"Cries and Whispers" and the score goes to Jo Yeong-wook. <----------- it"s wrong. He is a famous Korean composer, but he did not write this song. The composer of this song is Jisu Lee, another famous Korean composer.
@lovelove-bc8ri2 ай бұрын
우와.... 이 곡에 가사를 붙인건가?? 이것도 엄청 좋다. 멋져요~ㅎ
@vikihott41204 ай бұрын
💔 "Promo SM"
@banpeiyuponzu4 ай бұрын
I thought you would like it best. No.2 : Very dramatic. But perhaps it has many lovers and haters because it seems a kind of religious. No.9 : Beautiful farewell poem. N0.1 & 5 : Yes, accesible. N0.3 : 1st mvt. is great but it is enough. Full performance is too long for me. All the rest : Not accesible.
@peterwimmer12594 ай бұрын
So, "worst to best" is wrong, since it concerns personal preferences. Least beloved to most loved would be better...
@DavideSablone4 ай бұрын
My take would be 2, 3, 1, 5, 6, 9, 8, 4, 7 So far, at least. Sometimes the 2 is surpassed by others depending on the period, especially the 3rd that have the first movement that is simply mind-blowing. But overall the 2nd will always be my most loved piece of work ever
@bilahn11984 ай бұрын
Great commentary. I can't possibly rate them in order. I was a little surprised that you called the ninth "slightly overrated. It usually appears at the top! As beautiful as the Finale is, for me, it's the first movement that really knocks my socks off. I think that's the greatest single movement that Mahler ever wrote. I think the seventh will grow on you. I think it is grossly underrated. The first movement in particular is one of the most amazing things he ever wrote. And the much abhorred finale is fantastic. People don't understand is that when Mahler sounds trite or bombastic,, he is doing it on purpose. Mahler wanted to reflect all of life in his music. And that includes the good the bad and the ugly. The miracle of his music is how he manages to pull it off. #10. The first movement is absolutely searing in intensity. The first Scherzo is wonderful and there was enough of it that I think it's a reasonable representation. The final two movements are more problematic. I usually skip over the second scherzo. The finale although overly long, has some tremendous music and it's such a shame Mahler never orchestrated it. He probably would have made cuts. But as it is , the final ten minutes are just about the most beautiful thing in creation , rivaling the end of the third symphony. Makes me sob every time. I agree what you say about the finale of the third. But my favorite movement in all of Mahler is the first movement. It is just outrageously original and clever. There truly is nothing like it by anyone else. Mahler died at age fifty one. One wonders where he would have gone from here. I'm glad you put the eighth so high. I will never understand how people who claim to love Mahler can not like the 8th..
@TristanJ-hh8qu4 ай бұрын
When I saw the 7th as weakest, I was so sad. I absolutely love the 1st/3rd/5th movement. Absolutely amazing 1st mvt is my fav., especially Solti's Chicago recording with Bud playing the most perfect Trumpet lines ever. Now 6th second weakest? Man, I'm so sad now lol. 6/7th are my favs
@djsalad57524 ай бұрын
at any point, somewhere, a mahler symphony is still ending
@GustavoGarcia-gz4su4 ай бұрын
My favorite is 6th symphony.
@gusti1874 ай бұрын
Great Video! I have to say I would have picked a different ranking, but its interesting to see how different you can feel about Mahler.
@JugglernautNr94 ай бұрын
Great work! Really enjoyed your video. My first Mahler symphony was actually his first and i was blown away immediately. I was 23 or somehting, it was 15 years ago.
