Mahler : Symphonie 4 : Poco Adagio - BPO /Karajan*

[@oleflogger6828]

This, to me, is the MOST beautiful music Mahler ever wrote. I use it as a form of personal therapy when I get home after a tough day at work. I usually play this, or Vorspiel und Liebestöd, or Töd und Verklarung, or really, ANYTHING by Debussy when I need to hear love, aspiration, care, and kindness. It's just wonderful!! My heart just responds with appreciation for such monumental beauty. Oh, I forgot to add, a glass of '74 Mondavi Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon tops it all off wonderfully.

[@arlenehathaway3076]

all his adagios are the most beautiful of all music, Mahler my favorite of all composers....so happy to know millions of others agree with me...

[@allwinds3786]

Listen to "Blumine" the deleted original second movement of his first symphony

[@Dan474834]

Have you heard the adagio of the 3rd?

[@morelibajacoblesaoane]

Blissful and serenity - thank you Gustavo love it. MJEKANA

[@BleueBreeze-t6d]

Connects with all the endless beauty of life and living beings. The sound of a whale in the middle of an ocean. The flight of a free bird... the smile of a child in a dusty remote village... a purple sunset in Okawango

[@trevorrichman5422]

The suffering heart learns to sing, yet no one like Mahler is able to put into music the heart cry for love and the desire for something more than this earthly life has to offer. What a gift. What a prize he left us ❤️

[@honeyinglune8957]

A consolation

[@Katterina-py5eq]

A good way to unplug for the night, is listening to this glorious section.

[@h.harrison5841]

Mahler's art expressed what it is to be human and the longing for something beyond our short lives.

[@remixuereb]

Mahler était doué pour l'examen de l'âme intérieure , ce qui s'exprime en français par le mot : introspection . La musique de Richard Strauss est à l'inverse idéaliste , toujours positive , et elle gomme systématiquement les aspérités et les doutes qui jalonnent la vie d'un homme ou d'une femme .Si chez R.Strauss , il y a de l'ombre , c'est uniquement à propos de l'ombre de la ronde bosse d'une statue qui semble s'animer ....

[@myrtillebleue9397]

l'ombre chez R. Strauss etait peut-être son épouse... :-)))) Il semble qu'elle ai-t été une sorte d'ogre.

[@daveatlarge5030]

So painfully true....I wholeheartedly embrace your thoughtful words.

[@danbrown4090]

Bravo! Concordo assolutamente!

[@jesusyelo6846]

Esto no es música es otra cosa.No se puede expresar con palabras.

[@MegaCirse]

Mahler's music would fit well into this century, certainly spiritual, but of infinite emptiness and despair!

[@ligayabarlow5077]

Right you are. In 1969 I saw a documentary about Camus composed of only some of his texts and watercolor drawings of him set to this music and it had an extraordinary effect.

[@ccarmagnola]

Emptiness?! I believe something else is empty, and it s not his music

[@marcoberverini8582]

Wonderful simphony i'm remember my grandad and my grandmother thanks GRAZIE NONNI

[@Snakesborough]

Melancholic music full of longing makes me happy, happy music for having fun makes me sad. I love Mahler.

[@greatclassicrecords]

+Snakesborough Yes, happy music is making sad. I think, Mahler had the same feelings...

[@oleflogger6828]

I first heard this when I was a teenager. I remember that I had to fight back the tears during all this beauty. Now that I'm a fully-grown 74 year old, I can no longer fight them - nor do I want to.

[@anneherrick9328]

I feel the same way. I loved this comment.

[@tt-ew7rx]

This symphony is about joy. So it make sense that it makes you happy.

[@56Ronin56]

The most beautiful music ever composed. It makes me cry every time I listen to it.

[@DianeandDick]

+56Ronin56 Finally, someone with whom I have a kinship. This brings me to tears everytime, too. But, they are joyful tears, too, because it is so very, very beautiful music. Thanks for your comment. I agree wholeheartedly.

[@unfinishedgestalt]

the same kinship the same wholehearted thankfulness

[@martinuhlenbrock2968]

Same here. I guess what Adorno said about Schubert applies here too: We cry without knowing why, because we are not yet what this music promises for us.

[@kodalycat906]

No guess, Mr. Uhlenbrock, Adorno's statement most certainly applies...quintessentially so!

[@andresmorales5111]

@@martinuhlenbrock2968 quite an statement

[@josepablo1514]

An inspiration like this.. may only come from someone who loved too much, or suffered about the same. No other explanation is possible. Most music is love itself.

