Mahler - Symphony No 4 - Abbado

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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 4
1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen
2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio
4 Sehr behaglich
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Live recording. Lucerne, August 2009

[@pasage2005]

This symphony saved me. Listening to this symphony gave me the courage to remember to keep going in the tough times I've encountered so many times in my life. Thank you Mahler. Thanks Abbado.

[@TheVaughan5]

This symphony made me reassess Mahler. Never been a great admirer but have to admit there’s something very special and unique about this work, absolutely wonderful.

[@dst0212]

Gott, segne Dich

[@genevievehugues]

Elle est très drôle pleine de suspense comme la vie. Un peu single aussi

[@wolfie71231]

Ditto.

[@m_bg]

The almost 40 seconds of silence at the end of the Symphony are sublime. Every performance should end like this, to allow us to fully digest the last notes, before starting to replace it with the clapping noise. Only Abbado was able to achieve it. I miss you so much Maestro.

[@emmanueldacunha3211]

Absolutely true !!

[@katrinat.3032]

I strongly agree. We need a few moments to let our emotions peak and release

[@andeet509]

I so enjoyed that you pointed that out. As a musician myself, I love how he almost seems not to stop directing until he has also digested the music & processed his emotions. He does not simply wave a wand at the end of a piece to bring it to an abrupt end. What a joy it must have been to play for him!

[@jeffreykalb9752]

I suspect they were recording it. Most audiences do not have the self-control to maintain that silence without prior instruction.

[@guiladkrief4879]

you will appreciate the defeaning 5 mn of silence after the 9th at the Lucerne festival : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKkd5eNjbGBebc&start_radio=1.

[@cristiandeaconu1185]

1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen 0:03 - 16:21 2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast 16:36 - 25:58 3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio 26:18 - 47:35 4 Sehr behaglich 47:35 - 57:08

[@user-gh9dl8qb6s]

Thanks

[@themanamana81]

multam'!

[@lianagagliani9280]

@@user-gh9dl8qb6s pPPp?? P?

[@leosuslov2476]

Liana Gagliani по английски не понимаешь?

[@masel6655]

고마워요

[@christopherdandeker6122]

How many conductors must wish they had such wonderful musicians so eager and pleased to play for them as is so clearly demonstrated here.

[@ilkinond]

Yes, the much-loved Claudio Abbado certainly had them on his side.

[@StephenGauger]

Christopher Dandeker I

[@206dvr]

The playing throughout is sublime--despite the histrionics. I don't doubt that the orchestra loved him, too, but I doubt even more that the contrived turbulence and gyrations for the camera have anything to do with that. (Look, for example at 24:09. Good thing we can see both of his hands!) There are some videos I watch with the sound muted. This one, I listen to with the screen minimized. To each his own. And yes, I love the music Claudio Abbado made.

[@perry1559]

206dvr There’s nothing wrong with an orchestra getting jazzed up for a great conductor. Bernstein had the same effect I’m sure, to name just one. Unlike some other legendary conductors who were capable of inspiring terror.

[@douglashott9843]

@@206dvr Obviously your choice to feel this way. Abbado is the ONLY composer I've ever watched who elicited a smile from a musician playing a complex part of a symphony. For the type of music he helps create I find his gestures endearing and loads of fun to watch. If he didn't adore his orchestras he was the best actor in the history of classical music.

[@spidertube1000]

You can see the joy in maestro Abbado's face. Truly a spectacular conductor and a very precise yet musical orchestra. RIP

[@peterheisler4648]

Abbado conducted the greatest concert I ever attended with the VPO in the late 1970's.

[@dough4297]

The best bosses I ever had were people who got me to do my best not because I was afraid of them, but because I was terrified of disappointing them by not living up to the standards they thought I met every day. I loved working for them. I always feel like this must have been what it was like with Abbado conducting.

