The great Klaus Tennstedt doesn't miss a beat when his music stand collapses at 5.49. This intense conducting performance was typical of Tennstedt, who unfortunately died in 1998 (almost 25 years ago, as of Nov. 2022)--a great loss to the world music community.
Ah! You answered my question - what happened at 5:50? At first I thought it was a percussion effect scripted by Wagner. But no ... makes this video and performance even more unique.
Ah that's what the noise was, i thought it was some disrespectful member in the auditorium. I can see his music stand collapse, strange i didn't see that. Top marks for keeping his composure.
They really don't. It's not the worst, but by God, there are some cringey moments in there, mostly because of the conductor. I think we should do away with them, honestly, there are very few conductors who truly bring something to music- and they are the ones that should go. Conductors should instruct the ensemble to play the fucking notes, not "interpret" shit. They are NOT Wagner, they are NOT Prokofiev, they are NOT Bach, or Mozart, or Beethoven, or Liszt, or Rachmaninov, or Tchaikovsky or ANYONE of importance. The fact that they fuck up tempo and intonation is an affront to the great artists who wrote the damn music. It's like DJs, they can't make music themselves, they just mangle other people's music instead.
Can I just say that this peice was my finale to my dads tribute concert..he passed in 2019 ..I was taught by him to conduct. I assembled a team of musicians and in front of 300 friends and family we performed his favourite peices. I will never get a high like that again.. especially during this peice..my dad was a prolific conductor himself in the military..I miss him.. I hope I did him proud xx
Nice tribute! My grandmother was a wonderful organist and I had a list of her faves for the church organist. It was lovely to hear them, knowing she loved them.
i thought Levines conducting of this was astounding until i heard tennstedt,,,,there are no words to describe its power and only tears to weep for the High Art we have lost for ever
It's striking how emotional Tennstedt gets while conducting this beautiful piece, and still able to maintain his composure until the very end. A true master.
@LuxPhysics Yours is an apt comment that is also a tribute for the Greatness of Great Tennstedt, Peerless Conductor. Surely he was a true maste. Thx for commenting PS. Amazing how Klaus literally "survived" the absurd fall of the stand with the conductor's score conducting wonderfully (with his musicians" this masterpiece until the end. A lesser master would not survived such mishap. And Klaus was a man of great values, deeply human...
I can listen to this 7 times in a row, and get goosebumps every single time, especially from the brass around 4:50. It goes beyond an emotional reaction, it's a physical reflex, like when the doctor hits your knee with his hammer. Unbelievable what Wagner can do, when interpreted by a conductor and orchestra of this calibre!
Wagner was divinely inspired...That's what's giving you the goosebumps. The fact that you're reacting to it, is a sign that you are intended for greater things.....As are we all. Unfortunately, very few of us realize that potential. Embrace it!
You can see, that Tennstedt feels every note he conducts. Look at his face, the obeisance at the end and his leaving, he is really moved by what he had heard.
It took a lot out of him. One of the orchestra players standing looked more concerned about him than anything. He had a life as tragic as this piece, I've read.
Not saying he didn't do a great job conducting (i like this version better than all others i've heard on youtube) but conductors usually do exit momentarily after a long piece, and then come back and take a bow. I dno't know what the program was for this concert but it's conceivable there was another piece after this one and the maestro wanted to go wipe is brow and drink a glass of water before heading back out onstage...
@@johannschneider6372 True. It was an amazing performance! I come back to this youtube video every so often to watch it again and listen to the amazing music.
The first time I heard this score was as a child watching the movie Excalibur back in the 80's, and it is just as stirring now as it was back then, it makes you realize just how far the art of music has fallen over the decades.
Yes, for me this music has always been and will always be the music that begins and ends 'Excalibur', a film that 'blew me away' as they say as a child and which continues to do so even today. Truly a perfect use of 'borrowed music' creating something entirely different and powerful. It has been a pleasure to hear of another 'Excalibur' lover.... 🙂
El arte en general está en franca decadencia, y eso demuestra que el ser humano hoy en día no es mejor ni está más evolucionado que los artistas de las cuevas de Altamira, o los arquitectos de los imperios antiguos.
@@juanramongonzalez546 En cierto modo esto es cierto. De otra manera, la idea de evolución es un concepto, uno donde la raza humana se mueve hacia un estado de perfección (o casi perfección) que mantiene o pierde. En cambio, creo que siempre hemos estado exactamente donde deberíamos estar, una condición que pasa por ciclos de nacimiento, vida, decadencia, muerte y renacimiento. Sí, hoy el arte y la cultura están en mal estado y eso es aburrido, pero es solo una parte del ciclo natural. Pero repito, esa es solo la historia que más me gusta....
@@sergiocampanale3882 el ser humano es capaz de lo peor y de lo mejor. Su evolución no es lineal, va en forma de espiral, hay épocas buenas, y épocas desastrosas, pero el que se crea superior a los antiguos está equivocado. En el arte poco o nada se puede inventar, al igual que en filosofía, y en el tema de ética, y moral, estamos peor que en otras épocas.
I have watched this a hundred times and have never noticed his stand falling. I've always wondered what the loud noise was. I will never miss it again! Thank you for the insight.
I truly believe this is the most sublime piece of music ever written. It reaches a place very deeply buried within my consciousness, and I get chills every time I hear it.
Janny, my friend: I am moved by the character of Siegfried and Wagner captures him in the opera as a mortal, perfect in every way, completely without guile, but the tragedy is that a witch put a curse on him then he wasn't really himself. Treat yourself to the modern recording by Szell and the Cleveland for a sonic spectacular. The old video by Solti is really exciting though.
By far the best performance of this piece I’ve ever heard. The solo trumpet at 4.46 is incredible, ushering in a hurricane of sound. This music moves my very soul like nothing else.
I was lucky enough to attend a Tennstedt concert once. It was only about a year or so before he passed away. He was certainly one of the very best conductors. The Tennstedt concert was amazing. The following night another conductor appeared with the same orchestra and the orchestra reverted to just ordinary. The contrast was remarkable.
