Richard Wagner: Prelude to «Lohengrin», Simon Rattle

[@gammadion]

I cried at this piece. I cannot help but experience the absolute ecstasy of this piece. My god, what a genius Wagner was.

[@Steam-Pack]

This is the greatest performance of the Lohengrin Overture I have ever heard. Absolutely fantastic!!!! I have tears in my eyes while listening to this fantastic music. My greatest respect to all musicians, the conductor and of course the composer!
THIS is a true piece of art

[@evemaniac]

Was für ein zeitloses Meisterwerk

[@user-pj6ky6qs3b]

Genau!

[@JGGuitarCovers]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created.

[@user-nz9gr1uv7c]

Ein unfassbar sinnliches musikalisches Erlebnis dass in den Menschen fährt bis es endet…. Danke❤

[@jessicalinneaa]

Possibly one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard. I’m speechless.

[@jasonhurd4379]

Lohengrin is my favorite Wagner opera. It is a heartbreaking story of good vs evil, and the capacity we all have to irrevocably destroy our own happiness. Please see it if you get the chance.

[@silversurfer640]

Jessica B
Wagner was the man.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Brilliant.

[@annamariacsuka9805]

Veled csinalta Wagner??? Ha nem,akkor majd elmondja az,akit tenyleg bantott,vagy mese az egesz......

[@annamariacsuka9805]

Olvasd el a Judas evangeliumot,pelda ugyanaz!

[@SVBueroCh.Knepper]

Wagners Ouvertüren sind mit das Beste was die klassische Musik zu bieten hat !!! Grandiose Darbietung !

[@leoh3616]

Versuch mal die ganzen Opern ;)

[@peterpfotzer2544]

So erging es mir mit Mahler!!!

[@Mompfried]

Probier mal die Tallis Fantasia und 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus von Ralph Vaughn-Williams. Das ist dem hier nicht unähnlich. Hat zwar einen "englischen Klang", aber das hindert in diesem Fall nicht.

[@luguzar]

For me it is impossible to stop listening to Wagner every day.

[@user-bj3xi8yb9x]

너무 너무 감도적이고 훌륭하네요. 감사합니다.^^

[@davidbarber4709]

Nothing comes close to this possibly the finest composition of music ever

[@user-fs8mg3fh5h]

@@user-bj3xi8yb9x
BTS needs you.
Don't betray the "우리 나라 만세"

[@noncebaswartz6051]

Absolutely impossible! I couldn't agree more with you.

[@InvestingForTomorrow24]

Just noticed and really appreciated Tristan and Isolde for the first time today. It has a subtlety and a bouquet unique but yet distinctly Wagnerian. A true giant that needs not be taken as seriously as his work.

[@OnitsukaTiger1511]

I come from a jewish family and I know what Wagner said about Jews but I just cant deny to sheer heavenly beauty of his music.

[@dankoppel6271]

Wagner was a scoundrel in many other ways besides having anti-Semitic ideas (including seducing the wife of his benefactor). This is from Gustav Mahler's (who was Jewish) wikipedia entry:
"Mahler was influenced by Richard Wagner during his student days, and later became a leading interpreter of Wagner's operas."

[@MikkelMadsen]

That is very beautifully said, Tiger.
Sometimes, you just have to separate the artist's works from his worldviews.

[@mudgebauer]

Ok, so what did he say about Jews¿ Where did you get the information. He isnt here to defend himself. I have seen documentaries that say he wasnt a bad fellow at all. Nobody is perfect. We all have faults, some visible and some invisible. Leave him be at peace and enjoy his music. If it wasnt for his music, a Lot of Jewish conductors and musicians wouldnt have work.

[@iggyreilly2463]

How wonderful it would be to read comments accompanying a video of Wagner's music and not have to be subjected to some virtue-signaling twit who insists on reminding everyone that Wagner wasn't perfect.

[@tomkent4656]

@@iggyreilly2463
Nobody's perfect!

[@Thomas-gn9bv]

Since I was a boy of 13 years I adore Richard Wagner 's music. Especially this one. This comes staight from heaven.

[@creamrisesup]

True indeed. I always imagine my self marrying my soul mate accompanied by this etherical music.
Also don't forget Parsifal Finale is straight out of the Seven Heaven also.

[@valerief8570]

This is like a little insight into heaven. Every tone, every face is so full of passion. THIS is art! Thanks to all these musicians for their passion, talent and dedication!

