Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 | Andrew Manze | NDR Radiophilharmonie

[@ianbarbarafry575]

Almost everything to be said about this wonderful performance has been said already, but I must comment on the way Andrew Manze's facial expressions show how he is 'living' the music - what a fabulous conductor.

[@phblinn]

I've heard many, many performances of this piece, going back to the 70s. I've even seen it live. The overall sound quality he's getting here, along with the microscopic cleanliness of the performance, are truly unbelievable!! And with such a casual physical setup, even. I'm definitely going to follow this conductor.

[@NDRKlassik]

Many thanks for these beautiful words! In this playlist you'll find more content with Andrew Manze: kzbin.info/aero/PLpINuL5yse2fNrQzfWnHacLv-bTlpF4EB

[@joehardy5477]

@@NDRKlassik Vielen dank!

[@mikezinn7212]

What a fabulous performance with such sound quality and sensuous expression. The NDRRP under Manze, has truly achieved something very special here!

[@mjlosur8986]

Beaucoup de plaisir à écouter cette œuvre découverte il y a quelques mois. Cette interprétation est très vivante et en plus la prise de son est excellente...merci beaucoup de ce cadeau ❤

[@NDRKlassik]

Avec plaisir! Merci!!

[@stephenhall3515]

A superb German orchestra on top form under an English conductor as well known for his scholarship as his inspired conducting. WOW!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much! If you are interested in Andrew Manze's farewell, you can find the live stream on saturday at 8pm here... -> www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/radiophilharmonie/konzerte/Abschiedskonzert-fuer-Chefdirigent-Andrew-Manze,manze434.html

[@mrspoonofbuttonmoon]

Also a really nice and down to earth person. My first time on 'concert hall door opening duty' as a music student, Andrew Manze was performing on violin. He saw that I was nervous about getting it wrong - having had no training in what to do - and went out of his way to put me at my ease, despite being presumably under rather more pressure than I was! The accompanying keyboard player, meanwhile, sneered and snickered at my mistakes.

[@stewartrussell1951]

Along with his second, Sir Edward Elgar wrote two of the finest symphonies ever composed. As a tremendous admirer of his works, I must say that although I have never heard of this orchestra, they have done themselves proud with this immaculate performance of Sir Edward's First Symphony. I own and have heard many renditions, including once in person; and this was one of the best I've listen to. My compliments to Maestro Manze, and NDR Radiophilharmonie. Bravo and thank you! Wishing you continued success.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much :))))

[@richardthorn]

I'm so happy that the editor focussed on the leader at 00:51:27 - it's wonderful to watch the passion writ on his face as the main theme returns.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser spätromantischen und perfekt komponierten Sinfonie mit seidigen Tönen aller Streicher, milden Tönen aller Holzbläser und brillanten Tönen aller Blechbläser. Der erste Satz klingt echt majestätisch und auch melodisch. Im Kontrast klingt der zweite Satz echt lebhaft und auch rhythmisch. Der dritte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt sehnsüchtig. Endlich kommt der letzte Satz mit der Erinnerung an den ersten Satz. Der intelligente und erfahrene Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester in verschidenen Tempi und mit künstlerisch kontrollierter Dynamik. Wunderbar vom Anfang bis zum Ende!

[@NDRKlassik]

Herzlichen Dank und willkommen zurück, notaire2! 😊

[@leonardzane]

One of the greatest 20th century symphonies directed by one of the greatest living conductors. What a treasured performance!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, also on behalf of Andrew Manze, it's a pleasure :)

[@gorankatic40000bc]

Andrew Manze is one of the best conductors of our time. In the field of old well known reference performances/recordings of classical music he is making his own mark and "becoming" Svetlanov, Karajan, Klemperer, Bernstein... in a sense where we, classical music fanatics and the musical market feeding our addiction, patiently wait for the new release of Manze's performance/s. To work in Germany, where level of musicianship of orchestras and competition in quality is without equal, is a plus for both maestro Manze and for the orchestra. Indeed this season for the NDR sounds like the beginning of a great friendship.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, Andrew Manze has been Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie since 2014/15 and we have had a deep bond ever since! :)

[@johngibson4341]

I believe Elgar himself would be entranced by taut and exciting performance. Bravo to both the composer and the conductor and orchestra. I shall listen to this again.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much! We hope you enjoy listening again.

