a lifetime of happiness and hardship comprised in approx 90 min
You are a fortunate man to have such children.
Hoping to take my12 year old to this (BBC proms have it this year 😀)
@@danielfryer9693 good luck.
It always goes by too fast.
Mariss Jansons died yesterday. It makes me so sad because he was one of my favorite conductors. Rest in peace - we will always remember you 💔
Tom, the music and the mnusicien never die, for sure. Regards from Argentina
Oh no. Very sad.
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jorge garzaelli Yes, very wise
Tes Tom. One of my favorite conductor too (with Abado RIP...) but music like this never die.
RCO hast juste do a première for the
1 rst symphony some minutes ago with Jansons : great execution...best regards.
🟦 1st Movement: Todtenfeier ("Funeral Rites")
◾Exposition
0:44 First part with funeral march character in C minor
3:00 Transition
3:18 Secondary theme with lyric, pathetic character, beginning in E major and closing in E-flat minor
4:17 First theme (!)
4:43 Third complex of themes (starting with Liszt's Cross motif in A flat major) leading to G minor
5:43 Closing group in G minor: Funeral music over a bass ostinato with tam-tam
◾First Development
6:55 Introduction (connecting to the secondary theme), beginning in C major and leading to E major
7:45 Pastorale in E major (with a new motif in the English horn)
8:55 New section primarily in E minor, developing different motifs
10:26 Development of the third theme complex (at the beginning again the Cross symbol)
11:42 Variation of the secondary theme: Music from a distance (like chamber music)
12:21 March from a distance in B major
12:53 Return to the main motifs of the movement, beginning in a triple forte and fading away bis zur Unhorbarkeit [until no longer audible] (tam-tam)
◾Second Development
13:24 Restatement of 8:55, now in E-flat minor with sighing motifs (laments) of the English horn at the beginning
14:18 Anticipation of the Finale: Dies Irae theme (14:18), main theme motifs (14:42), Cross symbol (14:52), Resurrection motif (14:56), Eternity motif (15:00), Dies Irae motif (15:05), climax on a dissonance (15:15)
15:23 Closing section with plunging motif (16:09) and again a catastrophic climax (16:23)
◾Recapitulation
16:38 First part in C minor
18:02 Transition
18:18 Secondary theme and Pastorale in E major
◾Coda
20:23 Synthesis of closing group and poritions of the first part, beginning with tam-tam: funeral march/funeral music
23:23 Major-minor seal, followed by a plunging motif
🟦 2nd Movement: Andante moderato ["echo of days gone by in the life of the one whom we carried to the grave in the first movement"]
24:40 Part A, Sehr gemachlich [very leisurely]. Grazioso in A-flat major
26:02 Part B, Nicht eilen [not hurrying]. Very leisurely in G-sharp minor, scherzolike, woodwinds enter (dolce, espressivo) at 26:51
27:36 Part A’, Tempo I in A-flat major, with countermelody in celli, molto espressivo (27:49)
29:19 Part B’, Energisch bewegt [energetically moving] Climax, in G-sharp minor, eerie ostinato timpani @ 30:58
31:56 Part A’’, Tempo I in A-flat major, pizzicato
34:32 Coda, in A-flat major
🟦 3rd Movement: Scherzo. Based on Wunderhorn song Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt [St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish] (1893) th-cam.com/video/6YUHarQJH8A/w-d-xo.html
Conveying that the ‘meaning of existence cannot be understood and that life itself seems senseless’ [Floros]
35:34 Introduction
35:47 Part A with “bittersweet humor” (clarinet @ 36:30 @ 37:13; stacatto bsn @ 37:26)
39:03 Part B, “very massive” theme in C major, piano in celli and bass. Coupled with fanfarelike melody of the winds, the theme is presented in D major @ 39:28 and E major @ 40:16. Sinister expression with dissonances in brass at 42:15
42:22 Part A’, lyric passage @ 43:30.
44:11 Part B’, shrieking dissonance "cry of despair" @ 44:34 B-flat minor chord over pedal point on C; trumpet motifs at 45:11, 45:27, first violin descending melodic line @ 45:28 will show up in the Finale.