[@steffss1662]

Or , from someone who studied well his Beethoven and Wagner...;)

[@ВладимирЛепехов-е8м]

Спасибо вам за правду) Истинно так

[@jonathanfredman2356]

My beautiful little friend has died, this just brings back our times together

[@judith8020]

Amen

[@soundtreks]

My condolences. Take care Jon!

[@philbarone4603]

Our little friend died December 1 of last year but we got a new one : )

[@alonso1398]

Maravillosa música. Por un momento siento mi alma ascender muy alto y liberarse de los problemas que lastran nuestra vida y que a su vez hacen que valoremos más estas maravillosas experiencias. Gracias.

[@miamadojesus]

Albedo, suscribo totalmente tus palabras... los Adagios de Mahler son sublimes...y en éste se aprecia una mezcla de melancolía con episodios de amargura...pues ya sabrás que en la vida de este compositor, no faltaron, por desgracia, momentos muy duros... que se reflejan también en algunas de sus obras... Saludos.

[@wernernolte6003]

Where does the inspiration for this come from? Surely not from this world, and yet, the connection to the land and its people. Mahlers music sucks you in and the tears you apart.

[@daveatlarge5030]

I share those same sentiments.

[@oleflogger6828]

When I used to come home from a difficult day at work, I would feel quite tense and disappointed. The BEST solution for that was this! Now retired, I still need this (and the others below) on a regular basis to remind me that life is definitely worth living. Yes: Ruhevoll, Töd und Verklarung, Prélude de l'Aprés-midi d'un Faun, Vorspiel und Liebestöd, and almost any other Debussy - THEY solved any and all lingering problems from work. Oh, I almost forgot: all those go best with one (or two) glasses of Silver Oak Cabernet (any vintage).

[@stevesewall]

Connection to the land and its people, yes, and thanks

[@steffss1662]

Mostly from Beethoven...

[@oleflogger6828]

That's why I always keep a fresh box of Kleenex next to my listening station.

[@toddharris7876]

My Mahler.... by Todd harris awakened from the Clay of winter’s angry dream sunlit grass needs no reminder from cavitating birdsong to greenly greet the day she verdantly grins leaf by leaf blade by blade throwing her sweet sun-risen shadow long unaware her laughter fills the spring Her musical means becomes nothing known without tragedy's graceful sunset-bonnet her bold tears cold and fire-set a sigh forged by mortal sweat sung and flowing softly so sweetly sown as tempered sorrow might soil regret; Her verdant veins gild golden a cooling still-warm heart's final beat tuning memory's fond reset; and Mahler paints pure triumph upon it catching the light cast within her net forging fate into mournful prayer recasting hope thru mist and dream cloaking warm life’s closing sonnet

[@MoVed33]

@Todd Harris... your beautiful words paired with listening to Mahler's marvel, gracefully cloak me with pain mourning the Mort of Life whilst deeply in awe cherishing the Present of Life given with ability to experience and feel it divine beauties. You amplified that to me, sir, thank you!!!

[@ligayabarlow5077]

Good job!

[@abenzable]

Los primeros 5 minutos de este Adagio, de una belleza cegadora, podrían contarse entre los mejores de toda la historia de la música...

[@kikoriba2556]

Totally agree

[@kikoriba2556]

Totally agree

[@MoVed33]

@@antoineprimiquire1167 Feel urge to share this coincidence.. i clicked to hear this piece (to calm my little gray cells down) right after ~3h of history-themed phone-talk with austrian friend of mine, which we both concluded with literally the exact thought as yours. :))

[@MoVed33]

@@antoineprimiquire1167 Btw, is there a way to hear the symphony you've composed?

[@CaptainCompassion1]

You don't really know the classical music until you know Mahler.

[@bcing75]

Absolutely sublime. This is one of Mahler’s finest adagios and the greatest movement of his 4th symphony.

[@ciutadaF]

I think this is the best performance of this adagio. Karajan understood very well the adagios of Mahler

[@ligayabarlow5077]

You should hear Bruno Walter! He knew him.

[@jackd8602]

Did not "get" Mahler in my younger years. Now, by his magic, his mind is mine.

[@lorenzoangiolini71]

Questo brano racchiude tutti i sentimenti che un essere umano prova nell'arco della sua vita. È un espressione musicale della nostra coscienza.

[@lymanmj]

Pizzicato basses are just wonderful in this movement. The ending of this piece is one of the best in all classical music.

[@jcfasquel1128]

totally agree, the coda ending in silence is for me the most beautiful thing ever composed

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

The greatest admiration and respect to two genius!

[@gaquitaine]

Karajan had a flair for Mahler's slow movements.

