Wagner: Tannhäuser - Ouvertüre ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Alain Altinoglu

[@Dylonely_9274]

One of the greatest overtures ever composed.

[@jakebob6332]

I agree.

[@rishabhdeogopichand7946]

I cannot deny the greatness of this overture, but I can never listen to it without being reminded of my friend, Eva (She died of pancreatic cancer in 1989). Eva and I used to attend opening night at the Met together each year. One year the opening night performance was of Wagner's . Eva had never listened to any work of Wagner since the end of WWII, nor attended the performance of any of his works, because of its association with Hitler and the Nazis. It tore her apart to have to make this decision, but eventually she decided to attend the performance. During the opera, I was tapping my hand lightly on my knee during the arrival of the guests at the music festival. Eva leaned over to me and whispered, "This is what they played, as they marched us into Auschwitz."

[@chrissergeant7798]

I still can't believe the high fidelity from a KZbin video. Thank s hr-Sinfonieorchster!

[@antoineduchamp4931]

The audio quality from this Orchestra and their sound engineers is better than normal CD quality... I do stream their music via good equipment, and wow! I think the sound engineer for this Orchestra should take a bow at the end!! Top marks to him.

[@chrissergeant7798]

@@antoineduchamp4931 And how! I stream through my TV through my stereo through my speakers. Watching and listening, better than being there. I have discovered pieces, but, most of the standard pieces, like the Wagner overtures, I own. The sound quality of the concerts is at least as good.

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Of course, KZbin now uses Ogg Opus, it hardly takes anything away from the original WAV. The quality is more down to the recording engineer, preserving the dynamics, ... and this recording has wonderful placing of instruments, nice depth, high dynamics only to be appreciated on speakers which can reproduce this well. My studio monitors sing :)

[@LucienMarine]

Tannhäuser (Ouvertüre) is one of Richard Wagner's first great masterpieces. This opera tells the story of Tannhäuser, a man in search of identity, divided between the sensual and the spiritual, profane love and sacred love, but also that of an artist seeking recognition. From the Overture, two main themes oppose each other, the first towards divine, pure, celestial love, embodied by Elisabeth, and sensual, pagan, earthly pleasure, embodied by Venus which will become in the rest of the opera the Choir of pilgrims. This duality is represented with incomparable ability in the writing. The Overture therefore summarizes the thought of the drama with two songs, the religious song and the voluptuous song which are here posed as two terms, and which, in the finale, find their equation. A true chorale, it is first solemnly presented by two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. The theme of Repentance follows, more lyrical but introspective. He leads to a crescendo reinforced by the successive appearance of repetitive rhythmic elements with triplets, first in the strings then in the woodwinds, punctuating the reprise of the Pilgrims' Choir with brilliant descending movements, sixteenth notes played by the violins. Wagner characterizes the duality of his personage by melodic lines freed from all pre-established rules, always halfway between the recitative and the air. When the initial theme of the pilgrims reappears, it is with power and brilliance, played by two trombones and a tuba supported by intense timpani rolls. Richard Wagner draws in the richness of the symphony orchestra, a dramatic power which immerses us in a few moments in this romantic opera. No words can describe the immense beauty and great richness of this music. *Lucien*

[@sergioalves5278]

Excelente comentário. Parabéns!

[@LucienMarine]

@@sergioalves5278 Hello Sergio, I thank you with all my heart. *LM*

[@LucienMarine]

@@sergioalves5278 Thank you for your appreciation. This piece is really close to my heart. *LM*

[@robertwilliamson5953]

One of the most stirring pieces of music ever composed

[@jakebob6332]

Definitely. Agree 100 percent Mind boggling for sure...in a good way that is.

[@marsfuture]

Easily one of the best Tannhäuser Ouvertüre performances on KZbin, if not the best. Stunning: perfect tempo and narrative arch imo, incredibly moving. You can see from the expressions of the musicians that they absolutely "get it", the severity and emotion is all there, and it absolutely projects. In tears here.

[@8andnothing]

Agree!

[@jakebob6332]

I agree

[@basiserief6279]

What an amazing rendition. Also, the sound quality is fantastic. Speechless. Always thought that only the greats like Karajan could do this, but this is stunning

[@isabelstokes4042]

This music makes me feel as if I could fly!

[@arinaina4262]

IT'S my first Richard Wagner music to listen.

[@avecus]

Unless you have seen films like Apocalypse Now or New World by Terry Malick etc

[@LMN764]

Magnificent!... 🎵🎶

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Welcome :)

[@torgenxblazterzoid]

Don’t make too much of a habit of it or you’ll find yourself wanting to invade Poland 😂

[@IloveChrome846]

A world of ingenious music awaits you. The Ring. Tristan und Isolde...I was once innocent of Wagner's strains. Happily, that innocence is long lost. Partake!!!