@Balfour.5 ай бұрын
Funny how our ranks are pretty much inverted lol. And yet I'm sure it varies drastically from listener to listener. It speaks to the transcendence of his music - no front runner pieces, they're all single-handedly compelling and unique in their own way. As for me, the mature Mahler, beaten up by misfortune, speaks to me more than the young Mahler. And a testament to that is that if I include Das Lied and the Tenth they both would go straight into my top 5. All in all, my rank from most to least favourite and a reference recording: 7 - Abbado/Lucerne, Chailly/Gewandhaus 6 - Abbado/BPO (no contest) 9 - Abbado/BPO 5 - Saraste/WDR 4 - Abbado/Lucerne (no contest) 3 - Levine/CSO 2 - Bernstein/NYP (no contest) 8 - Tennstdet/LSO 1 - Tennstdet/CSO (no contest)
@-.a5 ай бұрын
ranking mahler 6 8th means your opeinions are automatically invalid
@TristanJ-hh8qu4 ай бұрын
Before the world knew it needed more cowbell, there was the hammer.
@listerofsmeg8845 ай бұрын
#2 will always be my favourite, that truly epic ending, The Gustavo Dudamel proms recording you recommend is amazing, though i would also recommend Vladimir Jurowski with The LPO from 2011. #4 i just haven't really got with so remains in last place. the others (including the Cooke versions of X) i can't really choose between. Couple of observations though: 1: Many of the subtitles were not approved my Mahler, especially 'Tragic' and 'Symphony of the Night'. They were added by conductors and , in the case of #8, for publicity purposes. And 'Titan' was only used for a couple of performances when the piece was a 5 movement work 2: There is still a lot of debate as to the meaning of the ending of #9 with many questioning whether it was Mahler signifying his own death. Take the following section from an article: " Mahler died in May 1911, without ever hearing his Ninth Symphony performed. The work's ending is usually interpreted as his conscious farewell to the world, as it was composed following the death of his beloved daughter Maria Anna in 1907 and the diagnosis of his fatal heart disease. However, this notion is disputed inasmuch as Mahler felt that he was in good health at the time of the composition of the Ninth Symphony; he had had a very successful season (1909-10) as the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and, before that, the Metropolitan Opera (New York). In his last letters, Mahler indicated that he was looking forward to an extensive tour with the orchestra for the 1910-11 season. Moreover, Mahler worked on his unfinished Tenth Symphony until his death from endocarditis in May 1911." 3: #7's problem is generally thought to be how the opening and closing movements don't seem to match with the middle three 'night music' sections. It almost feels like he was working on two different pieces and tried to fit them together.
@FernandoG_19815 ай бұрын
I recommend: - 1st: Klaus Tennstedt/CSO - 2nd & 6th: Bernstein New York - 3rd: Abbado/Berlin - 5th: Ozawa/BSO 5th
@sarilgupta40245 ай бұрын
There is a little type at the very end. Mahler 2 is in C Minor, rather than C major. Great Vid though!
@enlightenedanalysis10715 ай бұрын
Very nice video. Thank you
@luke99475 ай бұрын
Wait… what did you mean with Das lied von der erde?
@marc41435 ай бұрын
Thanks for the analysis! I managed to get tickets to the 2nd symphony next month and now I can’t wait!
@pawdaw6 ай бұрын
I once met Mariss Jansons and asked him which of Mahler's symphonies was his favourite, and he said: 'ALL'.
@thomcook85706 ай бұрын
The key to understanding the 7th Symphony, my favorite symphony, is don't overthink it. It is Mahler having fun creating sound images.
@laurentcompagna61665 ай бұрын
Really, the key to understand any Mahler symphony, is first get a GOOD RECORDING ahah!
@CarlosASainzCaccia6 ай бұрын
Listening to Mahler 2nd Symphony performed live is a before and after life experience. Truly a transformative moment. My connection to music changed forever after that day.