[@dadosaba]

Bernstein is the unsurpassed director of Mahler's Symphonies

[@GigaTabatadze]

Lenny's Mahler best ever.

[@barney6888]

@@dadosaba no, Karajan is better, that's THAT!

[@301250]

@@GigaTabatadze Whether Bernstein or Karajan - both were great in their own way - it’s all a question of personal taste! So, “de gustibus non est disputandum”. In matters of taste, there can be no disputes!

[@301250]

@@barney6888 Whether Bernstein or Karajan - both were great in their own way - it’s all a question of personal taste! So, “de gustibus non est disputandum”. In matters of taste, there can be no disputes!

[@DianeandDick]

When I need to "wind down", I listen to this and to Richard Strauss' Tod und Verklarung. Those are my "go to" pieces for meditative and utterly beautiful music.

[@carlosrevueltamarti7392]

Maravilloso este Ruhevoll de Malher Karajan .22 minutos de sublime inspiración.

[@carlosrevueltamarti7392]

Mahler-Karajan

[@MegaCirse]

La musique de Mahler collerait bien à ce siècle, spirituel certes, mais de vacuité et de désespérance infinie !

[@marie-helenecollart4306]

Je voudrais tellement que cette symphonie n°4 de Mahler m'accompagne à ma dernière demeure

[@НоннаГаджиева-т5щ]

Это истинная поэзия и философия жизни Эта музыка вливается в самые глубинные уголки сердца. Низкий поклон.!

[@shanephelps3898]

Gorgeous! Overwhelming beauty,depth,moving emotion. First time I heard this was on a documentary about Romanticism called 'Romantic Spirit' ,where ,as it played, Derek Jacobi read Novalis' 'Hyms to the Night'. ''I turn to the holy, unspeakable, mysterious Night. Afar lies the world -- sunk in a deep grave -- waste and lonely is its place. In the chords of the bosom blows a deep sadness. I am ready to sink away in drops of dew, and mingle with the ashes. -- The distances of memory, the wishes of youth, the dreams of childhood, the brief joys and vain hopes of a whole long life, arise in gray garments,...''

[@rickeysmith1718]

Thank you for sharing the reference to Novalis I love the words .

[@lisa3308]

Soooo wunderschön!!!! Danke sehr von Herzen!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@ligiacerqueira1721]

Thank you so much! So, so beautiful ❤❤❤

[@hildabusciglio]

maravilloso los 3 adaggios de mahler, mi preferido es el adaggio de la 5ta. de mahler lo felicito sr. galiana

[@СветланаЖилкина-ш6щ]

Какая нежность и прозрачность, как будто с Богом говорит.

[@johncrawford009]

You have to wonder. It's more than notes on a scale. And, there are only a few composers that truly embrace our heart and soul. I have a theory...these men and women are Angels on loan; God's way of letting us know, we are His beloved children and each note is a tap on our shoulder, with God saying, Be Loving And Good To One Another.

[@marcela77777]

Gustav Mahler Born in Jihlava. Czech composer living in Wienna.

[@fritzpoppenberg3921]

Born in Kaliste, grew up in Jihlava : )

[@marcela77777]

@@fritzpoppenberg3921 That's right, it's the small village where Gustav Mahler was born.

[@palomablazquez953]

Embarga escucharla, te hace ascender no sé si al universo o creer posible a Dios o es quizá penetra en una parte divina y abstracta oculta dentro de nosotros que ni siquiera sabíamos que existía. Poderosa, traslúcida, leve, nostálgica y misteriosa, gracias a Mahler, Karajan, la orquesta y a quien la traído hasta aquí.

[@klassikpunk_]

I've listened to a few recordings here on youtube - and the density of this music seems really unsurpassed.

[@cwstars]

Von karajan and the BP.

[@amcamc4809]

indescribable beauty and tenderness

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Simplemente Sublime

[@lorik_shat]

Восхитительно...Восхитительноڰۣ✿ Фантастическая музыка:)🌷🍃🌹🍃🌷

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Magnifica y melancólica Sinfonía.

[@greatclassicrecords]

Yes, Karajan was the Master in Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Sibelius, Strauss & Neue Wiener schule...

[@ulrichschmidt5559]

I aggree. And I notice, that you did not include Bruckner in your list - did you omit him for a reason? I bought the Karajan cycle of Bruckner's symphonies a while ago and was a little bit disappointed. It was not bad, don't get me wrong. It was just that it was not as good as I expected. I liked Günter Wand's Bruckner cycle better. Anyway, I would like to extend your list a bit: Karajan was also a master in Opera! This may sound a bit surprising at first, because that's not the usual repertoire that Karajan is famous for, but I have listend to a few Karajan recordings that simply blew me away: Puccini (Tosca and La Boheme), Verdi, and even his Lohengrin and Meistersinger recordings are excellent in my opinion.