[@alfredovianello9818]

​@@peterheisler4648 Llpp❤❤

[@jrthiker9908]

Abbado always got the most flexible phrasing and rubato out of his orchestras without over-conducting, over-controlling. Always organic. He trusted the musicians and they trusted him. He's one of the few conductors who could get a non-Italian orchestra to play with the sunny affekt and rhythmic flexibility that are hallmarks of Italian musicians. His Rossini is unmatched for finding the right balance of speed, poise, lightness, and a singing quality at all times.

[@Tuxedo2680]

First time I listen to Mahler's 4th. The 3rd movement finale is nothing short of heavenly.

[@noradosmith]

Yes. That movement I think is possibly Mahler's most beautiful. I have found myself crying listening to it more than with any other piece of music

[@dough4297]

Over time it became my favorite part of this symphony.

[@dyuan]

I love how pleased of the orchestra's playing the conductor is.

[@kerencanelo8580]

I first understood something that i liked more than the real meaning of the coment. I understood that the orquesta is playing the conductor and not the reverse and i fixed my attention to why you said that crazy phrase and i really lautgh looking at the poor Abbado dancing "forced" by the orchestra....

[@dyuan]

@@kerencanelo8580 I meant he likes how they're playing

[@reginayang537]

That’s also why I love Abbado! : )

[@ferociousgumby]

@@reginayang537 He looks frail here and must be near the end of his journey, but oh, how the music inhabits him and lights him from within. He is very near his God, and his God is music.

[@FCarraro1]

Everyone should be pleased, I think. This Mahler cycle with Abbado and LFO might just be the greatest work of art ever witnessed in the history of music. I have worked with great conductors in my career, but I would exchange almost all of that for having the chance of being part of it....

[@johnwestlake208]

To me the most beautiful symphony of Mahler

[@didierbordereaux5898]

Peut-être la plus poétique, elle vous mène dans les endroits les plus incroyables du paysage de notre âme. Bonne soirée.

[@user-es5ts7wz7v]

Me too...

[@edjours45]

Each of his symphonies unfolds its own intrinsic universe, this one being undoubtedly the most "accessible" in terms of its construction and its pure poetry, barely tinged with the usual - and sublime - Mahlerian torments and lyrical flights.

[@Reckless150681]

0:15 that look and shared smile says a lot about how much fun they're having playing this. c:

[@balthazarnaylor5874]

music is one of the only things that make me hopeful for humanity. too much negativity these days, so I'm really glad to see people genuinely enjoying themselves.

[@Bakexcake1]

they really emphasized the portamento by sliding up from a different note hahaha

[@debradebello3732]

Out of the thousands of performances I've enjoyed, I've never seen musicians have such a good time playing....lovely!

[@jackarcher7495]

They loved him.

[@julians7697]

I agree with you.

[@bdavis7981]

The energy is amazing. With some other groups and conductors, the music just lays there. Here, it's a life force. I love how Abbado doesn't break the spell after the last notes. He was so in sync with Mahler. He understood. Clearly the finest Mahler conductor.

[@paulwagner688]

Watch his Mahler 9. He holds the audience for almost 5 minutes after the end.

[@chulight]

Sleep well!

[@karlheinzkirchmann6469]

Mahler lets you a wide range of interpretation. There doesnt exist "the only one". Abbado is one of the Mahler Connaisseurs.

[@erika6651]

Karajan was extraordinary as well.

[@mcbigweener]

Kubelik is my favorite Mahler conductor tbh.

[@jeffreykalb9752]

My favorite composer. My favorite conductor. Enough said.

[@theingabo212]

Same!

[@LBalaur]

I haven't seen anything complimenting the work of the cameramen and the crew capturing beautiful expressions and the violin waves. This is awesome. Thank you.

[@appogiatura]

Yes! Terrific camera work. Some of the best I have seen on KZbin

[@WalterSAllen]

And how about the orchestra!? I don't believe Maestro Abbado played a single note!

