Somewhere...a Mahler symphony is still ending.

@guidepost42

Жыл бұрын

Probably but that depends on the conductor' s tempo. It is said that the audience is still awaiting the finale chord of Mahler 2nd as interpreted by Celibidache, The down beat to the first movement took place at 8:21 PM January 2nd, 1972.

I have had the great privilege of singing Beethoven's 9th 3 times and Mahler's 2nd three times in concert. The first time I sang Mahler's 2nd I had tears rolling my face during the performance. So powerful. I didn't even notice. The singer next to me pointed it out to me as we got standing ovation over and over again.

I feel like Saint Saens’ 3rd really doesn’t get enough love. It has my absolute favorite final movement of any symphony.

A heartfelt thanks for including Nielsen’s 4th. I cannot understand why he isn’t wildly popular, his music is both incredible and accessible.

And probably the shortest dramatic ending ever: the last note of Mahler's 6th. Never been so overwhlemed by a single note. So powerful!

@f.p.2010

3 жыл бұрын

the entire last movement is a literal train wreck. that last chord and the fate theme afterwards just kill me

@karinwijnberg9489

2 жыл бұрын

@@f.p.2010 Absolutely

@ecw0647

2 жыл бұрын

@@f.p.2010 well, figurative, anyway.

Who else loves Mahler?

@pupsteufelchen

2 жыл бұрын

Me

@karinwijnberg9489

2 жыл бұрын

@@pupsteufelchen me too. His 9th is epic. The adagio is heavenly music. Best adagio ever

@ellaritter

2 жыл бұрын

i don't know what would become of me without him!! mahler and sibelius are my absolute favorites of all time!! 💞

@EminAnimE1

2 жыл бұрын

I don't.

@user-ee7sv2xw4w

2 жыл бұрын

Here

13:30-14:30 sent chills up my spine and made me a bit short of breath...that was so beautiful and powerful

@tchaffman

3 жыл бұрын

Wait till you hear the whole thing (Listen to Gielen)

@EminAnimE1

2 жыл бұрын

That's Mahler for you.

@MD-md4th

7 ай бұрын

Overblown nonsense. Grandiose narcissism - especially the final sequence. What came before is better, though still noisy.

What Beethoven started was the epiphany of the art form we call music.

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony it's brillant. The ending is my favorite part.

@lunar.6091

3 жыл бұрын

The ending gives me chills

@duongnguyenngoc9160

2 жыл бұрын

5th too!

@jamesoliver6625

Жыл бұрын

Close brother. His 4th is his best symphonic essay. His 8th is the best piece of music he wrote. The entire suite of War Symphonies (which starts with the 4th, ends with the 9th) are a complete novel of life. There is strong evidence that at least three mvts of the 7th had been at least sketched before the Germans laid siege to Leningrad tending to the notion that it was originally written in response to the previous 10 years or so of soviet life.

The recording of Prokofiev’s “Cantata For The 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution” with Mark Elder conducting has to be the best ending I have ever heard in Classical music.

Love your choices and thanks for discovering the Poem of Ecstasy. I didn't know it. Also thanks for including the transcendent Resurrection. No finer interpreter, in my opinion, of the breadth and scope of Mahler's music than Bernstein. He wasn't afraid of the emotion however out sized it might appear. He reveled in it. Bravo.

@ommgafar2010

Жыл бұрын

The same here for Scribian.

2:07-2:42 makes me wonder why I didn"t start listening to classical music earlier. Wow

@joaqpalmer5960

3 жыл бұрын

You are never late

@user-sx2hr5xk2v

3 жыл бұрын

@@joaqpalmer5960 such a conment

@SaintSaens0

3 жыл бұрын

yah that endings pretty good

I always loved the climactic C#-minor chord near the end of Rachmaninoff's 2nd symphony. The fact that the motto theme (which opens the piece on the low strings in E minor, basically an hour before) is played by the trumpets in E major during that moment makes it all the more musically significant.

@Dylonely42

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

Glad you included the Leningrad. Amazing finale particularly in view of the historical context.

So glad you closed this one with Poem of Ecstasy, I must have listened to it almost 1000 times and it has never once lost its impact

I'm so glad you included Bruckner 8 - that finale is one of my favorite pieces of all time and although I use the word rarely, it really is "epic" in every sense

@davekeyes5589

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you as it is the climax of everything that has come before it. As a stand alone, though, I’d have to go with the coda of the 4th, especially with Celibidache. A mere quibble, though, as all Bruckner finales are marvelous.

THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND MAHLER’S SYMPHONY #2 FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE. It was one of the songs in my Music Listening Competition in middle school. I remember loving it so much but couldn’t remember the title or any way to accurately describe it in a search. You have made my DECADE. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

The Poem of Ecstacy is my all-time favourite finale. Especially live, when people start clapping before tha last blast, hoping it's over. Boy, are the in for a last shock!!!! :D :D I saw it directed by Svetlanov and the Moscum Symphony Orchestra or something like that (some time ago!). I'm still in therapy :D

I found it to be a wonderful experience to play The Poem of Ecstasy, which I did professionally on extra 1st french horn. It's one of those works where you can play as loud as possible. It is said that the ending has the loudest chord ever written.

The finale of Mahler's second symphony didn't make me feel ascending. It made me feel becoming an all-powerful goddess.

@jamesoliver6625

Жыл бұрын

Me neither. For all his efforts Mahler failed in comparison to "Tod und Verklärung", R. Strauss....IMO

@stevielagan1948

Жыл бұрын

What an awesome comment. I love you!!!

@alexanderkelley9263

11 ай бұрын

that final suspension with the sopranos is the greatest music ever written

Thank you for creating this. I loved them both and cried like a baby. I learned a lot of new stuff! But I think you completely forgot Wagner? My favourite: Elsa’s procession to the cathedral? And what about Bruckner’s carnival ouverture. I know it’s an ouverture - but the last 5 mins or more are a finale to me - the tear down the place.

This is absolutely brilliant. You did all these pieces Justice

Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy remains one of the greatest and most emotionally impactful pieces of music ever composed in human history.

@sergeyklimenkov

Жыл бұрын

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Ohhhh this Scriabin recording of Poeme!!!!!! It made me gasp for air.....I ceased to exist momentarily!!!!

Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! Love the captions and the little stories behind each ending, great job making a selection with the best interpretations.

What brilliant selections and some new delights I’ve never heard before to dig more deeply into. Loved the captions as well - fascinating, insightful and amusing! Well done!

Omg, thanks for giving the background stories of each pieces 😍😍😍

Alexander Scriabins "POEM" was a new discovery for me. And what a one! 😳 I simply could not breath any further at the corresponding passage. Unbelievably powerful! Thank you for expanding my horizons.

I came back to your original video and saw that you had uploaded a new one. I immediately watched this and loved it. I'm really glad that you included poem of ecstasy in this becuase I saw it in the description of your first video and went to take a listen. I fell in love immediately with it. No words could describe it. Thanks for this

@sponge917

8 жыл бұрын

+That 13 y/o Pianist Thank you very much! :)

@pepe4rock

8 жыл бұрын

yes scriabin is just another league, also love the ending of his "prometheus or the poem of fire"

Thank you. Very entertaining and love your commentary.

In 2020, Beethoven is still KING!

@jackgonzalez7727

Жыл бұрын

In 2023, still is.

Definitely hope you will continue making these. :)

Thank you so much for making this video! 😊

Thank you very much! Incredible selection of pieces with insightful comments to them.

I watched the first video and in the end I was like "Wow yes amazing, but where are this one and this one and this one..?" and well, they were all here, that's why xD amazing dude! Not only a great selection, but the recording versions you chose (though take a look to Dudamel's Mahler 2nd at the Proms version, it's just the greatest) and the comments..just marvelous! Good job :)

Powerful and spectacular!!!Excellent describes and comments!Thanks a lot...YEAH!!!

Wow I actually thought you were saving Mahler 8 for last, but Scriabin indeed is an unexpected but actually very good choice for the no. 1 position of your video. I love every work on the list. Seems the film music to Alexander Nevsky is a work for me to go and explore; I like the teaser in your video. Saint-Saëns 3 was the first ever classical work I adored and had a cd of. It always made me cry tears of joy when the organ got crazy with all the stops open at the end. Bruckner 8, Mahler 2 and even Beethoven 9, wow wow wow! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent video; brilliant commentary. Thank you uploader you have opened up a new world to me.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you.

Love your comments! what a hoot!. great job compiling. I've sung with St.Louis Symphony chorus and sung all these choral works, yeah live is something else, especially when you behind the French horns! We sang Nevsky live while they showed the movie. Awesome.

The organ is more "felt" than "heard" ... wow! ... that's RIGHT! A live performance of SS's 3rd is now on MY bucket list!

Great job. Thanks for putting this together.

Check out Bruckner Symphony No.4's ending conducted by Sergiu Celibidache or Klaus Tennstedt. When I heard it for the first time, it was like Bruckner walking to the heaven, step by step.

@davekeyes5589

Жыл бұрын

Celibidache’s Fourth is a gift to the world. No one does the finale like he did.