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

DANKE SCHOEN WAGNER

[@DennisBetts1]

It's incredible that one man's mind could create all that. I like Beethoven but Wagner is in a different league.

[@margotdelgado5706]

Beautifully said

[@theophilus749]

Indeed! Faces as much as anything show how we varied human beings long for our room in the mansion we call 'heaven' - and we are called there by music.

[@theophilus749]

@yyy Zz Thank you. I am an archaically astounding individual.

[@LucienMarine]

Richard Wagner drew the legend of Lohengrin from the work of a 13th century German troubadour, Wolfram von Eisenbach. The scene takes place in the Duchy of Brabant, at the death of the Prince, in the 10th century. Lohengrin, son of Parsifal, guardian of the Holy Grail (vase which would have received the blood of Christ) came down from Mount Salvat to defend innocence in the person of Elsa, unjustly accused of the murder of her brother Godefroid. Elsa, avenged, agrees to become the wife of Lohengrin who asks her never to try to know who he is or where he comes from. When, driven by curiosity, Elsa asks the fatal question, Lohengrin reveals his origin and returns to Mount Salvat. The Lohengrin Prelude, through its construction which is based on a very long crescendo followed by an almost equally long decrescendo, evokes the descent, the coming and the passage on earth, in all its power, of the knight Lohengrin and his return to distant Mont Salvat in an atmosphere of deep and serene mysticism. The composer exposes and develops at length the theme of the Grail which symbolizes Lohengrin. The musical development of the Prelude can be summarized through these three stages: « The descent to earth » with strings at the treble, progressive movement towards the bass and increased power of the orchestra. « The passage to earth » represented by the entry of the horns, then of all the brass instruments up to the forte of the orchestra. « The return to Mont Salvat » is motivated by a second theme played by the strings followed by the recapitulation of the first accompanied by a progressive diminuendo. Thinker, poet, musician, the German master built a gigantic work that changed the destiny of opera. Richard Wagner achieved this synthesis of the arts by giving German drama such a unity that his work dominated that of his contemporaries and had a profound influence on all European music. The final word: Masterful. *Lucien*

[@luguzar]

Excellent review. Thanks for enlightening us.

[@eustachiusvonackertiban1958]

Forget everything of today's music. This is why we are born with ears. To hear the beauty of Wagner.

[@thomaszeh2577]

There is music that is inspired by Wagner. True Metal. Especially Manowar. I'm a fan of classical music, scores, metal and rock. There is still great music today. Especially in scores and metal. And there are also great neoclassical pieces. But yeah, of course Wagner pushed the limits and is a giant in music, opera etc. with a lot of influential work and musical genius.

[@kresle_]

@@AvntXardE Neo Classic metal is inspired by blues too

[@chatterboxxtvv]

@@AvntXardE found the simp ^

[@davidstout9829]

Eustachius Vonackertiban Amen

[@DeadAbeVigoda]

Humanity ran out of original music in the 1980s.

[@theresamcknight1251]

I have known these fabulous overtures since I was 22. My Brother loved The Meister Singer Von Nurnberg Overture. He got that from me. My Oldest Sister revered them all. She particularly loved this one. Both Brother and Sister have been gone for several years now, and I still remember my Sis saying perhaps this is what you hear in Heaven I hope this is being experienced by her eternally now .

[@danis435]

❤❤❤ 5:18

[@kennethwood2089]

Richtig!

[@Bapaume67]

Lovely words.

[@user-nz9gr1uv7c]

Das Prelude von Wagner interpretiert von Sir Simon Rattle und den Berliner Philharmoniker ist magisch himmlisch mit
leichten Tränen vollkommened aufgehend in dem Werk
❤️

[@LucienMarine]

To your dearly departeds: the most beautiful chant is the one that contains the greatest silence. Richard Wagner is no longer here but Sir Simon Rattle pays him a beautiful homage because the interpretation is divine. *Lucien*

[@flawless_undergoer]

One of the most deeply soul-soothing musical works on the Earth !!!

[@flawless_undergoer]

I worship it!!!

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

it is as always call Lohengrin, the most beautiful music harmony which was written by a human, ever! RICHARD WAGNER wrote it!

[@bloke372]

I 100% agree with you. The only problem I have is that when I hear it once I want to continue listening to it. It is without any doubt my all time favourite piece of music

[@davidbarber4709]

Wagner brings Christ and heaven in to home a never feel closer to my Lord than when listening to this wonderful music

[@sharonthompson1898]

@@bloke372 6:15

[@mumeikun]

I believe this piece has most beautiful harmony of all classical music.