I think you are completely wrong. You should read what Baudelaire said about Wagner; The great French poet understood much better how this is about unconscious, eroticism, and the flow of life rather that "honor, pride and dignity"
very true this IS the key passage .. for me it is about a deep cosmic impulse that comes to Man .. the sensitive reflective 3’35-4’03 preceeding it .. this new un-earthly sounding impulse comes from very deep (the basses) but has these unstoppable whirling forward moving waves that bring something totally new .. which erupts out of it .. this deep cosmic current gives birth 4’40-5’15 to something totally new .. like the christ impulse that transforms death into resurrection .. and then, as the grim death sounds resurface again 5’35 this theme manifests again so as to transform and lead into sounds of glorious victory 6’00 onwards .. life forces over death
There was only one Klaus Tennstedt. No conductor like him before or since. I've been listening for over 60 years to a multitude of legendary maestros and I consider him among the greatest ever to stand in front of an orchestra.
Certain conductors just have a feel for the composer or style if music. I think Sir George Solti was a fine Wagner conductor and watched his energetic conducting to this piece during a recording. Of course Herbert Von Karajan would be rightfully offended if he wasn't mentioned.
@@ms.annthrope415 Agreed. Both were splendid, and I've enjoyed their recordings for many years. Tennstedt's uniquely visceral style just strikes me personally a bit more deeply.
"like a pro" is an insult to the genius that he was. He continued as he knew each and every note, each pause and the color of the ink in both his heart and his mind.
You can't help but listen to Richard Wagner music. It has pure emotion in all of his music. This one right here is my favorite piece then comes Tristan und Isolde. I had the pleasure to sing in a choir Tann hauser Overture ... God have mercy just brings chills to the bones!
The music of this opera. Holy hell. I have never felt chills from music, out of pure beauty. THIS is how you honor a character’s legacy. And I haven’t even listened to all of the Ring Cycle!! Sublime.
We live in dark times. The land without a king. One day hopefully soon our king shall come. I pray for it. Until then we must never give in, never lose hope just like the Knights never gave up seeking the grail.
I was listening to this in the car with my (then) 5 year old daughter. It was at night and there was a full moon with some clouds waxing and waning around the moon. She told me that everything we were experiencing reminded her of Grandpa (my dad, who had died a year earlier, when she was just 4). I think there's something special going on in this universe.
Morrigan “warhelm” Ravenchild: No my child... The Old Ways are the New Ways. The Ways of Eternal Justice... Rise to the Requirement.. Fight to the Finish...
I first heard this watching Excalibur (1981. Dir' John Boorman). A masterpiece of fantasy myth and legend - this music lends itself immensely well to kings, knights, swords, legends, myths, wizards, sorcery and dark magic.
I still have the Excalibur DVD, no other copy cats even come close. I am not a expert on classic music, but the music in this movie is out of this world. I want to find a dvd with all the music, it is out there I will find it.
Read thr story ofnthr Rings Cycle. Full of kings, knights, legends, myths, goblins, and enchanted forests. No wonder Hitler loved Wagnerian music so much. It calls back to an age of chivalric knights that never existed.
@@ms.annthrope415 Never existed except in our collective unconscious. Wagner was the composer of the unconscious. That's why some find his music so un settling.
For me this piece elicits a physiological response of the nervous system, at once both terrifying and stimulating, sublime and earthly, mysterious and intimate. I feel like I am observing, auditorily, the mind and body processing Life. I don’t know if that makes sense - but in any case I find myself coming back to experience it several times a year. My deep gratitude to the late Maestro Tennstedt for his extraordinary interpretation of this work of genius. He hits the target square.
I used to love this music from Wagner since my fav movie is Excalibur and this was the main theme. But when i heard this version i had goosebumps and all my body starts to shiver of joy
One of the outstanding renditions you can get from this masterwork-I never heard it better-and the LPO was one of the best orchestras in the world under Tennstedts baton!! An overwhelming performance!!!!!!!!!!!
On tour in Tokyo in 1988, Klaus Tennstedt (1927-1998), leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which was "his" orchestra from 1983 to 1990, gave a concert, not without imperfections, it is a live, but intense ... and often unforgettable! In the "Funeral March" Tennstedt demonstrate a real genius, unfolding before our eyes what Albert Lavignac, in his "Voyage artistique à Bayreuth", described so well: "Those heroic motifs, slightly veiled in mourning , interspersed with sobs, bringing in them terror, a mystical procession of thoughts alive. "* Thank you for sharing this grand and moving moment, worthy of this great page of all.
Klaus was a wonderful, masterly conductor of Wagner's works. His command of tempo, his impression, his ownership of orchestra is just awesome. Why does music need to be conducted? Answer : Klaus Tennstedt - Maestrro, peerless. Total composition, complete conduction, sublime expression - Gessamastkunstwerk right there.
This is one of the finest musical recordings ever made, of any kind of music, ever made, brilliant from start to finish, magnificent all the way, Donie
I am not truly a Wagnerite, but this music is really so much more than just a score, it is an existential experience, it reaches your innermost being and what is deeply ingrained iin it Tennstest was absolutely incomparable in the rendition of it all
Yes, it may have 'flopped', but the movie is much loved and treasured. I love it and don't think I would have discovered this fantastic music had I not seen it.
Karajan's biographer Richard Osborne recalls how HvK found Tennstedt a very impressive conductor and invited him to record with the Berlin PO (Dvorak, Bruckner and Wagner) - a rare honour. The two men got on famously, though KT was semi-inebriated when he met Karajan, having drunk a little too much to steady his nerves. Osborne describes him I think as one of the most inspiring conductors of his time.
For Wagner and Strauss, I agree. For me, the best conductor out there today is none other than Valery Gergiev. He makes music sound like poetry. Shostakovich's piano concerto #2, Andante movement, will transport you to another world.
The famous Lectern drop at 5:50 is well known from this recording. He is then forced to conduct from memory, trying to recoup the lectern at 6:50 but failing.Klaus Tennstedt was one of the very best conductors of Wagner at the Bayreuth´s festival orchestra. Of cource, he knows this by head, but always conducted from score.
I always thought it sounded like a gunshot. Tennstedt was a great all around conductor. I heard an unforgettable Schubert with the CSO not long before his death.
i don't think that's quite correct. based on the video i think the lectern retracted, but didn't fall over. you can see him looking down at it constantly, and at 6:50 he's reaching down to turn the page, not pull it back up.
Nothing compares to hearing this live. . . the intensity of the actual sound passes through your body. So much so I've actually seen people standing (such as choir and hall attendants) have had their legs give out from the sheer intensity.
