I think its his tragic fate - people are forever trying to find traces of his mental illness in his music, calling it unbalanced, excessive or overly emotional. Yet it is "romantic" in its finest form - emotional yes - but finely crafted, melodic and warm - be it his Symphonies, his piano-works or his concertos. Thank you for bringing this up!
Good question. Maybe the original poster "loganfruchtman" didn't really mean "hate" in its hostile form, but maybe "loving less" than other symph composers in the LvB class. I don't agree with his adjective "underrated" since all the four are being performed by all great orchestras in their regular repertoire.@@Canufindnow
@@Canufindnow Probably people who did not make an effort to understand him. I love his works, & his wife's, in part because I appreciate some of the feelings which propelled them. His violin concerto is a study of obsession & frustration. Most people whose mental health is declining are very aware of it & typically find little help, relief or understanding.
Wieder einmal ein magisches Erlebnis. Die 4te klingt frisch und lebhaft - die Tempis waren straff und dynamisch, die Melodienbögen fein hervorgehoben. DAs hr-SO war wieder in bestechender Form - das Dirigat einfühlsam und makellos. Gerne mehr mit Fr. Bihlmaier. Und wie stets - ein Sonderlob für Kameraführung und Soundregie! Das einzige was ich nicht verstehe sind die wenigen "likes" - unverständlich bei einer sehr guten Leistung. Fröhliche Feiertage!
My favorite Schumann symphony played by what has become my favorite orchestra, regardless of the identity or gender of theconductor. I first came to know the piece through a Klemperer LP back in the 1970's. As always in the big German works, he really laid down the law. Much slower than here, but with that kind of power that only he could bring. My tastes have evolved since, and I've come to prefer it as here, and especially as performed by these musicians.
As a hobby orchestra player: To the professionals. How do you recognize anything in the conducting of Anja Bihlmaier? I can bareley see the counting times of the bars in her conducting. Are you guys not needing those? As a drummer and percussionist I would surely mishit every stroke, if she was my conductor.
Apparently there's no such thing as a lousy orchestra in Germany. This is an area where the German notoriously meticulous attention to detail is amply rewarded. Anscheinend gibt es in Deutschland so etwas wie ein lausiges Orchester nicht. Dies ist ein Bereich, in dem die deutsche berüchtigte Liebe zum Detail reichlich belohnt wird.
Erdige Interpretation dieser deutschen doch perfekt komponierten Sinfonie durch die erfahrene Dirigentin und das perfekt aufeinander abgestimmte hr-Sinfonieorchester mit seidigen Tönen der Streicher, farbenreichen Tönen der Holzbläser und betörenden Klängen der Blechbläser und Pauken. Danke fürs Onlinestellen!
Lebhafte und wunderschöne Aufführung dieser romantischen und einzigartig komponierten Sinfonie mit gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und echt melodisch. Im Kontrast klingt der dritte Satz echt lebhaft und auch beweglich. Endlich kommt der großartige letzte Satz voller Bewegung und Begeisterung. Die intelligente und geniale Dirigentin leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im relativ schnellen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Einfach wundervoll!
ECHT gut und 1fach... yesssss - WUNNERVOLL. Schööne Feiertage und e guude Rutsch, bitte rutschfrei. Sonderlob für Alejandro Rutkauscas - Höre soeben sein feines Konzertmeister-Solo im 1. Satz.
Qui dit que Schumann n’est pas un maître ? C’est un des plus grands compositeurs romantiques!!! Et cet orchestre de Francfort est un des plus brillants que je connaisse et admire!!!
The recording balance is simply not right. There is a spot microphone on the flutes and oboes that is turned up too loud. There is no way the flutes should be drowning out the violins, but there are times when they do just that. Never mind that they are magnificent wind players, they need to be heard in proper context of the full orchestra. So far as I can tell, the performance meets the usual high standard of this orchestra, but the faulty balance is quite annoying.
Eu passei entender a estética sinfônica de Schumann quando li que elas seguem a "lógica" da última de Schubert, a grande, e não as de Beethoven. Sei que cada obra vale por si, mas acho esse dado relevante.
I shall check with my own score but I guess my impression has to do with the unusual balance between strings and other sections of the orchestra. This may come from the quite unusually low number of strings is (probably around forty) or from the sound recording.
call me old-fashioned (I'm a young person in my 30's) but i'm still getting used to seeing a woman symphonic conductor on the podium in this post-Covid world we live in. I firmly belive in meritocracy and not trophy based on gender or race.