[@migmig3878]

Absolutely. All classic and modern music are destroyed on the Lohengrin Rock 🪨

[@davidbarber4709]

On the 6rh minute the gates of heaven open we feel life everlasting to be with God for eternity what a wonderous thought nothing there to be scared of just joy and our Lord thankyou Wagner for bringing Jesus and heaven into my home

[@scottwallace1]

💯

[@rolandodejesusvillamaza8127]

Maravilloso .villa

[@horsthornung2424]

What you believe is really not important

[@Joe31ize]

Die reinigende Kraft der Wagnerischen Musik spürbar in der Lohengrin Overtüre. Herrlich und erhaben.

[@heitord5539]

👍

[@bga9388]

The cornea of my eyes are too dry hence the doctor prescribed to listen to this piece twice a day for the rest of my life. It works wonders.

[@danawinsor1380]

Really? What an enlightened doctor. Best wishes.

[@gaetanosavoca8712]

Cosa sarebbe la vita senza la musica? Un silenzio assordante

[@Mompfried]

Hai assolutamente ragione!

[@alvarito45]

Berliner Philarmoniker plays Wagner as his music had been written for it. Congratulations to all of them and that outstanding british conductor. Greetings to Ms. Willis at the horn.

[@wingcap1448]

This piece has made me cry tears of joy at its sheer beauty in my darkest times. It is pure magic, it feels like it comes from a different world. For me this music is the holy grail. Herab von einer Engelschar gebracht.

[@danawinsor1380]

This music is so beautiful that it evokes feelings we didn't know we had, it touches a nerve somewhere at the core of our being, its beauty is so intense that it almost hurts. The only problem is that we must return to our own reality after witnessing the sublime.

[@michaelsayers9413]

@@danawinsor1380 They say Richard Wagner as a person had much to be desired. However his music is heavenly.

[@gutri4953]

What beauty, what softness of texture, winds and violins that seem to come from an otherworldly dimension. Wagner is divine here, but Rattle also put his own in it, giving us an enchanting prelude.

[@Iei.a]

well said.

[@alexandremagno7630]

This music is a gift´s God for us, the celestial power came between us, Thanks Simon for your brilliant and celestial conduct

[@robinblick9375]

No...Wagner's gift.

[@robinblick9375]

Wagner was an athiest. he wrote it not 'god'.

[@DanielKirillov-iv3ww]

The control that he possesses over this anyway astounding orchestra is unbelievable.

[@FantomeBelphegor]

C'est absolument magnifique.

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

I never heard it in concert but I think it totally blows you away emotionally and physically. For this moment you are in a different world

[@gustavocastro60]

Hermosa música, llega a lo más profundo del alma. Brillante interpretación.

[@GoAndStay]

I was so lucky to first hear it in concert. And you are so right. It is an emotional experience. What can be wrong in this world if you can listen to something so beautiful.

[@anibalvivanco5960]

You are AN IMPERSONATOR! Otherwise, how you DARE to steal Beethoven's name? Preposterous!! 😠

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

@@anibalvivanco5960 No, I am the real one, I am his re-incarnation and I am here to finish my 10th!

[@ToyTiger666]

Wusste gar nicht, dass Beethoven noch am Leben ist.

[@Baldgol4]

I cannot listen to this without chills and often tears. Not sure why but it seems to touch my soul.

[@fritzvold9968]

ruclips.net/video/6Or45B7CGfY/видео.html

[@jeroenvandenberg5750]

Two words :Adolf Hitler......-by no means cynical and unrespectfully meant.
Without the First World war and Wagner maybe no Endlösung..........

[@simonpetek9914]

@@jeroenvandenberg5750 Was für ein Kommentar soll das den sein bitte? Wagner und seine Musik haben wirklich nichts mit dem Hitler zu tun 🤦‍♂️

[@jeroenvandenberg5750]

@@simonpetek9914 I disagree. UNFORTUNATELY Hitler had an uncanny connection/admiration with/for Wagner .He cultivated it by going to the Bayreuth Festspiele where he developed a 'freindship'with Winnifried Wagner : "Winnie und Wulff "they were called. This was also sheer propaganda and Goebbels happily exploited it . But this is also the view of someone trained as a historian.
Ideally Wagners legacy SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN tainted by the perverted but interesting Nazi period.

