Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchestra

Gala Concert from the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
Kurt Masur - conductor
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) / die „Schottische“ (MWV N 18)
0:20 I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato
15:20 II. Vivace non troppo
19:47 III. Adagio
29:38 IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
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[@giorgosmalfas7486]

I feel like crying. Thank you, Felix, for having existed

[@granturquhart8501]

Prologue: 00:26 Movement 1: 3:05 Movement 2: 15:20 Movement 3: 19:49 Movement 4: 29:38 Epilogue: 36:49

[@peaceharmony4115]

One of the finest symphonies ever written, and confirms Mendelssohn's place among the great composers.

[@noelwilde]

Absolutely Peace.

[@Ernesto7608]

The more one listens to Mendelssohn's music the more one realizes his greatness.

[@jayakrishnancp8848]

Mendelssohn was hailed as the mozart of 19th century for his talent,but his family's wealth made him follow other activities,not concentrating his full time on composing and in the end his compositions were less compared to others of the era and becoz of this many consider him as a second grade composer

[@donaldallen1771]

@@Ernesto7608 Absolutely right. I think Mendelssohn and Haydn are two of the most under-appreciated of the great masters. This symphony is such a joy. And I think you could make a case for at least mentioning, perhaps not comparing, the piano trios in the same sentence as Schubert's and there is no higher praise than that.

[@thestranger3334]

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[@martinbuitragoecheverri]

Kurt Masur will always be one of the greatest! And Mendelssonh is huge off course!! Thank you for this recording

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

I really don’t know of a better performance of Mendelssohn No. 3 (actually his last symphony) than this one. Masur was a great man and a great musician who is sorely missed.

[@dear9111]

35:50 to 36:50 the best minute of my life, thanks Mendelsohnn, Kurt Masur & Gewandhaus Orchestra

[@lohengrinfalcon7257]

Desde el 36:51 hasta el final, de lo más hermoso himno que se haya compuesto, muy emotivo

[@francoriva55]

Grandissimo Masur, direttore e patriota!! Mendelssohn genio !!!

[@dear9111]

This is one of my favorites Symphonies, Mendelssohn such a great composer

[@thestranger3334]

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[@beethomozart]

Giant Mendelssohn! No doubt, among the 18 symphonies composed by this Genius Hamburg son ( 13 string symphonies plus the "normal" 5 ones), this is his best one!!! Took him many years to finish it but it was worth it. Of course it also stands as one of the best symphonies of all time!. The final coda in the fourth movement is a monument to the beauty and grandiosity of music. Let us enjoy, we are very fortunate to do so! A final word for that excellent conductor German conductor Kurt Masur!

[@jimholder6656]

A real virtuoso orchestra! And an all-time great conductor!

[@PabloMoralesDaal]

Amazing version, brilliant and eloquent

[@leonidkitainik8027]

One of the best performances I’ve listened to, with great Masur and Mendelssohn’s “own orchestra”.

[@thestranger3334]

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[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

yeah. you'd need to update your youtube preferences. there are like 20 better performances easily, lol

[@hyseo1121]

One of greatest 3rd symphonies ever written.

[@Mary-kv2hv]

So moving and lovely!

[@crystalpasula2932]

Such a passionate piece and such a joy to play.

[@williamkarlsson9962]

Allegro gives me a feeling that i just cant explain

[@GardenerTobak]

35:03 Love the basses! Superb string section altogether, with astounding cohesion and unified accuracy, even in the exposed sections, sounding with one voice, rather than a bunch of muddled players who are not quite together. The perfect sign of a truly world class orchestra, indeed. Absolutely amazing.

[@nateofnathan8297]

When listening to classical music sometimes it takes me a couple times to enjoy the piece but first time listening to this and it blew me away

[@marcomartini9239]

Listen to the "Hebrides" and to the OP 64...

[@klop4228]

@@marcomartini9239 Personally I find this one to be much superior to both, as good as the concerto is.

[@kmiles6031]

me too!

[@thestranger3334]

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[@ssisaias]

The same happened to me and Mendelson's 3rd and 4th symphonies, its is just spectacular

[@melissaking6019]

The third movement is gorgeous.

