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.
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! :-)
Absolutely. Karajan was the most fanatical musical conservative conductor to live. I absolutely despise improvisations on compositions myself, which is why I adore Karajan.
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...
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'.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
yes, you can. but this a blessing AND a curse. I have yet to hear better versions of most romantic composers, Beethoven, Liszt ..... However, I can't bear Karajan versions of Mozart or Haydn. His style for me simply does not fit with the "Vienna Classic"
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.
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?
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.
...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!!!
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...
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.
...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….
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".
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.
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.
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!
Se la musica ha solo come effetto la critica digli orchestrali, e del direttore e... tradisce se stessa!.. Karajan , come tutti i grandi , è profeta e ambasciatore del Cristo Risorto, vi piaccia o noh! Grazie.
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
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.
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!
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 RU-vid as it is supposed to the be the absolute best.
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