[@jasonhurd4379]

@@jeroenvandenberg5750 Troll alert

[@ulrichrathmer4338]

This is like a little insight into heaven. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created

[@filippomassara885]

Un pezzo di una intensita' e di una bellezza indicibili.

[@user-tt3rf8jo1z]

Un escalier pour le paradis.
Stairway to heaven (led zep)

[@barrymorentz5190]

55 years later I still recall how I felt when I first heard this on an LP. I was transported to another realm and could not believe what I was hearing. And the effect today remains the same.

[@aneraadamik8089]

😊❤😅

[@maryrutter5549]

I agree. Especially the ending which is magical! x

[@tizianazambonini3411]

When the music was over I knew I had met God.

[@jmballestra7607]

Musique sublime ,comme toujours avec Wagner !!!!

[@sullivannix4509]

This is the absolute best version of this legendary piece of music.

[@scottwallace1]

I agree. Simon captures all of the ebbs and flows and swells and subtly shifts timing to draw out the emotion. And that catharsis that happens at 4:08 is straight up music from a heavenly realm.

[@scottwallace1]

⁠​⁠@@lapartdeschoses6532Hmmmm. I think you may be doubting that the post-er has the breadth of knowledge that you perhaps attribute to yourself? But…if you’re genuinely asking, and since I agree that this is the best version I have ever heard as well, I can tell you that I think it soars above more historically famous versions like the Kempe or Abbado or the Bayreuth Festival.

[@stampcollector74]

Sir Simon Rattle - he is just a genius. What he did with the Berlin Philharmonic or London Symphony Orchestra is just amazing. ♥

[@michelledoux1747]

Magnifique, je suis transcendé par cette musique...

[@paulsimpson869]

Sublime! The lead violinist is almost in tears (around 9 minute mark)

[@nachotolchefffernandez231]

You mean fully in tears, as seen in minute 3:40

[@rcrinsea]

@@nachotolchefffernandez231 - I think that’s perspiration?

[@rafaelalandrade]

Wagner gifts the 1st chair with the most angelic sound of the prelude to close it off. He should be in ecstasy at that point.

[@frankstein9982]

that's sweat. camera lights are hot. musicians don't ever cry in performance.

[@horsthornung2424]

My dog also nearly cried at 6:32

[@tatatatartine2588]

What an AMAZING performance!!! Wonderfull orchestra, and stunning calm of Maestro Rattle.

[@furdiebant]

It’s so dull and flat like most of his conducting

[@tatatatartine2588]

@@furdiebant Thats the beauty of humanity: lots of different sensibilities. I hope you find for you one version of this music that moves you as much as this one moves me ;)

[@furdiebant]

@@tatatatartine2588 agree with you, glad you can enjoy this

[@MOGGS1942]

Wonderful performance from the Orchestra, and Mr. Rattle. Also, special mention to the audience for respecting the end, and just holding back in the appreciation department. Too often audiences can't wait to be the first to clap and yell bravo.

[@cecilefox9136]

They don't raspect a silent pause at the end of a performance.

[@LordMcMPA]

They rightfully and respectfully waited for Mr. Rattle to signal that he has finished. Well done indeed!

[@andyanderson9824]

moggs , I agree wholeheartedly.

[@elizabethhayes9659]

They must be lashed.

[@jasonhurd4379]

The audience should not make a sound until the conductor has lowered his arms.

[@paulmasgalajian8102]

Best interpretation of THE Prelude I have ever heard. Tempo, dynamics, sound --
Everything perfect !

[@astoriacub]

It's as close to perfection as you can get. Stunning ensemble work.

[@daphnewilson7966]

Yes: tempo, tempo, tempo! Dude feels it. Edo de Waart, San Francisco "Ring," long ago. Tempo, tempo! This hits the sweet spot.

[@scottwallace1]

Agreed. The most magical 42 seconds in the history of live recorded music: 3:50 - 4:32 Something about that stretch. It’s transcendent.

[@davidbarber4709]

@@scottwallace1 on 6minutes the gates of heaven open life everlasting eternity with God there is nothing to fear

[@davidbarber4709]

It goes without saying sir Rattle pulled this one from heaven theres nothing to come close

[@AnthonyDonnellyTT]

I've a lot to thank Wagner for ... At 16 I discovered this piece, and classical music. 40 years later, classical music continues to be my dearest friend.

[@joseang4817]

Lifts my heart and soul yo a new level of existence.

[@carlosmonsalve2350]

.. absolutely beautiful.. so many feelings in my soul.. love it 💙

[@ChrisCoombes]

I really hope when or if I am seriously ill I can watch this again and it gives me the same emotions.