[@charliekim2939]

The finest German orchestra playing the finest English symphony. A memorable concert, indeed. While listening, I am wondering why the two most admirable countries fought so viciously, to life or death, twice in the the past century. If heat rises (ever) again, invite NDR orch to London and play an Elgar (or Vaughn Williams.) And, invite LSO (or like) to Berlin and play a Beethoven (or Bach, Brahms, ....) It might cool down the temperature.

[@rickdarby3420]

I can think of no compliment worthy of this magnificent symphony and performance. It doesn't get greater than this.

[@NDRKlassik]

Oh wow, what a beautiful compliment! Thank you so much!

[@ianstafford2218]

I agree with all the comments I have read! Andrew Manze is a fine conductor. And with the recent death of Andrew Davis I know that performances of English music are in good hands. Also, its great to see German orchestras and audiences appreciating Elgar. Ever since I listened to Daniel Barenboim playing Elgar with German orchestras I have realised that such musicians are every bit as good at playing English music as English orchestras. Better!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much for these kind words!

[@57monks]

I stopped dead in my tracks when I first discovered this symphony 44 years ago. 38:06 is one of the most gorgeous, most tender things I have ever heard, and the finale is nothing short of a blaze of glory. Elgar became my favorite composer years ago and I went to his birthplace and later to his grave to place a flower on his stone in gratitude for all the pleasure he has given me. I attended a performance of the Dream of Gerontius only 2 weeks after my mother passed. I wasn’t sure that I would get through it, but the sublime Angel’s Farewell was deeply consolatory

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you for your profound thoughts. We are pleased that you find comfort in Bruckner's music.

[@libelle176]

Very fine Elgar first indeed!!!!!!my favourite moment in any symphony....From 47.32 on....absolutely heartbreaking,especially,when you get older,remembering the things you never will experience again....

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you! Also for sharing this :) We wish you all the best and hope you will experience and enjoy many more things ✨

[@songsmith31a]

Committed conducting and performance that matches the quality of the music. Thank you.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you! 🙏

[@R08Tam]

Utterly glorious performance of one of my favourite symphonies.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@alanhowe1455]

Absolutely stupendous. How wonderful to hear a fine German orchestra playing Elgar! Congratulations to all involved.

[@bolemirnoc604]

This symphony is actually more German than English, it owes very much to Brahms 3rd and is still unmistakably Elgar. I love it so much!

[@alanhowe1455]

@@bolemirnoc604 There's also Parry in the mix. It was hard for any symphony written in 1908 not to owe a lot to the great Austro-German symphonic tradition. It was the next generation (e.g. Vaughan Williams) that made the break to forge a truly British tradition.

[@davebarclay4429]

Don't forget that the first performance was conducted by Hans Richter.

[@alanhowe7659]

@@davebarclay4429 Well, indeed. But it's still a relative rarity in Germany today over a century later. In any case Richter gave the first performance with the Halle Orchestra in Manchester!

[@peterfeltham5612]

Wonderful orchestra...wonderful conductor and wonderful composer.God I wish I had been present.And I know Tom Cruise is a very talented person,but as for playing principle violin in the NDR Philharmonie, well.

[@NDRKlassik]

Oh, we would have been delighted if you had been at the concert. We hope you continue to enjoy our recording!

[@numestube]

in the slow movents the sound is so smooth and airy, so full of warm calm, a pure beauty. Thank you NDR and maestro Manze

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much for your kind comment!

[@ianbarnes387]

Outstanding - a truly wonderful performance

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you 😊😊😊

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This performance’s splendor of words can not attach it I appreciate this conductor This comfortable feeling is indescribable , unrivaled and outclassing From A corner of Tokyo

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you :) From Hamburg to Tokyo.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@NDRKlassik You are welcome I hope you are well The number of infected people is increasing in Tokyo Beware of the Infection！

[@erb07032]

A glorious performance of a truly great English symphony. I cannot get through that absolutely heart-rending Adagio with dry eyes. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, and thanks for sharing your feelings :)

[@robmathes2518]

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. ANDREW MANZE!! Bravo! And the NDR!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[@kohl57]

This is a revelation... is the secret to Elgar having his works rendered by non English orchestras and conductors? I am beginning to think so. The crispness, pitch and the phrasing of this elevates it to the pantheon of No. 1 recordings. Just astonishingly moving and magnificent throughout. The Edwardian Age... sigh.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you for listening!! :)

[@colinlambert882]

It was dedicated to Hans Richter, who conducted the first performance, championed by Nikisch, who played it in Leipzig, also performed immediately in New York and Vienna.