[@peilinli8744]

Richard Wagner's works never gets old🥲🥹

[@Jewish2Christian]

Nein aber wir würden

[@valentinbouanchaud3801]

They are part of the soul, not part of age.

[@galinakrivulin6767]

Romantic Wilhelm Richard Wagner : Tannhauser -Ouverture and its galant performance by hr -Sinfonieorchester under the baton of impeccable conductor Alain Altinoglu! Thank you.

[@bastianrenger7790]

Wenn dann Richard

[@dbyers3897]

It's no wonder Wagner is still so popular. He is one of the first truly modern composers. Producing large, melodramatic, & highly sentimental pieces that appeal to all ages. Possibly the most talented orchestrator of grand opera. I lived in Phoenix some years ago & the local classical station would typically play Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries every weekday morning & I'd crank it up while driving home from work. Strangely, cars moved aside for me as I sang loudly along with the music blaring & windows down. Made my drive much more enjoyable. And quicker.

[@radioman140]

@@LucienMarine Hard to understand what your point is as you are obliviously not a native english speaker...but whatever.... the music is beautiful and Wagner was a musical genius. Einstein ( a German Jew), was a genius too and was also an a#@hole so just enjoy their talents and works and remember we are living in a different time. Context is important in any analysis.

[@jakebob6332]

Agree also

[@dbyers3897]

@@radioman140 Ahh, to have a point might suggest I was trying. I am sorry my English does not meet your standards but at least I can type, sir.

[@miloslavavoicehovna3551]

So happy I'll be playing this with my orchestra soon, can't wait for rehearsals start! In fact, one of the greatest overtures and one of the best interpretations here!

[@danielpincus221]

Beautifully played and recorded. Wagner gives this tempo indication: “Andante Maestoso. Quarter Note = 50. Nicht schleppend, gehende Bewegung.” Not dragging, walking motion.” And, inside the staves, “Sehr gehalten” - very held.

[@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491]

This is absolutely beautiful! Great interpretation and wonderful orchestra. Thanks to all the musicians and the conductor for bringing us this 15 minutes of joy!

[@chasfleming]

How brilliant is the lower brass in this orchestra. As someone in the third part of my life - old age - I would like this to be the last piece of music that I hear before I pack up and depart.

[@50대피린이]

아름다운 바그너의 탄호이저 서곡, 매일 듣고 있습니다. 웅장하면서도 섬세하고 아련한 멜로디가 눈물을 흐르게 합니다. 아름다운 연주 감사합니다 . 오케스트라의 악기들에게 푹 빠지게합니다. 바그너의 다른 곡도 찾아 들어보려고 합니다.

[@conradhertzler5369]

I always think that the violas and cellos are the real stars of this piece. While the rest of the orchestra is striding forward together playing the main theme, the violas and cellos are filling in with some incredible virtuosity. For me, that's what makes this piece so incredible to listen to.

[@DjTonioRoffo]

The 9/8 meter gives this really strange but superb experience, once the strings start.

[@jean-marcgillet8429]

J'apprécie particulièrement cet orchestre, qui exprime ici magnifiquement , avec délicatesse, force, le caractère majestueux de cette ouverture. Merci aux musiciens, musiciennnes et chef d'orchestre.

[@jorgecruz7662]

Très belle version avec Altinoglu. L'orchestre et la technique de son irréprochables !! 👍

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Aufführung dieser romantischen und fein komponierten Ouvertüre mit gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im gut betrachteten Tempo und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Echt hörenswert!

[@megabugginout]

Dasgunder lied farfignugen greatenbigen wouken.

[@waltervonstolzing13]

Genialer Dirigent?😂

[@skkp235]

@@megabugginout

[@shupingwang3392]

Alain Altinoglu is the new principal conductor of this orchestra. He does allright. The orchestra is spectacular.

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Also very airy and easy to listen to recordings, this channel is a joy to listen to.

[@DjTonioRoffo]

He's currently doing a ring cycle in Brussels.

[@shupingwang3392]

@@DjTonioRoffo That is interesting !

[@antoinehoekman6571]

@@shupingwang3392 I have had the pleasure of going to those productions Toni is referring to, only Rheingold and Walküre for now, I will be going to see Siegfried on September 25, and I concur they are glorious

[@kevinmctighe]

Thank you! Fantastic performance, just brilliant.

[@joaojacobberberineto4174]

Muito lindo! Nosso agradecimento eterno a esta orquestra maravilhosa que , continua sendo um presente solidário durante toda esta pandemia. Obrigado de coração!