I feel it, I'm there. I'm at a funeral for a warrior. A man who has given his soul for every last shred. The brass rises and it's a welling of tears. Fantastic.
2:12; 7:56 So nice to see how deeply effected Tennstedt is by this beautiful piece of music. What an incredible high Tennstedt must have felt, as a person who can feel and understand music so deeply and has the ability to make it sound so perfectly.
One of my best friends lost his Grandmother, recently. He had this piece of music played at the exit of the coffin from the Church at her memorial. We both love Wagner, so we decided on this piece. The most emotionally charged music ever written. RIP, Grace Edith King.
A friend of 50 years passed away this morning, just before sunrise. Blasting this at a deafening full blast volume seems right. A king and a great man have fallen.
This sentance is so true it needs to be said again and again. I truly believe this is the most sublime piece of music ever written. It reaches a place very deeply buried within my consciousness, and I get chills every time I hear it.
A truly great conductor and a truly great orchestra right on the top of their game, these performances are just amazing, the best Wagner to be heard anywhere
Amen.. you know why?? Because of maestro's orchestral placement and understanding of musical unity... the swell that came after the trumpet solo...creates it.. Wonderful......
LOL Ive often wondered if any has ever been narcissistic enough to demand this be played at their funeral. And if so, do the surviving relatives go through with those wishes or make a command decision to not do so...
The passion the late Maestro Tennstedt personified with Wagner's works is awe inspiring... He left us about ten years after this performance but what a legacy.
Wagner remueve las entrañas del alma en esta composición. Una pieza que está al alcance de todos escuchar, pero que muy pocos pueden “sentir” en toda su profundidad. Gracias Wagner por esta obra Maestra! Gracias a Dios por dejarnos la música como arte divina, y capaz de mover los sentimientos más profundos del ser!
It's quite astonishing how a simple tempo change can make this much difference : the other versions I've heard on YT start the march a bit faster than this one. And by simply reducing the tempo, what was "only" music becomes something from out of this world that shakes one's body to its deepest core. Bravo Mr Tennsted you were touched by grace on this one !
This is eternal music. Anton Bruckners Adagio in his 7th symphony should be recommended here, which he composed after the death of Wagner, his "Master of all masters"...
As Beethovenian and Brucknerian music lover, you are absolully right. The Adagio's 7th Bruckner is an elegy to Wagner's death in the same form and content of Sigfried Funeral.
This piece is so thought provoking, one can almost listen to this and wonder what will happen in this new dark age we are sinking into and what will the future hold
Yes - and also so deeply delving into the recesses of our soul.. I share your impression. Besides, this was what Wagner had in mind. He called this opera not for nothing the "twilight of the gods"... Siegfried was not one of them; he was a human who fell a victim to the devious plotting by those gods. It was for him that Wagner wrote this music.
One of the most stirring and moving pieces of music ever written. Wagner knew how to use brass and strings in such a way as to get a very intense emotional response from the listener, I'm certainly no exception.
kgbmcse I agree, it's just brilliant. Imagine meeting Wagner - what must it have been like? There's a piece from T and I in act 3 (i think) similar reaction.
This magnificent piece of music has the habit of stirring and elevating my sense of being. Whenever I do listen to this, I always feel that I am connected to something far greater than myself.
Tennstedt is a true pro. Not phased at all by his lecturn and score falling over mid-performance. Nor was the orchestra. So well rehearsed it hardly mattered. I'm sure they could perform without the music in front of them. Marvellous!
Certainly one of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music written in the 19th Century. Kudos to Maestro Tennstedt and the London Philharmonic. Wagner, too.
It's a pleasure not only to listen to what has been my favorite piece of music for more than a half century, but also to read so many wonderful comments with which I so agree!
5:50 STAND FALLS. Almost no reaction. Continues on with poise and doesn't let it shake him. Fantastic professionalism. Incredible sound achieved by the orchestra.
@@violinhunter2 His stand fell vertically downwards in its support. I didn't say it fell over. You're splicing hairs for some unknown reason. Conductors set the height of their stand to where they want it beforehand during rehearsals. It's more than likely he didn't tighten it enough himself. Professional orchestras most often remain in their setup for numerous days before concerts as they are doing their rehearsals and dress rehearsals in the same hall they perform in during the week before. His stand very likely was not touched by a single other person other than him for days.
@@MusicalMercenary You are quite right. Yes. that is almost certainly what happened - you know the routine very well. Thanks for the correction. (My grandpa was at a concert in Mexico City many years ago where the conductor (Enrique Batiz) knocked the first viola stand down with a grand gesture that was a little too grand and the stand (of course) made a tremendous noise - Batiz pretended not to notice and just went on conducting. 🙂)
Thought that was a stand off gun cannon sfx or something for the funeral march at 5:50, went back to realize it was Tennstedt's stand falling lmao. As if he needed it, man just kept going on like nothing happened.
Lmao! I was listening to this while doing other things, and had to step outside to see if someone was firing a weapon! (Sorry, we don't duck and run in my town, we're ready to shoot back!) Great piece of work by this orchestra; I just had to find it after thinking about the movie "Excalibur" the other day. This music truly enhanced the drama of Arthur receiving his sword from the Lady of the Lake; and then later, his funeral.
Fire the eejit who set up the conductors podium for his slipshod work. The Maestro -giant amongst men- is absorbed by the rigors of the performance carrying off a monumental rendition of one of the most spectacular bits of music. It must be akin to hitting sudden violent turbulence piloting an aircraft. The poor man is clearly overcome by the incident as he walks off. Didn't affect his conducting though, not a bit.
Mon dieu , quelle grandeur et quelle majesté......c est beau de voir l émotion du maestro Tennstedt dirigeant sa musique .......il vie profondément ce qu il dirige......chose tellement rare de nos jours....... RIP
Kudos to the professionalism of the conductor and orchestra for the most powerful recording of this piece I can imagine hearing, despite the stand falling over. And I wish we could all agree that that 'cannon salute' was miraculously timely XD
I will forever associate this magnificent piece of Wagner with my favorite interpretation of King Arthur. From the movie Excalibur. It was a superb ending, majestic, a little sad of course, but triumphant as they took Arthur home to his final resting place. I will never stop loving this piece or that scene or more for that matter.
