Strauss · Also sprach Zarathustra · SWR Symphonieorchester · Tarmo Peltokoski · Klassik | SWR Kultur

[@franckcoinchelin9862]

Un grand moment de musique live !..

[@BijanNazem]

Great performance, Thank you!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

It is wonderful to listen to this music in such a fine uptaking! 🙏🙏🙏

[@staffanolofsson8201]

And I have to admit, the first time I heard this music was in Kubricks 2001: a space odessy. Since then this music has grown in popularity.

[@TheStockwell]

Kubrick auditioned every version of the work that was available. He chose the version by the Vienna Philharmonic with Karajan conducting. The performers aren't mentioned in the film's credits because Decca didn't want to be associated with what they assumed would be a silly science fiction film. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@TheStockwell Thank you! Decca did not want to be in a "silly science fiction film". I believe they regret it by now.

[@teruteru8180]

Thank you for uploading!!

[@klassikswrkultur]

You're welcome! 😊

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Nu när jag lyssnar flera gånger tycker jag fortfarande att de kritiker som tycker att detta går för fort har fel. Visserligen är jag ingen expert, men jag har en musikalisk känsla som jag tyr mig till. Jag tror att de olika uppfattningarna ofta har att göra med vilka inspelningar man lyssnar på och som påverkat en mest. När jag lyssnar på denna inspelning faller allt på sin plats, och jag tycker varken att det går för långsamt eller för snabbt. Jag tänker inte på tempot alls. Jag bara njuter av musiken. Hälsningar från norra Sverige!

[@klassikswrkultur]

@staffanolofsson8201 Man muss kein Experte sein um zu entscheiden, was einem gefällt und was nicht! Wir freuen uns, dass du die Aufnahme magst und stimmig findest, geht uns nämlich genauso ;-) Liebe Grüße aus Süddeutschland! 😎

[@anewman1976]

I'm just going to say it.... Tarmo Peltokoski is a record company created " young star" but I don't think he should be doing Strauss at 24.

[@TheStockwell]

True, but he has a gift for burning through a score and shaving minutes off any music. If you prefer speed and precision over interpretation, this is your dream conductor! 😏 Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@jestemqiqi7647]

@@TheStockwellAbsolutely right.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

What age can you do Strauss? I am 78, maybe I am qualified?

[@williamsu5552]

Yes, before age 36, R.Strauss has never interested me. But now, his music is what I cannot live without. R.Strauss is a true guardian of Austrian-German late romantic music against the attack of modernism. To understand that, one has to at least go through the previous 400 years of music making since Baroque.

[@areyounatz]

But why? I'd like to know why.

[@nakayamayasubei]

It's different from what you hear all the time.

[@klassikswrkultur]

@nakayamayasubei And do you like it? :-)

[@nakayamayasubei]

いつも聴かせてもらってます良い演奏ありがとうございます。

[@williamsu5552]

There is no conductor who can ruin R.Strauss' music. It's inherently and deeply beautiful, however being conducted.

[@p.a.5148]

Some very nice solo work from the concertmaster and other principals, but the performance as a whole is rushed and at times sloppy, which is the responsibility of the direction. Things completely fell apart in Von den Hinterweltlern.

[@jestemqiqi7647]

A very shallow performance, I must say. Many young conductors these days, including Peltokoski, seem to be rather embarrassed when confronted with late-romantic music that is dripping with expressiveness and beauty, and so they conduct it in this cool, swift and superficial way. Sad! I just hope he doesn’t touch any Tchaikovsky anytime soon.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I am 78 and I dont find this a ”superficial” playing.

[@jestemqiqi7647]

@@staffanolofsson8201 I agree, the players are excellent. Just the way he conducts and his tempi choices don’t fit the music well in my opinion.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@jestemqiqi7647 Thats Ok! We all have our preferences. Best regards!

[@fabiusgraco5296]

Exímio maestro. O que há de errado com a interpretação dele? Em absoluto não notei nada que desabone primorosa apresentação. O tempo está correto. Não tem nada de corrido, como alegaram.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@fabiusgraco5296And I agree, fabius, or am I not the right person to in a proper way understand the world of Stauss and how it shall be expressed? In a more slow tempo, as they say. Maybe they are right? Anyway it is always good to listen to all opinions. Thats what keep us alive, more or less. All the best!

[@juanclorduy9821]

Un niño sin siquiera una buena técnica de dirección "dirigiendo" tamaña obra. El arte ha muerto como decía un filósofo célebre

[@rogerrocco5211]

Very impressive performance by a mature orchestra and very young conductor. Strauss said he was a first rate second rate composer! No, like Mahler, he was a first rate composer and conductor.

[@klassikswrkultur]

What a beautiful quote. Thank you for sharing it with us!