[@mark-shane]

the organ pipes are very grand in the hall,. Love to hear the sound

[@andrew1976williams]

Magnificent. I'm looking forward to seeing this opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in early 2023 although tickets have not yet gone on sale. I saw Lohengrin at the ROH recently. Musically it was superb but the production was dire, with modern dress. I expect Tannhäuser to be the same.

[@川端正一-j7e]

納得です。満足です。ありがとう！日本から！

[@PaolaMuccino]

negstiva

Um expert disse que a música de Wagner estava 100 anos à sua frente. A Ouvertüre Tanhauser tem uma beleza que é indescritível na nossa linguagem humana. Divina!

[@sergioalves5278]

Concordo 100%, conterrâneo.

[@highground7761]

The sound quality is superb!

[@deadnid]

Great sound as always but in this mix they have been shy on the timpani...

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Of course, KZbin now uses Ogg Opus, it hardly takes anything away from the original WAV. The quality is more down to the recording engineer, preserving the dynamics, ... and this recording has wonderful placing of instruments, nice depth, high dynamics only to be appreciated on speakers which can reproduce this well. My studio monitors sing :)

[@oli8681]

Fantastic. Bravo. Thank you. 😍

[@briananderson8428]

This recording abounds (at least to my ears) in precision by each section. So wonderful to hear the clarity of passages that might otherwise be muddled by other conductors. I don't know much about Maestro Altinoglu, but now I'll be learning more. So well done!

[@hanshoning9529]

誰も信じないかもしれないが、６０年近く前小遣いを貯めて初めて買ったレコードがこの曲、ウイリアムテル序曲でした。音楽の授業で聞いて、夢中にになりました。 ただその後クラシックは買ったことがありません。唯一無二の曲です

[@Jewish2Christian]

Sorry but this is not the William Tell overture this is Tannhäuser

[@tomyamartino]

I'm a Brahms guy all the way This is a masterpiece, played by one of the best orchestras in the world. Love it!

[@mercegarayvives1782]

I am not much to look for orchestral versions for my "little knowledge" in terms of classical music, so I refer to those considered as best orchestral conductors, I have compared the direction of this music with contrasted conductors but I stay with this, it seems sublime to me. thanks for uploading it

[@alejandrobriglia]

Fantástica Orquesta!!!!!! muchas gracias!!!!!!

[@michelstrunkeit]

Jaaaa das stimmt ich finde den Tannenhäuser auch Klasse .ich war in Hamburg mehrere Male drinnen als der noch drauf war

[@senhueichen3062]

SUPER!!!!!!!!

[@hanshoning9529]

Absolutely brilliant. Made me wish I was young again, so much to do

[@elisabethmatesky7855]

Utterly Superb Wagner! Also splendid String Sections ~ Noticed Second Violin Principal leading yet blending collaboratively with Violin I = musical cohesion of all String Section Principals ... Also a splendid Solo Clarinetist ~ Almost equaling NY Philharmonic's late *Stanley Drucker, Legendary Principal Clarinetist under L. Bernstein! A superb German Orchestra in The Universe of GOAT German Orchestras made legendary by The King of Conductor's, Herbert von Karajan ... (And personally, I've never liked Wagner, yet this first time hearing performance of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony has my Vote!) As from 'Apostle' Violin Pupil of Jascha Heifetz (JH Violin Master Class-Khachaturian, JH-7, EM) & later private artist pupil of Nathan Milstein, London, 3.5 years + Milstein Help-Assist to NM Int'l Violin Master Course/s, Zurich, Summer 1970-72, Elisabeth Matesky, US on 28th September, 2024 ~ Music Director, Alain Altinoglu, a superb interpreter of Wagner! If one didn't know better, one would think Maestro Altinoglu studied with Sir Georg Solti, our late Music Director of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, also Frankfurt Opera MD just following WWII ~

[@peterpicander2679]

"Aber nach einiger Zeit wurde er ihrer müde, saß in seiner Loge in der Oper, entweder allein oder mit Lord Henry, lauschte hingerissen der Tannhäuser-Musik und erblickte in dem Vorspiel dieses großen Kunstwerks eine Darstellung der Tragödie seiner eigenen Seele."

[@osmarmayoral3996]

Greatest music ever composed !!!

[@osmarmayoral3996]

Makes one appreciate that one is alive & allows one to know the pinnacle of human’s existence. Point where intelligence meets the ethereal !

[@gasparocelloman9852]

Fabulous!

[@jakebob6332]

I've never ever been a fan of opera. Could this abdolutely fantastic overture change my mind.....maybe.

[@Casutama]

Start with overtures - that's (basically) how I got into opera. Wagner has a few stunning ones, but so do Rossini, Mozart, or - if you're into operettas - J. Strauß .