[@MicheleKaiser-io2dx]

It will!

[@dianecripps204]

I played this on my father's deathbed, when he was in a coma. He squeezed my hand strongly. I know he loved this and was glad it was one of the last things he heard.

[@ChrisCoombes]

@@dianecripps204 amazing! thank you for sharing.

[@Jenny-pq5eu]

So peaceful, so relaxing. So beautiful

[@hedienghelberg3828]

Impeccable, clear, crispy, exact tempo, fluid, harmonious, to the last note.99.99% professionalism!

[@martinba6295]

Such a beautiful musical representation of melancholy. This piece connects with such deep beautiful feelings that crave to come to surface. Thats how i describe wagner's work: a bridge to the deep

[@scottwallace1]

Beautifully said. Wagner somehow goes beyond melancholy. Melancholy is part of it, but then there’s this ever present sense of ascension. Lifting up to…who knows. But it’s both melancholy and uplifting simultaneously. The harmonies and tones and the emotions they draw out. Inspired stuff.

[@garylysaght1579]

Wonderful. Silence at the end is so important. I saw Parsifal in London with Bernard Haitink. Afer 6 hours the work finished to be greted by totql silence.....and then the roar.. This is truly delightful. ThNk you

[@danawinsor1380]

Wow, thank you for sharing that memory. I wish I had been there.

[@beyethedoor]

A sunrise in the heart.

[@claudioparrella183]

Alba forse non è ancora nata

[@jenhanna3733]

Sublime perfection ~ allow yourself to be transported. Thank you Simon Rattle and the superb playing by the orchestra.

[@michelgenlis9893]

Ils peuvent être satisfaits (au vu de leurs mines réjouies à la fin) car l'interprétation de ce chef d'oeuvre a été à la hauteur! Un grand merci pour ce voyage totalement envoûtant.

[@sunekronback5901]

I'm in tears....

[@joelserra2406]

No és per a menys!!!

[@hansteeuwen3967]

I think we should all salute Dickie Wagner for putting so much effort in creating this powerful music.

[@davidbarber4709]

This music is so wonderful in anyones top 5 its number one for me and it will be played on the day a visit heavens gates to be with God for eternity and perhaps av day eith George Best the greatest of all

[@jrp9646]

Sir Simon is the greatest conductor of our time! Thank you Simon

[@juliennegeorgi3922]

Don’t forget Kleiber‼️

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

Beyond any words!

[@dayan5402]

This is so breath taking. Beautiful! Great music is great music, does not matter who created it and when. Every one that is a part of creating this music is a treasure to all of us! Thank you!

[@vdodenstein5754]

Being German is being felicitous.

[@basilpeewit3350]

Splendid, at 6.17 that cymbal crash, always a special moment in a concert to look out for.
What a beautiful performance!

[@barbaramiller4049]

Studying Wagner's music and this presentation is wonderful.

[@user-sk8di4rw3y]

Чудо прекрасто великолепно божественно неповторимо не земная музыка космическая и через 100 и 1000 она останется прекрастной благодарю❤🎉

[@user-np3vb7pd6k]

なんのこと？❤❤

[@user-bk3bq3uy3b]

Bravo master Wagner, bravo! Your music is great, I in love your talent! My soul are flying in Heaven to listen this beauty music.

[@royturp676]

In terms of music, I'm convinced that God created these people with special gifts for us to enjoy and help civilise us!!

[@Keithustus]

There are many princes and there will continue to be thousands more, but there is only one Beethoven. And Wagner, and Hendrix.

[@MOGGS1942]

Not more god crap. I'm " convinced " that only insane people can think such nonsense.

[@FlammeundFeuer]

@@MOGGS1942 I think you're narrow-minded on this issue. And this comes from an agnostic. Hasn't quantum theory given hint to there being something like a "fateful force" at work? Haven't mathematics (chaos theory) and physics (uncertainty principle) of the past century clearly laid out the proof that even the tiniest forces or factors can make big things change and that on the scale of the smalles particles, physics are indeed controlled by a law of genuine "randomness"? How could you deny the possibility that there is indeed some greater force at work, whether you call it "fate" or "God"? How is the miracle of evolution and genetic diversification and the creation of life within in these mechanisms not some sort of fates or Gods work, coming from that philosophical approach that is still very well within the confines of exact sciences and fully compatible with them?
This, of course, defies classical or orthodox Christian or monotheist theological approaches to the topic around "God", but Roy Turp has not given any hint that he is that kind of Christian, so my argument applies, I guess.