[@johnpeate4544]

_If you want to know whom I consider to be _*_the greatest living composer, I say without hesitation Elgar..._*_ I say this to please no one; it is my own conviction... I place him on an equal footing with my idols, Beethoven and Brahms. He is of the same aristocratic family. His invention, his orchestration, his harmony, his grandeur, it is wonderful. And it is all pure, unaffected music. I wish Elgar would write something for the violin._ -Fritz Kreisler At the first rehearsal for the London concert, Richter addressed the orchestra, _”Gentlemen, let us now rehearse _*_the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer - and not only in this country."_* William Henry Reed who played in the LSO at that concert, recalled, "Arriving at the Adagio, [Richter] spoke almost with the sound of tears in his voice and said: _’Ah! this is a real Adagio - such an Adagio as Beethove' would 'ave writ'."_

[@claronebasse]

Wonderful to see Manfred Preis on bass clarinet!

[@girospita5566]

superbe.................

[@bobsimon8377]

The temperature of the performance to Elger's symphony by all is the Sun's brilliance. Just love the venue here. Bravo...

[@amielschotz4982]

A great performance that brilliantly answers all those silly brits who think only English orchestras can play Elgar (I’m a Brit).

[@NDRKlassik]

Hahaha, nice! Thank you!

[@paullewis2413]

Thanks for the upload. The most magnificent opening to the finest symphony ever written. It’s always good to hear Elgar played by a non British orchestra. The best performance of “In the South” I’ve ever heard was by the Polish Radio S.O.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you :)

[@wagnerfan5453]

I love Elgar and especially his first symphony as well as his cello concerto. But are you really serious about this being the finest symphony ever written? You have heard about Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Dvorak, Mahler, Bruckner to name just a few?

[@Alchymist3]

Dear Andrew Manze - das ist die großartigste Interpretation dieser Symphonie, die ich bisher kenne! (Aber für die Tonqualität muss man auch der Technik danken!) Das Eingangs-Andante... ich finde keine Worte dafür. Es ist aus einem einzigen "Atem". Alles ist plastisch und durchsichtig, wo die Gefahr besteht zu "verschmieren" oder zusammenzuballen, auch in den durchführungsartigen Stellen, die harmonisch kompliziert sind. Dadurch erlebt man auch viel deutlicher, wie differenziert und farbig Elgar instrumentiert hat. Die Wiederkehr des Eingangsthemas an verschiedenen Stellen wird mir erst in dieser Aufführung richtig bewusst - es ist wie ein ein "edles Samt", das das Dramatische, Düstere oder Exstatische immer wieder in das den Frieden des As-Dur hüllt... Und ein wunderbares Orchester! Was für ein Violinsolo im ersten Satz... Danke!

[@NDRKlassik]

Vielen herzlichen Dank - auch stellvertretend für unsere Tonmeister und -techniker!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Top gear! Thank you Andrew Manze and NDR Radiophilmarmoie.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you for commenting, it's a pleasure! #NDRRadiophilharmonie #AndrewManze

[@mariannehepple4907]

Ausgezeichnet! Danke aus Neuseeland

[@NDRKlassik]

Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße einmal um die Welt :)))

[@Seaclock35]

Absolutely magnificent performance!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you ever so much 😊

[@jimryon1002]

Beautiful

[@verdiguy]

Thank you for this, I've always admired Maestro Manze's approach to Elgar and the way he captures the ebb and flow of his music. Could I submit a request for the Fifth Symphony of Vaughan Williams, another work in which the Maestro excels? 😊

[@GhtPTR]

Agreed. We are fortunate to be given the opportunity to listen to these forgotten works, thank you very much to the Elbphilharmonie !

[@heifetz6382]

@@GhtPTR Was hat jetzt die Elbphilharmonie mit dem Konzert und dem NDR-Orchester aus Hannover zu tun?

[@GhtPTR]

@@heifetz6382 Good question ! When I was living in Germany, NDR was Norddeutscher Rundfunk in my understanding but I recently read that the NDR orchestra was called the Elbphilharmonie, is that incorrect ?

[@davebarclay4429]

@@GhtPTR On what planet is Elgar's First Symphony a "forgotten work"?

[@GhtPTR]

​@@davebarclay4429 Never heard it in over sixty years, what planet do you live on? People seem pretty rude over there but cultivate an amazing taste in music I must say.