46:16 Part A’'
🟦 4th Movement: Urlicht ["Primeval Light"]
text from Das Knaben Wunderhorn
47:14 Motto [O Roschen rot, "Oh, little red rose"] and choralelike introduction [9 winds]
48:27 ◾First Stanza: Part A [Der Mensch liegt in grobter Not / Der Mensch liegt in grobter Pein, Je lieber mocht' ich im Himmel sein, "Mankind lies in great need / Mankind lies in great pain / Rather I would heaven claim"]
50:06 ◾Second Stanza: Part B [Da kam ich auf einen breiten Weg / Da kam ein Engelein und wollt mich abweisen / ach nein, ich lieb mich nicht abweisen, "Then I came upon a wide, broad way / Where a little angel came and wanted to send me away / Oh no, I did not let myself be sent away"]
51:12 ◾Third Stanza: Part A' [Ich bin von Gott, ich will wieder zu Gott / Der liebe Gott wird mir ein Lichtchen geben / Wird leuchten mir bis in das ewig selig Leben, "I am from God, I want to return to God / The loving God will grant me a little light / Will light my way to blissful life eternal and bright"]
🟦 5th Movement
◾Introduction
52:26 “Fright Fanfare” over a pedal-point C, similar to "cry of despair" @ 44:34
52:49 Eternity (53:00) and Ascension (53:21) motifs in C major; Glockenspiel (53:06 trumpet motifs heard @ 45:11)
◾Exposition, Der Rufer in der Wuste “The One Calling in the Wilderness” = Announcement of Judgment Day
54:10 Horn calls and triplet motifs = first announcement by the Caller; 54:50 trumpet motif from 53:06, 45:11
55:36 First eschatological statement by the Caller: Chorale: Dies irae followed by the Resurrection theme (56:06) in F minor
56:40 Thematic material of the Caller in F minor = secondary announcement by the Caller
58:00 “Entreaty” = anticipation of the section O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube (“Oh believe, my heart, oh believe”): insrumental recitatitive and arioso in B-flat minor
59:15 Second eschatological statement by the Caller: Chorale: Dies irae followed by the Resurrection theme beginning in D-flat major and ending in C major
1:00:35 Thematic material of the Caller in C major / C minor; inclusion of the Ascension motif = third announcement by the Caller
1:02:38 Percussion crescendo: “The earth is shaking, the graves are opening up”
◾Development (Vision of the Last Judgment), Seven Sections
1:02:50 Fear and Dies irae motifs (1:03:24 - violins, 1:03:31 - winds), often contrapuntally combined, in addition to shouting motifs
1:03:41 Allegro marziale using Dies irae (marchlike expanded version of 14:18, trombones @1:05:25), Resurrection, and Fear motifs; chorale in the trumpets @1:04:38
1:05:46 Return to the first movement @14:18
1:06:34 Collapse: Fright fanfare linked contrapuntally with tritonic variations of the Dies irae motif and inferno triplets
1:07:03 Repeated anticipation of the "Entreaty" (~58:00) in addition to "trumpets of the Apocalypse" @1:07:38: instrumental recitative and arioso, large climax, tritone @1:08:57
1:09:04 Fright fanfare over a pedal point on C-sharp (~52:26), Dies irae in trombones (1:09:12)
1:09:26 Eternity and Ascension theme in D-flat major (~52:49); again seven tones of Glockenspiel
◾Varied Recapitulation, Der grosse Appell "The Great Roll-Call" = Resurrection: The True Apocalype
1:10:39 Caller motif, bird calls, fanfares of the Apocalypse, beginning in F-sharp minor
1:13:25 First stanza: four-line Resurrection Chorale in G-flat major [Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du / Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh! / Unsterblich Leben / Wird, der dich rief, dir geben, "Arise, yes, you will arise / Dust of my body, after a brief rest! / Immortal life / Will he, who called you, grant to you"]
1:15:34 Intermezzo (Caller motifs, Ascension theme, Eternity theme)
1:16:55 Second stanza: variation of the four-line Resurrection Chorale [Wieder aufzubluhn, wirst du gesat! / Der Herr der Ernte geht / Und sammelt Garben / Uns ein, die starben, "You are sown that you might bloom again! / The Lord of harvest goes / And gathers sheaves / Gathers us, who died]
1:18:44 Intermezzo (Ascension theme and Eternity theme, Glockenspiel)
1:20:26 Third stanza: Alto and soprano solo = Entreaty in recitative-ariosos style in B-flat minor [O glaube, mein Herz, es geht dir nichts verloren! / Dein ist, ja dein, was du gesehnt / Was du geliebt, was du gestritten / O Glaube: du wardst nicht umsonst geboren / Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten, "Oh, believe, my heart, nothing is lost for you! / Yours, yes, yours alone is what you longed for / What you loved, and what you fought for / Oh believe, you were not born in vain / Nor have you lived or suffered in vain!"]