[@josephmiller1224]

Yes, He did give them special gifts, but they must all give an account to God. So they must know Jesus Christ as Savior.

[@josephmiller1224]

@Moogs, ask God to reveal himself to you.

[@Infos_pour_les_amis]

Prélude de Lohengrin par l'Orchestre symphonique de Göteborg, dirigé par Simon Rattle: très belle version de concert pour cette page magique du génial Wagner qui permet de vider toutes les larmes de son corps tellement tous les sentiments humains sont réunis ici: douceur, beauté, amour, chagrin, colère, douleur, empathie, altruisme, partage, douceur.

[@MartaLaura37]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@stefmethaudsw]

Heavenly music played by masters! This is total bliss.
From KKL in Lucerne

[@wuilfredocarrozza8940]

Fantástico Wagner, Rattle y la Filarmónica de Berlín

[@theforeverpuddle8754]

God is that good. Gives me shivers every time.

[@elizab9858]

Точно!

[@klausmanneck9053]

....nicht mehr von dieser Welt. Thank you Ivan for uploading

[@llamadeusmozart]

This is the greatest orchestra that exists right now!

[@adrianwright8685]

which orchestra is it?

[@RoyBrener]

@@adrianwright8685 Berlin Philharmonic I suppose

[@superben1000]

It is the Berlin Philharmonic. Heavenly.

[@NikoHL]

@@adrianwright8685 Berliner. Come on dude !!

[@hectorberlioz1449]

No , the greatest orchestra is the Concertgebouw....

[@mindfiddler]

I am mostly an atheist, but even I can hear God speak directly through Wagner when listening to this piece. Utterly breathtaking.

[@paolopezzin9395]

Mostly an atheist?!

[@DSAK55]

Do you know that Wagner was an absolute prick?

[@strukhoff]

I think if Dick thought God was speaking here, he would say it was the voice of Dick himself. Not a modest man.

[@samdyke8337]

Wagner was a lifelong atheist.

[@GerNiels]

@@DSAK55 jew

[@gordonward7412]

A beautiful piece of music exquisitely done. Bravo ! 😃

[@privatejonat]

Magnifique interprétation.

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY PERFECT WAGNER

[@normanzurich2781]

Magnifique, magique 💝💝💝

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

he wrote so many themes that are being used for today's movie scores. Others earned millions with it.

[@teresitamarino6693]

Esto es una belleza,. Es de una trascendencia y sutileza inexplicable, gracias por compartirlo

[@jeanschere7748]

Quelle profondeur, quelle force des sentiments ce prélude est capable de restituer. RW est le maître absolu de l’opéra n’en déplaise à nos amis italiens!

[@Chris-cb4ig]

Jean Schere ma c e anche Gatti

[@nomarees]

Pas tout à fait d'accord!

[@guyeysseric9442]

Allons, allons. De la mesure s'il vous plait!

[@vitoriaoliveira1272]

Que espetáculo de música, maravilhosa! Wagner Richard foi uns dos melhores compositores na Alemanha e no mundo!

[@agataleati2529]

❤

[@rolfisdreamworld489]

Simon Rattle bringt das ohnehin schon geniale Stück noch mal zu absolutem Hochglanz. exzellent!

[@hanslauterbach7433]

Ja, auf jeden Fall. Die Interpretation mit den Berlinern und Rattle ist ein Meisterwerk. Ich habe Tränen in den Augen, weil es so wunderschön ist. Ich bin selber Musiker. Petrenko ist ganz anders und phänomenal. Aber Rattle war in seinem Feingeist, seiner Sensibilität auch ein großartiger Dirigent für die Berliner.

[@radioman140]

@@hanslauterbach7433 Die Musiker! Sir Simon haette meine gemeinde Orchester leiten koennen, und das Ergebnis waere trozdem schlecht gewesen!

[@magdalenafilbrandt6833]

Sir Simon Rattle to szczególna osobowość,wielkie wyczucie muzyki,jej wielobarwnosc,interpretacja zapierajaca dech.
Kunszt-energia-poezja.
Simonie jesteś wyjątkowy.
❤❤🎶🎶❤❤🎼🎼👌

[@CaptHank]

When my little dog died in 2017, I wore out the repeat function listening to this piece. Thinking about her being in Doggie Heaven. I’m getting weepy again. This is Real Music!

