I prefer this version to the Makerras recording that is also posted on KZbin. The diction of the chorus is clearer, and the overall quality of the sound is brighter.

A great conductor with a great orchestra... so lucky to have worked with Neumann once!

Note the absence of female musicians...a peculiarity of Czech Philharmonic under Neumann

Super ❤

I love it 😀

Years after having made an excellent recording, with the fall of communism, the same performers (Neumann, Ludwig, Czech Philharmonic) return to perform at a very high level. Thanks to whoever posted. Neumann was one of the best conductors I saw live.At that time, the Czech Philharmonic did not have any women, only on harps. This has completely changed.

2:10

Alles schön und gut, die Stimme toll, gesangstechnisch sehr gut.... Aber was ist mit der Interpretation? Das ist doch DAS Wesentliche, die Deutung und Darbietung des gedanklichen Inhalts in der Musik, erschaffen und kodiert vom Komponisten. Und hier ist die Interpretation durchgehend sinnlos, nur teilweise dem Sinn und Gehalt des Werkes entsprechend. Interpretatorische Augen-, bzw. Ohrwischerei. Eine Schönsingung. Aber jedes Kunstwerk hat eine äußere (phänomenologische) und eine innere Schönheit (hermeneutische/gedankliche). Und Hermann giebt nur die äußere Schönheit wieder. Etwas besser machte es Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Aber auch er vieles Sinnlos, ohne Bezug zum Werkssinn. Des König's neue Kleider!!!

Za hudební režii bych udělil metál. Např. ve Svaet a Intrádě hrají trumpetisté mimořádně těžké party, vůbec je nezaberou, místo toho vidíme horny. A mimo jiné ani jednou za záznam nebyla vidět 1. horna.

懐かしい、テレビドイツ語講座の小塩節先生だ‼

2時間超えのスターバド・マーテルてなに？　 ペルゴレージでも40分くらいでしょ？ ヴィヴァルディなんか25分くらい。私は一番すきだけど。 これ初めて聴いた。なんか調べたら、ドヴォルザークが若くしてお子さん3人亡くした結果なのだと。 普通はレクイエム（鎮魂歌）ですよね… なんでスターバト・マーテル（悲しみの聖母）なのかな…。 まあ大体、この二つは名曲が多いので、みんな気を入れて作曲するのです。私もかなり聴き漁りました。多分CD2枚要するので、あまり普及してなかったのでしょうね。ラジオでも流せにくかったんだろうな。 出だしなんかヴェルディのレクイエムかと思った。いやそれに匹敵する大曲だなこれ。 しかもヴァーツラフ・ノイマンとチェコフィルでしょ。これ以上ない御当地演奏ではないか。愛でるべし。

It’s a wonderful performance. I thought it was faultless.

Super! ❤

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Bravo, Václav Neumann!

Vynikající interpretace Neumanna, jedna z nejlepších, kterou znám.

The slower tempo of the first movement makes it more difficult to bring out the syncopated, jazzy rhythms which are essential to this modern symphony. Though composed by a European, this symphony is really more of an American symphony.

Preciosa...!

Die Beschreibung kann nicht stimmen. In Freiburg gab es 1972 noch kein Konzerthaus

와 진짜 멋있다. 32분 15초 부터....드보르작 베토벤 수준이었네.

😍😍😍

A great Mahler orchestra; none better.

21:31 in the commercial recording by the same forces and conductor the trumpets play in the wrong transposition here giving a very unusual effect :)

Was war das doch eine völlig unaufgeregte große Kunst, welch ein wunderbarer Sänger!

Neumann, what a god!

As far as I know, her singing is one of the best mezzo-sopranos and altos to this work.

Škoda že je to nekvalitní nahrávka, Má Vlast a speciálně Vltava byly v podání České filharmonie řízené Václavem Neumannem nejkrásnější.

