Wagner: Parsifal - Vorspiel ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Jérémie Rhorer

[@heinzkurth2748]

Ein wunderbares Stück, wie aus einer anderen Welt.

[@charlesgoodyear3050]

Indeed, like from a defier of the world, of spirit and sensuality!

[@ropermachine]

Because it is

[@paulpadillo4591]

Stunning. Rhorer captures the very essence and spirituality of the entire work here in the Vorspiel in not a performance of the opera, but just an orchestral excerpt. The response from the Frankfurt forces is just remarkable. I can't help the tears in my eyes from this performance. Magnificent. Thank you for this gift.

[@elfedstarkie1704]

Music made in heaven.

[@davidjared3402]

A wise person said, "Judge the work, not the artist. Leave that to the One who knows all things." I heartily agree.

[@fabiennemenrempon5927]

Contente de retrouver le chef d’orchestre,sublime ❤

[@panzerpoodle]

Passte wunderbar in den Film excalibur ❤

[@kkapur426]

Good to see a live orchestra KZbin video of this piece ...very well performed

[@adlic.5354]

I think I found my favourite version of this piece.

[@TheCynburton]

An overwhelmingly brilliant and moving performance of this work.

[@jimholder6656]

A truly superb performance!

[@albertgerheim4149]

This opera was the theme for my PhD dissertation. Over and over...

[@albastros8829]

Let us know your text.

[@threethrushes]

@@albastros8829Ph.D. in Listening to Wagner

[@1968KWT]

_Parsifal_ premiered on this day (26 July) in 1882 at Bayreuth 🌹🌹🌹

[@alejandrobriglia]

Fantástica composición! como todas las que escribió Wagner! muy buena orquesta y Director!

[@belenaguilar2389]

Gracias por compartir tal ejecución y dirección de la gran música de Wagner.

[@waynejones3870]

Beautiful. Such sublime music!

[@danielpincus221]

On July 26, 1882, the public first heard this. 140 years ago.

[@carloschess2010]

Cuánta belleza en esta música!!!

[@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical]

El más grande y sublime misticismo hecho música. Yo, agnóstico, cuando escucho esto, creo en la existencia de lo divino.

[@nikollmerdhoci2018]

Great orchestra

[@StevenAnderson-f2n]

Finally I found a 'Stück' by Wagner that I like.

[@santacruzada]

Sublime.

[@pedrofernandezfabregas2464]

La musica tiene que llegar al alma al corazón tener sentimientos si no son solo notas sin sentido ninguno y como está pieza llegan

[@fernandocarriominguez4795]

Wagner tiene la capacidad de envolverme con sus notas largas, que me sujetan con extrema delicadeza y me mantienen suspendido en el aire. ¡Qué grandiosidad!

[@alvarobergol5931]

Realmente sublime !!!

[@carloscruz376]

Espectacular solemne y poderosa obertura !!

[@maidros85]

Somehow I think, had Wagner been alive today, he would've made movie music... And he would've been the best person in this line of work.

[@josephdadey]

I think he might have made the entire films, not just the music.

[@davidrenner7000]

He would have been... but only for certain types of movies, like those of Terrence Malick

[@ericdew2021]

All movie music composers owe their work to Wagner. Would Wagner compare well to John Williams or Ennio Morricone or Hans Zimmer or...? Heck, they were all inspired by him!

[@daphnewilson7966]

It was the original "movie music" standby. Don't know your generation, but you would recognize a lot of Wagner in early soundies. Musicians nowadays call it "program music." No insult. Sometimes I think the truest heir is (Jewish?) Jerry Goldsmith. How ironic would that be? No one will ever truly know....

[@1968KWT]

‪#OTD in 1880 Wagner conducted the Prelude for Ludwig II at the Court Theatre, Munich: he described to him the piece’s three themes as “Love-Faith-Hope?”‬

[@westernshipway3115]

Amazing music! Music to die for.

[@HonoreBalzac-q7m]

I come to your funeral!

[@klaudiakubiszewska8755]

magnifico

[@nickwright6034]

Excellent.

[@threethrushes]

One of the fruits of Western Civilisation.

[@marcelocarosio3282]

of course Wagner, but the sensitivity of the Conductor and the musicians is fabulous.