1:22:12 Fourth stanza: different variation of Resurrection Chorale [Was entstanden ist, das mub vergehen / Was vergangen, auferstehen! / Hor auf, zu beben! / Bereite dich, zu leben! "That which was created must perish / What perished will arise! / No longer tremble! / Prepare to live!]
1:24:00 Fifth and Sixth stanzas: Alto and soprano duet with mostly independent thematic material; melodic material from Urlicht (1:24:27) [O Schmerz, du Alldurchdringer / Dir bin ich entrungen! / O Tod, du Allbezwinger / Nun bist du bezwungen! "Oh agony, you piercing pain / From you I have escaped! / Oh death, all-conquering claim / Now you are defeated!] [Mit flugeln, die ich mir errungen / In heisem Liebesstreben / Werd' ich entschweben / Zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug' gedrungen "With wings that I have gained / In seeking to perfect my love / Will I ascend / Into the light which no eye has ever reached]
1:24:41 Seventh stanza: Imitative treatment of the Ascension theme; the Eternity theme in E-flat major (1:25:38) [Mit flugeln, die ich mir errungen / Werde ich entschweben / Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben!, "With wings that I have gained / Will I ascend / I will die to be alive!]
1:26:03 Eighth stanza: new variation of the Resurrection Chorale in E flat major [Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du / Mein Herz, in einem Nu! / Was du geschlagen / Zu Gott, zu Gott wird es dich tragen, "Arise, you will arise / My heart, within a moment! / What you have conquered / To God, to God it will bear you up"]
1:27:15 Postlude (Eternity theme, bells in triple rhythm): Transcendence
◾notes based on Constantin Floros : Gustav Mahler The Symphonies, Amadeus Press (1985)
Incredible breakdown of the symphony. Thank you!
Wow, what a ton of work to put this together, thank you very much!
Some of us really have free time to kill :) Thanks for the breakdown!
I cannot thank you enough for this breakdown, and the effort it must have taken. I especially appreciate the timeline links. Because of what you have given us, I plain to learn this symphony in an exhaustive way.
Thank you!
Life is worth living as long as there is Classical Music to listen.
Mahler is not classical music. Classical is only on classical period.
@@miltonderezende7906 🤦♂️
I totally agree with you
My sentiments precisely. Thank you.
@@miltonderezende7906 In English this word has several meanings. One is as you suggest, the Classical period of Haydn and Mozart. It is also used to mean “symphonic music” or “art music” and “old stuff that stands up,” such as “classic rock.”
Thank you for the support everyone.
@Gustav Mahler You're dead
@@swinger9374 lmao
hi Guzzy, how's it hanging?
Resurrection!
Love ya!!
Once upon a time, music of this caliber was composed.
It is so sad to read your comment because it is so true!!
The ending of this piece is too soul-stirring and heart-wrenching for mortal human words to express. What a passionate man Mahler must have been!
Stephen Lanford y
top ten musical moment member
I agree. The thing about Mahler is that he had a superb technique, the orchestration and form were still important to him. The final part isn't a pure outburst of emotions, it's directed and focused, for me it conveys a certain sense of order, inevitability. That's how it had to be resolved.
Agreed!!!
i just don't understand how so many people don't even know that masterpieces such as this even exist.
Yet we have three radio stations that play the same 30 songs over and over and over again.
Education. Lack thereof.
I agree, it is a wonderful. I listen to this often. It fills me with such joy.
More people than ever in history are enjoying classic music. It was once reserved for a small class of aristocratic elites. Now people from all economic backgrounds can enjoy this music for free. Just enjoy it, and don't be so concerned that everyone has the same interests as you.
@@dustinlikens388 Thank you. Those same comments are under videos about philosophy, theology, science ... Everybody thinks everyone else is an idiot because they don't excel at the exact same topic as they themselves.
I heard Mahler live for the first time today, it was the 2nd, and it was transcendent, sublime. Even with half the orchestra and choir of this performance, it was one of the most emotional and memorable experiences in my life. More than I could have imagined. If you ever have a chance to see this live, you will not regret it.
I've sung this in 2008, it is terribly high and very loud. But standing in the middle of this big orchestra with 300 singers around you in the front row of the choir between two choir directors and face-to-face with the orchestra director is an experience you cannot buy for any money in the world!
