Fuck Yeah Classical
For the love of all music that is classical. Remember, all music was once new.
Run by: macmankev and christielouwho
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Video reblogged from The Muse and the Fashion
Quarto Quartet playing Mahler Piano Quartet (via Tiririnti)
A rare piece composed by Mahler when he was around 15 or 16 and the only chamber piece he composed. Only the first movement was ever completed. Somehow it survived when Mahler destroyed most of his pieces written in his teen years. I really like it. :)
Piano Quartet in A Minor, first movement (unfinished) - Gustav Mahler
Quarto Quartet
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Gustav Mahler with his daughters Maria (3) and Anna (1), 1905
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Audio post reblogged from topofobia
Symphony No. 9 (1908-09)
Gustav Mahler
- III. Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig (A minor)
Leonard Bernstein; New York Philharmonic
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Audio post reblogged from topofobia
Symphony No. 5 (1901-02)
Gustav Mahler
- Finale
Leonard Bernstein; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 9/8/1987: Frankfurt am Main, Alte OperPreviously, from the same recording, the fourth movement from this symphony
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To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler (b. 7 July 1860), I’ve uploaded—during the last days—movements of his nine symphonies, all performed by Leonard Bernstein. Orchestras conducted include: London Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw and Vienna Philharmonic. Here is the list:
- Symphony No. 1: III and finale
- Symphony No. 2: IV
- Symphony No. 3: V
- Symphony No. 4: II
- Symphony No. 5: IV and finale
- Symphony No. 6: III
- Symphony No. 7: III
- Symphony No. 8: I
- Symphony No. 9: III
I’ve decided not to include his Symphony No. 10 (at the time of Mahler’s death the composition was only a draft) and his Das Lied von der Erde. Laid out in six separate movements, Das Lied von der Erde, is described on the title-page as “A Symphony for Tenor, Contralto and Large Orchestra” but is not numbered as a symphony.
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Audio post reblogged from topofobia[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]This track has had 430 playsValse scherzo, Op. 34 by Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Itzha
Symphony No. 3 (1893-96)
Gustav Mahler
- V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (Cheerful in tempo and bold in expression) [F major] “Es sungen drei Engel” (“What the Angels Tell Me”)
Text: Clemens Brentano and Bettina von Arnim from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano;
Leonard Bernstein; New York Philharmonic;
Women’s Chorus of the Schola Cantorum (Hugh Ross, chorus master);
Boy’s Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration (Stuart Gardner, chorus master)
Recorded April 3, 1961, at Manhattan Center, New York City---(Original German)--- Bimm, bamm, bimm, bamm. Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang, mit Freuden es selig in dem Himmel klang. Sie jauchzten fröhlich auch dabei: daß Petrus sei von Sünden frei! Und als der Herr Jesus zu Tische saß, mit seinen zwölf Jüngern das Abendmahl aß, da sprach der Herr Jesus: "Was stehst du denn hier? Wenn ich dich anseh', so weinest du mir!" "Und sollt' ich nicht weinen, du gütiger Gott? Ich hab' übertreten die zehn Gebot! Ich gehe und weine ja bitterlich! Ach komm und erbarme dich über mich!" "Hast du denn übertreten die zehen Gebot, so fall auf die Knie und bete zu Gott! Liebe nur Gott in all Zeit! So wirst du erlangen die himmlische Freud'." Die himmlische Freud' ist eine selige Stadt, die himmlische Freud', die kein Ende mehr hat! Die himmlische Freude war Petro bereit't, durch Jesum und allen zur Seligkeit. Bimm, bamm, bimm, bamm. ---(In English)--- Ding, dong, ding, dong. Three angels sang a sweet song, with blessed joy it rang in heaven. They shouted too for joy that Peter was free from sin! And as Lord Jesus sat at the table with his twelve disciples and ate the evening meal, Lord Jesus said: "Why do you stand here? When I look at you, you are weeping!" "And should I not weep, kind God? I have violated the ten commandments! I wander and weep bitterly! O come and take pity on me!" "If you have violated the ten commandments, then fall on your knees and pray to God! Love only God for all time! So will you gain heavenly joy." The heavenly joy is a blessed city, the heavenly joy that has no end! The heavenly joy was granted to Peter through Jesus, and to all mankind for eternal bliss. Ding, dong, ding, dong.
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Audio post reblogged from topofobia
Symphony No. 4 in G major (1899-1901)
Gustav Mahler
- II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (Leisurely moving, without haste)
Leonard Bernstein; New York Philharmonic
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]This track has had 560 playsSymphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection": IV. "Urlicht" - Sehr Feierlich, Aber Schlicht) - Etwas bewegter by New York Philharmonic with Leonard BernsteinSymphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”: IV. “Urlicht” - Sehr Feierlich, Aber Schlicht) - Etwas bewegter by Gustav Mahler
New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein
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Audio post reblogged from accidental charm
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 in D major, III. Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai.
Hajime Teri Murai, Peabody Symphony Orchestra
As Ms. Alice so aptly put it, “THERE AIN’T NO RONDO LIKE A MAHLER RONDO CUZ A MAHLER RONDO DON’T STOP.”
