30 MINUTES of Mahler's 2nd Symphony Finales
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- The recent buzz around this symphony because of the new Maestro movie had me digging through hours of footage. I tried to combine a variety of styles and conductors. I hope you enjoy!
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Ivan Fischer | • Ivan Fischer and the B...
Seiji Ozawa | • Mahler Sinfonie nr. 2 ...
Gilbert Kaplan | • Gilbert Kaplan | First...
Bernard Haitink | • Mahler: Symphony 2 (fi...
Alondra de la Parra | • Mahler: Symphony No. 2...
Daniel Stewart | • Mahler, Symphony No. 2...
Marin Alsop | • Concerto Digital: "Sin...
Mark Bartley | • Mahler Symphony No. 2 ...
Ricardo Chailly | • Riccardo Chailly - Mah...
Mariss Jansons | • Mahler Symphony No.2 F...
Benjamin Zander | • Mahler Symphony No. 2 ...
Valery Gergiev | • Mahler, Sinfonie Nr 2...
Zubin Mehta | • Zubin Mehta's last 3 m...
Christian Vásquez | • Christian Vásquez cond...
Leonard Bernstein | • Leonard Bernstein, LSO...
Maestro clip | • Maestro | Ely Cathedra...
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0:00 Ivan Fischer
2:07 Seiji Ozawa
4:02 Gilbert Kaplan
5:49 Bernard Haitink
7:49 Alondra de la Parra
9:46 Daniel Stewart
11:46 Marin Alsop
14:02 Mark Bartley
16:06 Ricardo Chailly
18:32 Mariss Jansons
20:34 Benjamin Zander
21:41 Valery Gergiev
23:06 Zubin Mehta
24:39 Christian Vásquez
26:49 Leonard Bernstein
29:15 THE BEST ONE 
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The orchestra in mr Haitinks performance is not the Concertgebouw but the Rotterdam Philharmonic . This concert was held at Rotterdams concert hall "de Doelen".
I have pinned your comment so others will know. My honest apologies. Must have lost track in the editing process!
correct
You missed the greatest among the great masters: Klaus Tennstedt with the Londoners.
@@marcap1000 You don't happen to have a link to that, do you?
Rest in peace. Seiji Ozawa❤
It was only in recent months I fell in love with his work. We need to treasure the masters we have left.
There is also always room to honor those who gave us artistry before.@@MrMayAllDay
Absolutely! There is a Grainger quote that we must “hold the cold hand” of forgotten musicians of the past. So agree.
I missed seeing Gustavo Dudamel and Claudio Abbado performances, but I’m happy to be introduced to others in this compilation. Well done!
I miss Dudamel's version with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra during the 2011 PROMS. EPIC!!
I could not agree with you more that is one of my favorite versions of the piece especially when they bring in that beautiful organ they have at the royal Albert hall!!
Visquez's performance reminds me so much of Dudamel's conducting style
And with Bernstein's performance well what can be said other that Fantastic! He is in a league of his own!!!
And on Mehta's preformance just STUNNING no big cues just beautiful music!!!
Cannot get enough, Mahler was simply a GENIUS 😍
Wow. I grew up with Bernstein, Ozawa, and Mehta. Loved them all! I listen to this every couple of days to remove myself from all the world is currently throwing at us. Thank you for this.
Happy to share 👍 thanks for listening!
I sang in the Mark Bartley one in 2018!! I found this by accident, and I'm so glad I did. Thank you!!
That’s awesome! 👍
Santa Cruz Symphony, a small towm symphony is shockingly good under Stewart! That soprano soaring over the chorus. Spectacular!
Yes and he articulated well
The soprano is Gabrielle Reyes de Ramirez
Yes, that soaring soprano is the standout of all these finale extracts for me.
That was a great selection, thank you. My favourite, yes it's hard to choose, is still the Gustavo Dudamel version with the Venezuelan symphony orchestra at the 2011 BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London. An incredibly emotional performance, and with that incredible organ in the RAH, the climax positively thunders! I must sit down and listen to some more recordings - they all have merit.
Not hard to choose for me. Duhamel and Bernstein with an ever so slight edge to Bernstein. Can't believe Duhamel not included.