[@chsc4134]

Gostei.

[@gstorrente]

Magnificent! Thank you for sharing. Maestro Manze is in his element. Who is the young concert master? He's doing a great job too.

[@NDRKlassik]

Brieuc Vourch! 🤩 Our colleagues from NDR Kultur just had him in their program - from min. 1:06:40 👉 ndr.de/audio1145414.html

[@gstorrente]

@@NDRKlassik Besten Dank, auch für den Link zur aufschlussreichen Hörfunksendung.

[@raulaguilarlvarez3513]

Excelente.

[@NDRKlassik]

Muchas gracias!!

[@maeseamaya]

Enhorabuena a la orquesta, tiene mucho mérito tocar con la gestualidad de este director.

[@andreapandypetrapan]

This is a cracking performance! The audience are a bit frozen in their seats. I doubt that Handel or Mozart had the benefit of such dainty reverence. The NDR, along with the the WDR orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic (of course), the Berlin Radio symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and so many other splendid and extraordinarily talent bands, prove the incomparable depth and richness of German musical culture. What a blessing for all of Europe, and indeed human civilisation across the globe! As long as geniuses write great symphonic works, and brilliant musicians interpret them to crowds of human hearts enraptured and transfigured and thereby given a vision of the divine before our very ears and souls, it can be said, with some confidence, that humanity has achieved something, and has some future. Quite a lot in fact! Organised and formalised and state-sponsored religions in Western Europe have largely faded, and we are being dangerously seduced by the falsehoods of possessive individualism, of mountains of techno-junk, and by the thinly disguised hell of AI and so called Virtual Reality - which is nothing but a masculine-boyish retreat into a neurotic, soporific and indeed narcotic fantasy. But our womanly humanity persists, and thus so do our better womanly capacities for kindness and tender regard and care, and for the electrifying warmth of mutual erotic surrender, and the adoration of each other with pure altruistic love, and above all our power to create and nurture new life. Likewise to cook and dine together (the essential and very Mediterranean art of la cucina), and sing and dance, and make supremely expressive music. And to keep learning more and more. These are the better aspects of our species, perhaps indeed our truest, and in an ironically mundane or commonplace way, the original route to our ceaseless grasping for the divine, to look into each others eyes for that beneficent face, for that shimmering aspect of the transcendentally generous and supremely good. This is a vision available to everywoman who loves, and embraces, and is enraptured by the "look of love" between her and her one or several girlfriends. These domestic and street-corner feelings and skills express our metaphysical imperative to look from the canyons to the stars, as Messiaen wrote! Des canyons aux étoiles... ! 💕🙋‍♀👩‍🎓🤰🤱💕 Love andrea

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much for these beautiful thoughts. We are very happy that our music leads to such positive feelings. Thank you for listening! 💐💐💐

[@jan-heinzhesse7304]

Sehr schöne Operrette einfach nur super traumhaft schön muss man sich anhören

[@heifetz6382]

Hä? Operette? In welchem Theater sind Sie denn?

[@Listenerandlearner870]

They can play it many times now.

[@hendrikvanblerk1862]

❤

[@colinlambert882]

Dont know if the NDR Orchestra normally has antiphonal violins but Elgar's writing requires it. Fantastic string playing but It would be good if German Orchestras would consider switching to piston trumpets for some repertoire, just some UK orchestras swtch to rotary for some pieces.

[@301250]

England was once disparagingly regarded by their Teutonic cousins as “das land ohne musik”, until Elgar came along and made the latter eat their words like saumagen! I regard this performance as the very best of the whole lot of Elgar’s First I have ever heard, made possible only by having a superb orchestra, led by an equally superb conductor. What a moving and expansive slow movement which made me teary. Wunderbar. Danke. Incidentally, with the recent demise of Queen Elizabeth (and her lying-in-state at this very moment) how appropriate to hear this magnificent music of a very English composer who, not since Purcell, can be regarded the equal of any from the Continent!

[@NDRKlassik]

Hahahaha, thank Goodness music is not so much about rivalry and competition - we can leave that to others. So happy you enjoyed the performance!!

[@bryangl1]

Watching the conductor, one gets an impression that the orchestra gives an outstanding performance despite him. But, of course, this isn't true. While I didn't see a lot of evidence of performers casting frequent glances toward him, that only reflects excellent preparation in the rehearsals. More please.

