Wonderfully performed! Next month I will be performing this piece for my first time as a member of the horn section of the Sequim City Band. I am looking forward to it.
I have NEVER heard a better version !!!! The passion everyone has here is unbelievable!!! Which makes it even better to watch and listen to!!!!!CONGRATS ALL!!! Great job !!
I was raised by a dad who played this overture very loud and fun! Who said classical music is not soulful or sensational? This hits both! Watch all these orange-hair dudes(very few girls?) and conductor delivering the overture in the most deep and soulful way! Nice.
Although a tremendously popular recorder, he perhaps has never achieved the same status as the greatest conductors like Kleiber, Bernstein, Karajan, and Solti. But the more I listen to and see him on RU-vid, it seems like every piece of music he conducts is as good as any other recording of that piece that I can come across. He really is a sensational conductor.
A conductor is useless without great musicians and great musicians don't even NEED a conductor...I think their position is greatly overrated. Some of them use such bizarre gesticulations that it detracts from the performance. Herbert von Karajan for one. Yes, I know this is blasphemy to some. The orchestra and the MUSIC should be the major focus with the conductor merely an adjunct in the background.
SpeedyNeutrino172 ...I think it always comes down to the arrangement. Even the greatest musicians will sound like crap if the arrangement is bad. Great arrangers, on the other hand, can make even crappy music sound incredible at the hands of a good orchestra. As an analogy, the arranger and orchestra are basically like the catcher and pitcher in a baseball game. Pitchers without a good catcher are worth nothing since the catcher can't catch anything; a good catcher will make even a subpar pitcher seem good.
J. Chapman It's true that the very top orchestras and the very best music, such as the Brahms' or Tchaikovsky 4th with the Berlin or Vienna Phil., offer less opportunities for the great conductors to stand out. Nonetheless, they can still make a difference by their choice of tempo, volume modulations, balance of the different sections, and the sheer energy of their conducting. At his best, Toscanini's performance would stand out with any music and any orchestra. But the difference between conductors is easier to detect with the orchestras just below the very top. I rated Leonard Bernstein as No. 1 in his generation particularly because of how many recordings he made with the NY Philarmonic that rivaled recordings by other conductors with the far better Vienna or Berlin. Likewise, Janson's performances with so-so orchestras like Pittsburgh and Oslo show how good he is. And the great ones also make a big difference in more complex or lesser quality music, yielding vastly different quality performances of a Mahler 5th or Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, or a Nielsen symphony.
My opinion, but why is Jansons conducting this with a score? He's accomplished enough here to conduct this from memory. The score is a crutch. Maybe this is why he never reached legendary status. It's not Mahler he's conducting.
Absolutely stirring, brilliant, amazing and emotionally moving. The last 90 seconds is incredible!!! Love how they shape the music, and l love the bloke with a fat jaw playing the string bass at 6:09...his style of playing is so unusual, and it tells me he is sooo good because he handles the instrument like poetry....his hands roll over the instrument without effort. I wonder if he is the principle bass player?
Now hear this! Some lesser orchestras would have given a "ho hum" performance of a fairly lightweight overture such as this, but look at the passion and enjoyment exuded by many of the players here. This is what sets apart what is clearly one of the World's great orchestras from the also rans.
I think they kicked butt on this one . Very passionate .Sometimes in rehearsal you just go through the motions.. Showtime is quite different . Clearly , it shows here. Bravo !!!
Em meu som ouvia mais de 200 mil vezes que coisa mais linda os de casa Me perguntava nao se cansa de ouvir a mesma coisa respondia estou ouvindo pela primeira vez estou conhecendo agora observei que tenhe um musico que parece esta extreando na orquestra agora que bela cena afelicidade esta tomando conta do seu seblante que maravilha coisa de Deus Isis
I love how it's outside and it is full of people and plus the clarinet plays pretty for his solo I'm playing this with my orchestra and the clarinet solo is played by a girl. Why is it green at the beginning that doesn't makes since but I'm glad it doesn't stay green the whole time then if it does then I can't see the great players play the song. Oh the clarinet is so pretty he plays it so smoothly thanks for the post!!!!! Keep it up please!
Que exprecao bonita desse musico se percebece que esta muito feleis com seu extrumento que coisa linda parabens a esse moco isis vendo as coisa linda de uma orquestra lindo mesmo Isis
+umarth . Not the Horns. The conductor didn't bring the violins in on time and they unfortunately followed him. You can hear the horns leave a quarter note out to catch up. Whoa!!
I volunteer for our local symphony in Southern California. Oh, how I wish the director would pick this one, but brass players are at a premium here unless we pay them exorbitant amounts of money. the orchestra is 90% volunteer.
O .... K .... I WAS going to comment on how much I love this piece of music and how great it sounds in this video ... but it looks like I am the ONLY one who does not know jack about orchestral performances. I have Spanish Andalusian (PRE) horses and love Classical Riding to music .... so, for what it's worth, this is amazing music for the canter -- single lead canter, flying lead changes, canter pirouette and, even, occasional gallops ... Thank you for your consideration of my comment. Feeling a little bit dumb.
Madonna, prima volta sento un sbaglio cosi grande. I corni se equivocano dele armonie dell' Allegro e lasciano stare. Jansons non conosce la opera? Perche diriggerla allora?
I think a conductor owes it to the orchestra to be as clear as possible about what he/she wants from them. As von Karajan grew older his gesticulations became bizarre and erratic to the extent that I don't see how an orchestra could follow him. This is just one example....Mariss Jansons method seems very clear and easy to follow. I say this as a musician. I'm just an amateur but I've played under several conductors and directors along the way so I have at least an inkling of what musicians expect from their leader.
jansons couldn't tell if they were sharp or flat.i saw him conduct many times with the Pittsburgh Symphony including rehearsals. I was singularity unimpressed
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