[@grahamnoble4887]

That's a moving story, Captain.

[@paulsimpson869]

I feel your pain, Captian. I hope it helped. Wagner doted on his dogs too

[@jaqatlantic]

I repeatedly listened to Brahms's "Requiem" for the same purpose, but this would have been excellent also.

[@virginiamendez993]

While my little one was passing I played the one tune he loved best, Mozart's Sonata for two pianos K 448. It soothed him on his way to doggy heaven and conforted me as well.

[@CaptHank]

@@virginiamendez993 I'm getting weepy again. November 4th would have been her birthday. Tears are now rolling down my face. The 5.55 time mark, is Heaven's door opening.

[@hwh1946]

Always nice to see Sara playing second horn.

[@davidjared3402]

Beautiful, peaceful prelude; vielen Dank!

[@michaeljohnbloxsome1292]

Knocked me out ! So soothing, I was gone. That's the trouble with this lockdown, normally out, but indoors &headphones, whaaaa zzzzz.

[@rowancrew2934]

Beautiful music absolutely sublime,one of the first recordings I brought over 50 years ago.

[@andriesbartels3454]

Wonderfull orchestra, and stunning calm of Maestro Rattle. Sublime !

[@denishayward8155]

Simply awesome: like everything from the pen of the sorcerer of Bayreuth.

[@jeremy3766]

Except for all the antisemitic stuff he wrote. Everything else from his pen though.

[@frankblack8265]

Everything except the piece of forgettable hack work he did for the USA Centennial. I don't blame him for being mercenary though, I'm sure he needed the money since he was always in arrears to his many creditors hehehe.

[@Vaelsung1]

@@jeremy3766 Have you ever found out what the Babylonian Talmud says about non-Jews, Jesus Christ, his mother Mary and the sexual perversion condoned in its pages? Usuary, lying, cheating, stealing....Are such things contained in it above criticism?

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@jeremy3766 Maybe he was just an antisemitic for better reasons than people today. Maybe his experience with all Jewish people has been one of misfortune where every jewish person he's encountered is mostly rude. It's all about personal experience that shapes us.

[@latexbeep]

"Hannah, can you hear me? Wherever you are, look up, Hannah. The clouds are lifting. The sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world, a kindlier world, where men will rise above their hate, their greed and brutality.
Look up, Hannah. The soul of man has been given wings, and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow -- into the light of hope, into the future, the glorious future that belongs to you, to me, and to all of us.
Look up, Hannah. Look up!"

[@robertfurner1729]

i had this played to my wife’s😮 funeral as they brought her. ask into the church, still hauts me

[@pietermoonen]

Serene, mooie opvoering van deze Prelude tot 'Lohengrin', onder leiding van sir Rattle met een prachtig orkest !!! Dank ook voor de opnametechniekers!!!

[@scottwallace1]

So, this happened….to my astonishment, despite being a fan of classical music and having heard and loved Parsifal, Tristan un Isolde, Tannheauser, etc., I had never come across or listened to the magnificent Prelude to Lohengrin. But, of course, upon hearing it, I sobbed like a baby, got goosebumps that are sharp enough to have legally qualified as weapons, and was left in absolute awe of its beauty. And listened to it over and over and over. And at about the 4:19 - 4:32 mark, my body had a natural response telling me to be a certain way, demanded by the music…more on that in a minute…later, I looked up what the story of Lohengrin was about, and specifically the Prelude. And upon reading that it is the musical representation of Angelic Hosts delivering the Holy Grail to earth, I had a complete meltdown…for while listening, at that magical moment around 4:25 my mind and body felt compelled to close my eyes, lean my head back, stretch my arms out wide and directly to my side as the music washes over me…it occurred to me that my body was in the same position as Christ at the crucifixion…keeping in mind that this was before I had read the meaning of the music. And I just felt this sense of awe and wonderment at the genius of Wagner in capturing a very particular moment and feeling that somehow is communicated through the music. This has instantly become my favorite piece of classical music ever. Transcendent.

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

Beautiful feelings Scott, it is great you share what you feel. Lohengrin was and will stay the most beautiful music harmony was ever wrote by human!

[@scottwallace1]

@@BenBen-pg2wn thanks @Ben Ben. Rest assured, it’s only in the relative anonymity of a comments section that I do so ;) in life, these feelings are kept to myself and buried/hidden/masked. No one wants to really hear about that shit from me. My wife’s response to the story was to please put the thanksgiving gravy leftovers back in the fridge. So a guy’s gotta see if he can find some like minds somewhere.

