Liszt: Les Préludes, S 97 Karajan

Liszt: Les Préludes, S 97
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

[@yanhongtong7117]

This is exactly why classical music is timeless. What a performance under Karajan and the finest orchestra on the planet!

[@rainerausdemspring3584]

Are there better ones on Mars?

[@ronalddunne3413]

@@rainerausdemspring3584 Being the Red Planet, Mars has several Russian symphonies, playing the works of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Borodin... 😁

[@1q2w3e4r5t6zism]

The best orchestra was the Berliner Philharmoniker in the last years of the Second World War: apart from outstanding musical qualities, one senses the existential doubts throughout. Never was there more penetrating, more intense music than at the end of the war with the total collapse.

[@Kyo-de5dx]

@@rainerausdemspring3584 Go check and stay there !

[@csajkaedit]

Oh My Dear God! Liszt's LesPréludes is the best ever with Karajan! Nobody could interprete Liszt like him. I am, as a Hungarian born, 've bee moved down to the bottom of my heart and soul. Great thanks to Zauber620! :-)

[@63striker]

You are exactly correct about Karajan. No one else comes close.

[@josephupton3601]

I just now listened to 5 other versions. None of them can touch this one. Karajan is the man.

[@rohanbansal2324]

Absolutely. Karajan was the most fanatical musical conservative conductor to live. I absolutely despise improvisations on compositions myself, which is why I adore Karajan.

[@klauspetermann2373]

Do you know that the Part from Minute 2.45 to ~ 3.15 was the "entry music" to EVERY mesage in the nazi radio for Unternehmen Barbarossa, the war against the soviet union from 1941 to 1945! Every german knows this melody, its the sound of 30 million people murderd! In this seconds is the complete tragedy of germany! Karajan, Liszt, Berliner Philharmonica, here in use from Hitler and Goebbels for the biggest cruelty in the history of mankind. The german tragedy...

[@tranminhtu8339]

Holy hell this version is amazing

[@tranminhtu8339]

7:50

[@dwacheopus]

"Holy hell" lol

[@michaellorke1980]

What did you expect? Karajan and the Berlin philharmonic.....

[@XaropeFamel]

Creo que la versión de Toscanini es mejor. Por supuesto por la calidad de la gravación. Sin embargo Karajan es una referencia eterna. Creo ser Karajan mucho lento.

[@DCvg-tg4es]

Karajan never fails to astonish me.

[@haeleth7218]

When you open the pages of a reputable dictionary for the word 'masterpiece' and find the word, this starts playing at 2:47 onwards - this is 'beyond words good'.

[@navrozesethna1298]

Undoubtedly the best version that I have heard.

[@krischan67]

Well, this is a studio version of a world class piece of music, played by a world class orchestra with a world class conductor in a world class studio, so everything but being the best would have been a blunder. It sounds magnificient indeed!

[@navrozesethna1298]

@@krischan67 . True that!

[@herbiv5023]

Ein zeitloses Meisterwerk, perfekt umgesetzt, welch ein Genuß!

[@marcovallestilevalsesia2498]

Ci vuole l'incomparabile Karajan per esaltare il genio di liszt e di tutte le pagine epiche e grandiose come questa!

[@fulviolizzi5060]

Immenso nei secoli

[@dlhuo2340]

The best and the most beautiful version!!👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@yanhongtong7117]

Furtwangler's version is also great, so are Daniel Barenboim with BPO and Riccardo Muti with WPO, and a few more other interpretations as well. But none of them is as breath taking as Karajan's. Something in this version grabs your heart and soul throughout the song. Genius!

[@jameskaufmann5979]

This is the best version I have ever heard. I got this during the great Napster feeding frenzy, and since then wondered who the conductor and orchestra were. The mystery has now been solved.

[@Hiarren]

Why does this not have a million 'likes'?

[@CZGervais]

+Hiarren cause it is just perfect, it is not a kitsch!

[@jscottupton]

Because Justin Beiber and his brain-dead ilk live.

[@rohanbansal2324]

Thank the lord the rabble cannot appreciate music.

[@marquesse4938]

You are right. This Karajan version is just outstanding. It is so powerful compared to the other versions. But I love this piece because it was the background for the very old Flash Gordon serial. Every time I hear it I see Ming the Merciless! I can't help it LOL!

[@romarub]

Dreamlike defined! Phenomenal piece, exceptional performance. Even the still image complements the ethereal character of this incredible music.

[@idfazekas1199]

Brilliant ,sounds like a wake up call for humanity

[@thetruth495]

In 1941 it was a wake up call - but not for all humanity, by any means.

[@aconite72]

Les Preludes was banned for a while since it was the fanfare for Nazi Germany's war victories so ...

[@markmcnamara3191]

It was certainly a wake up call for Josef Stalin in 1941 as the theme for Operation Barbarossa.