[@genevievehugues]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@genevievehugues]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Anna-vz5jl]

I have had such a hard time lately going through panic attacks and sadness sometimes because of this pandemic im so scared .... i feel worn out latley mentally ... i try to have a positive attitude. Some days as of late have been hard for me . But i know millions of people across the globe are experiencing this to different degrees. Bless everyone 🙏🏻💖🇨🇦 Sending love from Canada. This music is so beautiful so peaceful calming and reminds me of hope and happiness.

[@balthazarnaylor5874]

You’ll come back on top. We all will.

[@annaw.354]

I feel the same way. And, my name is also Anna.

[@Anna-vz5jl]

@@annaw.354 hello Im sorry you to are feeling this way . Two things have changed for me since this time last year . Well what is most important is i have my health for now. Thank goodness. And because my housing situation has not changed i am currently living with my sister and her boyfriend. Its been a incredibly difficult road for me personally speaking . Ive been abused by them emotionally Picked on Put down insulted . Because of the pandemic i have not been working but in order for any situation to improve i may have to go back to work . If there is work for me . To save start saving up some money to have my own place to live thats all i dream about all i need . Is a small apartment. My own peace of mind which in this chaos sometimes i cant hear myself think or breathe . I walk outside to the park . Look at the birds squirrels pray . Psalm 91 Protection Decree. I find that helps a little . Sometimes i end up crying alone in my room because of the way my sister treats me . And no . There is no. Where safe i can go because of the pandemic. Unless god Forbid a shelter. I always pray please god help me . Sometimes they are nice but the majority of the time they are not. I cant tell my brother and older sister my situation because they are very close to my sister and probably wont believe me . This Christmas will be hard . I love Christmas but to much has happened to me when im around them i now have to pretend to like them i camnot cause any fuss. I reached out to a old friend of mine a few days ago i was desperate. This friend is a doctor . She talked to me he is also a psychologist. Therapist. So kind . He gave me good kind constructive advice i told him a-lot of whats been happening to me . So after a After many tears ..he got back to me and recommended me to another Psychotherapist apparently this specific doctor is very good and its very hard to get a appointment with one . In Toronto mental health assistance can be very challenging. I spoke to her yesterday she is so kind . And hopefully in a week or so i can start my therapy with her . Knowing that i have someone to talk to like a professional ( its not a magic Bullet) but helps me feel just a tiny bit im not alone . Just a tiny bit. I also need to do the work to . To move forward “half a block “he said I still havent gone to the dentist yet i will the only reason why i have not gone is because of the pandemic. Im double vaxed but still scared terrified of catching it there . I also have to have some blood work done routine blood work anual check up . Im scared because im worried something is wrong with me . I have so much anxiety. Its tiring

[@daponte18]

Absolutely wonderful , inspired performance ! Rest in peace, Mr. Claudio Abbado , you are sorely missed by the classical music world .

[@marazulization]

Absolutely!! Absolutely!!

[@phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885]

Thanks for posting this WONDER!

[@barnabas6391]

I feel Mahler's symphonies are not just a piece of music but the whole universe not otherwise experienced and expressed at all. Love this symphony and can't forget this conductor~~

[@jamesmatthews905]

Mahler himself felt exactly the same. He actually said so.

[@user-zy4no8if7b]

0:00 1st mvt - Bedächtig, nicht eilen (slowly, without rushing) sonata form; in a neoclassical style except for the complex development section 16:36 2nd mvt - In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (moving at a leisurely pace, without haste) scherzo and trio; scherzos show Death playing the fiddle, while trios sound like the Ländler folk dance 26:18 3rd mvt - Ruhevoll, poco adagio (tranquil, a little slowly) double theme variations + coda; theme A and theme B alternate with different variations 47:35 4th mvt - Sehr behaglich (very comfortable) strophic variations; verses from mahler's song Das himmlische Leben interspersed with refrains to the 1st movement

[@janesperez6988]

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[@elliottherring5021]

Thank you!

[@MarcoPedrazzi]

It's perfect. Thanks. I love, at the beginning, smiley faces of violinists during the "glissando"

[@quintanaantonio1934]

Aaron Lockhart b

[@drjazzhorn1]

Isn't that such a wonderful moment?