I was in the audience for this recording, it was total magic from beginning till end. Mariss and Concertgebouw Orchestra rule!!
Sound engineer missed this one
@@georgesclermont1911 It's 2022. It's time a sound engineer got a hold of the original recordings and cleaned it up in a way suitable for broadcast on YT.
You lucky little.........!!
Did u cry
Wow!
Mahler makes me, a hardened man, cry. This is one of the best pieces of classical music I've ever heard in my life.
The finale part is the best piece of music I ever heard
Mahler makes me cry. The chimes are literally like the Russian church bells
this is why mahler is my religion
I've read "Mahler makes me hard" lol😂
You’re not a hardened man
RIP maestro, I cherish these Mahler performances and recordings
noooo
One of my biggest life dreams is to attend a Mahler 2, the feelings this masterpiece generates are beyond words.
I just did tonight and I cried. It was so wonderful.
I just did on Thursday!!! It was celestial and I definitely cried
Cried.🤟🤓
Fabian, where do you live. It is performed this coming Saturday in Teulada, Spain
@@ebenvanheerden4112 Hi Eben, unfortunately I live across the ocean :( Thanks for the heads up.
No one plays Mahler better than THIS wonderful orchestra.
This symphony is definitely staying as an Easter tradition
Indeed, it seems fitting fir Easter. It is the most glorious music EVER WRITTEN!
Check on who's getting resurrected. It's not who you think. Subtitles are here:
th-cam.com/video/gQctkKJMgM0/w-d-xo.html
@@MBYarosh It's you, yes YOU!
Mariss Jansons was an individualist and an interpreter at his own terms. He was a great conductor. He lived for what he did he, he will be missed.
Listened to it again; THIS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE. The feeling and joy felt by Mariss is contagious.
Magnificat, simply Magnificent. How did Mahler do it so well? Incredible, and with a full Orchestra sound, Voices and Organ, and to finish off with what all the Kings and Queens, at that, or any time wanted to hear, explosive sounds, ending with voices raised and the sound of Bells, signifying a singular Triumph and that part is really unsurpassed, and Mariss Jansons, did marvelous, simply marvelous, with the entire piece. Tempo was excellent.
agreed on all points
Very very super.Total best rhytm .All musicians make music beutifuli together.So greath union of playng just marwellos!!!Bestest orchestra from Europe together with Berlin and London .Exelent oboe player,celli ,violins.Super together.Maris greath master.Thank you all vor This !!!
I discovered this masterpiece as a tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of 11 March 2004 in MADRID.
10 bombs on four commuter trains left 193 people killed and more than 2000 injured.
In 2020 this symphony was used as a tribute in the Concert "In Memoriam" organised by Terrorism Victims Foundation at the National Auditorium of Spain In Madrid presided by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.
REST IN PEACE. 💔
Wow, that was very successful. These are high standards that thankfully the common terrorist cannot organize.
If an act was memorialized by this epic symphony they must've been very professional. Let us know no more of that, dear god.
I attended a Mahler 2 concert, it’s unbelievably incredible. The big roar at 2:50 was so loud...just a few minutes into it, I knew we were in for an experience of a lifetime!
By your enthusiasm, I think a dream cometrue for you would be attending a concert of the 8th.
What do you think?
I doubt many here in attendance speak my language. But I’m sure we are all understanding what our Mahler is “saying” musically with fluency. The language, the theory, the science, the culture, the community of musical sound can be so easily translatable from People to People.
RIP Mariss Jansons. Reserved but inspiring performance showing great integrity to the music.
Every Resurrection Day I listen to this in full. Glad to be back again! This tradition of mine isn't going anywhere
Something tells me that this is the gold standard for performance of this work.
Mahler is one of the greatest of all times!!!!!!
Love you Mahler
I have heard many praise for Jansen.
Today I wanted to listen to Mahler 2 so I clicked on the first video that popped up. Jansen is just as good as I have heard!
A dear friend treated me to the San Francisco Symphony production under M.T. Thomas some years ago. He died that month, so young. Double meaning now. This was wonderful! Thank you.
Stunning and beautiful and gorgeous Congratulations to the Conductors and the Orchestra. 🎶🎼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹🌹🌹❤️
Einfach nur genial. Wunderbare Musik von einem der Größten Komponisten der Welt, dirigert von einem der besten Dirigenten der Welt, gespielt von einem der besten Orchester der Welt. Die perfekte Zusammenstellung! Genial!!!!
