Symphony No. 3 (with organ)

By Saint Saens, peformed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, with organist David Shrader. This is a live performance from 1983.

[@anthonylongwood452]

I love when the organ enters with a piano for 4 hands and a sublime orchesta !!!! I still got goose bumps when I'd herd it live in a a renovated concert hall with a brand new organ...A trully masterpiece !!!

[@TheDanBlan]

This music is amazing. Coughing person your coughs were amazing as well.

[@HiromiyamotoDesuDesu]

I get chills every time I hear this, even in my tinny little earbuds, but even with a full range stereo, it's still not the same as being there, in the organist's chair, playing your heart out with a full orchestra backing you.

[@timrenshaw7298]

I'd say that in order to get the most out of this, it's imperative to listen to it in it's entirety. Very powerful!

[@bb8319]

The rapturous glory of the everlasting God... captured in music. Saint Saens was a truly inspired genius - such an amazing breadth of style in his compositional output -- this piece being one of my all-time favorites in classical literature. You just cannot beat the Chicago symphony orchestra, too -- BRAVO, ladies and gentlemen!!!

[@kateperednia8655]

In the mid-80's, I was traveling across the northern US in an Amtrak train. It was sunset over the lakes of Minneapolis when this movement began playing. Even the water glistened on cue (31:10)! BEYOND GLORIOUS!! It was one of the most magical experiences of my life!!! Thanks for this post...

[@172541jrm]

A great number of real conductors have conducted this magnificent work for years. Some good, some very good and many not good. But no one, absolutely none have made better performance of this symphony than Charles Munch with the Boston Symphony.

[@getnasty08]

31:07 - 32:30 : sweet lord that is divine music that fills my heart with joy.

[@somethingtojenga]

yeah.

[@keemez]

yes, but does it make you want to get "nasty"? ;)

[@taylorconscious]

Ahhh…the CSO ! The brass! Bravo!

[@fredsnook8122]

The final 2 minutes are AWESOME!

[@Caroline-me6ty]

I find the whole symphony AWESOME !!!

[@flyingcarpet99]

Thank you very much for posting that Barenboim timepiece for us - great performance - I love it!

[@CastleMr40]

The piano (4 hands) part that begins at 31:10 makes me feel as though I am soaring to heaven!

[@jpa244]

+CastleMr40 Me too.

[@byte1964]

I liked those commercials at the beginning, they sounded so eighties! ;-)

[@trollydodger]

Breathtaking performance!!

[@bubbly2619]

I already play this music in syphonic orchestra ! this music is amazing

[@brtherjohn]

Barenboim's studio DG recording of this symphony, also with the CSO, is an all-time classic of the gramophone.

[@pianorama]

One of my favorite pieces of music; thank you for sharing this magnificent performance.

[@nuttertube]

Yes! If you don't have a full range stereo set up, find one and listen to this whole symphony. When the organ kicks in at 30:37, you can feel it resonate in your chest, and it gives you chills.

[@charlesbrown1934]

A fine performance of a great work. The final pages provide some of the most exhilarating moments in symphonic music.

[@SynchroScore]

Illinois Bell, Commonwealth Edison, and Standard Oil...such a long time ago, heheh. I heard this in Chicago last year under Charles Dutoit. And yes, it was absolutely awesome.

[@JRaymondT]

And it was a different organ in that hall!

[@richardwilliams473]

The timpani solo at the very end is to die for!!!

[@ThDV1]

I always find this piece to be so heavenly...

[@Mahlerweber]

One of my life moments was when I saw the movie "Babe" for the first time and realized the main theme song was taken from the 3rd movement of this work. - Nice recording - excellent sound quality. Furthermore, thanks for making note of the fact that the "organ" is obligato.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Mahler Brahms oh !

[@staplerssocks]

Such a great song when I was about 12 years old, gives me goose bumps still!

[@vitesenzafine]

-- Such a great song -- Make a little effort; it's not a "song", it'a half-an-hour symphony.

[@gimble8638]

even tune woulve bn better than song lol, i detest the uneducated over use of the word song lol

[@ruxandraghiata4082]

Quando dirigere un orchestra e DANIEL BAREMBOIM vuol dire ascoltare una interpretazione di alto livello e bellissimo tutto quello che LUI interpreta.....

[@jaymeetze4488]

Great organist, brilliant musician and one of the most kind person - David Schrader. Please the note correct spelling of his name here.

[@taylorconscious]

Thanks for the info! I’ll pass it on!

[@gorankatic40000bc]

Sometimes I have doubts about Barenboim conducting but this is magnificent achievement. This is one of those magical symphonies like Strauss' ''Alpensinphonie'', 1st symphony of Bohuslav Martinu or Beethoven's 7th.

[@christophermcquaid6256]

Love it!

[@MrGunterguerrero]

An absolute masterpiece. And two people did not like !