[@rncbshef84]

I would also recommend Karajan's recordings of Debussy and Ravel.

[@ciprianoderore4792]

MAHLER TIENE OBRAS DE UNA EXRAÑA BELLEZA ,,ESTE ADAGGIETO ES UN BUEN EJEMPLO,,,SU CARACTER SOMBRIO Y MELANCOLICO LO TRASPONE EL COMPOSITOR EN TODA SU OBRA...TRISTE PERO HERMOSO...QUE EXTRAÑA CONTRADICCION

[@ivansuys]

also in french : ceci est un sommet absolu, merci à ces deux grands maîtres

[@C.E.Thomas1952]

The images are as beautiful as the music. Thank you.

[@jcfasquel1128]

his most beautiful adagio, certainly

[@sarachiamilmoyasarachiamil8100]

Hermosisimo!!! Melancólico … me dejó triste y un poco asombrada por los timbales ? Gracias Franquito buenas noches te amo

[@mariajosecastillocandela2637]

Los adagios de Mahler son sublimes y preciosos, están escritos para el alma

[@miamadojesus]

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo María José...no se podría definir mejor...: "Hechos para el Alma"...que preciosa definición...!!! Te elevan y sosiegan nuestra alma... Un abrazo para tí y para todos los que amamos esta Música maravillosa. Y si va acompañada de bellas imágenes de la Naturaleza, todavía mejor.

[@editurban8069]

Erről a zeneműről Kertész Imre Nobel-díjas író utolsó könyvében olvastam. Érdemes volt meghallgatnom. Gyönyörű mű

[@ccarmagnola]

The greatest of all!! My God!!!!

[@barrocogen8290]

Al parecer, Mahler en sus sinfonías expresaban los sentimientos mas profundos de dolor. y lo sorprendente es que la melancolía expresada en esta sinfonía es muy sublime, bello. me pregunto. si mahler, habrá tenido contacto con un ser divino.

[@andresmorales5111]

El era el ser divino

[@WaltKurtz68]

This one's for you, mom ❤

[@aidanoshea7795]

Although this is lesser known than the Adagio from Mahler's 5th, this also has has a sort of melancholic ecstasy which gathers up the beauty and transience of life

[@catherinescott562]

Aidan O Shea Lesser known perhaps but the first Mahler I fell in love with and I don’t really know why it isn’t more highly regarded

[@oleflogger6828]

@@catherinescott562 I read somewhere that Mahler, himself, preferred this over all his other adagios. I certainly do!

[@henkdevries2002]

I listened to the Adagio from Mahlers Firth first, but this has a similar beauty indeed. Anything else by Mahler that is similar?

[@JorgeLAMello]

Acho que eu vivi nessa época. Não é possível Mahler ser tão influente em minha vida. Ouso quase que diariamente as sinfonias 4 e 5. 2 e 3 também. O maravilhoso filme Belga "O Mestre da Música" me trouxe para esses fantásticos temas (a culpa é de José Van Dan).

[@vincentlombardo9797]

of the many great conductors of Mahler .. ah.. von Karajan!!!

[@eziocampos3723]

This music is a gift for the soul

[@heloisambhering]

Beautiful … he was in love…👏👏

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Sencillamente maravilloso.¡¡

[@ey2089]

спасибо вам за прекрасное исполнение с уважением, русская

[@tacoyo]

Mahler op zijn best so comforting!

[@giorta]

Quando la meditazione sulla vita, l'amore, il logos e la morte diviene musica: ecco Mahler.

[@blaiseposmyouck7999]

Who can dislike this?

[@michaelstearnesstearnes1498]

The internet is filled with professional dislikers.

[@malkin_laboratory4692]

Prokofiev. Really, he called it Malaria))

[@juanschaefer4478]

Sólo la idea de Dios puede inspirar tanta belleza!!!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Sencillamente Deliciosa Sinfonia

[@rodriguxwilkaangel4931]

Dios manifestó su amor en esta melodía tan diáfana, esplendorosa de vitalidad y serenidad.