[@jakebob6332]

This by far is my all time favorite 14 minute song. It may be my favorite classic piece for that matter. It is so beautiful, so complex. Passages that are simple and mind soothing. And passages that are as comlex as music has ever been. The musicians have their work cut out for them, particially the violinists.😅

[@tue-hainguyen3632]

Sublime

[@paulkoza8652]

Very nice.

[@mr.commander3947]

I think that this symphony is graded 99 points,,basically perfect,,, the best version of this kind...

[@convertcd]

Actually this is an overture to an opera. Go to the search bar and enter "Tannhauser opera" and you can hear the whole thing. If you wish, you can search around until you can find one with sub-titles that will suit you. It will be worth your while.

[@mr.commander3947]

@@convertcd thx

[@SplittingProductions]

My father's CD of this would skip right at 10:00 of this video and I can't not hear the violins just keep on going every time I listen to this now xD

[@Canari2009]

Excellent !!!

[@새우가제일좋아]

너무좋아요

[@sylviaelenamunoz2572]

Maravillosa Obra!😅

[@EstebanTozzi]

Maravilla!

[@nikollmerdhoci2018]

GREAT orchestra

[@vhufeosqap]

Invigorating

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

The triangle percussion player has the most terrifying part. Not like he can hide a missed note inside 12+ other triangles like the violinists can.

[@대한민국보1호손흥민]

❤❤❤❤❤Goat

[@kevinzhao5484]

This should be the city anthem once Artyomovsk is liberated

[@schakal1721]

최고 👍 😊

[@akari_sun_of_heart]

至宝にして至高！ 金管が金冠を詠じ、天国は正にここに在りけり、ですね。

[@peterkouwenhoven149]

Perfectly performed by the Frankfurt Radio Orchester. ❤ Oscar Wilde once said that making love by this music is astonishing! 😅

[@IloveChrome846]

I adore Wagner. To think that this was composed just mere decades after Mozart is sobering. The cascading Violin motif at 2:14 is borrowed in John Williams' score.."Harry's Womderous World". Wagner's notation is highly addictive. The finale's cascading scales are mind-knumbingly beautiful. Wagner is an alternative name for GOD.

[@bsamalslmh9722]

هذه التحفة تمثل الجمال الصارم

[@AManOfFocusCommitmentSheerWill]

The Oscar-winning Looney Tunes animated short: What's Opera Doc brought me here.

[@torgenxblazterzoid]

How ironic that one or two of the string players are quite unnecessarily wearing their facial obedience fabric. Richard, the rest of the Wagner family, and Adolf would have been proud of them.

[@mikekaiser6970]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@mrshovelbottom7475]

8:45

[@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491]

Jawohl

[@LCMM2150]

👍👍👍

[@IshmaelSantos]

There's something off about this performance, or maybe it's just me.

[@cyborg774]

It is well put together, but I would prefer a more flamboyant performance with more brass.

[@ThomasDawkins88]

I'm guessing you might like the Solti/Chicago performances. One of the best brass sections ever, and he lets them REALLY play.

[@leonpetrich5864]

@@ThomasDawkins88 This.

[@cadentrombone5345]

@@ThomasDawkins88 yes :)

[@screengraphy]

@@ThomasDawkins88 Yes!

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Conductor: Wagner, how much brass do you want? Wagner: Yes.

[@waltervonstolzing13]

Warum die Einleitung so schnell?😮

[@slobodanmarkovicofficial]

...Ovo "diže" iz mrtvih, i vraća veru u MUZIKU!!

[@Red-Red-Red-Red]

Bugs Bunny's crossdressing performance with Elmer Fudd brought me here

[@영순윤-e9p]

멋 있어요 ㅎㅎ

[@jooyounglee3003]

8:00

[@ВладимирУ-т3ц]

Благодарю за концерт! Комментарии бывают очень познавательные. Товарищи немцы дайте оружие; не заставляйте Алексея Арестовича матерится - его дети смотрят.🇺🇦❤️🖤

[@nagyjozsefne7849]

Csodaszép

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Such a strange tempo around 11:30

[@alexanderkuptsov6117]

The whole interpretation is weird, I'd say, way too fast in many parts

[@DjTonioRoffo]

I kinda love it, @@alexanderkuptsov6117 It's just different to what I'm used to.

[@alexanderkuptsov6117]

@@DjTonioRoffo Yeah, why not, the more, the merrier )

[@jamesflucker156]

The overture is undoubtedly the outstanding part of an otherwise dull and boring opera.

[@thomaslangner8894]

Have you ever seen the full opera properly staged? In a good staging the 3rd act is mind blowing. Far better than the overture IMHO. But a bad staging can indeed ruin everything. Happened to me with Tristan.

[@apfelsnutz]

This is not the HR of 4 years ago... ensemble and clairity is lacking here.... not Orosco's orchestra.

[@Discovery_and_Change]

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