The great Klaus Tennstedt doesn't miss a beat when his music stand collapses at 5.49. This intense conducting performance was typical of Tennstedt, who unfortunately died in 1998 (almost 25 years ago, as of Nov. 2022)--a great loss to the world music community.
Ah! You answered my question - what happened at 5:50? At first I thought it was a percussion effect scripted by Wagner. But no ... makes this video and performance even more unique.
I saw Klaus Tennstedt conduct the Berlin Radio Symphony in Las Vegas in 1986
Klaus Tennstedt, one of the truly great ones... RIP Maestro
Ah that's what the noise was, i thought it was some disrespectful member in the auditorium.
I can see his music stand collapse, strange i didn't see that.
Top marks for keeping his composure.
Klaus looks like an elderly Dwight Kurt Schrute III
This is one of the most powerful pieces of orchestral music ever written for an opera, and Maestro Tennstedt and his musicians do it justice.
@@fionagreig9392I know what you mean. Wagner was an anti-Semite, which endeared him to Hitler.
@@fionagreig9392 Richard Wagner 1813-1883.....ou est le rapport avec l'Allemagne nazi ?
0:04, 2:58 & 9:11...
They really don't. It's not the worst, but by God, there are some cringey moments in there, mostly because of the conductor. I think we should do away with them, honestly, there are very few conductors who truly bring something to music- and they are the ones that should go. Conductors should instruct the ensemble to play the fucking notes, not "interpret" shit. They are NOT Wagner, they are NOT Prokofiev, they are NOT Bach, or Mozart, or Beethoven, or Liszt, or Rachmaninov, or Tchaikovsky or ANYONE of importance.
The fact that they fuck up tempo and intonation is an affront to the great artists who wrote the damn music. It's like DJs, they can't make music themselves, they just mangle other people's music instead.
Nazi party 1933-1945.
Can I just say that this peice was my finale to my dads tribute concert..he passed in 2019 ..I was taught by him to conduct. I assembled a team of musicians and in front of 300 friends and family we performed his favourite peices. I will never get a high like that again.. especially during this peice..my dad was a prolific conductor himself in the military..I miss him.. I hope I did him proud xx
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What for a beautiful tribute.
Semper Fi
@@tomshea8229 do or die
Nice tribute! My grandmother was a wonderful organist and I had a list of her faves for the church organist. It was lovely to hear them, knowing she loved them.
One of the greatest performances of all time. Mystical, timeless, eternal. Tennstedt attains sublime, genius. Un moment de grâce.
i thought Levines conducting of this was astounding until i heard tennstedt,,,,there are no words to describe its power and only tears to weep for the High Art we have lost for ever
I could hear it a hundred times in a row, I would still cry. Just astounishingly magnificient.
It's striking how emotional Tennstedt gets while conducting this beautiful piece, and still able to maintain his composure until the very end. A true master.
It's the postlude of the western civilization. The world he is a child of. Of course he gets emotional.
@@doctorstrangelove8815 Sneed
He felt Wagner's spirit!
I like Tennstedt, but there are a lot of serious ensemble problems in this performance that are really down to him.
@LuxPhysics Yours is an apt comment that is also a tribute for the Greatness of Great Tennstedt, Peerless Conductor. Surely he was a true maste. Thx for commenting PS. Amazing how Klaus literally "survived" the absurd fall of the stand with the conductor's score conducting wonderfully (with his musicians" this masterpiece until the end. A lesser master would not survived such mishap. And Klaus was a man of great values, deeply human...
I can listen to this 7 times in a row, and get goosebumps every single time, especially from the brass around 4:50. It goes beyond an emotional reaction, it's a physical reflex, like when the doctor hits your knee with his hammer. Unbelievable what Wagner can do, when interpreted by a conductor and orchestra of this calibre!
Agreed!
It's the start if the violins leading into the brass🎉🎉❤
Wagner was divinely inspired...That's what's giving you the goosebumps. The fact that you're reacting to it, is a sign that you are intended for greater things.....As are we all. Unfortunately, very few of us realize that potential. Embrace it!
@@mrsd197For me as well.
You can see, that Tennstedt feels every note he conducts. Look at his face, the obeisance at the end and his leaving, he is really moved by what he had heard.
It took a lot out of him. One of the orchestra players standing looked more concerned about him than anything. He had a life as tragic as this piece, I've read.
Not saying he didn't do a great job conducting (i like this version better than all others i've heard on youtube) but conductors usually do exit momentarily after a long piece, and then come back and take a bow. I dno't know what the program was for this concert but it's conceivable there was another piece after this one and the maestro wanted to go wipe is brow and drink a glass of water before heading back out onstage...
@@himanv Not his "moving out" as a whole but how he does. I'm a conductor myself and you can clearly see, that something vibed in him there.
@@johannschneider6372 True. It was an amazing performance! I come back to this youtube video every so often to watch it again and listen to the amazing music.
The best
It really doesn't get any better than this.
It does. The ending of this opera for one, the immolation scene, which is meant to be the climax of the very music in this video.
Could anything do?
The first time I heard this score was as a child watching the movie Excalibur back in the 80's, and it is just as stirring now as it was back then, it makes you realize just how far the art of music has fallen over the decades.
Yes, for me this music has always been and will always be the music that begins and ends 'Excalibur', a film that 'blew me away' as they say as a child and which continues to do so even today. Truly a perfect use of 'borrowed music' creating something entirely different and powerful.
It has been a pleasure to hear of another 'Excalibur' lover.... 🙂
same for me , the movie Excalibur!!
El arte en general está en franca decadencia, y eso demuestra que el ser humano hoy en día no es mejor ni está más evolucionado que los artistas de las cuevas de Altamira, o los arquitectos de los imperios antiguos.
@@juanramongonzalez546 En cierto modo esto es cierto. De otra manera, la idea de evolución es un concepto, uno donde la raza humana se mueve hacia un estado de perfección (o casi perfección) que mantiene o pierde. En cambio, creo que siempre hemos estado exactamente donde deberíamos estar, una condición que pasa por ciclos de nacimiento, vida, decadencia, muerte y renacimiento. Sí, hoy el arte y la cultura están en mal estado y eso es aburrido, pero es solo una parte del ciclo natural.