[@DavidHassell2004]

It's so good to here the finale movement coda taken at the correct speed. So many slow it down. Bravo

[@jeffreyeckert7970]

here vs hear, spelling always counts

[@Bob31415]

Slower is better. More grandiose.

[@aarondynamics1311]

@@jeffreyeckert7970 It really doesn't

[@AnnaSanfilippo]

GRAZIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Happysongkla]

I'm Japanese, but I like this kind of heavy performance rooted in German tradition. Conductor Kurt First of all, she played all Beethoven songs in Japan. Similarly, there are many Japanese people who like his performance.

[@bill1949d]

Wow! Ich liebe Leipzig obwohl ich nur ein paar flüchtigen Stunden da war. Kurt Masur ist der Hammer.

[@wolfmarius]

Beautiful interpretation! Well done maestro!

[@yurastoyan5973]

Прекрасная музыка Мендельсона, и замечательное исполнение. Благодарю автора, и исполнителей. Дирижёр работает без партитуры, - это высший пилотаж❤.

[@teepee431]

Indeed. Thank you very much: a visual picture is so helpful.

[@Godcountryfamily]

I've been humming this one for a few days -- why, how did it pop in my head? My guess's as good as yours. On a different note (pun), everytime I listen to Fingal's Cave, I just melt away mesmerized (it's been my phone tune for quite a while).

[@gabrielmesia-y-blazco6552]

Saludos y felicitaciones desde Lima-Perú-América.

[@claflage]

Great performance!

[@arturozeballos1]

grandiosa versión maestro de los maestros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alfredoechevarrieta7512]

Muchas gracias EuroArtsChannel. Y me sumo a los aplausos.

[@peterwillig1782]

A truly superb rendering of this great symphony

[@daponte18]

Really enjoying this. New York Session Symphony will be performing this in November at Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York City!

[@MrKlemps]

I heard Masur and the Gewanduas perform this in Symphony Hall Boston in the late 1980's, and it was just as wonderful then as it is here. It's an underrated and charming work that Masur obviously loves and performs with great care, brio, and distinction. And, somewhat unusually, seems to understand that the finale's coda is very weak and requires a lot of management. (It's so weak that Klemperer, late in life, decided to dispense with it and composed his own quiet conclusion.)

[@death5296]

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[@adamvicari3295]

The coda is "weak"? Are you talking about the 4th movement? Because the fourth movement is anything but "weak". It is one hell of a finale! It is an extremely energetic and vigorous and passionate ending to an excellent symphony.

[@MrKlemps]

@@death5296 Any chance your comment could be translated into English so that I can find out what you are saying?

[@MrKlemps]

@@adamvicari3295 Klemperer loved the 4th movement. The "coda", to which I refer, begins with the meter change to 6/8 and a brand-new hymn-like, or anthem-like melody. I frown on a conductor, even one as gifted as Klemperer, who was himself a composer, re-composing a work. A conductor (or any performer) should accept the work in its entirety as given. None of the above gainsays my assessment of the coda's quality

[@zekeiac]

⁠@@adamvicari3295100% agreed! Profoundly majestic. Sometimes I will cue this up just to listen to the last 4 minutes.

[@ЛюдмилаКрупа-ж7б]

Браво!!! Лучшее исполнение 3 симфонии Мендельсона.

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

Maravilhoso maravilloso meraviglioso wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@josuepinos2747]

R.I.P Kurt Masur. 😔

[@MsOhaganmusic]

Thank you for sharing!

[@thestranger3334]

you're welcome

[@marcomartini9239]

God forgive us, and thank you for uploading such humbling performance!!!

[@АлександраГалкина-ф2й]

Браво... это великолепно... браво!!!

[@jessicalorraynnes]

É muito bom ouvir isso. Estão de parabéns 😍👏👏

[@alejandrotorres8850]

hermosa melodia,lo mejor

[@Mfinally]

bravo!

