John Williams - Star Wars - Stéphane Denève | Made in America

[@tom2tones223]

Dare I say, the best version of Star Wars that I’ve ever heard. Bravo

[@theempire00]

Princess Leia was just absolutely heavenly ❤

[@dmntuba]

The World's GREATEST Orchestra playing the world's greatest film music and it is AWESOME!!!! I really appreciate that they treat it as serious as a Mahler symphony...that's a 1st class act 👍

[@andywaynick5201]

WOW! I have listened to many, many recordings of this iconic film score. I have yet to hear even one that exceeds (or proably equals) this one. And a live performance at that! This suite from the Williams score is a perfect vehicle for this amazing Orchestra. All the sections have plenty of time to be featured: brass (and those horns!!!), wave after wave of sweeping strings, percussion. Even the harps have their moment in the sun. And the woodwinds are just beyond description, especially my all-time favorite woodwind player in the world, the beautiful Ms. Emily Beynon. I was so happy to see her wonderful playing featured. (And heck, I am a trombonist!) But the thing tht really does it for me with all RCO recordings and live performances is the balance between the sections. Even during the final Imperial March movement where the brass is so important, those great musicians strike the correct balance to be "up front" as they should, but never to the expense of the other sections around them that make what they do work. And so it is with all the sections of the RCO. Before I shuffle off this mortal coil, I hope to visit Amsterdam. If I do, I will make sure it is when the RCO is in concert at their incredible venue. I will be there to hear whatever they are playing. And remember it for the rest of my days. Thank you, RCO!!!

[@brucekuehn4031]

John Towner Williams - born February 8, 1932 Happy 90th birthday and thank you many times over!

[@nevertheless123]

It would be great if RCO can make recordings and sell this music like VPO or BPO, that way we also support you!

[@partticle2222]

Beautiful Fine Playing .. Beautiful Sounding Orchestra !!

[@alejocello]

No pun intended, but this orchestra has a sound that's out of this world. Jaw dropping.

[@philipburton9518]

Tempos and balance just superb. Some of the finest playings of the international treasure.

[@csabagrunfelder]

Unfassbar schöne, warmer Klang. Super. Ich finde es absolut fantastisch!

[@wilfriedk7378]

I love how the 2nd flute smirks at the virtuosity of the principal from 02:30 to 02:40!

[@richardarcher3254]

A smile of approval.

[@emilyhutjes]

Fantastisch top Royal orkest !❤👍

[@Peter1962Asd]

Werkelijk fantastisch. Kan niet geloven dat maar zo weinigen deze voorstelling hebben gezien

[@arnowitte4139]

Het was net na corona. Ik kon met mijn zoon last minute heel goedkope kaartjes krijgen. We zaten bijna vooraan en daardoor ook herkenbaar in beeld. Het voelde als een privilege.

[@parkthoven]

Not only sound quality but also the camera work, both are wonderful~~!!

[@fredsteeghs1487]

hoorn 2;45 ev - fantastisch gespeeld. Bravo!

[@nat.3k4o]

1:31 💜

[@JIIKX1]

I'm just amazed at how magnificent the Tubist's sound is. Sounds like a group of tubas, not one!

[@dawnpoint]

A very happy May The 4th 2022!

[@kokovox]

Beautiful playing!

[@galinakrivulin6767]

Watched it when it premiered. Fascinating!

[@johnchessant3012]

I didn't know Princess Leia's theme had a kinda-dissonant Dies Irae intro, cool!

[@albertobastos5611]

Que orquestra maravilhosa…

[@josuerestrepo1476]

This is gold!

[@lazersly]

You guys are great! Thank you!

[@nevertheless123]

WOW WOW WOW. Goosebumps. Thanks for posting.

[@cyt777]

Powerful but sophisticated and delicate performance !

[@DavidRLentz]

Play this!

[@1lavrentiberia]

Strange phenomenon: whenever I listen to the Concertgebouw while present in the hall....it sound great, yes....but a bit fuzzy...but the same orchestra on recording, or on youtube....sounds absolutely amazing, crystal clear and 1000X more fantastic... very strange

[@陈天羽-z1q]

The sound at RCO LIVE Label is also fuzzy and the balance is terrible, however decades ago RCO's recordings at Philips were so good. Same concert hall, more advanced technology, very strange thing indeed.

[@1lavrentiberia]

@@陈天羽-z1q yes..... we have to ask the technicians for answers! ;)

[@amsterdamoudwest8653]

Think the fuzziness is part of the "musical" style of the Orchestra-and-Hall. My take has always been that this Orchestra's seeking for the edge is - though valliant and therefore prone to mistakes - exactly what creates the unexpected sound-surprise from time to time. Them playing "clean" would make it dull quite often imho. Always love the errors: they dare to make them at that level.

[@KMHill]

It's all in the mic placement and the sound mixing. Hats off to the audio techs. Great camerawork also influences what we notice in the sound.

[@poplarboydavid]

Beautiful 💕

[@tonatiuhorduna6479]

BRAVOOO😃👍!!! Maestro Deneve, que pasión, que energía y convicción de interpretar la música de John Williams en mi opinión mucho mejor que la mayoría de las orquestas Américanas, se aprecian todos los detalles, y secciones y pasajes que cobran nueva vida y suenan novedosos ni que decir del virtuosismo de la Concertgebouw de Ámsterdam amen de su lirismo y sensibilidad y pureza de sonido!! 🤩🤩😍😍

[@niutaT2]

Amezing

[@mavs8888]

[@adolfhimmler4065]

Super!!! Genial!!!

[@geertpeels1124]

John williams goat

[@marcelouz1]

Great performance, the orchestra speaks by it self, the " mail title " a little bit faster than John William interpretation.

[@sj1292]

Great Omar Tomasoni but...he isn't Maurice Murphy

[@adrians.444]

Correct! And we are thankful for that. Murphy and Tomasoni, both unique and excellent musicians

[@sj1292]

@@adrians.444 Don't take me wrong, Omar is on my current top 4 orchestral trumpets (no order) alongside Chris Martin, Phil Cobb, Alexandre Baty and Hannes Laubin, but, in Star Wars, Maurice Murphy is the one (always in Bb).