Romantic and Late Romantic works often fall victim to syrupy renditions that the composer would never have sanctioned. Good that some conductors know better than to turn their masterpieces into Muzak.
I think this ties in with the earlier comments about the ""long intros": Both the intros and this tempo are better for dancing the waltz, as opposed to just listening to it at a concert. The intros give dancers time to get into position, while the slower tempo makes for a less frenetic dance - important at an event where the dancers are not professionals (and yes, I have been at such a dance where this was played, along with "Le Patineurs" and "An der Schönen, Blauen Donau")
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Actually, the introduction here is musically very effective and provides a meaningful context to the waltz - so I entirely agree!!! In general, I find most slow introductions to the great waltzes musically quite significant - (hardly ever boring) - I would never leave them out!
Intro: When all the world is a hope-less jum-ble / And the rain-drops tum-ble all a-round / Hea-ven o-pens a ma-gic lane / When all the clouds dar-ken up the sky-way / There’s a rain-bow high-way to be found / Lea-ding from your win-dow pane / To a place be-hind the sun / Just a step be-yond the rai-ain! / Some-where / o-ver the rain-bow / blue-birds fly /
I agree. Hence the scare quotes around "boring." I don't think it's boring at all. Some musical novices with short attention spans might consider long intros boring. Not me. Have you ever heard the long intro to "Over the Rainbow?" Sad to say, it's not easy to find a rendition that includes it.
Yes. Unfortunately the classic version of the song, sung by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," does not contain the long intro. I never heard it until I saw the original score several years ago. It's good, and adds to the meaning of the song. Ironically Andre Rieu, who often inappropriately cuts intros, wisely includes it in his rendition. (continued)
@nazarethdaniel BTW, is that the Gewandhaus Orchester - Leipzig you are directing? The same one that used to have Kurt Masur as it's principle conductor? If so, pretty impressive!
This is usually taken too slowly and dies from too much love. The tempos here are perfect, and the waltz soars. It gave me goose bumps!
Romantic and Late Romantic works often fall victim to syrupy renditions that the composer would never have sanctioned. Good that some conductors know better than to turn their masterpieces into Muzak.
Actually, with the versions on YT that I've heard, the conductors play this too fast. They got exactly the right tempo here.
I think this ties in with the earlier comments about the ""long intros": Both the intros and this tempo are better for dancing the waltz, as opposed to just listening to it at a concert. The intros give dancers time to get into position, while the slower tempo makes for a less frenetic dance - important at an event where the dancers are not professionals (and yes, I have been at such a dance where this was played, along with "Le Patineurs" and "An der Schönen, Blauen Donau")
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It is absolutely outstanding. Such a vivid pulse... Unique!!! Maestro ❤️
I agree with Blake.....somewhat slow....but it never dies. There is much love here.....and the waltz is excellent
The best version I have heard. Period!
This and the one Fedoseyev conducts :)
Beautiful!
They played this lovely waltz in the first ,half of the Last Night of the Proms at the Cape Town City Hall on 19/20 March 2016
Enjoyable.-----Franz Lehar, Saturday 30 April 1870 - Sunday 24 October 1948.
Perfecte dirigent en orkest WOW!
BTW, thank you for going with the whole thing, not cutting off the introductory part of the waltz like Rieu and many others often do.
And the repeats, too.
Gyönyörű muzsika!!!
Ah, good chemistry with the orchestra and a full house! What more could anyone want? A beautiful waltz? You got it! :-)
the best performance of this Waltz I saw on YT
Bravo! The only regret is that FLG's Epic Times disgusting ads often interrupt my viewing. They are every where on RUclips. Too bad!
el tempo: perfecto!
This song is so fancy
Zum Einschlafen, so langsam gehalten ist das Tempo.
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Piękne wykonanie! Vielen Dank .
Piękny walc , nieraz go słyszałem w radio. Raz go grali w Telewizji Polskiej.
Gerai!
Grandioso, sublime alimento para las impresiones del alma......
@Garpinator It is the orchestra of the Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (Radio Symphony Orchestra) Leipzig.
PERFECTION !!
Actually, the introduction here is musically very effective and provides a meaningful context to the waltz - so I entirely agree!!! In general, I find most slow introductions to the great waltzes musically quite significant - (hardly ever boring) - I would never leave them out!
Intro:
When all the world is a hope-less jum-ble /
And the rain-drops tum-ble all a-round /
Hea-ven o-pens a ma-gic lane /
When all the clouds dar-ken up the sky-way /
There’s a rain-bow high-way to be found /
Lea-ding from your win-dow pane /
To a place be-hind the sun /
Just a step be-yond the rai-ain! /
Some-where / o-ver the rain-bow / blue-birds fly /
Sublime!!! More, more, more!!!
I agree. Hence the scare quotes around "boring."
I don't think it's boring at all. Some musical novices with short attention spans might consider long intros boring. Not me.
Have you ever heard the long intro to "Over the Rainbow?" Sad to say, it's not easy to find a rendition that includes it.
Yes.
Unfortunately the classic version of the song, sung by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," does not contain the long intro.
I never heard it until I saw the original score several years ago. It's good, and adds to the meaning of the song.
Ironically Andre Rieu, who often inappropriately cuts intros, wisely includes it in his rendition.
(continued)
Wunderbar! Dankeschön...
Als wenn einem ein Engel ins Ohr pinkelt...
@nazarethdaniel BTW, is that the Gewandhaus Orchester - Leipzig you are directing? The same one that used to have Kurt Masur as it's principle conductor? If so, pretty impressive!
Ok thnks!!!
Did you mean the song by Judy Garland?
I second that.
Cutting out "boring" intros is vulgar and declasse in the extreme. The sure sign of Philistinism.
El xilófono, el arpa, hacen a esa orquesta única, aparte que la melodía es tan, para mi, romántica, jeje :D :3
Very nice, but why specify that you are "not Andre Rieu" in your tags? Trust me, you look nothing like him!
@Garpinator :-)
weird conductor ,with passion of bollywood music ,:-)