Pero repito, esa es solo la historia que más me gusta....
@@sergiocampanale3882 el ser humano es capaz de lo peor y de lo mejor. Su evolución no es lineal, va en forma de espiral, hay épocas buenas, y épocas desastrosas, pero el que se crea superior a los antiguos está equivocado. En el arte poco o nada se puede inventar, al igual que en filosofía, y en el tema de ética, y moral, estamos peor que en otras épocas.
Probably the GREATEST performance I have heard of this beautiful piece!!! He was a GENIOUS! Unfortunately underrated 😭
Tranquilo que wagner vive en la eternidad del valhala .
5:49: the conductor's stand abruptly drops and he does not miss a beat, and finishes the piece flawlessly. Now that's a Maestro!
I have watched this a hundred times and have never noticed his stand falling. I've always wondered what the loud noise was. I will never miss it again! Thank you for the insight.
Thanks for clarifying, I was checking to see what happened. Sounded like a gunshot!
Thanks, it fits right in, I will call this song Putin,s Rage!
Came to find the answer... to me sounded like if a cello fell to the ground xd
What a funny coincidence that the camera zooms out just in the right moment to capture the collapsing stand.
Maestro Tennstedt was one of our finest interpreters. Sadly, he was never a well man, and died too soon. R i P
Indeed - R I P Maestro
RIP
Master conductor, extraordinaire! Emotional, totally into the music and the orchestra. And his cues are outstanding! My favorite of all time!
yes that was very saddening.
I truly believe this is the most sublime piece of music ever written. It reaches a place very deeply buried within my consciousness, and I get chills every time I hear it.
Agree totally
It is in the European DNA.
@@brantdanger Thank God for that!
Janny, my friend: I am moved by the character of Siegfried and Wagner captures him in the opera as a mortal, perfect in every way, completely without guile, but the tragedy is that a witch put a curse on him then he wasn't really himself. Treat yourself to the modern recording by Szell and the Cleveland for a sonic spectacular. The old video by Solti is really exciting though.
There is no better way to express that. Thank you.
By far the best performance of this piece I’ve ever heard. The solo trumpet at 4.46 is incredible, ushering in a hurricane of sound.
This music moves my very soul like nothing else.
that was Laurie Evans. The most beautiful sound on the Bb trumpet
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@@mijola2476 Agreed.
Consecutio Temporum
I was lucky enough to attend a Tennstedt concert once. It was only about a year or so before he passed away. He was certainly one of the very best conductors. The Tennstedt concert was amazing. The following night another conductor appeared with the same orchestra and the orchestra reverted to just ordinary. The contrast was remarkable.
This music tells more about honor, pride, and dignity than any words could.
Agree!
I think you are completely wrong. You should read what Baudelaire said about Wagner; The great French poet understood much better how this is about unconscious, eroticism, and the flow of life rather that "honor, pride and dignity"
You are entitled to your opinion.@@netmendo
@@abeedhal6519 Welll.. Is is more than my opinion. It is Charles Baudelaire's appreciation. He knew a thing or two about art :)
I can't imagine extrapolating such stale and pompous abstractions from this. Right wingers fail to appreciate art.
the conductor is controlling space and time in that hall :D
Brilliant isnt it?
I agree ... and he's controlling the music too.
Most beautiful comment I've ever seen!
for real I enjoy watching him as much of the music.. like he gets it
Space yes time no.
4:03 - 4:40 - no matter how many times I hear that, I still can't quite believe what I'm hearing.
Right
Yes, incredible
I'm new to this music and this particular part is probably the greatest thing I've ever heard
I always cry like a baby at that part. I just cannot help it.
very true this IS the key passage .. for me it is about a deep cosmic impulse that comes to Man .. the sensitive reflective 3’35-4’03 preceeding it .. this new un-earthly sounding impulse comes from very deep (the basses) but has these unstoppable whirling forward moving waves that bring something totally new .. which erupts out of it .. this deep cosmic current gives birth 4’40-5’15 to something totally new .. like the christ impulse that transforms death into resurrection .. and then, as the grim death sounds resurface again 5’35 this theme manifests again so as to transform and lead into sounds of glorious victory 6’00 onwards .. life forces over death
There was only one Klaus Tennstedt. No conductor like him before or since. I've been listening for over 60 years to a multitude of legendary maestros and I consider him among the greatest ever to stand in front of an orchestra.
Klaus Tennstedt ist Großartig! Sublimes!
Certain conductors just have a feel for the composer or style if music. I think Sir George Solti was a fine Wagner conductor and watched his energetic conducting to this piece during a recording. Of course Herbert Von Karajan would be rightfully offended if he wasn't mentioned.
@@ms.annthrope415 Agreed. Both were splendid, and I've enjoyed their recordings for many years. Tennstedt's uniquely visceral style just strikes me personally a bit more deeply.
Herbert von Karajan.
Me too9
Even the conductor stand couldnt hold the amount of emotion... 5:48
ahahhahahaha
@@markoschatziathanasiou6754 re den to pisteuw oti se vrika edw re.
I didn't realize this at first, but after reviewing... OH MY GOD XD
This is just as hilarious as the perfomance is breathtaking!!!
Also, what was that? Was it a gunshot? I thought this was filmed in Japan, not in America
@@thekarnyx That was the conductor's music stand falling down.
The stand fell, he continued like a pro....like nothing happened, the best version of Siegfried's funeral I have heard. Brilliant.
My favorite too so far. James Levine's was good, but not as good as this one IMO.
"like a pro" is an insult to the genius that he was. He continued as he knew each and every note, each pause and the color of the ink
in both his heart and his mind.
@@RagingHeavens it wasn’t an insult, it was meant as a compliment I’m sure, bear in mind not everyone is familiar with the Genius Tennstedt..
@@davidpowell9713 I didn't criticize the guy, I understood whst he said, just made it clear that he didnt give big enough complimemt
I thought some idiot left and slammed the door!
There are no words to describe what I feel. Cold goes up my spine. My hair rises. I cry...
Me too
It’s an emotion inducing piece
I get goosebumps, chills when I listen to this. Every. Single. Time.
You can't help but listen to Richard Wagner music. It has pure emotion in all of his music. This one right here is my favorite piece then comes Tristan und Isolde. I had the pleasure to sing in a choir Tann hauser Overture ... God have mercy just brings chills to the bones!