@@tomjamrose283 I agree with you, and yes, it was surprising that Dudamel was not included on this list. I guess everybody has their favourites , and on social media platforms like these we can agree or disagree. It's all about personal choice. Just a pity some people take opinions too far, and theirs is the only one that matters. :)
The final few minutes may be able to overcome the RAH but that cave (sorry hall) certainly destroys the first "arise" by the chorus in any performance.
Maestro Bernstein for ever, how we miss you.....
I think the first time one hears this is forever in one's memory as the best and standard (for me, was Ozawa with Boston Symphony), but I love the slight differences in so many of these - coming to this finale after the 80 minutes of what comes before is such an amazing and beautiful journey, and the finale of this symphony is to me, the greatest moment in music.
BERNSTEIN, the Master of tempo!
MAHLER, out of this world!
Holy moly! My goosebumps have goosebumps!! They're all amazing, but my God, Bernstein just squeezes every single drop of emotion out of that!
Yea I have to agree. So many of them speed the tempo up or it’s just…. Bland.
Idk what it is but his is the best
Goosebumps…each and every one…
Wonderful, Powerful, Perfect!
やはり全身全霊を込めてマーラーを歌い上げるバーンスタインの姿と音楽に目と耳を奪われてしまう…！！
Grazie per questa preziosissima raccolta!
Many thanks for this video with great conductor, great orchestra.
The best symphony ever from mahler,..
This video demonstrates how great Bernstein was. Thank you.
The BEST video of 2024
For me it's definitely Seiji Ozawa because of his excellent ritardando before "Auferstehen". Basically, the tempo is kept rather fast, but this does not harm the expression, because the tension is well maintained due to the perfect ritardando and the subsequent appropriate tempo.
Who is also great is Alan Gilbert with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, who also make the ending super expressive and yet compact. I can also highly recommend it ;)
I may make another with some recommendations from the comments!
Good points. Ozawa and Kaplan did indeed stand out (along with a couple others).
The Ozawa was something else, the Chorus were so on point, so tight and powerful, almost Mormon Tabernacle in their power.
Just wonderful. This is music which is almost beyond us. I first fell for Simon Rattle and the CBSO. So many of these videos are sublime. I love the all-embracing hugging of the entire world with their arms. Thank-you.
I agree, Ozawa’s is the best. The “Auferstehen” segment is the true climax of the symphony, and he gives it great power.
11:18 And I just love it when the soprano in Mahler 2 sings louder than the choir!
I love how clearly you can hear the soloists in the Stewart clip. :-) This is also one of the things I really enjoy about Walter's recording.
Haitink/Concertgebouw was the reason I fell in love with this symphony. I have since found myself listening more to Dudamel/Venezuela, if for no other reason than that it is easier to find on RUclips. Still brings tears to my eyes.
Thank you for this. The ones that don't feature the organ prominently are lost on me.
말러 2번 마지막 악장을 다양한 연주로 들을 수 있다니!
이 영상을 올려준 분에게 감사!
Thanks for doing all that legwork putting this together.
👍
Yes!!!! Awesome!!!!
I was in the chorus for this remarkable piece twice. Once with Bernstein at Lincoln Center and again with the San Diego Symphony. This entire work is magnificent. How I would have liked to have know Mahler.
I'd say my 2 favorites were Fischer at the beginning because he really adds some variety to the tempi of it. And also, of course, Bernstein is just fun to watch conduct. He really milks it for what it's worth. But the biggest shocker has got to be Daniel Stewart with the Santa Cruz Symphony. A big time honorable mention for that one.
Ozawa, Haitink, Chailly, Alsop have great insights and real personality. Some of the others seem to think that cymbal crashes and choir high notes, or just a fast, zippy Himmelfahrt do the work justice. Bernstein is in a class of his own, a must hear albeit not the last word on the piece though. I’ve heard Mehta in the work, possibly his favourite symphony. It was totally unshowy and absolutely enthralling.
Yes. However, people may be interested to know that not all 'cymbal crashes' are created equal. When well played with a great pair of cymbals, it can have its own special magic. The difference being a cymbal crash that "clanks" and "dies away" quickly as opposed to a cymbal crash that sustains a sonic "bloom" that releases a "million" overtones over the orchestra sound!