[@gabrielealfinito1678]

Sublime!!!

[@alaincaron6324]

Cette musique que j’aime depuis que je suis enfant ...

[@yuyo1948]

Yo desde que la oí, casi no existían vinilos, solo emisoras de radio

[@charlestisserand7947]

Moi aussi, depuis 1958, chèr Alain! 😀

[@dpainter1526]

Et moi aussi...

[@lenarama1066]

Truly soul stirring

[@Boccaccio1811]

16:52 - when the orchestra is so in tune that it ends up sounding like an organ

[@The1976spirit]

Strauss and Scriabin used this effect with pleasure

[@SaraCoppi-g6u]

la grandeure...........que c'est grand !!!!! que c'est grand herbert von karaja berliner philarmoniker... non plus ultra , grazie!!!!!!!!

[@williamgreene1578]

Best finale ever!

[@germanaraya885]

Maravilloso.

[@edwinblank58]

Von Karajan war wie Wilhelm Furtwänger einfach der beste seiner Zeit.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

SENCILLAMENTE PRECIOSO

[@davidrehak3539]

Liszt Ferenc:Les Preludes Berlini Filharmonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Herbert von Karajan

[@ivanheck1987]

Liszt and Karajan are the best in this Les Preludes version

[@leoleo12321]

he is the best

[@matteverall943]

Motif 3: 10:54 Motif 2 form 2 love: 12:30 Motif 1 form 3: 14:22 Motif 2 theme 2: 14:57

[@passitelexk43]

un abbraccio a tutto il mondo...e un pensiero ai bambini di siria, gaza , africa, …. .come abbiamo potuto essere cosi' ciechi…… un bacio fraterno a tutti.

[@fossosejore]

Uno dei miei primi dischi in vinile, suonato letteralmente migliaia di volte...grande Karajan!

[@heldergirao7956]

A peça orquestral que mais apreciei de Franz Liszt, o Poema Sinfônico Les Préludes, que cativou-me demais na tenra idade da minha Juventude! Inesquecível e para todo o sempre...

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo bravo bravo grandiose genial music super

[@stephenmessick6619]

Just wonderful!!

[@manuelgutierrez4229]

la mano del conductor: Los ritmos y las cadencias conforman el sentimiento de esta hermosa pieza musical. Es la mejor versión hasta ahora, para mi gusto.

[@dgrm19]

LISZT THE BEST........ LISZT + KARAJAN = PERFECT !!!! Karjan is stricter than Solti

[@sierrajuliet7759]

karajan heard the main theme of die deutche wochenschau (the german weekly) every week at the movies, during wwii. How could he forget it?

[@vseiko4066]

@Milnes, Corelli, di Stefano and more Because you are stupid ..... very stupid

[@beethovenberlioz]

Liszt genius!!!!!!####

[@rafaelmarinluna3597]

Superbe! Risen music!

[@Psych1234-k7q]

What a brass!

[@anibalelosegui9985]

No cabe duda, una versión inigualable. KARAJAN cuenta por lo menos con tres. Entiendo que esta es el último registro con la Berlin. La de EMI con la Philharmonia es excelente pero menos espléndida que la grabación de turno con la Berlin. Karajan, Fielder y Solti.

[@krischan67]

2:25 - Oh my god, the grandeur. THE GRANDEUR!

[@glaucoselva3327]

the magic of Karajan.

[@ronalddunne3413]

IIRC, this tune was used by German radio when signing off it's broadcasts to the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. Very catchy tune! I like this performance, it is a genuine German production as it was done in ww2. Altho I am American of neither Hungarian nor German stock, it rocks me to my soul... truly great and inspired music!

[@peteroca4369]

Ah,JA...With this music,no less conducted by Karajan...Absolutely.

[@haeleth7218]

You know your history. It was called, 'Die Deutschen Wochenschau' and was broadcast in German cinemas during the war (also radio to the U-boats).

[@carlhuffman454]

Couple this with the Badenweiler Marsch and yo hit the jackpot. :)

[@carlhuffman454]

Make that "you" ; fumble fingers at work

[@madraven07]

Mind blown

[@DanielRivera-ps8ry]

hace años que escucho esta increible pieza y me lleva mas alla de mi mismo.el ser humano como creador y terrible destructor de si mismo.parecieran eternos conflictos y apenas un breve tiempo de conmocion en nuestras vidas,cual es la razon que nos lleva a conflictos interiores y externos continuamente,porque el desprecio por el otro yo no puedo entenderlo pero el solo hecho de escuchar la musica me da la sensacion de paz pero la duda esta alli no hay respuesta posible.

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

Karajan The Charisma .