One of the pinnacles of human achievement. Sublime.
The ring is THE pinnacle of the universe.
Eons described in minutes. This comes from lived experience, even if he lived it primarily through the creation of his cycle.
Wagner's music's immense value is to make you feel above the human miseries.
I agree.
ABSOLUTELY DANKE SCHOEN TO DEUTSCHALND
for a moment my soul flew across stormy clouds.. and for a smaller moment arose to see a brilliant redish sunlight.. then fell again
what a trip..
This masterpiece gives me goosebumps. A drink', a cigarette and you feel that you are the world master
The music of this opera. Holy hell.
I have never felt chills from music, out of pure beauty.
THIS is how you honor a character’s legacy. And I haven’t even listened to all of the Ring Cycle!!
Sublime.
Just superb. By far my favorite rendition. Tennstedt and von Karajan, to me the very best ❤️
This is certainly the best performance of Wagner 's music I've ever heard.Absolutely glorious, especially the brass!
Why do you think it is better than the often praised recordings of the Vienna Philharmonics with Solti?
@@Achill101 I like this better. the timing is subtle but oh so fine.
RIP Klaus Tennstedt
The best with Solti of course... Or with Boulez
Even the pupitre fainted xD
Solti is superior and stays more in the flow than tennstedt
The Power of Wagner - The Spiritual Power of Wagner.
Internalized by Klaus Tennstedt.
The control of the Conductor is truly superb!
i am hooked forever on Wagner
Too bad Tennstedt is a Zionist... better stick to the oldies ;)
@Eli - that was a stupid comment. Long live MUSIC.
Peter T it is not a stupid comment. Zionists would have this culture and heritage relegated to the dustbin of history.
RIP Klaus Tennstedt
"One day a King will come, and the sword will rise again."
Like Arthur.......
Dark days my frreiind
We live in dark times. The land without a king. One day hopefully soon our king shall come. I pray for it. Until then we must never give in, never lose hope just like the Knights never gave up seeking the grail.
Who says it has to be a king...?
@@jeffreysommer3292 Non woke legends says King!
That was immense. The most epic piece of music that has ever been composed.
I was listening to this in the car with my (then) 5 year old daughter. It was at night and there was a full moon with some clouds waxing and waning around the moon. She told me that everything we were experiencing reminded her of Grandpa (my dad, who had died a year earlier, when she was just 4).
I think there's something special going on in this universe.
I reckon that the fact that your daughter is listening to this at the age of 5 will mean she's probably going to grow up to be a brillant person!
Weil es die Seele mit Erhabenheit erfüllt...
Lovely story
@@darrenkewley3879 Can't speak to possible brilliance, but she'll probably be balanced.
There is a profound sadness here....for the glories that were once and have now passed.away...for the Old Ways.....
Morrigan “warhelm” Ravenchild: No my child... The Old Ways are the New Ways. The Ways of Eternal Justice... Rise to the Requirement.. Fight to the Finish...
oh good lord
Wagner wasn't one for the old ways. There are clear anarchist undertones in Gotterdammerung.
+Farco Please no offence but it would be Götterdämmerung. Have a nice day!
Please don't defile this great piece of music.
I first heard this watching Excalibur (1981. Dir' John Boorman). A masterpiece of fantasy myth and legend - this music lends itself immensely well to kings, knights, swords, legends, myths, wizards, sorcery and dark magic.
Still get goosebumps watching it after....40 years!
@@chrisurwin9310 Yup. :)
I still have the Excalibur DVD, no other copy cats even come close. I am not a expert on classic music, but the music in this movie is out of this world. I want to find a dvd with all the music, it is out there I will find it.
Read thr story ofnthr Rings Cycle. Full of kings, knights, legends, myths, goblins, and enchanted forests. No wonder Hitler loved Wagnerian music so much. It calls back to an age of chivalric knights that never existed.
@@ms.annthrope415 Never existed except in our collective unconscious. Wagner was the composer of the unconscious. That's why some find his music so un settling.
Every time I close my eyes and listen, I always have tears in my eyes.
Wagner stirs my soul like no other it goes beyond music.
Only a Bach organ piece can approach it.
Fabulously played and orchestrated.
For me this piece elicits a physiological response of the nervous system, at once both terrifying and stimulating, sublime and earthly, mysterious and intimate. I feel like I am observing, auditorily, the mind and body processing Life. I don’t know if that makes sense - but in any case I find myself coming back to experience it several times a year. My deep gratitude to the late Maestro Tennstedt for his extraordinary interpretation of this work of genius. He hits the target square.
I used to love this music from Wagner since my fav movie is Excalibur and this was the main theme. But when i heard this version i had goosebumps and all my body starts to shiver of joy
Are you just a dream, Merlin?
I love Excalibur too.
Oh yes!!!!!!
The usual Wagner experience
If anyone is interested, th-cam.com/video/7Ll4qS4anGo/w-d-xo.html takes you to the end of Excalibur set to this music
One of the outstanding renditions you can get from this masterwork-I never heard it better-and the LPO was one of the best orchestras in the world under Tennstedts baton!! An overwhelming performance!!!!!!!!!!!
On tour in Tokyo in 1988, Klaus Tennstedt (1927-1998), leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which was "his" orchestra from 1983 to 1990, gave a concert, not without imperfections, it is a live, but intense ... and often unforgettable!
In the "Funeral March" Tennstedt demonstrate a real genius, unfolding before our eyes what Albert Lavignac, in his "Voyage artistique à Bayreuth", described so well: "Those heroic motifs, slightly veiled in mourning , interspersed with sobs, bringing in them terror, a mystical procession of thoughts alive. "*
Thank you for sharing this grand and moving moment, worthy of this great page of all.
Klaus was a wonderful, masterly conductor of Wagner's works. His command of tempo, his impression, his ownership of orchestra is just awesome. Why does music need to be conducted? Answer : Klaus Tennstedt - Maestrro, peerless. Total composition, complete conduction, sublime expression - Gessamastkunstwerk right there.
This is one of the finest musical recordings ever made, of any kind of music, ever made, brilliant from start to finish, magnificent all the way, Donie
The feeling in this music can not be matched with anything written now! The conductor is truly dedicated and the orchestra is magnificent!