Danke!!!!!😊😊😊
bitte
I believe the orchestra in the "Maestro" clip was actually the current London Symphony Orchestra
It is.
Absolutely beautiful
You missed Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin - one of the best!
You are right! Maybe another video?
정성스러운 편집 영상 감사합니다❤ 저는 무신론자이지만 말러2번 피날레를 들으면 눈물이 나면서 신께 구원받을 수 있을 것 같다는 생각이 들더라고요ㅋㅋㅋ 한국은 지금 주말 아침인데, 덕분에 행복한 아침 맞이합니다😊💕
Bernstein, of course, in a league of his own. Mark Bartley also impresses me, with his confident, solid command of things. Two totally different conductors, stylistically, yet each of them clearly in control of this awesome masterwork.
Einfach nur grandios!!!
Lenny is always my favorite 👏👏👏
There will be lots to discuss. I am looking forward to the debate of who conducted it best. 😂
I think Ozawa has my vote… 3:29 is just great.
ENJOY!
the Ozawa is wonderful, lovely to hear Battle's voice shining at the top. I have the Chailly Bluray set which I think is more or less definitive for the cycle (except the absent #3) and I adore him so Chailly would be my pick of the more recent recordings (along with Rattle/BPO that is on Berlin Digital Concert Hall). I have to say the Bernstein never fails to move me deeply (he is also a conductor I utterly adore) as the choral singing is just so passionate and intense. I do like that the "Bradly Cooper" version has a very well recorded organ.
I was playing in that performance...I agree🙂Nagasaki Japan...50th Anniversary concert of the atom bomb, just a few meters from the epicenter. Powerful occasion!
Mrs. Aslop's performance was the first to send absolute shivers down my spine
Wish there was the Boulez version, he practically emotes, "Where on Earth is the tone row?"
Leonard Bernstein!!!!!
Thanks very much for this; would be great to see a similar compilation for the ending of Shostakovich's 11th. 🙂
Haha, very funny. Orchestras used to have a gala event where if you gave a large donation they would let you conduct something. The orchestra was so good that they could play a difficult piece without a conductor. Bradley Cooper reminds me of that.
I've also seen conductors so bad that the orchestra would ignore them and still put out a good perf.
You got me. I was expecting Solti or Muti or someone as the last conductor.
Maravilhoso Gustav Mahler !!!!!
For sheer enthusiasm my favorite is Bernstein. Have the complete DVD of it. Lost count of how many times i have watched it. It was also the first Mahler symphony I listened to.
29:15 Thank You So much! 😸
the Fischer is REALLY wonderful (I like it a lot more than his recorded versions)
Great tempo and sense of rubato! Classy Fischer :-)
Yes the best IMO
please do a 30 minutes video of mahler's 8th finale! :)
I enjoy the most Dudamel's performance!
Saving this for a long cup of coffee by the fireplace
Some of my very favorite music of all time
Have many opinions - and so thrilled to have heard many memorable performances live -
Bernstein / Simon Rattle (twice !) / Metha. / Levine / Tennstedt / Solti
BRAVIiiiii tuttiiiiii... Son historia🎉🎉🎉😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Es insuperable Bernstein. Sublime, en éxtasis, conmovedor.
Probada de la gloria. Saludos desde Cuernavaca, México
very nice, thank you! Bernstein all the way, also Ozawa, both amazing. But my favourite is still the version with Christoph Eschenbach and SWR Orchestra
interpretation ist, auch, geschmacksache….. viel wunderbares dabei !! aber doch wichtig zu sagen, es ist, interpretation hin oder her gustav mahlers werk ❤❤❤
the bavarian radio orchestra was the best easily
Indeed, just all the forces involved were simply outstanding, foremost Mariss Jansons of course.
But for me one special thing, that set this performance apart from all the other performances was the use of those real bells after the choir's last words.
That set of real bells was really impressive, and I guess, the bottom of the stage podium had to be especially reinforced to bear their sheer weight.
Most orchestras use tubular bells for that short segment at the very end, which are much lighter.