[@CARLOSANDRADE4]

Léon Denis diz que “A Música É A Voz Dos Céus Profundos. No espaço tudo se traduz em vibrações harmônicas e certas Classes de Espíritos comunicam-se Entre Si apenas por meio de ondas sonoras”. Continuando, destaca que, na Terra, a sinfonia e a melodia não são mais que ecos deformados dos Concertos Celestes, que produzem Sons de uma Delicadeza Infinita. Nas Esferas Superiores, A Música Celeste está profundamente ligada À Vida Do Ser e é uma das Manifestações do Culto que As Almas Rendem A Deus.

[@MARIAMAURICIO1]

Espetacular.. amo tb o adagieto da 5a sinfonia deste maravilhoso Artista

[@mangelspaulis591]

Maravilloso!! Malher !!!!fantástica sinfonía.

[@edwinblank58]

Karajan war wie Furtwängler einfach Klasse!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

BELLA MUSICA

[@Allersberge2008]

Einfach wunderschön...

[@hildabusciglio]

maravillosos los adaggios de mahler

[@cristinacaballero2144]

Una melodía muy hermosa y tranquilizante ......muy bella

[@mhercilia.tarlatarla2869]

Meraviglioso! Grazie.

[@malejita989]

hermosa melodía.... Gracias!

[@scronx]

Simply heavenly. Your talent rivals his!

[@rosaluciacincuegrani205]

!Que hermosura! De Mah ler sólo me gustan sus adagios, en lo demás es muy ruidoso.!Gracias por mostrarnos lo!

[@andresmorales5111]

Ruidoso? Ruidoso es un carro de carreras. Mahler es sublime hasta cuando expresa la fealdad de la vida.

[@GeraldNorman-sz4nb]

W O W this is gorgeous 💖 music 🎶

[@keithharris7569]

Sublime....

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Hermoso como toda su musica

[@tyronrossouw44]

Great music accompanied by the greatest book, the Holy Bible, makes for a supreme time of peace.

[@古哥國志]

Romantic

[@TheJamesalden]

THANK YOU!!...

[@39matteo]

Bellissima, Matteo

[@pietermoonen]

Hoe mooi, rustig en weemoedig klinkt Mahler op deze stille avond !!!...........

[@joseantoniomolinacabello7758]

bellísima....

[@renzo6490]

At 4 min 52 sec you hear the repetition of the two ‘Ewig” notes from the end of Der Absheid ( Das Lied...)

[@ibizaking]

in a completely different key and composed some 10 years earlier, I think its coincidence. Just 2 notes, it could be also beginning of the 9th

[@BrucknerMotet]

Interesting. Several passages here caused thoughts of DLvDE to arise in my listening experience.

[@trucmachin6282]

magnifique

[@luizgonzagasouza5452]

Ele tem compassos e melodias recortes né?

[@rolandbruno4664]

Een hunkering naar een eindeloze liefde.

[@cricrira4034]

Amazing performance, but for my gusto a little bit too slow. It should be played poco adagio, not lento or even largo. In this case I prefer Haitink, for exemple.

[@ibizaking]

correct, (I'm the biggest Haitink-fan) but still I always want this music to last as long as possible :) so Herbert does a great job here! :)

[@robertmanno5749]

I love the tempo and actually wouldn't mind it if it were even a bit slower!

[@robertmanno5749]

Also love the family photographs and the house on the Worthersee, since this music is clearly auto-biographical

[@georgenorris2657]

I do agree. It´s such a strain on the orchestra at this pace and it does show. I adore this piece but I have enjoyed other recordings much much more.

[@perpetualmotion319]

Österreich is scho a Traum! :)

[@renatocolecoes2883]

Linda música.

[@jonobester5817]

Yo, Herbie, nicht schleppend bro, NICHT SCHLEPPEND!

[@robertdurazza9975]

Transcendance

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hansjakobstrai9348]

Very niice ,..

[@ivabatkova2812]

Nádhera :) ❤️

[@richardwilliams473]

At 19:05 the heavens upon up !!!

[@marcelouz1]

Although Karajan was identified with the Nazi party, he always understood the genius of a Jewish composer.What a pity that he just recorded the fourth and fifth synphonies.

[@greatclassicrecords]

And the Sixth and the Ninth....

[@marcelouz1]

Could you send me the link ?

[@michaelstearnesstearnes1498]

What I would'nt give for a Karajan 3rd.

[@oleflogger6828]

Many fine artists are forced to live in a political environment that might be oppressive to them and their friends. Musicians, indeed most artists, are quite liberal. Nazis were NOT. They were Murderers. Yet, even Richard Strauss maintained his high level of quality, didn't he? And, Shostakovich and Prokofiev survived the Stalin regime in the USSR.

[@jardinzen230]

Música de Dios

[@cbefefe1197]

good !