[@StephenZradicka]

Incredible Performance!! What a Beautiful voice she has as well! Praise the Lord for such talent they’ve all been blessed with. 🙏🏻

[@carloshermanncorner3438]

😊

[@erpollock]

What a great conductor Claudio Abbado was. To think, this is my first time seeing him conduct in a lifetime of listening to great music. And my first time seeing the 4th Symphony of Mahler. New discoveries. He creates a world of its own.

[@markozurak5206]

For fellow Croatian visitors to this channel, this Symphony no. 4 and no.6 were written in Opatija (Abbazia), Croatia when Gustav Mahler and his wife were staying there.

[@lzichon]

It's such a rarity and luxury to have some silence in the end, thanks to the correct gestures of the conductor. The music really needs such a grand pause, but the audience is usually so impatient to show off its presence.

[@chemprofmatt]

I agree. The silence at the end was, in and of itself, amazing.

[@jackhousman6637]

Astounding. These people play like gods. (And they look like they're having the time of their lives.)

[@alezev]

The best Mahler's symphony, in my opinion. It's a complete work, with happiness, anger, sadness. It's soft, but heavy too. This symphony brings us to greater heights. It's marvelous.

[@noradosmith]

The third movement is one of his best in my opinion. So beautiful.

[@danbrown4090]

Concordo assolutamente!

[@jacksongrant15]

@@noradosmith I too think the 3rd movement is absolutely sublime. It's at the very core of the symphony.

[@HectorGarcia-ho3xe]

From my point of view I think it's the worst Mahler symphony, steel all Mahler symphonies are brilliant

[@benedictspinoza1025]

It's profound, but it doesn't hold a candle to his second, which IMO is akin to Beethoven's 9th at its grasp of everything a symphony could convey.

[@michelangelomattoli109]

00:00 - 1 Bedächtig, nicht eilen 16:35 - 2 In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast 26:15 - 3 Ruhevoll, poco adagio 47:35 - 4 Sehr behaglich

[@docbailey3265]

- 1 With apathy and fatigue - 2 In turmoil, slightly bumfuzzled. - 3 Questioning reality, meaning, and causation - 4 Withering contempt for audience

[@dennyt4520]

Beautifully played. The staggering beauty of the last movement brought me to tears. Wonderful rendition of Mahler's best symphony.

[@barbarabarry3799]

Abbado has a wonderful synergy with the orchestra. He shapes phrases with both precision and refinement by the smallest gesture. Beautiful sound in every part of the orchestra, notably fine playing by the oboe, cor inglais, clarinet, horn, harp and all the strings. Thank you for making this performance available.

[@TahseenNakavi]

There is no doubt that Abbado's contributions to the music of Mahler leave him among my top ten Mahler interpreters!

[@raymonddooley2623]

I love the third movement of this symphony. The plucking of the cellos at the beginning is awesome. Something light and cheerful from Mahler for a change.

[@fnsurg3395]

the slow movement of this piece might be the most beautiful slow movement mahler has ever written it's incredible

[@briannadonnelly3643]

The oboist is absolutely perfect

[@martin1024]

Brianna Donnelly Its Lucas Navarro

[@artemisiaartemis9976]

I totally agree with you Brianna Donnelly !

[@paulwagner688]

Forget about the oboe, what about that horn player?

[@MrBruno7447]

10:00 - 10:22 This is what would eventually become Mahler's 5th symphony, 1st movement main theme

[@calebhu6383]

Fate itself.

[@paulwagner688]

Not surprising since he wrote them concurrently

[@MaestroTJS]

Well...Mahler tended to be self-referential. Some works are more closely related than others (symphonies 2-4 with each other but also with Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 5-7, etc.).

[@keithyeung9097]

Actually, it's the same I think

[@paulwagner688]

@@keithyeung9097 well you know, heard one Mahler symphony you've heard them all

[@kaliarecords1511]

Bravo! Riposare in pace, Maestro Abbado. Ci manchi. Grazie mille!