Also the sound quality of the recording was really topnotch,
and the superb acoustics of the new philharmonic hall in Munich certainly did help too in achieving that.
Daniel Stewart nailed it, I don't know who he is, but that was awesome! I saw Ben Zander conduct this in the 90s at Mechanics Hall and that was awesome too. His more recent performance (here) had a great balance with the organ. I also thought Christian Vasquez was great. Bradley Cooper mimicking Lenny not so much. My only wish is that one of these actually included the last notes of the work, none of these did. 😞
can we have 30 minutes of mahler 8 finales?
Yes, Please. I cannot get enough Mahler. He is my favorite
Great video by the way 👍🏿. Have to say much prefer the slower tempo
Bernstein unique. But great Ozawa, Haitink, Jansons, Mehta, Chailly
Why do we continue with the struggle of life? To reach this finale.
Rest in peace ozawa
Many stirring performances - though a shame there is no footage of a younger Mehta conducting. Gergiev saddens me - such great fire in his eyes, but as we now know, such ice in his heart. Of course, once one see's Lenny's performance, the rest suddenly fade from view, but who among us could say that "between me and Leonard Bernstein, I am a more creatively dynamic person...")?
I like basically all of them. But I must say that Bernstein and Marin Alsop are the only two that ALWAYS bring me to the floor and my soul to the heaven.
The recording with Hsitink is not with the Concertgebouw orchestra. This concert is a remembrance concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in de Doelen in Rotterdam. Haitink conducted is his younger days sometimes the Rotterdam Philharmonic.
1: Bernstein! 2: Dudamel 3: Ozawa; 4: other!
For me the best is the one with gustavo dudamel and the simon bolivar symphony orchestra at the proms
Bavarian is the best.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Standards and quality of the orchestra and singers is top
7:56 Lei fantastica! :)
no no no Bernstein the best and the Greatest of them all by far……👍👍👏👏
Forgot about Dudamel at the Proms
Great selection. Among these performances, my favourite is the one directed by Ozawa. By the way, how could you miss Maestro Abbado's interpretations of the opera with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, especially the 2023 performance?
I agree about Maestro Abbado’s 2003 performance. It’s masterful.
Great list lineup. Appreciate it. Of course I gotta ask, where's: Bernstein & NYP post JFK, Ozawa & BSO (Boston), Rattle & CBSO/LSO/Berlin, Nézet-Séguin & The Met Opera to name a fee
Wow
Leonard just has conjured up so much more emotion and charisma.
It literally Does sound significantly better than the rest.
No it doesn’t.
Agree totally!!!!
Not sure if Maestro Bartley is a baseball fan, but I get a kick on how he signaled the big downbeat on "Sterben werd'ich, um ze leben!" like he's swinging a bat, lol.
I've sung in the chorus for this with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra twice, once with Inbal and once with Mehta. Mehta (without score) far outshone Inbal in not only the finale, but the entire symphony. Only wish I could have sung it under Lenny!
Played this with Mehta with the MSO in the 70s. It was an electrifying performance. As usual with Zubin, there was little rehearsal so very exciting... Don't get me started on Mehta "without score"...
Merci ! Possibilité d'ajouter sur cette même pièce, les Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, Klauss Tennstedt et Karajan.
The greatest symphony of classic music,ever and forever...
I tip my hat off to the youth orchestras, and high schoolers, for tackling Mahler 2 like a pro, is definitely not an easy feat.
The third one is very lacking the magic compared to the others and is terrible. Chailly nailed the balance between the orchestra and the choral but the phrases are almost perfect, almost. Gergiev is also very good, but when they get to the peak, didn't blow my mind. Vàsquez surprised me. But Bernstein will always be the king of the Malher finale, the perfect phrasing that Chailly almost nailed was here and it felt like a story is unfolding rather than a bunch of epic high notes and brass. Of course, Bradley made the rest trash and absolutely nailed the perfect performance of mankind that aliens thought Earth was heaven when this was playing. That's my take.
I think this finale is the hardest to nail the phrasing while not sounding overly tedious or any of that sort. So hats off to all the orchestras who attempted this Symphony.
Very well broken down. I agree!
Especially how good those HS students sound!!!
