Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor | WDR Sinfonieorchester

[@allenlarson2708]

One of the finest performances of this famous work I have ever heard. It's almost as if Mahler himself were conducting!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you very much! We're glad that you like our rendition 🤗

[@user-bw5dx8nd6w]

Bravo! Love to see the broken bow hairs flying at the end

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you 😊

[@richardwilliams473]

Great Principal French Horn player in the Scherzo movement!!!

[@gregoryronnback2756]

Yes! Who is he?

[@WDRKlassik]

That’s Přemysl Vojta, principal french horn of the WDR Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2022!

[@perlastella10]

Great conductor!!!!

[@joedays94]

como me gusta cuando un director tiene las ideas claras y no intenta cosas extrañas, y no es que le deba una "fidelidad" a la partitura a rajatabla, sino que a partir de las notas exprese las ideas del compositor sean estas buenas, sublimes, vulgares o fallidas. Tampoco es que un intérprete abjure de su individualidad por ello, se nota en Saraste firmeza y sobriedad, pero al mismo tiempo gran intensidad, sabe "narrar", sin que caiga el interés en ningún momento, incluso en obras intrincadas y a veces incoherentes como son las sinfonías de Mahler. Excelente versión, sin reverencias ni retóricas, pero al mismo tiempo clara, con la tensión justa para no pasarse en lo expresivo y atender a los aspectos líricos de cada episodio. Lo estoy disfrutando mucho. Gracias.

[@WDRKlassik]

Muchas gracias por esto.

[@perlastella10]

Great conductor

[@perlastella10]

Commento perfetto

[@leestamm3187]

An excellent performance of the Mahler masterwork.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thanks!

[@MicheleKaiser-io2dx]

Top notch in every way. Thank you!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you very much! 🤗

[@andreiloas]

Wow! Who knew Saraste could equal Abbado in being the master of this monumental work. A must wonderful surprise, bravo maestro!

[@scottmiller6495]

Agreed just as good as the late great Abbado !!!!!

[@eumoka]

Outstanding rendition of Mahler's fifth!!!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! 😃

[@Balfour.]

0:14 I. Trauermarsch 11:45 II. Stürmisch bewegt 25:26 III. Scherzo 43:24 IV. Adagietto 52:16 V. Rondo finale

[@appogiatura]

Wow! A great performance. Good job 1st horn!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! We're happy that you enjoyed the performance 😊

[@joaquinsalmeron665]

Maravilloso!!! Bravo!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

Tremendous performance with a powerful ending, hope the audience gave them a standing ovation, because they deserved it !!!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

I would have loved being seated in the audience because i would show total respect for such an outstanding performance Bravo !!!!!

[@wolfgangresch1650]

Boy, Mahler was something 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@marshallartz395]

He sure was! 😎🎹

[@scottmiller6495]

Are you kidding? Mahler in many people,s opinion was the greatest composer of symphonies by any classical composer of all time, and it can now be finally proven !!!!!

[@inorisugawa195]

Bravo, Přemysl Vojta!📯

[@PeterChen-r1p]

人類寫出來的最好聽的交響曲。

[@astridarraut9502]

Does anyone know on what year this concert took place?

[@WDRKlassik]

This concert was on the 5th of July 2019.

[@mikemusikable]

49:26 glissando

[@paraparacha-han]

👏👏👏

[@karlheinzkirchmann6469]

Mahler and his wild kaleidoskopian music , mixture and saltos in sound and symphonic ideas. His music fits in our time. He changes directions all of a sudden, he describes the chaos. May it happen that artificial intelligence one day discovers Gustav Mahler's gold mine of feelings and their symphonic expresson ? Mahler, the great DEAD as an interpreter of our disturbing new times ?😢

[@WDRKlassik]

Well said 🤔

[@bestroofers8153]

❤ Супер

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you 🥰

[@clarkeweigle7650]

This is a good performance, but why is it listed as being in Cb minor?! That isn't accurate for any of the movements. Moreover, Mahler himself didn't want the key specified: "to avoid misunderstandings the key should best be omitted."

[@WDRKlassik]

Hi, Clarke Weigle! In response to the publisher's question as to which key should be on the title, Mahler replied: "According to the disposition of the movements (of which the usual I. comes only in 2nd place), it is difficult to speak of a key of the 'entire symphony', and, in order to avoid misunderstandings, it is preferable to leave such a key unmarked." So his indication was quite clear, but not completely restrictive: he did not downright forbid the indication of a key. Therefore there seems to be a certain leeway to decide to do it for good reasons and to justify it. For example, because of the convention of designating a symphony by number and key, it has become established that the C sharp minor is called with the fifth. This is due to the fact that the key from which a symphony is developed is much more decisive than the number. Mahler's symphony is developed from C sharp minor, even if it ends up in D major. The symphony begins in C sharp minor, but does not end in C sharp minor. There are other works where it is also the case that they are marked with the initial key, even if they end in a different key. Of course, it does not necessarily follow from these considerations, among others, that one should ignore Mahler's intention. But he did not express himself in a completely restrictive manner. Greetings from the WDR Sinfonieorchester!

[@WDRKlassik]

It's listed as c sharp minor. Where do you see Cb minor? Maybe it's because of the translation?

[@macprofire]

@@WDRKlassik Es steht direkt im Titel. Und in der Beschreibung heißt es Philharminic Hall ^^

[@WDRKlassik]

Da ist was bei der Übersetzung schief gelaufen, jetzt müsste es aber stimmen.

[@Lighter41]

Tolle Aufführung! Aber wie man die Dynamik eines solchen Orchesters auf technischer Seite so dermaßen kaputt-komprimieren kann, ist mir ein Rätsel. Alle halbwegs lauten Stellen werden hörbar begrenzt, von gutem Klang bleibt nicht mehr viel übrig. Schade!

[@avelinapardal2039]

Precioso

[@ВикторРоманов-у3л]

Вообще-то тональность Пятой симфонии Малера - до-диез минор. Исправьте.

[@RapidBlaster]

French horn principle looks a bit like Mahler

[@irgendwer3789]

1:06:03

[@thinhg.w.m.bonavak2806]

nice

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you 😊

[@INA91031]

48:00

[@달캐슬]

0:14

[@janklaas6885]

🇺🇳51:23

[@tomaszkujszo701]

Demo remont

[@davidbrandes7235]

Bella esecuzione, peccato per la stonatura al 1:06 molto evidente!