[@ericoschmitt]

first horn is amazingly precise!

[@salvatorequaranta8187]

un certo Alessio allegrini!!il suono più bello di corno che abbia mai ascoltato dal vivo!!

[@danbrown4090]

È bravo davvero!!

[@Gorboduc]

There are parts in this symphony where cracks by the horn section are so common I've almost assumed they were part of the score! It's a weird but pleasant experience hearing it without them.

[@johnrandolph6121]

Exactly my reaction. Amazing playing!

[@jihanjoo]

17:24 Maestro Abbado's finger flick cue for that pizzicato is very satisfying.

[@RossiniViolino]

Had an orgasm too

[@Balfour.]

20:07 is cool too :D

[@terrythompson3448]

Beautiful, the highs and the lows. It just sweeps you away down a river of bliss. I felt like jumping to my feet and giving wild applause and shouting "Bravo" when the performance was over.

[@perry1559]

That’s one fine sounding orchestra for a Festival group. They’ve all probably played this symphony a couple dozen times times. And it never gets old.

[@furdiebant]

It seems this orchestra consisted mostly of an orchestra called the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, which was set up with the assistance of Abbado. So it’s not a festival orchestra in the truest sense (ie it’s not entirely ad hoc / a collection of players from various orchestras)

[@badhairdye]

Lucerne Festival Abbado's summer orchestra. He chose the players, most of whom had played with him various places, orchestras, etc.

[@phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885]

He’s so happy it makes the whole orchestra happy too.

[@mattiacornetti1692]

From 46:35 we can recognise a quiet version of the final piece of 5th symphony adagietto, so elegant and peaceful to satisfy your most cherish need of kindness

[@katepotter9713]

What I find delightful about Abbado in this is that he knows the music so intimately, conducting by and from his heart.

[@charlessiewerdt2832]

Bewunderter, ja geliebter CLAUDIO ABBADO, unübertroffener Interpret der Musik MAHLER's! Ruhe sanft!

[@GoOKuSj33]

The most light-hearted Mahler symphony ever.

[@abdullutfi7748]

is as big as Beethoven's biggest & final symphony....

[@grahammorrison2785]

I love this version. Abbado, his musicians and the singer share the emotion of the piece.

[@donlakakwaaijazz5220]

My Favourite and the first i have ever heard of Mahler, and i was hooked on his 9 symphonies, incredible how he uses tonality and atonal in his compositions

[@user-dg7gn4qk1y]

The very first classical music i was ever introduced to was Mahler's 4th. It, and now all of the Great maestro's symphonies music are religion to me. He now plays for the heavens. My hats off to the happy conductor and musicians, this was a 10. Blessings

[@oleflogger6828]

Congratulations, Robert. You are now directly connected to the Heavens. I especially enjoyed the singing of Magdalena Kožená. I think this piece suits a Mezzo Soprano much better than a Soprano. It needs that mezzo power. I first heard it 40-50 years ago, and Frederica von Stade, the great Mezzo Soprano of the 80s (and, even today here in Alameda, CA), sang it, under Maestro Abbado with the Wiener Philharmoniker. We lost that great Mahler interpreter 4 years ago.

[@markanderson6707]

My introduction came w/ Mahler's 1st, 50 years ago on my 18th birthday. It was a gift from my mother. She knew exactly what she was doing. All these years later, Mahler still lives in me. What a gift!

[@normanmiller1059]

D. Milhaud symphony n3o

[@user-sd3ni4fi9x]

Wow .. that final 5 or 7 seconds of silence was the most moving part of this sympony!!

[@flutepilot]

I love the way he 'sucks the air out of the room' withe violins after the big oboe solo in the slow movement. My impression of any recording of this symphony is what the conductor does with with that 5 minute or so section from the oboe solo to the end of the second descent into hell. I could listen to this section of this recording forever and never get enough.

[@jenyk13]

This performance by Magdalena Kozena is extraordinary. We listened to it many times after our discovery yesterday. Thank you.