[@TrinkBruder]

My Alma Mater NY there when Maestro was with the NYP we'd go to day rehearsals for 5 bucks they took more chances then and did amazing things not so stiff. As I recall, by the same token, Masur made the orchestra restart a piece, I can't remember what it was, during an evening performance, not a rehearsal. One of my music heroes. Mendelssohn suits Masur perfectly.

[@sonnyboyesollygirl]

SPLENDID !!!

[@davidholloway6950]

Such hype for the horns during the 6/8 in the last movement

[@bill1949d]

Kurt Masur is an amazing artist and Mendelssohn is not appreciated enough. He does not fit in with the bombast of the late 19th century or the tortured intellectualism of the 20th century.

[@not2tees]

The bombast of late 19 and the tortured intellectualism of 20 - yes. I add my Like.

[@Azishome]

+Bill Derham, his attack on the opening chord of the Allegro vivacissimo is diluted. I hold Gustavo Dudamel highest in the interpretation of Hendelssohn's Third. But I agree that Mr. Masur is an artist to be held in high esteem.

[@muslit]

he's more appreciated now then in the last century. the anti-semitic rhetoric (wagner and others) against him was enough to sway scholarly opinion , depicting mendelssohn as a fraud and a light-weight.

[@רומןצם-מ1ו]

u put it so right, sir!😀😀😀

[@noelwilde]

Totally agree with you Bill. The more I listen to Mendelssohn the more I realise he had no weaknesses in any of the music composed. Everything he touched was perfect. I sometimes think this is one of the greatest symphonies ever written. And as you say, Masur, a true master. No histrionics, no baton but absolute control of his orchestra. A joy to watch.

[@mateuszandrzejewski3616]

Mendelssohn in Leipzig like Mozart in Vienna.

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

If only Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn had lived another 20-25 years! Mendelssohn ranks with Wagner in creating an elemental, visceral, and magical kind of music.

[@libramoon2]

36.48..heaven!!!

[@atinseriphiananase2013]

I just went here after watching Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses to feel like i am good at dancing ballet 😃

[@songukim7867]

Really pleasing performence!

[@手塚サブロー]

作曲者もカペルマイスターを務めたライプツィヒ・ゲヴァントハウス管弦楽団の 演奏。クルト・マズアの指揮による録音は、1972年と 1987年があるが、どちらも陰影に満ちた重厚な音色だ。彼のタクトが響かせる音楽は、市民社会を築こうとするミュージシャンたちの魂の叫びなのかもしれな い。 ヨーロッパの音楽界は、もともとは王侯貴族らが自分たちの城や宮殿などで専属の楽団を用いて音楽会を催しているのがあたりまえだった。そうした中で、1743年、市民階級による世界で初めての楽団として発足したのがゲヴァントハウス管弦楽団である。入場料を払えば誰もが音楽を楽しむことができる、まさに市民のためにスタートした楽団なのだ。 1970年から四半世紀にわたって同楽団のカペルマイスターを務めたクルト・マズア。1989年10月9日、民主化を要求する７万人もの市民が参加したライプツィヒの「月曜デモ」に対し、秘密警察と軍が銃口を向けた。マズアは天安門事件の再現を恐れ、市民に対する武力行使を避け、平和的解決のための対話を東ドイツ当局に呼びかけ、東欧の「ビロード革命」、そして「ベルリンの壁崩壊」への起点となったのである。 2009年10月9日、無血に終わった奇跡の「月曜デモ」の20周年を記念する式典がゲヴァントハウスでおこなわれた。ケーラー大統領、メルケル首相、ザクセン州首相、ライプツィヒ市長らが出席する中、マズア指揮でゲヴァントハウス管弦楽団が演奏。ヨーロッパ現代史の中で、このコンビは音楽というジャンルを超えて燦然と輝く存在だといえよう。

[@HodGabriel]

18:57 - 19:10 - finest moment of this symphony

[@JoseAPerez-nq9vu]

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[@estervitorino9303]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😢❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@agataleati2529]

Piangi perche' se ne e' andato altrove?troppo presto?

[@wellingtonmendes9006]

Espetáculo.

[@kristana2244]

It was good to hear. Thanks?

[@kristana2244]

I TAKE BACK.