This is the greatest performance of Siegfried's Funeral March EVER!
not*
I am not truly a Wagnerite, but this music is really so much more than just a score, it is an existential experience, it reaches your innermost being and what is deeply ingrained iin it
Tennstest was absolutely incomparable in the rendition of it all
This is the richest, most full bodied version I've heard so far. The restraint, depth, clarity and scope is wonderful!
One day a king will come, and the Sword will rise again.
+Elgar T.W. OMG, yes. The Lord of the Rings, The Lady of the Lakes, etc.
+Elgar T.W. And Britons need them now!
Duc de Richleau It's Excalibur. Thanks for playing.
+Elgar T.W.
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Yes, it may have 'flopped', but the movie is much loved and treasured. I love it and don't think I would have discovered this fantastic music had I not seen it.
Probably the most impressive recording I have ever heard!
Wagner's harmonies and their orchestration are just incredible.
No fucking shit
Karajan's biographer Richard Osborne recalls how HvK found Tennstedt a very impressive conductor and invited him to record with the Berlin PO (Dvorak, Bruckner and Wagner) - a rare honour. The two men got on famously, though KT was semi-inebriated when he met Karajan, having drunk a little too much to steady his nerves. Osborne describes him I think as one of the most inspiring conductors of his time.
For Wagner and Strauss, I agree. For me, the best conductor out there today is none other than Valery Gergiev. He makes music sound like poetry. Shostakovich's piano concerto #2, Andante movement, will transport you to another world.
The famous Lectern drop at 5:50 is well known from this recording. He is then forced to conduct from memory, trying to recoup the lectern at 6:50 but failing.Klaus Tennstedt was one of the very best conductors of Wagner at the Bayreuth´s festival orchestra. Of cource, he knows this by head, but always conducted from score.
So *that's* what that was at 5:50 ......Thx for enlightening everyone :-)
I always thought it sounded like a gunshot. Tennstedt was a great all around conductor. I heard an unforgettable Schubert with the CSO not long before his death.
i don't think that's quite correct. based on the video i think the lectern retracted, but didn't fall over. you can see him looking down at it constantly, and at 6:50 he's reaching down to turn the page, not pull it back up.
It fits perfectly! I thought it was a cannon shot, a gun salute.
That's cool.
A Richter scale 10 earthquake in musical form....
Yes, but only a 1 on the Wagner scale.
Correct - unique!
A 12 it sets new limits
@High Beyond Renate Richter, von Iron Sky....!!!
You mean a Richard Scale.
2:11 - imagine the spirit pulsing through you, to move you to tears.
p.s. - ads in the middle of this video should be considered a high crime
He feels it.. as we all do!
He's just sweating.
I think it’s a trickle of sweat that runs into his eye
Although I’ve got tears running down my face watching this, for the 1000th time
Nothing compares to hearing this live. . . the intensity of the actual sound passes through your body. So much so I've actually seen people standing (such as choir and hall attendants) have had their legs give out from the sheer intensity.
it is not human, it's heavenly sorrow
alegria saramago )
You are so right
I agree totally.
It has nothing to do with sorrow. This is pure power and glory.
More like Solemn
This March is for Nigel Terry,
R.I.P you will be greatly missed, and you will always be Arthur in my eyes
TheBlackSheep Is Nigel gone? Noooooo....:(
TheBlackSheep he was absolutely "The Man". for sure. for very sure.
*****
TheBlackSheep A great loss.
TheBlackSheep He was a brilliant "Arthur", very dignified, suited the role perfectly.
I feel it, I'm there. I'm at a funeral for a warrior. A man who has given his soul for every last shred. The brass rises and it's a welling of tears. Fantastic.
2:12; 7:56 So nice to see how deeply effected Tennstedt is by this beautiful piece of music. What an incredible high Tennstedt must have felt, as a person who can feel and understand music so deeply and has the ability to make it sound so perfectly.
One of my best friends lost his Grandmother, recently. He had this piece of music played at the exit of the coffin from the Church at her memorial. We both love Wagner, so we decided on this piece.
The most emotionally charged music ever written.
RIP, Grace Edith King.
I think I’ll have it at my funeral too , maybe at the start though
Klaus has the right moves. Don't underestimate the old guys when it comes to power.
A friend of 50 years passed away this morning, just before sunrise. Blasting this at a deafening full blast volume seems right.
A king and a great man have fallen.
This sentance is so true it needs to be said again and again. I truly believe this is the most sublime piece of music ever written. It reaches a place very deeply buried within my consciousness, and I get chills every time I hear it.
A truly great conductor and a truly great orchestra right on the top of their game, these performances are just amazing, the best Wagner to be heard anywhere
its thrilling--
I think this is the first time I have ever just outright cried when watching a classical music performance. This is just ridiculously incredible.
5:50 🎆🎉
Amen.. you know why?? Because of maestro's orchestral placement and understanding of musical unity... the swell that came after the trumpet solo...creates it..
Wonderful......
This will be great at my funeral, I can just imagine the tension rising as a great man is buried.
LOL Ive often wondered if any has ever been narcissistic enough to demand this be played at their funeral. And if so, do the surviving relatives go through with those wishes or make a command decision to not do so...
The passion the late Maestro Tennstedt personified with Wagner's works is awe inspiring... He left us about ten years after this performance but what a legacy.
I listen to this in quarantine...marvelous way to spend time 🎶
Me too. I am just down the road where this was performed. 32 years too late but I still get to listen. God technology is great!
Wagner remueve las entrañas del alma en esta composición. Una pieza que está al alcance de todos escuchar, pero que muy pocos pueden “sentir” en toda su profundidad. Gracias Wagner por esta obra Maestra!
Gracias a Dios por dejarnos la música como arte divina, y capaz de mover los sentimientos más profundos del ser!
Tal cual que privilegio y agradecimiento por poder sentir gracias Dios
This is by far the best interpretation of this piece ever conducted
It's quite astonishing how a simple tempo change can make this much difference : the other versions I've heard on YT start the march a bit faster than this one. And by simply reducing the tempo, what was "only" music becomes something from out of this world that shakes one's body to its deepest core. Bravo Mr Tennsted you were touched by grace on this one !
One of the best and emotionally stirring performances of the piece that I have ever heard
This is eternal music. Anton Bruckners Adagio in his 7th symphony should be recommended here, which he composed after the death of Wagner, his "Master of all masters"...