@annakimborahpa6 ай бұрын
1. I agree about the 7th Symphony being the lowest on the list of favorites It has many beautiful moments, particularly in the middle movements, but the tonal exploration and prolonged dissonance in the outer movements unnerve me. 2. Unusual for Mahler since he took on such life and death issues when composing his symphonies, the 7th originally was conceived by him to be a light hearted, whimsical symphony, progressing from night into blazing sunlight. However, the turbulence of his personal life during the time of its composition overwhelmed him, including the death of a young daughter and its grievous effect on his wife. Subsequently I think this tragedy affected the character and quality of the 7th. 3. That said, the 7th is another example of enhanced Mahler appreciation linked to the autobiographical nature of his music. Some others: A. The popular Adagietto of the 5th was inspired by his original infatuation with Alma Schindler who later became his wife. B. He dedicated his mammoth 8th to Alma with its setting of Goethe's Faust ending in praise of the eternal feminine muse. C. He scrawled a desperate note to Alma on the last page of his unfinished Tenth.
@annakimborahpa5 ай бұрын
1. Thanks for the biographical timeline correction. 2. However, the Mahler Foundation article on the 7th states the following: "The three years which elapsed between the completion of the score and the symphony's premiere witnessed dramatic changes in Mahler's life and career. In March 1907 he had resigned his conductorship of the Vienna State Opera, as the musical community in Vienna turned against him (which was why he chose Prague for the work's debut); on 12 July his first daughter died of scarlet fever; and, even as she lay on her deathbed, Mahler learned that he was suffering from an incurable heart condition. Musicologists surmise that this is why the optimism and cheerfulness of the symphony was subsequently tempered by the small but significant revisions Mahler made in the years leading up to its premiere." [From the Mahler Foundation Org article /mahler/compositions/symphony-no-7/symphony-no-7-introduction/] 3. Therefore, if the Mahler Foundation article is to be believed, the death of the composer's first daughter was one of several life changing factors that played into his revision of the score after its original completion before her sudden death.
@YitzchakHornik6 ай бұрын
First of all, thank you for the article. The wonderful thing is the attitude of all the people who love Gustav Mahler - each one with his personal love for this or that symphony. Indeed, the three greatest are symphonies 2, 3, 5. Luckily we have KZbin and we can constantly hear and see great performances of Mahler's symphonies. Thanks again
@asianpianoman6 ай бұрын
For me, best to worst: 9 dlvde 3 7 5 2 8 4 6 1 7 recently grew on me 😅
@notmytempo4646 ай бұрын
Mahler is just not held in high enough regard in the names that are considered 'the great composers' I didnt even know who Mahler was until I was 17 and i had been living at a music school for 2 years. I dont know why people just dont talk about him. He is genuinely in my opinion an equal to Beethoven
@dasportsfan21226 ай бұрын
I would rank it, 2, 3, 1, 6, 5, 9, 8, 4, 7. However you could switch up the ranking other then top 2 and bottom 2
@davidblackburn33966 ай бұрын
I very much enjoyed your video. I share your love of and enthusiasm for Mahler's music, especially Nos. 2, 3 and 8. My favorite recording of the 3rd is still Levine/Chicago, with Marilyn Horne as contralto soloist. For my money no one has ever nailed that final Adagio like Levine. I would love to hear your take on Shostakovich's symphonies. For me he's been a very tough nut to crack.
@jg29776 ай бұрын
Symphony of a Thousand is not Mahler’s nickname for the 8th. For most performances they might have around 400 performers. Once again, Mahler did not coin this phrase.
@SophieLeung-du9we7 ай бұрын
My fave is Mahler 3 mvt 6, which I will be playing this weekend
@jg29777 ай бұрын
The Mahler symphony that I listen to the least is the 4th, but mainly because I’m a trombonist and the 4th has no low brass. I still think it’s great though, and I do give it a listen every now and then.
@desireemontalvo-dobao34117 ай бұрын
My least favorite symphony is the 8th, and even then its still a masterpiece, its finale wasnt quite as impactful to me as his 2nd, for me the symphony is all large scale epicness, while his second has progression to it, but his 8th is till amazing, now that shows you got a good composers on your hands.
@eddiethom49116 ай бұрын
Check out Antoni Wit’s recording with Warsaw Phil especially its last two tracks may change your mind about the 8th.
@luke99475 ай бұрын
Maybe overall i prefer the 2nd, but the finale of the 8th is much more impactful to me.