[@kristana2244]

It was more interesting to than semi classic I so often hear around. So thank you.

[@kristana2244]

Anyways what is classi? it i s whats too myself.

[@kristana2244]

Well since no ody minds I wrote once.

[@doyleperkins4916]

One of the longest 1st movements in a symphony orchestra...don't quite remember it being as long...BUT WHAT BLISS IN THE WAITING FOR THE SECOND MOVEMENT, FOR THERE IS NO WAITING AT ALL...RATHER A CERTAIN DELECTATION.

[@bernardcaplan4496]

Who is the wonderful first flute player?

[@kokonssp]

Kurt Masur's mature conduct!

[@kharriiet]

amazing, permanent, exellent, no way!

[@estervitorino9303]

Maravilha!

[@expresscourier]

29:38 are you listening 🎼

[@sumelodymontenegro3313]

Bellisimo....gracias!!!!!!!

[@federicosanna7793]

semplicemente perfetta

[@רומןצם-מ1ו]

sono.d'accordo assolutamente

[@todo1963]

Why don't they disclose the date of this concert? Does anyone have that info?

[@弦大塚]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@Sopheeya1984]

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphonies Nos.1-5, Piano Concertos Nos.1-2, Ein Sommernachtstraum / Симфонии, Фортепьянные концерты, Сон в летнюю ночь [полная запись] (Kurt Masur / Cyprien Katsaris) rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2220629

[@רומןצם-מ1ו]

спасибо😀😀😀

[@hyseo1121]

The introduction is played too fast. But great rendition overal.

[@舎人糠虫]

We have 'Scottie' of Toilet Paper in Japan, feels softer than Gewandhaus Orchestra.

[@TheKeithbh]

Year of this performance?

[@kestrelmuse]

The podium has no safety railings!!!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

and yet he managed to survive!! isn't that extraordinary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mateuszandrzejewski3616]

Mendelssohn has much common with Mozart: all notes in right places.

[@mateuszandrzejewski3616]

@@thestranger3334 it's not a joker at all.

[@isiscarvalhonoronha3677]

Boa tarde estou muito triste meu celular está me dando problema está interrompendo na hora de minha música só que não sei fazer nada porque até hoje só sei ouvir música não da tempo pra nada minha filha que me ajuda viajou só na volta pra semana só Deus pra ter piedade ele entra e vai embora lamentavel

[@kjmolinar]

19:25 that looks like Rudy Giuliani

[@ye2z]

36:50

[@hwaryeo242]

0:25

[@heramb575]

15:12

[@thatpersonsmusic]

3:05

[@あいうえお-u2u7v]

18:15

[@DavidHassell2004]

I don't really enjoy 19th century composers (sacrelidge I know) but Mendelssohn is the exception.

[@fredericbeaudoin6850]

Sacreligious boi

[@finlybenyunes8385]

No: sacrilege!

[@francescocucinella5847]

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[@windstorm1000]

the beginning is far too rushed--Masure squeezes all the poetry out of it consequently and should have known better..there is no emotional resonance--I didn't bother to listen to the rest as there was no poetry at the beginning.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

oh, shut up

[@tessrosed]

I really agree the opening section feels too fast. It's reflective music, but here it's given no time for that. However, I checked the tempo with the metronome and interestingly, it's very close to quarter note = 72, as marked in the Breitkopf und Härtel edition (after all, it is marked Andante con moto, not just Andante). We're certainly used to hearing it slower than the marking, but I think we're also used to hearing it with much more rubato? Masur plays it very straight, which doesn't do it for me. Do have a listen to the rest though. I find the rest of the interpretation much more conducive to the true emotional resonance of the piece, though I find the main body of the first movement a bit too pushed also. But the slow movement is lovely and expansive.

[@phwbooth]

@@tessrosed De gustibus non disputandum est.

[@רומןצם-מ1ו]

@@phwbooth of tastes they r not disputing, which i absolutely agree😀

[@carloslagilla2104]

@@רומןצם-מ1ו j

[@あいうえお-u2u7v]

16:55

[@michelian_]

29:37