Tortuosit of Tapiola o
As Beethovenian and Brucknerian music lover, you are absolully right. The Adagio's 7th Bruckner is an elegy to Wagner's death in the same form and content of Sigfried Funeral.
I’ll check it out
@@drojaz1 In the same form, Mr Rotch?
This piece is so thought provoking, one can almost listen to this and wonder what will happen in this new dark age we are sinking into and what will the future hold
There is no future only the present Namaste 🙏
Calm down its always been this way.
Yes - and also so deeply delving into the recesses of our soul.. I share your impression. Besides, this was what Wagner had in mind. He called this opera not for nothing the "twilight of the gods"... Siegfried was not one of them; he was a human who fell a victim to the devious plotting by those gods. It was for him that Wagner wrote this music.
@@ross1880 It really hasn't. The Modern Age is truly evil.
@@Lipidwave nonsense, the Mongols, Romans and Islamic empires were far more brutal on a daily basis.
Prigozhin's official soundtrack
Let this qweer listen Kobzon at Hell
One of the most stirring and moving pieces of music ever written. Wagner knew how to use brass and strings in such a way as to get a very intense emotional response from the listener, I'm certainly no exception.
I keep coming back to this.
I was just thinking the same thing. So powerful.
The music is so majestic, like the battle between good and evil.
I like some other pieces, but this is outstanding
kgbmcse I agree, it's just brilliant. Imagine meeting Wagner - what must it have been like? There's a piece from T and I in act 3 (i think) similar reaction.
This magnificent piece of music has the habit of stirring and elevating my sense of being. Whenever I do listen to this, I always feel that I am connected to something far greater than myself.
I love it to see the conductor as moved by the music as I am !
This is the most beautiful piece of music I have EVER heard
Best sound quality I've heard on TH-cam videos of this type.
Agreed
Tennstedt is a true pro. Not phased at all by his lecturn and score falling over mid-performance. Nor was the orchestra. So well rehearsed it hardly mattered. I'm sure they could perform without the music in front of them. Marvellous!
Certainly one of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music written in the 19th Century. Kudos to Maestro Tennstedt and the London Philharmonic. Wagner, too.
It's a pleasure not only to listen to what has been my favorite piece of music for more than a half century, but also to read so many wonderful comments with which I so agree!
Perfect listening for a stormy late summer evening.
5:50 STAND FALLS. Almost no reaction. Continues on with poise and doesn't let it shake him. Fantastic professionalism. Incredible sound achieved by the orchestra.
It was his stand. It didn't fall - it just slid down on its pedestal. Some stage hand probably didn't tighten the screws hard enough?
@@violinhunter2 His stand fell vertically downwards in its support. I didn't say it fell over. You're splicing hairs for some unknown reason. Conductors set the height of their stand to where they want it beforehand during rehearsals. It's more than likely he didn't tighten it enough himself. Professional orchestras most often remain in their setup for numerous days before concerts as they are doing their rehearsals and dress rehearsals in the same hall they perform in during the week before. His stand very likely was not touched by a single other person other than him for days.
@@MusicalMercenary You are quite right. Yes. that is almost certainly what happened - you know the routine very well. Thanks for the correction. (My grandpa was at a concert in Mexico City many years ago where the conductor (Enrique Batiz) knocked the first viola stand down with a grand gesture that was a little too grand and the stand (of course) made a tremendous noise - Batiz pretended not to notice and just went on conducting. 🙂)
God, do we need him now.
Thought that was a stand off gun cannon sfx or something for the funeral march at 5:50, went back to realize it was Tennstedt's stand falling lmao. As if he needed it, man just kept going on like nothing happened.
I agree with topov slurry. This version is hands down the best. The power and emotion in this piece of music makes me cry cause its so beautiful
Lmao! I was listening to this while doing other things, and had to step outside to see if someone was firing a weapon! (Sorry, we don't duck and run in my town, we're ready to shoot back!) Great piece of work by this orchestra; I just had to find it after thinking about the movie "Excalibur" the other day. This music truly enhanced the drama of Arthur receiving his sword from the Lady of the Lake; and then later, his funeral.
Yes, this music in Excalibur's end makes it more emotional.
Fire the eejit who set up the conductors podium for his slipshod work. The Maestro -giant amongst men- is absorbed by the rigors of the performance carrying off a monumental rendition of one of the most spectacular bits of music. It must be akin to hitting sudden violent turbulence piloting an aircraft. The poor man is clearly overcome by the incident as he walks off. Didn't affect his conducting though, not a bit.
Shankovich has dp
REST IN PEACE, MAESTRO
Truly, truly astounding. I never experienced transcendence before this. Incredible.
Nazi music???
Hutch you seek validation for what you think you know in something sublime that reaches far beyond what you will ever know.
One of the best performances. Klaus Tennstedt is one of the greatest 'Wagnerists'.
Also Otmar Suitner and Orchster the German Statesopera Berlin, top. Great Tempo
tennstedt was always a great exponent of mahler. His Symphony cycles of those works are very great.
Mon dieu , quelle grandeur et quelle majesté......c est beau de voir l émotion du maestro Tennstedt dirigeant sa musique .......il vie profondément ce qu il dirige......chose tellement rare de nos jours....... RIP
Kudos to the professionalism of the conductor and orchestra for the most powerful recording of this piece I can imagine hearing, despite the stand falling over. And I wish we could all agree that that 'cannon salute' was miraculously timely XD
I thought it was a pistol....Har...
yeah so professional he knocks it over in the first place. what a klutz!
single best piece of music ever composed . Will never be topped in the history of this world.
Decena de años escuchando ésta marcha y cada vez me impresiona más. Es sublime
Vinco io sono 60 anni che la sento😂
¡¡¡Imposible escucharlo sin que se me humedezcan los ojos y se me ponga la piel de gallina!!!
Such passion and depth of expression and yet very touching. This is incredible.
I will forever associate this magnificent piece of Wagner with my favorite interpretation of King Arthur. From the movie Excalibur. It was a superb ending, majestic, a little sad of course, but triumphant as they took Arthur home to his final resting place. I will never stop loving this piece or that scene or more for that matter.
Know what you mean.
you can say what you want but on this evening in 1988 he was able to summon Wagner's spirit