[@belianis]

@ThDV1 A century ago, a lady in Brittany bought a box of chocolate at a kiosk; the box contained portraits of famous people of the time. One of them was a saint she did not know; since her son was ill with a dangerous disease she prayed to that saint. Her son recovered, and from then on she carried the image as a relic. When she died, the image was laid on her breast. Her priest looked at the image, and found that that holy worker of miracles was SAINT-SAENS.

[@lsmart]

Hillarious story. In any case, this music is definitely saintly.

[@bleachmaster101]

It's a symphony.... Some are 30 minutes, some 45 minutes, and some are one hour. If you can't listen to the entire thing, then you probably don't enjoy it as much as others. I have seen this one live (along with shostakovichs symphony number 5), and it's kind of sad seeing people that are way older than I get bored not even half way through it. This music is really amazing. I find myself listening to it on repeat.

[@ralphnovy]

This is even better than the recorded version. Many thanks.

[@ralphnovy]

... except for the organ. The Chartres Cathedral organ -- even though it's dubbed in -- is far better.

[@MrDa64w]

33年前の高二。吹奏楽で演奏しましたよ。 1st　Trb担当でした。今もポジション覚えています。 凄く息が大変だった事を思い出します。昭和は遠くなりにけりです。

[@abc78920]

Lovely !

[@nooaastronomy1]

thanks

[@mrnumbskull1]

A gem of a find! the only other version I really enjoy is also with Chicago Symphony and Barenboim with Gaston Litaize. For me what makes this last moment so enjoyable is that the 4 hand piano part comes out - a bit more. Though in this performance the organ sounds a little bit heavier than what I'm used to. So glad to be playing this in a few weeks better yet in this recording the strings/woodwinds sound a bit more articulate especially at the end plus this version the brass seems to be a bit more in tune

[@lwzable]

Yeah man, i got that too, its so amazing!

[@MiguelArvizu]

formidable maestro

[@bronxboy47]

Irresistible.

[@slothropgr]

Very nice well-judged performance and xlntly recorded for live radio, Danny was already a top-notcher baton-twirler. Organ-orchestra balances almost perfect, neither overpowers the other. Didnt even mind Stormin' Normal at the beginning. But I really coulda done without the commercials. Adding it to my classic Munch/Zamcochian/BSO. Pretty old recording, I think Saint-Saens was even in the audience.

[@wildvenisson]

There's always one and they're always in the silence.

[@mlcollins10]

Music such as this goes beyond any religion - it reaches some profound level - an epiphany - enlightenment.

[@vitesenzafine]

Oh, come on - it's brilliant, riveting, full of invention, superbly written: it's beautiful music, but it's not in any way Bach's Mattheus Passion or Beethoven's Ninth, as your words would suggest.

[@tchykovsky]

It's better, no language barrier and music that can be considered sacred or secular.

[@tylervanzuiden6209]

great

[@artymowycz]

38:41 YEAAHH!!

[@nick2253]

Maestro section (used for "If I Had Words," song used in Babe): 31:06 - 32:30. You're welcome.

[@healdogtoe2c]

It doesn't swirl like its supposed to. I think its how they placed the mikes or something. It just sounds a little disjointed and sections overpower eachother. Its an older radio recording after all.

[@KrillLiberator]

I love you. :)

[@ryanhowh1]

Followed the ABC classic 100 symphony here. 40 minutes well-spent.

[@MrXtuba]

Being the CSO, I'm surprised how quiet the low brass is. But otherwise, great performance by them as always :)

[@pa25ify]

I like how at around 25:00 the instruments start mimicking the piano and its chord progression.

[@nhaguyanh]

pause between movements means cough break for EVERYONE

[@aldeaalexandru5205]

One river that flows from Heaven-minute 30:38 and so on

[@JordiFranchParella]

Sin restar méritos a Saint-Saëns, como compositor es de segunda categoría. Muy académico y poco inspirado. Me habría gustado mucho más escucharle como organista.

[@staplerssocks]

estás loco?!!

[@syndicatephilharmonic9205]

This is why Celibidache refused to record.

[@MrMerlinVII]

yeah true. As much as I love Dvoraks 9th symphony, "From the new world", I don't always have 45 mins to spare to listen to the whole performance...

[@lsmart]

I can't stand Barenboim as a person, but as a conductor, he is undoubtedly among the elite. My only criticism is the somewhat chaotic beginning. From there on, everything is absolute perfection, in sound and style.

[@jaso496]

I am going to play this on 9/23/2012. I'm going to cough (once) for you!

[@MrAlexChryler]

Has anyone listened to the full thing?

[@taylorconscious]

Yep

[@mhenrikse]

35:02 yeah!