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

@@scottwallace1 You are welcome, Scott, i feel you, i know how is it hard when somebody doesn't understand this feelings. by the way it is very important to show in real life what are you feeling! actually my wife understand my feelings, but i do not show her my deepest Lohengrin feelings, she will be shocked LOL

[@scottwallace1]

@@BenBen-pg2wn you’re good people Ben Ben :)

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

​@@scottwallace1 You too Scott:) by the way, your comment is the best i have ever read on RUclips., the way you describe your feelings is incredibly amazing!

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

All kind of the music and all orchestras are broken on this second 7:21 amazingly amazingly perfect! YES ONLY Wagner wrote it!

[@AHaupt70]

I cant get this out if my head, literally every time it comes back to my mind

[@jameswilson4426]

Allow me to echo what everyone else is saying here in the comments: That was one of the most beautiful performances I have ever heard.

[@BenBen-pg2wn]

You are always welcome to comment like this comment, Regards

[@davidbarber4709]

There is Ennio Morecone the Mission maybe Strauss Tales of the Vienna Woods Petre Masagne Rusticana

[@davidbarber4709]

But nothing can overcome such talent as this its truly suoerb
Be careful
Keep safe
Take care
Love
From
ENGLAND

[@eileenazeff14]

I have a passion for classical music. Wagnets music is sheer beauty. The overture to Tannhauser and also Rienzi take me to a place beyond earth

[@eileenazeff14]

RIENZI OR TANNHauser. Just listened to piano transcription of Liebesto do you know abseloutely exquisite converted etude no e un sospiro by LIDZT @@JohnA.Sutton which do you prefer

[@oscarjacobi7302]

MARAVILLOSA INTERPRETACION COMO SI SE DETUVIERA TIEMPO Y ESPACIO Y PENETRE LA MUSICA EN TODO SU ESPLENDOR.-

[@helenmalinowski4482]

Interesting to note how men are/were capable of creating such beautiful, celestial sounds. Delicate romanticism.

[@jamestaylor35]

I struggle to understand your comment.

[@danmcglaun1]

Surely, by "men", you meant "musicians" :-)

[@scottwallace1]

Celestial. Great word for it! That captures it. Beyond earthly beauty, which is why it is almost a kind of pain to hear. I just ‘need’ to somehow bathe in it, let it infuse itself in me, become part of me. Really, just a remarkable achievement in music.

[@joze1004]

Ingenious music, harmonious and in harmony with man's desire for life, exceptional synchronization of pictorial material, boundless goodness of music and image describes what makes small cultures and nations the greatest.

[@kellychartrand5532]

For me, the most beautiful piece of music ever composed. Imagine a prayer to God almighty. A desire to experience the numinous wholly other. The yearning and want, answered by the experience of a crescendo of emotion as we experience our ultimate reality. As our Lord recedes, we have the last notes which relate our ultimate desire to once more know him.

[@robinblick9375]

Wagner was an atheist.

[@willhunter6419]

Marvelous! Certainly the best I have ever listened to.

[@Chris-kg2cv]

An seinem 208. Geburtstag, von mir, einem unbedeutenden Hörer: Nie hat mich etwas so angerührt. Nichts ist so ergreifend wie dieses Preludium.

[@philipvonsenden4515]

This is close to perfect, maybe perfect if you can say it about a musical performance at all. The orchestra feels this music so deeply, everyone at every single instrument. Think about Wagner want you want, but his music is simply genius and it sounds like that it was made for this orchestra :0)

[@LucienMarine]

Orchestration is in good hands with Sir Simon Rattle. « Who seeks perfection obtains excellence » *Lucien*

[@scottwallace1]

1,000,000% agree. Perfection.

[@user-nz9gr1uv7c]

Prelud Lohengrin mit dem ❤BP O
😮Sir simon
Rattle das Beste ❤ was je gehört habe Brillant und sensibel 👍👏👏👏

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Majestic performance

[@andyanderson9824]

Astoundingly Beautiful. Excellently Played. Magnificently Portrayed by Orchestra and translated by Sir Simon!

[@HorsdSF]

I adore Wagner and listen / watch something by him daily. This beautiful overture begins as a whisper and builds and builds to an awesome moment. The cymbals are like an ocean wave crashing, beautiful.

[@stuartjoy8649]

Just got home from this playing in Melbourne Australia. Jonas Kaufmann incredible😊 I have no words for how beautiful this music is❤️