[@andrewcharley1893]

47:32

[@foveauxbear]

So often the scherzo is rush and the marvellous semiquaver passages in the violins are blurred. This orchestra plays them with such panache and precision ... love hearing Germans playing Elgar.

[@NDRKlassik]

Yay, happy to hear this! Thank you!

[@sandygardiner6433]

❤️🇨🇦

[@isaacparra2071]

◑ 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 ◐

[@yamato-yosoroku-klausketeer]

さっきマンゼのエロイカ見たところ!! 今度はエルガー!! どうでも良いけどさっきバルビローリのエルガー交響曲第1番とモントゥーのエロイカを聞いたところ ICAのBBC LEGENDS BOX3が最近届いたので聞いてた 個人的にテンシュテットの録音の再発に大喜びして買ったんだけど エルガーの交響曲は初めて聞いたかも!!

[@yamato-yosoroku-klausketeer]

バルビローリも良かったけど マンゼもすごく良かったと思う!! 今日、初めて立て続けに聞いた曲だけどね ありがとう!!

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure! Thank you for joining us!

[@СнежныйБарс-г2я]

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[@MrBohuslav]

Nihil novi sub sole: Elgar is probably a gifted composer, but much more able to write fine tunes than real symphonies

[@karldelavigne8134]

That comment says more about you than about Elgar.

[@MrBohuslav]

Indeed: there is not much to tell about Elgar

[@johnpeate4544]

You’re a know nothing.

[@8dwms7]

dieser letzte Akkord!

[@Skidoo22]

Abit too careful, Elgar wanted more passion than this and the second movement is too slow.

[@JesseMN1980]

That's also the problem with Manze's Vaughan Williams recordings. Technicaly it's perfect, but sometimes it's just too careful.

[@garryhumphreys3054]

69 minim bars per minute - allegro molto, not presto - is the tempo in the score; but Elgar never wanted his music to be played strictly, hence all the ritardandi and accelerandi; and clarity of articulation in the 1st and 2nd violins' semiquaver passages adds more to a sense of propulsion than mere speed. (Have you heard Elgar's own recording?)

[@muroma3088]

чуваки за 6о явн..

[@Rickriquinho]

Mahler never achieved this level.

[@TheStockwell]

He didn't have to achieve this level (of what?) because he surpassed it.

[@Rickriquinho]

@@TheStockwell LoL

[@karldelavigne8134]

Impossible to compare them. But Mahler very much admired Elgar's works. And perhaps there is some link between Sospiri and the Adagietto of Mahler's 5th symphony...

[@TimoTanninen]

@@TheStockwell Mahler totally surpassed Elgar! I can't remember hearing such a nonsense for years. I don't understand how this same composer has been able to compose such a wonderful cello concerto. I'm sorry but this is what I have to say...

[@TimoTanninen]

Great joke!😄

[@warjacare]

Nothing but Hollywood movie music. Not art.

[@johnpeate4544]

Anencephalic comment. _If you want to know whom I consider to be _*_the greatest living composer, I say without hesitation Elgar..._*_ I say this to please no one; it is my own conviction... I place him on an equal footing with my idols, Beethoven and Brahms. He is of the same aristocratic family. His invention, his orchestration, his harmony, his grandeur, it is wonderful. And it is all pure, unaffected music. I wish Elgar would write something for the violin._ -Fritz Kreisler At the first rehearsal for the London concert, Richter addressed the orchestra, _”Gentlemen, let us now rehearse _*_the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer - and not only in this country."_* William Henry Reed who played in the LSO at that concert, recalled, "Arriving at the Adagio, [Richter] spoke almost with the sound of tears in his voice and said: _’Ah! this is a real Adagio - such an Adagio as Beethove' would 'ave writ'."_

[@TheStockwell]

Yes, this is obviously Hollywood movie music because it was premiered in 1908; before there was a film industry in Hollywood - and two decades before films had sound or soundtracks. 🙄

[@mangelwurzel476]

Interestingly, John Williams is a big fan of Elgar. However, the gulf in the quality of composition between the two composers is vast and unfathomable. It’s a shame you’re unable to appreciate the art on display here, though I doubt very much you have listened to it.

[@elgar104]

I went to your channel ... and it said 'this channel is without any content'. And I thought to myself.... that's about right.

[@peterfeltham5612]

Oh you are a rascal warjucare, but I like you.Dick Emery, circa 1969.