[@yuzhanglin5893]

I feel connected to the universe when listening to the third movement.

[@mark-shane]

Great to see Claudio Abbado enjoying the performance so much !

[@ojbk]

**第一乐章：缓慢地** 在这个乐章中，乐曲犹如一位沉思的智者，缓步而行，不急不躁，仿佛在思考着生命的奥秘。管弦乐团扮演着探寻真理的角色，它们的音符在空气中轻轻摇摆，仿佛在追寻着一束微弱的光芒，那是智慧的灯塔。每一个音符都像是一颗闪烁的星星，照亮着前行的道路，引领着我们进入内心的深处。 **第二乐章：缓慢流畅，从容勿急** 这一乐章宛如一位悠闲的游客漫步在田园般的风景中。乐曲的旋律轻盈优雅，像是一幅优美的画卷，描绘着大自然的宁静和美丽。弦乐器和木管乐器仿佛是草地上婉转的风声和鸟儿的啁啾，它们轻轻低语，吟唱着大地的恬静，带给我们心灵的宁静与舒适。 **第三乐章：宁静，稍慢柔板** 这一乐章让人感受到一种庄严肃穆的氛围，仿佛是一场虔诚的宗教仪式。乐曲中的音符仿佛是教堂钟声，在空中回荡，唤起内心的敬畏和虔诚。管弦乐团扮演着神圣的仪仗队，他们庄严而恭敬地演奏着，带领着我们穿越时空，来到心灵的圣殿，与神灵相会。 **第四乐章：温和舒适** 最后一个乐章就像是一场欢快的聚会，欢笑声和笑语在空中回荡。乐曲的节奏明快，旋律欢快轻快，像是一群欢乐的孩子在花园里奔跑嬉戏。管弦乐团仿佛是一群热情洋溢的朋友，他们共同演奏着，分享着彼此的喜悦和快乐，让我们沉浸在音乐的海洋中，尽情享受生命的美好。

[@pablocasasnovas1064]

A performance for the ages, captured lovingly by this recording. Beauty so inexpressible it brings one to tears. Maestro Abbado, you will forever be remembered and so will the Lucerne Festival orchestra for this sublime work of art!!

[@AFSSSDF]

A música de Mahler é inexplicável, transcende o entendimento. É uma espécie de conexão temporária com o divino, com algo que atinge em cheio nossas almas. Obrigado Mahler! E obrigado grande Abbado!

[@robertoschmidlin7318]

De acordo!

[@edwinreffell6201]

Nao existem nenhum divino nem almas mas a musica de Mahler e de verdade divina e transcende.

[@ofilosofoouumfumante5655]

@@edwinreffell6201 Vamo ver isso

[@antonycooke6402]

What a wonderful performance-wonderful musicians, wonderful conductor, wonderful singer. Mahler at its best. Yet again from this group of extraordinary people.

[@gardenphoto]

Mahler had a deeper, more ethereal and visceral understanding of the absolute POWER of the double basses in symphonic music than any other composer in history: That incredible despairing passage in the “Ruhevoll” (Peaceful) third movement - beginning at 38:47 - with downward orchestral glissandos... ending with double bass glissandos (at 39:22)... revealing Mahler’s "Demons moving ominously, just beyond the veil of vision"... is one of the most astonishing and thrilling moments in ALL Mahler... and then, almost imperceptibly, we're back in the thoroughly “Viennese” key of G major (39:48)... chills & thrills aplenty! Mike D.

[@janelahmeyer2014]

Comes into my head months apart from the heavens. Nothing like it.

[@normhall1622]

This transfixes me every time I hear it. My favorite before was Szell/Raskin. This performance takes me to a different world - a different place. I love Abaddo and his music.

[@jackarcher7495]

My own favorite is the Szell/Raskin. I listened to it just the other day. It is the only recording of the 4th in my too-large collection. But I agree that this is outstanding, that it does exactly what you say. Abbado was -- no, is -- a very great Mahler conductor.