Such an exquisite and nuanced performance by one of the world's greatest orchestras, led by Mariss Jansons, a highly renowned maestro, who is sadly no longer with us. It's a premiere listening experience that is so rare; as I am just rediscovering Mahler and finally really appreciating the depth and passion of his symphonies, here on New Year's Day; it's unbelievably immersive and soul satisfying!
I've long enjoyed Mahler, but even more so the older I become.
Mariss Jansons joy fills me with such love for this wonderful piece. I hold my breath for the finnish. Such love and respect.
The quality of the filming is essential to the enjoyment of the music. We are so blessed to have this experience available to us in our homes. I think back to the scratchy 78 records that were available to us when I was a child back in the 1950s. Attending a concert is a great experience, but much like sports fans can see so much more watching a televised sports event, what we can see in this and other videos brings concerts to life as we get insight into what is going on in an up-close and personal way.
Rest In Peace, maestro🕯
0:42 I. Allegro maestoso
23:44 II. Andante moderato
35:07 III. “In ruhig fließender Bewegung” (Con movimiento tranquilo y fluido)
47:10 IV. "Urlicht" (“luz primordial”) Muy solemne pero sencillo
52:23 V. Im Tempo des Scherzos (En el tempo del scherzo)
Tantas gracias por ofrecernos estos detalles...
My mother saw him live in his last concert, I think. Sadly, I can never have this pleasure.
OH YES YOU CAN...HE'S IN HEAVEN WITH THE LORD, AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN 'HIM', YOU WILL SEE HIM THERE, AND HEAR HIM PLAY...;)
@@layna8924 It is incredibly rude to Mahler to try and force religion on someone, because that is exactly what happened to him. Please be more mindful of other people when you bring such a controversial topic somewhere it has no right being.
Happy Birthday Gustav Mahler 🌹🌹🌹
I missed his birthday…
Great performance. Jansons was a wonderful conductor and among the finest of Mahler maestros.
31:55
that's *half of a violin section playing a pizz together out of thin air. indistinguishable from one player. this is absolutely extraordinary playing, guys...
The trick is to fake the first notes except for the section leaders. Keeps it right together & quiet enough ;-)
Love how Mr Jansons puts his arms down during this passage, holding a look of joy on his face and letting his great orchestra do their thing to perfection without any need of his arms. They are playing as a single unit with the music firmly interwoven, using the same weave, through each musician.
A really excellent conductor left us....thank you ,maestro,stay in our hearts.....
It is my first time with Mahler , I think I missed a lot but it is never too late to enjoy such a wonderful work , I am very content , enjoying a great music such as this , peaceful and inspiring !
Keep listening. With each listen comes a new discovery - not a cold, antiseptic, academic discovery, but a primordial, human and heart-felt discovery deep in your soul
@@rmbjr60 precisely the Mahler experience... for me, for you, for who wrote the original comment and sure for many others too.
Did u cry 🎉
@@kenjrhung never cry if content !
Rest in peace Maestro Mariss Jansons. Thank you so much for all the many irreplaceable memories.
Symphony , numero dos , de Mahler ............beautiful
Magnificent performance without a doubt. Probably my favorite Mahler with #1 and #8 being among my favorites as well. That concert hall is absolutely gorgeous also.
beautiful performance. Jansons death is a sad loss for music. Rest in peace Maestro.
This performance is a miracle to be able to experience even today! I hope to hear this one in person one day.
Mir bleibt nur DANKE zu schreiben!
I honestly can't stop listening to Mahler!
My favourites are the second and third symphonies.
This beautiful piece of music relates to I Corinthian 15:54 and 55..."death is swallow in victory...O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where's thy victory sung by the soloists. And then the choir sings I Thessalonians 4:14-17. It's epic! So we confort one another with these words.
The symphony of Mahler speaks to the soul, and unrivaled, and off the charts
A superb rendition of this monumental work by all all performers. God bless maestros Gustav Mahler and the late Mariss Jansons.
The expressions on each orchestral member's face is just exquisite. What a fabulous orchestra and conductor!