[@nikollmerdhoci2018]

Wanderful Parsifal

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

1:50 - 1:58 yer man that did the Lord of The Rings score, ripped this off

[@joedeegan3870]

Tones nicely realized. Parsifal is about spirituality, so just playing the notes isn't enough for me.

[@scottwallace1]

Exactly. The ebb and flow and points of emphasis that different conductors use impact the music as it exists on the sheet so much. The best ones aren’t afraid to vary tempo and really make the musicians embrace the emotional power that the music brings when they’re all bringing the same energy to it. One of the great compositions in all of history.

[@daphnewilson7966]

@@scottwallace1 You posted the magic word: "tempo." I've been a Wagner nut (?) since live in San Francisco back in the day. Never mind. Edo De Waart, the perfect forever Ring. This is pretty darn good!

[@yohannesephrem9096]

Fair enough. Go and listen to Karajan's version then.

[@joachimziemen7805]

Wer könnte sich dem magischen Pathos der Fanfaren Monsalvats entziehen? Ich höre dies nie anders als mit nassem Blick.

[@Grouplogix]

7:35 - 9:00. Heaven is opening up, something mysterious has arrived

[@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491]

5:55 Powerful and strong! bravo

[@scottwallace1]

14:35-14:40 ...the God chord. Pure beauty.

[@MagnusReichel]

Is it simply Ab going to Bb minor with 4-3 and 9-8 or am I missing an important part or voicing?

[@scottwallace1]

@@MagnusReichel I am many years past remembering my music tabs and vocabulary. As far as what I personally mean by ‘the God chord’, it is simply a combination of notes that produces instant chills and goosebumps. Specifically in this arrangement, the chord change at precisely 14:38 is what I’m referring to. I have a dream that someday, someone incredibly versed in music theory will gift me the joy of taking the music or parts of music I value most, identify the common threads, and find more things that fit my listening profile. My lord, what a service that would be.

[@MagnusReichel]

@@scottwallace1 Oh I see. Yeah I know what you mean. The chills are godlike :D You can even see it on the face of the cello player right behind the conductor ... He's like: "Oh man. We nailed it!"

[@MiTallerArte]

Alma corazón y vida

[@perrin6]

Some of this piece is ice-cold and conjures up deathly landscapes. Klingsor's influence ?

[@papagen00]

Wagner died after a performance of Parsifal. He had a heart attack after a big fight with jealous Cosima about one of the Flower Maidens.

[@harryhagan5937]

He dies in the Piazza San Marco, February 13, 1883. What a black day for the musical world.

[@MrOlogramma]

Karajan remains unreachable

[@rst7243]

You''re correct. He's dead.

[@davidblackburn3396]

Until he isn't. Lol

[@Dylonely_9274]

Heavenly

[@Medtszkowski]

Hello

[@Dylonely_9274]

@@Medtszkowski Hi

[@ojisten]

5:53

[@bernardlenfant6931]

Pourquoi les Français sont ils insensibles au grand Wagner ? surtout à l'écoute de cette belle page ?

[@pianopolly]

I can't say much about the piece or its performance for I lack the experience with it. But I do have to say that I would probably have a slight issue with the conductor making more eye contact with his score than with his musicians. I don't care that he's young - I find he conducts well, maybe a bit too "academic" for my taste. But he is more often than not buried in the score. The result is still good, so I wonder what he could achieve would he communicate more with his eyes and not only his hands. I would like to know what the musicians have to say about him.

[@josephanthony8585]

The conductor's main role is in the rehearsal of the orchestra in preparation for the performance and that he sets the tempo. Everything else is just for show so he could dance naked on the podium for all I care; it is the music to which I give my attention and concentration, performed flawlessly by this orchestra.

[@johanmauritzvannassau-sieg7878]

Some details in the interpretation of the musicians to what you are saying are very linked. I say, some sections the musicians in the way that are playing, gives them the most pleasure, but anyway I like a lot the final sound of the piece.

[@headythomas954]

Rhorer gave no bow to the horns, He is as dead to me... (-;

[@ericlunger8090]

The horns at 6:01 ff

[@JorgeGutierrez-vo1rc]

El conductor hace su trabajo de manera mecánica, no transmite emoción alguna, lo cual no le resta calidad a la excelente interpretación de los músicos, en una de las más bellas piezas en la historia de la música.