They are majestic powerful endings! I would like to add Dvorak from the new world, Mozart jupiter, Beethoven fate, Shostakovich 11 toscin, Wagner Tannhauser ending, Wagner gotterdammerung finale, Mahler titan, Sibelius 2, Stravinsky the rite of spring, Shostakovich 5.

Nice try at getting the best finales. No easy task. You made me aware of some lesser known composers (to me that is) Thank you

Love your wee comments. Thank you.lf music be the food of love play on..

Thank you for doing this, remarkable and wonderful.

Very interesting video! I discovered a lot of great masterpieces to listen! Can’t ignore the fact that 1812 Overture wasn’t part of it though!

Well done indeed. Loved it!

Never has so much hair stood up on the back of my neck!

My son played principal horn in the 3rd 4th and 5th movements in the Seattle Youth Symphony for Mahler 2 in 2010. It was epic! Mahler is amazing.

Very good selection, and excellent quality of sound! And your comments are very welcome :)

How in the world could you forget to include the final movement of Respighi’s Pines of Rome - by far the most epic ending ever!!

I truly loved your first video, especially because it made me discover the choral version of 1812 overtoure. But it was missing what is probably (imo) the best finale of all. And here we have it! Mahler's 2nd symphony, in (one of ?) the best rendition, Bernstein. I listen over and over to that finale and everytime I have this wonderful sensation of fulfilment. I need so badly to listen to it live...

@hillcresthiker

5 жыл бұрын

Thats because the Mahler 2 is the greatest piece of music produced by human civilization!

@jamesbattista1466

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well GO! DUDE! I used to think like that, how nice it would be to hear it live. I decided, as you must, to MAKE IT HAPPEN! No excuses. It will be a watershed moment of your life to hear Mahler2 live in concert.

Thank you! I'll listen them all complete. I think that Shostakovich's 11 ending should be here.

@theend7339

6 жыл бұрын

yulaserio i clicked on this video just to see if it was here haha

@oleflogger6828

5 жыл бұрын

So, his 7th isn't enough?

@alanfoster6589

5 жыл бұрын

Good call...the Tocsin!

@davekeyes5589

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The 11th is underappreciated imo. Kondrachin’s (?sp) recording is phenomenal.

That note about mahler reminded me why I always come back to symphonies 1,5, and 6. Such incredible orchestration that is thick and satisfying without the need of a monumental orchestra. Especially with the finale of 1 and the first movement of 5.

my guy beethooven was deaf , and he created the most epic iconic music in the world , maybe history , the very first one i said who the heck can compose such a thing when is everything chaotic and wonderfull ... speechless

I have Nielsen's Inextinguishable. The highlight for me is the 2 timpanists panned left & right & going completely mental!

Great selections, great performances. Wow! (and I'm a conductor)

Brilliant video!

I would also include Mahlers 3rd as well as the 9th for the best ending. Bruckners 4th in Chelibidaches recording is also VERY good! But in total, very nice list :D

@hillcresthiker

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

I watched this video about 4 years ago, and when I heard the final few bars from Saint-Saens 3rd, I was like "wow". I heard that in this video once (yes, once), and now I have beard the whole symphony in person at the Boston Symphony, and have been playing the organ for 3 years literally because I heard it once in this video. The only thing I have to ask is why you didn't put the entire finale in. I know it is long, but it is absolutely incredible. Some of the most incredible 7 minutes in all of music.

Love your selection. Its hard to fight Mahler if we are talking about awesome and epic orchestral finales. Saint Saens is algo big , but I preffer more Prokofiev instead Saint Saens. Love your choice of Alexander Nevsky, also, but I miss the very big finales of Ivan the terrible (Muti, CSO) and the Cantata for the 20th aniversary of the october revolution. Heck yeah. There you have massive destroy.

(11:40) There were only two conductors able to play the finale in Bruckner's 8th without smearing the 4 themes: Celibidache and Munich Symphonic Orchestra, and G. Wand with his NDR Symphonic Orchestra. - Heinz

There's a piece from Rued Langgaard called music of the spheres, I just love the ending of that... It is just like the end of all things... I think it deserves a place in a future video

marvelous choices, for the most part. oddly, this is one time when accompanying comments were terrific, and often made me laugh.

the climax to Lever du Jour from Daphnis et Chloe by Ravel would be a nice touch

Incredible!

Bruckner is in my opinion the best symphonist of all times

@davekeyes5589

Жыл бұрын

And the 8th is arguably the greatest of them all.

@bilahn1198

Жыл бұрын

I think he's the worst.

@jackgonzalez7727

Жыл бұрын

Bruckner? No, not at all.

This is by far the most personally-satisfying list ever made, Mahler's 2nd&8th, Shosty's 7th and Scriabin's 4th for finale!