@albiepalbie50407 ай бұрын
My rating Starting at 10 ( called symphonies) to the best Seven One Five Six Four Ten Two Eight Three Nine Das Lied Von Der Erde - Das Lied the greatest of them all And ! - Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekomen
@angryjalapeno7 ай бұрын
Stop tip toe-ing around when you rank things. We get it; not a single one is bad but you prefer some over others. We get it; don't have to repeat that 10 times otherwise don't bother ranking,.
@Quotenwagnerianer7 ай бұрын
Ranking the unrankable. The only thing for sure is No.2 is heavily overrated and is outshone by "Das Lied" and No.9. ;)
@isqueirus7 ай бұрын
My take from "worst" to best: 7 Bernstein/NYP 4 Szell/Cleveland 5 Chailly/ Concertbouw 1 Boulez/ CSO 6 Bernstein/Vienna Philarmonic 9 Abbado/ Vienna Philarmonic 8 Solti/CSO 3 Bernstein/NYP 2 Abbado/ CSO
@nmnmnm95098 ай бұрын
He has 10 symphonies and the 10th is the best in many ways I don't care he could not finish its orchestration it doesn't mean x symphony is not original.
I once downloaded (from Usenet) a set of complete Mahler symphonies. However, owing to a curious naming-convention used by the poster, all the movements of all the symphonies were played in a "by name" / RANDOM order. I took a long road trip from S Texas to Minnesota and back, listening to all of these MP3s. The SNAFU of the naming meant that it was entirely randoem as to the order of movements across the entire set of symphonies. This (for example) could mean you got THREE ADAGIOS in a row, or TWO FINALES! To cut a long story short, the music was WONDERFUL and, as you said, particularly made the varied "nature" and landscapes I was passing through "come to life." Even though the symphonies were "dissected" and displaced from each other, the musical language worked incredibly well. What resulted, was a sort of 30-hour 33-movement "symphony" that actually "made sense." I agree with you that Mahler's music -- and right about NOW this is MOST IMPORTANT -- "gives you faith" in nature and goodness . . . over all else.
@davidblackburn33966 ай бұрын
That is so cool, thank you for sharing that!
@benana_39 ай бұрын
My ranking, from worst to best: 7, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, 9, 8, 2
@raffilevy20299 ай бұрын
Great analysis but a little triggered but some of the ranking you did😅
@HYP3RK1NECT9 ай бұрын
La octava, trata de escuchar la versión de Bertini o Wit.
@venskus20099 ай бұрын
Second movement of #9 is the greatest movement Mahler ever wrote imo
@Dylonely429 ай бұрын
29:39
@pietervoogt9 ай бұрын
I feel like Mahler is very repetitive. I think the first is original and the fifth is good, the rest is more of the same.
@klscomus9 ай бұрын
Sorry, but the tenth symphony should have been included, even if you feel that there are some things are not there. I would suggest reading Deryck Cooke's extensive notes to understand that his version, along with the other ten performing editions which range from leaving the draft as he left it to outright speculative completion that could be deemed as over-the-top, shows a draft that is primarily complete in its structural concept from first note to last save some inner voicing, counterpoint and, in the case of the final two movements, orchestration. In this sense, Das Lied and the Ninth are also deemed incomplete since Mahler, painstaking perfectionist that he was, would have refined these two pieces in many ways had he lived to complete the Tenth. It leads us into a new dimension the composer was totally envisioning.
@EricAlbeser9 ай бұрын
0:03 Adrien Brody?!?!?!
@davidblackburn33966 ай бұрын
That was the actor Robert Powell. He played Mahler in Ken Russell's film.
@user-wp4ju4hp5w9 ай бұрын
Mahler is my favourite composer followed closely behind by Bruckner
@johnhickey47849 ай бұрын
I discovered Mahler in 1985 for the first time. The first symphony i heard was the 2nd. After that i could not get enough of his music. I also love the final movement of the 3rd symphony. Lost count of how many times i have listened to it..