+vienna- nica And choir! ;)
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In my semi-locked down state, I've watched/listened to this with Dudamel, Rattle, Bernstein, Abbado and now dear Mariss. Great conductors, great orchestras so they all get something out of the music, some interpretations of which might readily please a particular ear. I, however, am not in the business of ranking things but learning from the differences. I've also become aware of something which should have been more obvious to me as a Team/Organisational developer and that is to note what a wonderful job Gustav did for future generations allowing them the opportunity of being part of such a huge work and being able to then take the adulation and applauds of the audience both in the hall and at home. Well done everybody; I feel reborn!!!
It is amazing how everything you have written echoes the same sentiments and the love I have for Mahler's music. I learned to listen to the same piece played by different composers, especially the ones you mentioned, and I try to discern the peculiarities of each performance using my untrained ear. We probably would hit it off if we were to meet in person. Thank you!
@@robertmahler8894 Hey Robert, John, I think it's unoriginal by now but... I feel the same way. Moreso, I've realized that Mahler's music makes different people feel identical things, he really *was* a master at what he did. And now look, it brought people together. What a flow. *That's* music.
No entiendo cómo pueden haber personas que no les guste ésto!!! Mahler es sencillamente IMPRESIONANTE!!!!
I almost grew wings at least twenty times while listening to this
I had the joy of performing this symphony with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Chailly about 12 years ago at four of the major concert halls in the US. One of the highlights of my life.
piano1500
Not a patch on Mike Post's music!!!
Congratulations 😊
piano1500 what did you play???
I'm so sad. Rest in peace Maestro.
So sad that he died, he was a maestro, a wonderful conductor with an amazing presence. I will miss him.
What to shock to learn the sad news of Great Jansons' passing when coming back to watch this video the N times. What a loss to all his world music fans! RIP Maestro .
One of the most beautiful symphonies I’ve ever heard.
One of my favorite performances of this work. RIP Maestro Jansons.
what a wonderful HALL and ORCHESTRA ... and THE MAESTRO LIVES
R.I.P. Maestro. I had the privilege to attend one of your concerts with the R.C.O. Thank you for your beautiful music.
R.I.P maestro Janson. May your soul rest in peace with God.
This is definitely one of the finest performances of the 2nd symphony which has always been my favorite one in the Mahler cycle.
You reach the heaven when you get to the finale !
Great performance, great music, great orchestra and one of the best conductors Maestro Jansons. RIP!
The end of this symphony is so powerful and majestic. True definition of resurrection.
ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES OF THIS SYMPHONY.
My favorite. Janson is so good.
This is the first movie which I listened to classical music and I cannot forget shocks from this enormous great music.
I never cry. I was just absolutely brought to tears by this
don't listen to Tchaikovsky's 6th then.
15 minutes in and I'm crying like a baby
Simply the greatest orchestra in the world performing one of the greatest symphonies of all time.
As a late teenager I spent most of my earnings and musical upbringing in Amsterdam and heard this symphony as young adult in The Hague with the amazing soprano Elizabeth Schwarzkopf. Since then Mahler has shaped my life and is still part of my being, in spite of the fact that I am reaching the time of my UBD as an octogenarian. In Sydney Opera House I heard Mahler 3 and in Adelaide Mahler 8, and Mahler 2 with Maestro Jansons hsoenario@gmail.com.
Great; love the Symphony No. 2, for my human path...
I was very privileged to have joined the Baltimore Symphony Chorus for the premier season of the season of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (1982-83). The magnificent work under the direction of Segiu Comissiiona unspeakably wonderful to perform with the Baltimore Symphony. I get chills to this day remembering the thundering finale. I was deeply moved to relive the experience through this performance.
Rest In Peace Maestro Mariss... You are going to live in our thoughtsand hearts...
Thank you Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for uploading this exclusive masterpiece.
I love Maris Jansons! Not only did he know the music he conducted like any world-class conductor should, he went beyond the technical and academic. He obviously had an unbridled love for music of the heart! RIP maestro! He really lays out his soul in this performance. And there is no better opus for laying out one's soul than Mahler's 2nd! :-)
Wunderschön, verzaubert, wahr - Gustav Mahler! Sehr gute Einspielung! Dankeschön!
Mariss was 50 when he conducted the M2 with the Oslo Philharmonics. We share the same birthday date 14, january and he invited everybody at the consert for a glass after the consert. Unforgettable evening with a generous man. The Orchestra and performance was excuisite.
This is one of the very best performances of this Symphony I have heard. As it is invariable, it made me cry. Congratulations to every one involved. Mr Jansons (RIP) I know you are now in peace and I thank you once again.