I think the ending of Wagner's cycle could be in this list, but I imagine you were avoiding Operas. I really enjoyed this video, thank you for making it!

Yes! The Scriabin!

I’ve never heard Francesca da Rimini this fast and I love it!

Scriabin. Music on steroids. Love it.

Beautiful Real Music...🤗

You've chosen excellent recordings too. Maybe Messaien's Turangalila would fit in somewhere? that is always epic. And as a special challenge: epic quiet endings (Mahler did a few...)

¡Fenomenal! ¡Impresionante! Thanks!

Back in the 90's, my brother and I were members of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Boys choir and Men's Chorale for YEARS !!! Beethoven's 9th not only was difficult for a first tenor but I had to wear two t-shirts while performing so the sweat wouldn't show through my shirts and blazer. That's how strenuous certain pieces were to perform. Ahhhhh, the glory days. But changing the subject, my favorite piece to perform was Handel's Messiah at Christmas time in a Philly Cathedral.

I wasn't familiar with the Saint-Saens, but will have to listen to that one in its entirety. Anything with 4 bassoons in it has got to be my kind of music, but Mahler's 2nd is the one that still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I hear it (not included here, but the contralto part is so heavenly). Great list and love your comments, Mr. Harvey. I'm so happy to see so many comments from fellow classical music nuts like me! I got it from my Dad, God rest his soul.

@alanfoster6589

5 жыл бұрын

If you enjoyed the Saint-Saens, listen to the Symphony Concertante for organ and orchestra by Joseph Jongen. The last movement in particular is killer.

@ruthedwards7775

Жыл бұрын

another vote for Jongen's symphony, it's an amazing composition, especially, as Alan says, the final movement.

really enjoyed this, just as much as the first, awesome compilation of the best part of classical music check out the end of le roi d'ys by lalo, its pretty badass. the london symphony version. the timp part is great. anyway, great video man

@sponge917

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Maddison Thanks! Haven't heard that piece before, really cool!

Hard to believe that Scriabin was live; imagine being surrounded by that.

Bevibel Harvey ... perfect job !!! Chapeau Madame !!!

1) Symphony no 9, Beethoven, 00:00 2) Symohony no 3,Saint-Saëns, 01:29 3) Francesca da Rimini,Tchaikovsky, 02:46 4) Alexander Nevsky, Prokofiev, 03:29 5) Symphony no 4, Nielsen, 04:40 6) Symphony no 2, Mahler, 06:02 7) Symphony no 7, Shostakovich, 08:14 8)Symphony no 8 , Bruckner, 10:40 9) Symphonie no 8, Mahler, 12:00 10) The poem of Ecstasy, Scriabin, 14:56

We are spoilt for choice!.Mahler 5,Tch 4,Tch 5 (without cymbal crash),SS Organ Sym (Munch),Kalinnikov 2 (Jarvi),Brahms 2,Sibelius 5 (Bernstein) + 1000 more, some marvellous stuff.

@alexbouffler8577

4 жыл бұрын

What about The Firebird?

@Metrofin1

4 жыл бұрын

Certainly!

actually, Mahler's almost all Symphony's Finale is best...

@DynastieArtistique

3 жыл бұрын

Even the 4th

@ellaritter

2 жыл бұрын

that man just doesn't know how to compose bad pieces! every single one of them are jaw dropping

Adoro música clássica. Porque adoro. Calma, relaxante, boa para estudar, boa para dormir.

There's no more epic and dramatic ending than Tristan and Isolda

Please keep this series going

I totally agree with you regarding the finale to Beethoven’s 9th.

Scriabin is without equal, it is just otherworldly

I really enjoyed it! Nice Job! (Also, if you don't know them, you should listen the final of Psaume XXIV, by Lili Boulanger, and the final of the fourth movement of Symphonic Metamorphosis, by Paul Hindemith ;)

Saw your first video and was going to recommend some Nielsen, either the 4th or 5th. I see you've gone for the 4th, which just about edges it.

1:13 FUUUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done, Ben Harvey! As good as the original.

@sponge917

8 жыл бұрын

+tatiana brooke Thanks!

Thank you very much for this compilation 🙏 Well, concerning Bruckner's 8th I wouldn't have chosen Karajan.. sounds more like an Imperial March, missing the mystical depth which is present even in this moment of triumph. Greetz from a german romantic :)

Mahler was like the God of epic music

One of my favorite endings is in the Scriabin's Symphony in E Major played by Muti 🙃

@Emilien-hy3sy

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely, the 6th movement is great, the intense solos and the chorus make it transcendent !

Good choice of interpreters. Good listing also. Regards

The Shostakovich is clearly the best

awesome