[@miguelmorales7126]

Señores, una grabación no se equipara con una interpretación en vivo... hay diferencias en calidad de sonido... y si no fuera por esas tosecitas molestas (que nunca faltan) esta ejecución es excelente. Mi admiración y aplauso,

[@pauloleopardi8805]

de acordo

[@jacobfreeland6881]

1. Adagio, allegro moderato - 2:03 2. Poco adagio - 12:35 3. Allegro moderato, presto - 22:50 4. Maestoso, allegro - 30:37

[@H.Lansel]

Thank you.

[@scottmathews3777]

A fine performance to be sure. It seems to me that in this piece, the organist is accompanying the orchestra, whereas in a piece like Joseph Jongen's "Symphonie Concertante", the orchestra is accompanying the organist, making it a better showpiece for the organ, in my opinion. :-)

[@slothropgr]

You mean they actually could've crossed paths?? Actually it was only a comment on the age of the Munch recording, which was made in 1959. And a tribute to this one, which comes pretty close in terms of clarity and balance--and organ, where a lot of perfs and recordings crap out.

[@AlephNull37]

Skip to 2:00 for the music

[@TheWindWaker333]

Has anyone else notice what sounds like variations of Dies Irae in this (mainly in the first and last movements)? Not sure if they were intentional, though I'm pretty sure the variations toward the very end were.

[@pedrinpablo007]

no comercial aggggggggggggggg

[@andrewbianchi1294]

2:00 to skip the ads

[@clattus]

haha love it :P

[@danielshumway9288]

2:00 STARTS

[@Linkage1992]

Cool story bro.

[@robathos]

CSO live!

[@Linkage1992]

Damn there were a lot of people waiting until a silent part to cough!

[@TheWindWaker333]

Yes, but it still has a four movement structure to it.

[@DottReviews]

Like your profile pic!

[@GGbreizh]

@slothropgr This is impossible. Saint-Saëns died in 1921 and at that time Munch was a violin teacher.

[@peterhelbich3334]

Barenboim conductet in Bayreuth allways barefoot. without shoes. he was asked : why? his answer. "dies ist heiliger boden. this is holy ground"

[@EvanDahill]

Listen sometime to Sibelius' Finlandia . . . same chill-inducing genius.

[@jorgeaguirre7260]

Starts 2:02

[@keemez]

32:06 ssssoooooooommmmmmmmeeeeeebody missed a note in there. I bet there was holy stink to pay for that.

[@jacobfreeland6881]

Nah, we’re talking about Barenboim, not Reiner. Probably wasn’t *that* big of a deal.

[@ryankramer]

22:15 everyone lets their coughs out. LOL

[@qmwaghorn]

Could you not have cut out the advertising at the start.

[@nocnyptak6877]

Organ symphony (vvith organ)....

[@DavidWatts1]

34:39 and 36:49 again with a twist

[@lwantyourshoes]

22:17 until 22:40 half the audience casually dies

[@askvideos1]

31:10 for Babe

[@Roger100tut]

quien es el que habla al principio??

[@melanie4music]

EXQUISITE!!!!!

[@taylorconscious]

Might want to correct the spelling of David’s last name in your intro…Schrader.

[@MrAlexChryler]

ITS 40 MINUTES LONG!

[@KyleLudwig3]

36:45 - 37:15 . Creepiest sounding classical I know, and I love it

[@oaf1601]

Darth Vader-esque

[@yoyomackus]

Ah yes. I hear a little "dies irae" theme there.

[@ralphnovy]

Mark Feenstra Hmm. Well, it's the most cheerful "dies irae" I've ever heard, but ....

[@MelosAntropon]

+Mark Feenstra : Good ear. The main theme of the entire symphony (heard in all movements) is indeed based on the Gregorian "Dies Irae" - Saint-Saens affirmed that himself.

[@tessgregory987]

Poulenc's Dies Irae is remarkably cheerful.

[@zbjornson]

Quick! Everybody cough at 22:18!

[@hatstalker]

See I am a severe asthmatic and love the opera and symphonic performances... Sorry about the coughing... it pisses me off a lot more than you trust me because you don't have to deal with the fact that your lungs are so tired from coughing that it physically hurts to breathe as they ache.. Apologies again for the mild inconvenience but if I can enjoy a symphony with burning pain in my chest, a mouthful of mucus and the noise INSIDE me.. then you should be able to as well.

[@andrewbianchi1294]

13:57 15:55

[@bleachmaster101]

uhhh what would be the point in not listening to the full "thing"?

[@MrAlexChryler]

I understand that. But aint nobody got time for that lol.

[@larryrose4471]

uhh live, french conductorstranger to chicago symp

[@npmusic7145]

You think this is long? You should listen to Mahler.

[@muhchung]

At least they didn't cough during the music, fortunately...

[@williamwhicker7499]

It is unfortunate that this is an excellent performance on a poor quality recording. They should have made a professionally engineered recording of this fabulous music, then it could have measured up to the likes of Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra or Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony Orchastra.

[@seanpronay4803]

Needs more cowbell.