[@mangiafrani]

Yes, MUSICAITALIA I have it on cd. It's on RCA "Living Stereo" disc featuring: Prokofiev - "Love For Three Oranges", Chopin - "Les Sylphides", Liszt- "Les Preludes" - "Mazeppa".

[@kamillakovacs545]

Tökéletes. Minden hang a helyén. Nagyon szép felvétel

[@richardstafford7865]

If my life had a theme song this would be it!

[@romarub]

Okay, Flash. Great choice.

[@ronalddunne3413]

I close my eyes and listen... soldiers with radios available on the Ost Front would have heard this every evening as Radio Berlin signed off for the night... takes me far away in my mind.... Even my cat, "Prettyface" seems to like this music.. (can cats really respond to, or like music?

[@kkapur426]

Bravo !!

[@jean-lucbrocker9018]

Cette musique est géniale, elle me rappelle mon ascension de la Zugspitze.

[@prassitelexk4336]

tv7... e avevo solo 7 anni e mamma aspettava le gemelline...mia nonna che studiava col maestro Manzi, un genio... W quella Italia , W ! tv 7 esordiva con questa opera di Franz Liszt!

[@passitelexk43]

.......grazie.....

[@michaelsultemeier8840]

14:45

[@davidspencer4632]

I like 1) bacon; 2) rotisserie chicken from Costco; and 3) Liszt :-)

[@wandervanhoucke4331]

Did you know that Liszt means flour in Hungarian?:)

[@yuyo1948]

Dicen los entendidos que es muy extraña esta composición; para mí es fantástica, intensa y cercana a Wagner

[@АнатолийЛаднер-и1с]

класс!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@michaelchristian5089]

In this piece Liszt has a similar sense of musical drama as Wagner.

[@michaellorke1980]

not surprising, Wagner was married to Liszt's daughter.....

[@XaropeFamel]

BH; Je voudrais suggérer de capturer des enregistrements en FLAC, car ils sont de bien meilleure qualité que MP3. Merci beaucoup.

[@passitelexk43]

...il pollice verso..... peccato, una occasione per essere riconosciuto vivo...

[@prassitelexk4336]

...grazie A tutti e tanto bene e la gioia del Signore risorto, quella vera. Ciao fratelli. arcangelo Raphael che presiede alle arti e alle scienze e alla musica. s. Michele e Gabriele, accompagnateci SEMPRE!!!

[@giacomocastelli9728]

Emozionante

[@tanello2]

15:52 Die Deutsche Wochenschau

[@williammolina1916]

Amanecer en el sosiego de la claridad con el tono de los pájaros y la vida en latente abierta El desarrollo va entonando victorias y desengaños , allí el ánimo la alegría su fuerza yo los acompaño

[@은색-q3e]

말그대로 가슴이 웅장해지네요

[@michaelsultemeier8840]

13:45 Minuten

[@lotharschulte9699]

15Min.45Sek.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

*Liszt is a jolly good fellow, Liszt is a jolly good fellow, noone can deny* : 14:57

[@dieterreinhard8025]

Beste Version!

[@simon4781]

15:53 _"Das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht gibt bekannt"_

[@garymeredith488]

I concur with the comment below. Although the Furtwangler version seems more vital, energetic. Perhaps because of the age, probably pre-WW 2. - Les Préludes - Franz Liszt Orchestre Philharmonique de Vienne - Wilhelm Furtwängler.

[@robertmcdonald8342]

There was a piece that von Karajan did th

[@clovissimard3099]

Mon être vibre sur la terre !

[@moeskido]

Captain Proton to the rescue!

[@massimogangemi1953]

Al di sopra delle capacità immaginativa dell'essere umano.....Les Prelude, ..il preludio alla Vera Vita

[@robertszvetics210]

FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE

[@frayedknotarts]

Oh, Crap! You're right! I'd forgotten that use.

[@royboswell2270]

I heard this first while watching the original Flash Gordon series on a neighbor's TV around 1951-2. The music went right through me, and I was never the same. It began my love of classical music. Little Richard and Fats Domino had to make room for Liszt. And boy did Les Prelude drape myth over the series. Elevated it, so it still plays today when you can find it.

[@weepunt4422]

Das OKW macht bekannt...

[@mcurran6505]

15:09

[@yourtutor7895]

isnt it flash adolf that wanted to conquer the tze pannett and tzen tze univerze

[@marquesse4938]

This is very good, better than the Fiedler to me. That one was a little too "pops" for my tastes. I wish they had the recording by Gianandrea Noseda on KZbin as it is supposed to the be the absolute best.

[@moboutmen]

FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE!

[@rufinosanchez2703]

Esto es un monumento de obra e interpretación.

