Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Abbado)
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Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, Summer 2009 Concert Hall of the KKL Luzern, August 2009 Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado - conductor 0:30 I. Langsam, schleppend (16:38) 17:16 II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (7:32) 24:50 III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen (11:29) 36:19 IV. Stürmisch bewegt (22:09) Whenever Claudio Abbado conducts the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, music lovers are in for a very special event. Such was the case in the summer of 2009, when the charismatic Italian conductor opened Lucerne's tradition-rich Festival with a concert featuring Mahler's First Symphony and Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. In 2003 Abbado, together with Artistic and Executive Director Michael Haefliger, founded the orchestra, which consists of internationally renowned soloists and chamber musicians - just as did its model, the elite body of musicians that Arturo Toscanini gathered around hirn at the Festival's founding in 1938. lt was with this first-class ensemble that Abbado offered a vividly inspired interpretation of the Mahler. In truth - as the audience's response demonstrated - it left nothing to be desired. The twenty-two-year-old Chinese Pianist Yuja Wang likewise earned enthusiastic applause for her account of the Prokofiev Concerto, which she played with character and nuanced expression. The theme of nature served es the guiding thread for all the programming choices during the summer of 2009 - a theme with obvious relevance for the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, which is held amid one of the most beautitul landscapes of Europe: its concerts incIude unforgettable views of Lake Lucerne and Alpine panoramas. This theme, es it happens, has eminent musical significance es well: 'Like a sound of nature' is the direction Mahler inscribed at the very beginning of the First Symphony.
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0:00 Rattle?
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ESPLENDIDO
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Es un regalo que hay que escuchar, Siempre saco algo maravilloso de este compositor,se perciben todos los instrumento. Para mi el mejor
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Mahler1.szimfonia
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Excelente música.
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wait the 4th movement is 40 minutes?
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this piece just makes me smile
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I believe the harpists did an absolutely magnificent job!
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I have gone through some 20+ CDs and LPs of this great work, my all-time favorite. Abbado's with the Chicago Symphony remains one of top ones.
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As of 2 November, 2016 this video now runs perfectly; thank you very much for correcting the problem!
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When the horns stand at the hallelujah chorus theme <3333333333333333333333333
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This performance is so subtle and of wonderfull humanity....the musicians seem to enjoy it so much themselves, and what a fantastic orchestra !
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Bellissima versione!!!
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Sempre notável. É uma de suas melhores apresentação. Bravo!
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Video freezes at time index 47:07. I tried a second time; same problem. Can you re-upload please in the hope that it will circumvent the problem. Thanks.
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I salute Claudio Abbado, may he rest in peace. Also, Sir Simon Rattle in the audience!
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Price of geniality is always hard to pay. Only Mahlerian light sin - hiper sensitivity. But if we think about his marital life and the kind of prostitute Alma was, who would dare to be surprised?
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Great❤️❤️❤️
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The first movement soars and I was not ready. But I caught the updraft and was swept along. I felt the mics were a bit far off from the first violin section. The stratospheric strings were off into deep space a bit but that was nice too. Abbado is the best so far on tonight's cruise through the spaces of Mahler's music. In fact I think that's the secret to a valid performance versus those that are not right. Mahler, like Beethoven creates a series of interconnected spaces. We feel we are traversing mountains, valleys, plateaus. The proper amount of time is needed for those spaces to open up and be felt. Tempi that are too rapid rush the listener-kind of like seeing the Alps from a supersonic jet.
Lordie Sakes, where has this been all my life? Ha!
well since 2009
The best rendering of this work bar none. -
i though Abbado was against the horns standing up but he is one hell of a conductor :'( Thank you Claudio !
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