[@goodmusicfanatic4715]

I haven't listen a full opera never in my life. But for now Wagner overtures are enough.

[@daphnewilson7966]

Check out Rienzi.

[@daphnewilson7966]

I remember the anxiety of my parents, taking me to the Opera age 9: could the kid stand Wagner? Supposed to be so "heavy!" I was hooked in my gut from the first note. Thing is, it's all rock n roll. "Wild Horses" "Funeral for a Friend." Theme of Trek "Generations." It's all "program music" begging the Wagner orchestra to boom in the solar plexis and draw truth from our souls.

[@goodmusicfanatic4715]

@@daphnewilson7966 I liked your explanation and co-relation with rock & roll, I might give it a try. Is there a record from Rienzi with an specific Conductor & Orchestra that you recommend? Perhaps it will help me that I had read one of the the Books about Rienzi's life (Fascinating character actually) and from where Wagner get the inspiration for such opera. Cheers.

[@alandalus605]

Gott ist, Der spielt

[@anthonywilliams6764]

Once again, arguments begin between listeners who should be excluded from beauty and spirituality, whose comments denigrate the high ideals of Wagner and trivialise the performance of these fine musicians and the conductor of the orchestra who is outstanding in his integrity to truth in Art.. The only valid comments to this performance should come from musicians of the highest standard or composers who are judged by their peers , not by the cynical reduction of all human endeavour to it's lowest common denominator as is the case with the clowns who write nonsense from a perspective of mean spirit.

[@warship000]

Excellent.

[@warship000]

@Jerf Hankell Why?

[@DieterRahm1845]

In short: the only welcomed commenters are those who agree with me. Full stop.

[@ВладимирУ-т3ц]

Вовремя концерта надо затыкать уши рабочим сцены: а то они своими глупыми головами испортят великолепное исполнение!!!

[@tomthebomb557]

Some people can only see ugly .

[@felixdittrich5469]

Why are all comments here just so cringe? D:

[@nakedmambo]

Donald Trump on the clarinet at 12:30.

[@dudel39]

and there is john bolton at 15:00

[@brianstjohn]

So, it's a wind-band piece with some strings attached.

[@davidblackburn3396]

Two things: 1) No. 2) It appears that you are an idiot.

[@Wkkbooks]

This hall is thumpingly ugly.

[@davidblackburn3396]

The acoustics are good and that's what matters.

[@甘楽-k4b]

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[@DieterRahm1845]

Agree 100%

[@notaire2]

Typisch moderne Aufführung dieses typisch wagnerischen Vorspiels mit präzisen Töne und ohne überflüssige Dynamik oder unnötige Agogik.

[@shunyataberlin]

was ist an Dynamik und Agogik bitte überflüssig das macht eine Interpretation doch erst lebendig und interessant

[@johanmauritzvannassau-sieg7878]

Ich glaube, dass die Vorspiel keine animierte Interpretation braucht. Wie dieser phrase um 1:51. Aber ich mochte diese Version wirklich.

[@johnkinsella5358]

@@johanmauritzvannassau-sieg7878 Verdammt if you do, verdammt if you don't

[@marcelocarosio3282]

Ich frage mich, wie diese Musik im dritten Reich hätte gepflegt werden können

[@tejasnair3399]

I’d be more pleased seeing the conductor the whole time, much more information that way

[@ennor.9085]

das hat Wagner ja voll von den HerrDerRinge-Kinofilmen geklaut!..... ...^^

[@marcelocarosio3282]

I wonder how this music could have been cultivated in the Third Reich

[@perrin6]

The music can be interpreted as exploring good versus evil in our own hearts or good people versus evil people, however by defining the good as the interests of 'our tribe', 'our religion' or 'our nation' then those who belong to other tribes, religions, nations etc become the evil enemy so the music can then be about the struggle of 'us' versus 'them'.

[@davidblackburn3396]

Your comment is perhaps the most idiotic I've come across. Wagner wrote this in the 1880's. WTF?

[@zdenekklauda6267]

Completely dead performance. Disaster!

[@davidblackburn3396]

...and we all know what opinions are like because everybody's got one...

[@johanmauritzvannassau-sieg7878]

Amin Jordan ist unübertroffen, sorry - aber ist eine gute Leistung

[@ariciarose6917]

0:40

[@しろくま-u8j]

1:40