[@furdiebant]

Just posted that the Szell version is also my favourite! He and Cleveland made many brilliant recordings

[@bernardkanejr5005]

Sublime. So beautiful. My absolute favourite symphony by Mahler. If there is a heaven, this is its music.

[@egidiogallina2898]

Quando ascolti Claudio Abbado come dirige non ascolti una Sinfonia ma una fiaba sinfonica. E un genio...

[@erosmangiaracina3239]

Straordinario Abbado, grande intensità esecutiva e senza l'ausilio della partitura. Eccezionale esecuzione e futura memoria.

[@marazulization]

Every time that I see this concert I cry, it's amazing how beautiful MAESTRO ABADO, feels by the end! It's impossible not to get the feeling of heaven! Perfect thank you for posting!

[@mvygantas]

Ooo

[@mvygantas]

Ska has

[@sidineibroering6300]

The best Mahler Symphony!Abbado is perfect like always!!

[@claudiosironi7591]

The musical concentration of Maestro Claudio Abbado at the end of the performance takes your breath away. My highest respect .

[@andreaanastasia8750]

My father used to love this beautiful Simphony so much and now every time i do listen to it i see him sitting on the couch

[@chrislittle3475]

Great performance. Childlike innocence of fourth movement captured perfectly! and the loudest silence in the world to finish off.

[@billgrange3189]

Mahler's 4th conjures up a journey through a magical (and happy) world.

[@luismatos1359]

EXCELLENT... the perfect combination: MAHLER and Abbado.. Los mejores !!! Mahler... lo más grande

[@eerttree5340]

most wonderful performance among mahler 4th. the orchestra members are really enjoying music themselves.

[@alicebui5285]

Splendide, ce merveilleux concert a une Âme celle du Grand Abbado !! Comme il nous manque 💕💕😭😭

[@paulaandreaacostajacome1456]

I love this symphony, it's beautiful

[@wreckercookingchannel5473]

I can’t really put a finger on it, but I think that this symphony is Mahler’s best work.

[@carlosrevueltamarti7392]

Las grabaciones de Abbado de las sinfonías de Malher en los festivales de Lucerna quedaran en el recuerdo eternamente.

[@MD-md4th]

Such a deceptively dark, unsettling work. The third movement is magnificently expressive, with the lush, elegiac opening leading to disturbing visions of the abyss ( 39:10 ) juxtaposed against Loony Tunes ( 41:35 ). And the finale. There’s more to this than the innocent ramblings of a child. More like a starving child dreaming of plenty, leading to the muted, nihilistic final harp notes. The soloist’s sometimes blank, sometimes intense expressions are fitting.

[@suedwestfunk]

Abbado ist unsterblich. Mit ihm jeder dieser wunderbaren Menschen, deren Kunst zu Herzen geht, die ich gern einzeln in Dankbarkeit umarmte. Sie sind meine Hoffnung. Zukunft ist nicht bei Robotern und Homunculi, sondern bei der über alle Grenzen verbindenden Schönheit, die dank der neuen Medien allen gehört und die unzerstörbar ist. Danke - und alle guten Wünsche.

[@caro6651]

[@ulrikemittag475]

schöner kann man es nicht sagen

[@furdiebant]

Bravo

[@karloslargeros]

Un grand moment de ce festival. Dans ses dernières années, Abbado a donné à entendre de merveilleux Bruckner et Mahler.

[@nynms203]

Anybody else catch that No. 5 opening trumpet solo motif at 10:00 - 10:20?

[@danbrown4090]

La IV di Mahler è, per me, uno dei 10 brani più belli di sempre!

[@OmarFernandesAly]

Wonderful concert with a sublime 4th movement. Thank you very much!

[@BeammeupSpotty]

wow, what an incredible performance. Abbado is amazing. I love what he does with music. He makes it into real art.

[@rpkrauss1]

What a wonderful performance ..!! Thank You for sharing this masterpiece..