Kaplan loves the music. But he's following the performers, they aren't following him. His various downbeats come *after* the notes have sounded.
I noticed the same. While editing, I thought for sure the audio was out of sync. Nope, he is just not with them at all. 😂
@@MrMayAllDay I had the same thought! I actually saw Kaplan conduct this at the New York Philharmonic in 2008. It was impossible to tell for sure from my balcony seat, but I had the thought that night that the musicians might be deliberately sabotaging him because they didn't want to work with him. (There was an online controversy about it afterward.) To me, Cooper's few minutes look more like a parody and had me thinking I might prefer Bugs Bunny.
😂 Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
@@MrMayAllDay thanks for putting this video together, by the way!
Long time since I've seen Kaplan's conducting - was this the first time he conducted it? He improved considerably as he got to know the orchestras and choirs. I saw one of his LSO performances in the mid 1980s and rumour was that the first time they did it largely by ignoring him, but later on really worked with him. No questioning his love for Mahler 2 - he was more than just a curiosity. Thanks for this side-by-side view; reminds me of how idiosyncratic some can be. Like others, I find it hard to get past Dudamel at the Proms (conspicuously absent here) - the whole performance is just magnificent - and from youth orchestra and choir, quite remarkable! (ps Benjamin Zander channeling some inner Paul Tortelier?) Thank you!
the highiest pick of human brain..
Kaplan was not feeling it😂😂
Not at all!
Marin Alsop!!
Not sure Gergiev's timing was consistent compared to everyone else, very weird interpretation IMO. I like how Aslop was keeping an eye on the score. The sound of Bernstein wasn't great but they followed him perfectly compared to Cooper LOL
Actually, the nest to the last Bernstein is the Best!
This is a wonderful compilation of the final few minutes of Mahler's symphony #2. For people who may not be familiar with Mahler's music, I hope it will stimulate their interest to explore Mahler. Thank you for this wonderful collection. I revered Bernstein. He composed more than music for West Side Story . His Candide, Mass in honor of JFK, the Kaddish, in my view are under-appreciated. As for the movie and Bradley Cooper impersonating Bernstein, I was unable to accept the facade. Prosthetics and waving hands to a beat, was almost unbearable to watch. I believe that Bernstein would not have been pleased to see a facsimile of himself recreated. The clip of Seiji Ozawa conducting a Japanese orchestra and chorus in Japan brought me to tears. Consider if you will , that a Japanese chorus was singing in German, the orchestra players were all Asian, playing the music written by a German of Jewish origin, this magnificent piece that during Nazi years was prohibited to be performed.
The best ending.
Thank you 😂
How much faster should "Was du geschlagen" be compared with what goes before and after? In some of these the speed difference is jarring with this sudden rush then sudden slowdown after. In others the transitions are much more smooth.
Gergiev, Bernstein!
Bernstein invented conducting "big" with many an imitator following suite. It has become de rigeur. Bravo Bernstein. Please give some credit to the ochestras themselves (and the venue).
Haitink is NOT conducting the RCO here, but instead the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in de Doelen concerthall in Rotterdam ‼️
Rattle has also been enjoyed ...
Only Bernstein and Rattle truly make me cry and lift me from my seat
Oh Bernard Haitink was pretty good
How about that santa cruz symphony 👏
Not everyone seems to enjoy that one, but I definitely thought it was an admirable rendition! Glad you enjoyed.
Try Dudamel's version in the BBC Proms 2011.
Lenny - first, last, Always!!!
The last one genuinely caught me off guard. 🎉🤣
*Which recording is your favourite?*
》 *Abbado* - Lucerne Festival Orchestra
》 *Dudamel* - Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
》 *Solti* - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Are my honourable mentions.
This was a great list of Mahler: Symphony No.2. Well done, Dylan May.🏅
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy.
I will make another video with viewer recommendations!
Dudamel!
Dudamel, at the BBC Proms, has me crying myself to sleep every night!
@@JackFiller you are perfectly right!! I totally agree with you!!
Where is Rattle and Abbado? The great Mahler performers.
May do a follow up which includes them! Thank you.
Encuentro a faltar Claudio Abbado en el festival de Lucerna con el coro donostiarra. Bien por Gustavo Dudamel