An outstanding symphony! In fact, dvorak's first 4 symphonies are terribly underrated.

@dutchpropaganda558

3 жыл бұрын

All of his symphonies are underrated in my opinion. Except for his ninth which seems to get all the attention. What a problem to have; his last symphony was just so good that all the other great ones were neglected.

@dionbaillargeon4899

2 жыл бұрын

@@dutchpropaganda558 It's the same with the cello concerto. It's such a towering masterwork that the piano and violin concertos (which come very close to being masterworks IMHO) only get some passing attention. Not to mention how his brilliant Stabat Mater also has obscured the fact he composed an excellent Requiem. I think there're few composers with so many instances of masterworks getting in the way of other masterworks.

@derianalveswolanski9855

Жыл бұрын

@@dionbaillargeon4899 the piano is forgotten because the piano part wasn't "virtuoso" like other concertos of the time (as is hard afs to play) but yeah, is such a majestic piece! His piano is my favorite concerto!

@gabriellabrady3002

25 күн бұрын

@@dutchpropaganda558his ninth symphony was iconic. But I truly think that this one is absolutely beautiful too. There is so much expression in this piece. I absolutely love it 😍

Just got to play the first movement in concert. Besides those last 13 bars being gorgeous in general, whaling on the Eb7 in a fortissimo tremolo in the 1st violin part at 11:21 is so satisfying. Beautiful piece, tough but great fun all the same.

All Dvorak's symphonies are underrated except the ninth. This a fine symphony too, but we see he revised it twice. To make it better, no doubt. I love the 2nd movement, so mysterious and moody.

Most critics say Dvorak reached maturity with his 6th symphony. I respectfully disagree. I think there's such a gap between the 2nd and the 3rd symphonies that this one can already be considered as totally mature. All the ingredients of his best music (restrained-yet-colourful orchestration, perfect formal and harmonic control, endless melodic and rhytmic ingenuity...) are already there. Not to mention how incredible the 4 and 5th symphonies are.

@petergarvey7511

Жыл бұрын

Excellent point. In strength of themes and structural direction, the 3rd is way ahead of the previous two. There is no trace of the Wagnerish moments in those pieces: now strong individual character.

@LFont

Жыл бұрын

I agree, although we cannot say that the first and second symphonies (specially the first) aren't also genius.

@dionbaillargeon4899

9 ай бұрын

@@LFont They're masterworks in their own way, but the 3rd is the first one that gives me the impression Dvorak was already 100% in command of his compositional skills. No unnecessary rambling or passages going nowhere. Just perfection, from the fist to the last note.

@gabriellabrady3002

25 күн бұрын

I have spent the weekend listening to his music, and I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites. I think this, the eighth, and the ninth are my three favorites. I also absolutely adore the noonday witch

This symphony should be performed more often!!

A most gorgeous 2nd theme.

17:11 A very discreet and beautiful quote of the love theme from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet.

@willcwhite

2 ай бұрын

discreet!? I thought it was pretty flagrant!

What a great friggin' piece!! Why isn't programmed more often?? Wonderful performance. l noticed a lot of wagnerian influence spread throughout (or the other way around?), esp in opening. You can tell he is learning his craft, towards Symp. 7 and 9. There is so much interesting material. Brilliant.

2:40 Of course there are many things that make Dvořák great, but these little passages.. This is where Dvorak is at his most Slavic, lyrical, and it glimmers through all of his music and it makes it fantastic.

@steveegallo3384

2 жыл бұрын

Sander Spoelstra -- True...it's much more than just an inflection point.....BRAVO from Oaxaca !

@changchp

27 күн бұрын

So often the simple melodies are most beautiful. I find Puccini had a great deal of them.

Damn exciting finale.

1:45 -2:22❤❤❤❤

The difference of difficulty in the 2nd and the 3rd symphony

3 y 8 lo máximo...genio...no todo es Beethoven . Schubert, Mozart, Dvorak

Fifty years ago, the 9 th was known as the 5th I think the first 4 hadn't been published

iirc Dvorak wrote a second violin sonata that was lost, in the same key and featuring some thematic material from this exact symphony... Do you think these themes would have worked well in the described chamber settings?

2nd movement reminds me of the Guillaume Tell Chapel movement from Liszt's _Années de pèlerinage._

First movement was awesome, after that hmmmm, I guess you have to write something for whatever classes you're taking at school..

11:23 Bruckner mode

Ty5ds