Wonderful to see Neumann live in concert with the Czech Phil. I have the Supraphon set of all 6 Martinu's symphonies with Neumann. His tempos in the 1st Symphony especially the 1st 2 movements are generally quite slow compared to other conductors yet this doesn't deter from full enjoyment. ( Compare this to the 1st Symphony with the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra conducted by Andres-Orazco who takes it at a faster pace ( especially the 2nd movt.). Martinu must be one of the most underated composers of the 20th Century . Less Haydn, Schubert and Schumann please and let's hear all the fantastic works of Martinu in our concert halls. ( ps were all the female members of the orchestra on vacation? I say that sarcastically. How things have changed since then)

Prey was in many ways the perfect Mahler singer. The natural beauty and warmth of his tone made the sadness bearable. Masterful use of the face and body in the service of expression too.

By far not the best version of this symphony, but the sound doesn't help and it is moving to see Neumann and his Czech Phil

Neumann was a great conductor sensitive to the composer, with rich detail, beautiful flow, not over the top but still exciting, his Mahler and Dvorak are wonderful filled with power and majesty. The Czech Philo is also tops and make perfect pairing with Neumann. Thanks for this recording.

Tuve el placer y el privilegio de ver a Vaclav Neumann en directo intepretando con su orquesta la sinfonía número 5 de Mahler. Excelente director, humilde, profundo y alejado de las egolatrías andantes que pueblan esa profesión. UN MAESTRO DE VERDAD.

Thank you very much for this video; it's the first recording I've heard of Neumann conducting, and (I think) the Czech Philharmonic playing. Interesting to hear how a native conductor and orchestra interpret Martinu, with a lot of colour which I never heard before and texture different from the studio recordings of this magnificent work. Thanks again!

So few comments! It might be an overrated work but the personnel here are well nigh perfect.

ty vole. to je komunisticka utierka

素朴さと巨大なスケールが共存する超名演。 このような解釈が可能だということを、作曲者ベートーヴェンは恐らくは決して気が付かなかったのだろうな、とも思う。

ベートーヴェンの交響曲を楽譜に指定されている通りのテンポで演奏するというのは、世界的に第一級とされるような技術的に優れたオーケストラでも、各パートが鳴り切らない可能性と常に背中合わせである。 寧ろ、開き直った形で、メトロノーム記号だけを無視して、各小節の表情を精緻に仕上げる事に徹する…といった指揮者も曾ては多かった。 日本では朝比奈隆氏、また同世代ではヴァツラフ·ノイマンなどもその一人であっただろう。 この曲、第9番の第一楽章は全曲中で最も深刻な内容を持つ核心とも捉えられる楽章だが、第一楽章が持つその利点を最大限に活かすとなると、絶対にオーケストラが失敗しない、また意図した通りの音響、パート間のバランス、また主旋律の表情が必ず得られるための堅実な設定、ということだと思う。

It is actually an excerpt of “Etuda o zkoušce” (Etude About Rehearsal) by director Ewald Schorm.

Der nach meiner bescheidenen Meinung beste Liedersänger, technisch überragend, samtweiches Timbre, vielleicht in der Mitte seiner Karriere etwas zu gaumig, aber hier trotz seines fortgeschritten Alters höchst beeindruckend. Seine Diskographie stellt zudem jeden anderen Sänger in den Schatten.

Eine so wunderschöne Stimme, nahe technischer Perfektion. Ein Liedersänger par excellence. Und in seinen späten Jahren die Überraschung als "Beckmesser". Bravo.

The video quality is funky, but this performance is fantastic, with Jan Kubelik's Violin Concerto No. 4 being particularly interesting and exciting. Who knew? A plus is the older Czech Philharmonic sound - violins with a nicely bite to then, the prominence given to the winds and brass, and beautifully phrased and paced.

倍管にせずに、でした。

濃厚芳醇、雄渾、これぞベートーヴェン。ノイマン節が堪能出来ます。 しかも、倍管にこれだけ鳴らすとは。

Thanks so much for the video! would you know the names of the soloists?

Prague Spring Festival, 25 May 1987. Location : Smetana Hall of the Municipal House (Obecní dům)

Janacek grandissimo compositore Neumann grande ed incisivo direttore orchestra fiabesca.Meravigliosi.

I wanted to see this!!!! Thank you very much!!!

A very respectable 9th from Maestro Neumann and the NHK. Thanks for sharing.

If you have a video of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 conducted by Maestro Vaclav Neumann conducting the NHK Symphony Orchestra, I would appreciate it if you could upload it!

this one is a bit further than the cd renditon and recording