[@krischan67]

As a child, once I watched the movie "Animals are beautiful people". There is a scene in which thousands of pelican hatchlings were doomed to die because the dry season came too early, so their parents had to leave and all of them went on their death march through the desert that was once a lake, leaving a trail of dead pelican babies. I was totally devastated and went into tears. But then, rain clouds appeared like mighty war machines while the 2:45 part of Les Preludes was played. At first, the heat evaporated the rain and the pelican babies kept on dying, but finally the rain prevailed when there was only one baby pelican left. That must have been 45 years ago and both the scene and the music left a permanent impression on me. My childhood memories gave this piece of music a special place in my heart. I had to sweep away a tear while I wrote this.

[@Dodo-ze5ep]

Music can do amazing things...

[@krischan67]

@@Dodo-ze5ep Yes. Keep on sending the mighty rain clouds, Liszt, save the baby pelicans. That's what I'm having in my mind when hearing this!

[@michaelsultemeier8840]

etwa 09:00 Minuten

[@mangiafrani]

Fine recording but the tympani could have been louder.

[@isabelladestegonzaga5529]

2:45 - kriegste nicht mehr aus dem kopf - SONDERMELDUNG !

[@japonicaren]

Vertigo Politix brought me here.

[@rohanbansal2324]

I admire the true west. I knew his work but I know him better than my father.

[@petebondurant58]

This always makes me want to fight to the bitter end in Berlin.

[@prassitelexk4336]

Un abbraccio forte a tutti i perseguitati , a coloro offesi ... Cristo E' RISORTO!! e tornera' Glorioso e Trionfante , è la Sua parola.

[@passitelexk43]

...la musica...tutto quello che ho avuto...mi ha fatto uomo, ho percepito il segreto di Dio...e ho visto l'immenso...forse ho sbagliato, ma non mi sono arreso mai, io!.... le traversie della vita…. purtroppo, e gli ignoranti in malafede….

[@prassitelexk4336]

ho rivisitato tutta la mia vita... grandisimo Karajan, grande.

[@peppertrout6102]

15:53 Listening to the enemy’s radio.

[@The1976spirit]

"Leider nicht von mir!" Alexander Scriabin

[@esterbalbi4558]

the gretest!

[@mackmacksam534]

Die wochenschau

[@andrejandrejevic5756]

Ovo je trulo, šta traje 17 minuta

[@dwacheopus]

I've heard a piano version of it, but this is better!!

[@dwacheopus]

I changed my mind

[@jeanbellivier7209]

KARAJAN le summum

[@mangiafrani]

Best is still the Fiedler recording.

[@mangiafrani]

yes i do. I can copy for you, no charge.

[@stephenmessick6619]

It is nice to see the readers/listeners playing, well, nicely!

[@CD122344]

Absolitely! Have known that recording since 1960.

[@sierrajuliet7759]

karajan disciple of furtwägler the ace of nazi conducters who was not nazi. Sadly so much romantic german music only became infamous via wwii. What would the ride of the valkyries be without the luftwaffe? Evil genius.

[@robertmcdonald8342]

Stratta di madrid

[@heatherferreira4225]

15:41 = The Official Moment of "THAT DOES IT." Good finally has seen enough, rolls up its sleeves, backs Evil into the corner, and delivers it the final asskicking of its unnatural fucking life

[@bellerophon1218]

Lang lebe unser geliebtes deutsches Vaterland. Auf das es wieder so werde, wie es einmal war.

[@davidtorresruiz5415]

14 sordos, qué pena.

[@donnafromnyc]

And von Karajan knew where this came from...being a good rehabbed Nazi, he played it just as the official introductory theme of the WWII Die Deutsche Wochenschau newsreel was played. (It was the theme from the Russian invasion in 1941 to end, and also radio reports on the RRG.)

[@franziskakre8309]

You know that Liszt died long before the bad austrian painter became "Reichskanzler"?

[@bettinamagyar7502]

Franziska Kreß

[@gergelykiss]

What do you mean "where this came from"? It "came" from the pen of Liszt, the most cosmopolitan composer of the 19th century. He wrote this in the late 1840s - the inspiration came from two French poets, Autran and Lamartine. Liszt described the title "Les Preludes" as referring to the beginning of his own development as a composer. Furthermore, Liszt's world-view was opposed to everything that can be associated with Nazi ideology. The only thing he cared for was the content of people's character - he supported, taught and promoted musicians from every national/religious background he encountered. He would have been utterly revolted to learn about his music being used for totalitarian propaganda. The German Music Society he founded (Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein) was shut down by the Nazis when they came to power - they wouldn't discriminate against Jewish musicians, so they had to be crushed.

[@b.anders]

@@gergelykiss thank you for your education on this. I allways was ambivalent about this piece of music. I love it but the fact that the nazis ( mis)used it for their wartime propaganda made me back away from it. Now I know this I can truely appreciate it in all its beauty.

[@xTheDvl]

Sejt

[@legoliwaug]

Mardi