[@cynthiapost5849]

Beautiful symphony...Mr. Abbado allowed its last notes to linger so the audience could savor them that much more❤️🎼

[@aktoemam4]

Nell'Empireo inter deosdeasque con Bernstein e Haitink

[@akselx]

Simply magical and transformational. Especially the adagio, with its subtle modulations in the end, from E to C, and then up to D.

[@majidjaraiedi819]

What a beautiful piece of music. It elevates one soul to the heavens.

[@giginorman1955]

I love the final movement. I'm ready to eat fresh vegetables, and the joy of being in heaven.

[@marshallartz395]

🌱🥦🥕👼🏻🥗🥒🥬

[@lexgutierrez57]

Spectacular performance and historic

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Gran orquesta, gran director (RIP), e inmenso genio (Mahler)

[@nolacolman]

Glad to find this video of Abbado's 4th. All of his performances are treasures. His Das Lied von der Erde with Von Otter and Kaufmann is ineffable (beyond words). The ending ....though there are always tears but peace also...

[@luigicervaro3910]

Tutte le gioie e i tormenti dell'uomo contemporaneo risuonano in questa sublime sinfonia, in cui i temi si inseguono sorgendo uno dall'altro. Un grazie immenso al grandissimo Abbado che tutti rimpiangono per la sua maestria e per la contagiosa simpatia. Non so quante diverse emozioni mi ha suscitato questa multiforme sinfonia, trascinando mi in un'aura di paradiso. Luigi Cervaro

[@valeriabucci9048]

Luigi Cervaro descrizione perfetta...bellissima

[@rileyfitzgerald5137]

Thank you Mahler, very cool!

[@matiasazpurua]

Maestros como Abbado no deberían morir nunca... Increíble todo lo que toca lo convierte en oro 🥇

[@guymahler4227]

a so beautiful symphony .. it s so touching with C. Abbado as conductor in his favorite festival, in one of his last apparitions... I miss you dear C. Abbado..

[@patriciagarcia5301]

Love Mahlers 4, the sleigh bell symphony.

[@johannespetereit9027]

Phänomenale Aufführung von Mahlers 4. Sinfonie, die für mich immer ein Schattendasein geführt hat. Völlig zu Unrecht! Diese Musik ist leidenschaftlich bis zerstörerisch, poetisch, melancholisch, fröhlich und religiös. In Mahlers Musik steckt immer das Ganze. Jetzt habe ich es auch in seiner 4. entdeckt. Danke für diese wunderbare Musik!

[@edwardbeskin1422]

P00

[@andrewkennaugh1065]

Beautiful symphony... 😊

[@MrKlemps]

These people play with the energy and joy of a string quartet. You just get the feeling that this is the way the Mahler 4 is supposed to sound. Every gesture is entirely convincing but more important: every gesture is accounted for! Nobody has ever performed Mahler in quite this way.

[@giuseppemariaperego8937]

"Fantastico! Rest in peace Grande Maestro Claudio Abbado!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie

[@tvanya]

Oh, Abado. It is too late to late to praise. He was a unique conductor, with through understanding Mahler. Nobody and no other orchestra come even close to this jewel of performance.

[@charlessiewerdt2832]

You are right, except for one another performance by Claudio Abbado, the one he did with the Vienna Philarmonic together with the soprano Frederica von Stade around 1978. This rendition is the perfect expression of Mahler's symphonic art, specially the interpretation of the sublime third movement's ending.

[@azitamonget1]

Grand Maestro Claudio Abbado, que votre âme repose en paix

[@rel375]

Genius is a small word to describe Maestro Abbado. What kind of brain made him able to memorize the nine big and complicated Mahler's symphonies and conduct them (without score) with such brilliancy ? I think Mahler himself couldn’t do it. RIP Great Maestro Abbado.

[@chulight]

Mahler always conducted from score.

[@FCarraro1]

When you understand music so deeply, to conduct it by heart it's actually the least challenging thing. Anyone can conduct by heart with some practice. To be like Abbado, 100 lives are not enough.

[@stringsrule7351]

Profoundly beautiful.

[@sueallot8292]

What wonderful seconds just after the finish!