I was late to figure out that Kleiber would be in Japan with BSO.(I was very busy in doing business in Japan.) All tickets were totally sold out.(It was about 20 years ago.) I ended up paying 1,000US to get a ticket. The program was with Beethoven's symphony. Die fledermaus was a piece for encore. When he went back to cunductor box, he said, "Koumori. (Japanese word meaning "Bat.") I remember crying all night like a baby. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life.
The precision of the most disciplined music making combined with freedom and energy of a drunk garage band. What this man was able to do (albeit on rare occasions and perhaps at great cost to himself) is on some other level.
NOTES TO EDITORS In November 2010 BBC Music Magazine asked 100 leading conductors to name the maestros they admire above all others.Carlos Kleiber has today been crowned the greatest conductor of all time by a selection of 100 of today's finest maestros.
The complete control that he has on that little asside at 5:36 is breathtaking. It's like the orchestra are just another part of his central nervous system. I'm sad I never got to see him live.
I really have a good time watching Kleiber and the musicians. His graceful ballet movements adds so much to my enjoyment and understanding of the music.
I was there in the concert hall. It was simply the best I have seen. I have never seen such a beautiful thing in my life. The way Kleiber handle the button was nothing, but magic. Kleiber shakes swings his body at 4:07. I have never seen anybody who did it like him. I was in tears all night. I thank god to let me be there.....
Merveilleux! Epoustouflant! Don Carlos a du "instruire" chaque musicien bavarois de la manière dont il entendait que "Die Fledermaus" soit joué!! Carlos Kleiber, tu nous manque et nous manqueras toujours!!!
今更かもしれませんが、この８６年の来日公演がここでみられるとは、びっくりして倒れそうです。死ぬまで見られないのではないか と思っておりました。感激です。感動です。I love him and his performance very very much. Thank you. Thank you very very much!!! Viva!! Carlos. Arigato!!
There are several posts of Carlos Kleiber rehearsing Fleidermaus--with a whole heart I recommend finding one with English subtitles and this is the key to know what you are watching him doing! He never wasted a single gesture or expression, his orchestras adored him but he was a dictator, they went the distance for him, watching him line hawks! Since Kleiber worked harder than anyone, they forgave him everything, it's food for useful thought to study him, he was a real perfectionist and stu
It's beautiful to see that he just waves a little with his hand in this video and the orchestria reacts to that. And this man is not just some lazy man, because when you see the rehearsel from 1970 you see how much signs he put into it and he doesn't need to use that now because they've just practiced it in so well. Gotta love this!
I have always wondered why musicians rate him so highly. From watching this clip I can understand. His personality pervades the whole scene and he appears as every player's friend.
Great conducting !! This is a very good orchestra playing fabulous music . The orchestra played like one instrument. It was cohesive and the dynamic balance sounded very right. What an extraordinary moment that was in that ugly looking hall !!!
Molto "ieratico" come uomo. Dio e il Diavolo nello stesso tempo. Il più grande senza dubbio... Grazie Maestro per le grandi emozioni che hai saputo regalarmi!
D'accord Carlos Kleiber l'a dirigé mille fois cette Chauve-Souris!! D'accord on peut trouver tout ce qu'on veut pour diminuer son mérite!! Mais quel plaisir unique de l'entendre et de le voir!!! et il n'y en a qu'un pour cela, Carlos Kleiber!!!!
Carlos Kleiber was one of a kind. Just shows you how important to produce a proper performance of a wonderful score. No less important than the score itself. Bravo maestro.
This is the first video of Kleiber I have found where not one comment is made comparing him to another conductor (especially that certain one that was in Berlin for 34 years). I think the man can stand up quite well on his own. One thing is certain: he loves what he is doing and it shows!
watch Kleiber rehearsal of Fleidermaus! It is the Rosetta Stone and then you will know what he is up to up there! He never wasted a gesture of flicker of eye and he is worth studying! Grande Carlos!
Fantastique Kleiber inoubliable Kleiber. Merveilleux conducteur et surtout excellent danseur..... c'était !.. Aujourd'hui nous avons Franz Welser Most qui pour moi est dans ce même morceau d'une élégance et d'un raffinement sans égal, c'est un intellectuel et un philosophe de la musique et ça c'est incomparable. Avec l'âge il se bonifie car l'ouverture de la Fledermaus il l'a enregistré avec l'orchestre de Londres ( il avait tout juste une toute petite trentaine d'années) et en 2018 il a dirigé l'orchestre de Dresde et c'était absolument extraordinaire. C'est aujourd'hui le meilleur....
They are both outstanding, but perhaps you are right in preferring this one. It is certainly livelier, and Kleiber is in a more relaxed mood. The 1989 version was the opening selection of that year's Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert, and Kleiber appears a bit tense -- as he often was at the beginning of a concert. In this case he is playing his favorite overture as an encore, after a successful concert, and the pressure is off. Here he is conducting the Bavarian State Orchestra, which was his "home" ensemble (though he did conduct the Vienna musicians many times). On the other hand, the oboe solos in the Vienne performance are remarkably eloquent.