It always make me tear streaming totally when I listen this great symphony.
Great symfony of great composer. Great chief-conductor, now he knows what is Auferstehung! RIP
Glorious music, magnificent interpretation, and flawless, committed performance. Mahler's second is one of my favorite pieces of music, and I've heard many dozens of performances of this, including hearing it performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall (a bit of a disappointment, actually). This version is one of the best, from my point of view. I especially like that they staged it as Mahler directed, including the remote trumpets. Mariss brings a marvelous sense of dynamics to the proceedings and really seems to understand Mahler's intent (at least what I think of as Mahler's intent). In the final 10 minutes, I burst into tears, completely overwhelmed by the beauty, tragedy, and ethereal splendor of this work. Every time I hear it, I see heaven opening up--and I'm not religious. I also want to commend the recording, which is perfection, and especially the video editing, which visually highlights each element of the score as it comes up. It's wonderful to see everyone putting as much into the performance of this piece as Mahler put into creating it.
4th movement with the trumpets is easily my favourite bit of this incredible symphony! it's so lyrical and beautiful and heart wrenchingly beautiful again! Mahler was a genius
1 and 4 are both my favorite (especially 1), and I love the melodic characteristic of 4.
The most beautiful performance of this symphony. Although very long in time, I feel no boredom at all. Royal Concertgebouw is definitely one of the most excellent orchestra in Europe.
Saw this live with the Baltimore Symphony in 2012. What an experience.
Even when I'm on a bus (for instance) listening just to a recording of this symphony, it shakes me deeply and makes me cry. Been lucky to experience this twice in concert and there are no words in this world to describe this enormous beauty and sadness and depth and passion, all in one. No other music does THAT much to me!!
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I am the same! The Tristan and Isolde Prelude and Liebestod also has a similar effect on me. And I agree with the comment below about Tchaik 6 too.
I couldn't agree with you more and the power of the final movement of this symphony is electric, I just heard it being conducted by Claudio Abbado, believe me, you have heard nothing like it
true words
I feel the same way. Very powerful. Reminds me of my father, and so, I can't help but get emotional. A lovely piece that takes your heart high and low.
Rest in peace Maestro...
Mon Dieu !? Y a-t-il encore quelqu'un de vivant sur cette planète pour apprécier cet absolu de beauté ?
I started reading Heidegger's being and time as a passion project. was looking for music to listen along with the book, then found this gem. the content of the book is going over my head, but this piece of music made the reading experience interesting.
Just incredible. Jansons is a Godsend for Mahler’s 2nd.
BRAVA👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He is not a woman :)
I just love this trombone chorale 😍😂👌
I'm a trombonist and love it too.
Yo! Leonard Bernstein is great at conducting Mahler too. But this is definitely the best recording on TH-cam. Absolutely amazing. Sang it this past winter with the Knoxville Symphony and it was lovely.
I feel exactly the same way. Mahler's music is beyond amazing.
At last ! A successor to Bernstien who understands the cosmic scale and terrifying undertow of Mahler . So many recent performances have taken all the passion and terror out of Mahler as if conductors don't want to scare their audiences.
+Dissily Mordentroge I actually think he does 2 better.
+Dissily Mordentroge Absolutely, I could not agree more. But he doesn't jump nearly as high as Bernstein did. ;-) Seriously, I cut my teeth in the 60's on the vinyl complete symphonies of Mahler by Bernstien and the New York Philharmonic and thought I'd never hear the 2nd performed by anyone else with his intense devotion. Well, I just found him!
+Stephanos C I agree with you all, but I think Otto Klemperer's performance with Elizabeth Schwartzkopf as soloist is also glorious, and has some of the same deeper understanding you speak of. What do you guys think?
+wwonka2 That's not one I am familiar with. Is it available on line?
Nobody has ever equaled Klemperer on the 2nd! Not even Walter. and nobody equaled Walter on the 9th [Vienna 1938 live[ it flows
Um trio perfeito: Mahler, Mariss Jansons e a Concertgebouw. Muito obrigado.
MERCI Monsieur JANSONS que cette symphonie vous accompagne dans votre nouvelle éternité. Vous resterez toujours dans nos coeurs pour toutes les heures de Bonheur que vous nous avez données..
Stupendous orchestra, and one of the greatest conductors in history (RIP), The the choir producing that beautiful initial 'auferstehung' sound, seated ought to be noted here.
Thank you to all involved in this production.
RIP Maestro