Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - Cleveland Orchestra/Szell (1969)
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- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
SYMPHONY NO. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, 'Pathétique'
Cleveland Orchestra
GEORGE SZELL, cond.
Recording: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, August 16, 1969
I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo (0:00)
II. Allegro con grazia (18:27)
III. Allegro molto vivace (26:44)
IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso - Andante (37:04)
Wonderful.... just like I remember. I had the incredible luck to be a college student in Cleveland in the 1960s. Szell was conductor, Louis Lane was Associate Conductor, and James Levine was Assistant Conductor. My dorm room was 500 feet from Severance Hall! Even better, some generous anonymous alumnus had endowed a full row of balcony seats for students for every Thursday concert: all a student had to do was go to the English Department secretary on Wednesday and ask for a free ticket. I did, often, and got a wonderful enjoyable education in classical music I shall remember always. Sadly, Szell died the day I moved out of Cleveland, but I am so glad his music lives on!
You were blessed Dude. I was there nearby as well but could never attend the concerts. However I was blessed to listen to pirated weekly WCLV replays of the concerts on the best audio equipment available - an inside source.
Best orchestra in the US by a long shot.
Has there EVER been a live performance of the third movement like the one on this recording? "Cataclysmic" is the word that springs to mind. You can tell at the end of it that the audience is in a state of shock. Would love to have been present at the Blossom Music Center for THAT.
私はこれまでセル、クリーブランドによるこの記録が存在する事は知りませんでした。4番はロンドン交響楽団、5番はクリーブランドとの名演は有名であるがだけに、本6番の発見は大変嬉しく思います。内容も4,５番に違わず素晴らしいものです。アップして下さった投稿者に感謝いたします。
セルとクリーブランドの「悲愴」、なんとも凄い演奏が残っていたものですね。既に廃盤のCDも存在していたようなので、今後探してみようと思います。
Savršena izvedba! To je muzika!
Eine großartige, ausbalancierte Interpretation dieser eindringlichsten und ausdrucksstärksten Sinfonie Tschaikowskys.
Szell wählte gut aufeinander abgestimmte Tempi, ohne zu überziehen (z.B. im dritten Satz) und er arbeitete die Stellen, die emotional und dynamisch an die Extreme gehen, deutlich heraus, ohne dass der Orchesterklang undurchsichtig wurde. Szell scheint dieses Werk zutiefst verstanden zu haben. Grosses Geschenk.
DANKE !
Готов подписаться под каждым словом.Селл был исключением из числа западных дирижеров отсутствием ложной патетики,в выборе правильных темпов,в переходе от одной фразы к другой.Спасибо ему!
AHA! So THAT's how it goes!! NOW I understand, that this isn't a morbid and increasingly self-pitying piece at all, but a very original and well-constructed symphony. Almost incredible.
The stormy section starting about midway through the 1st movement.... 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥 The tempo is PERFECT. Too many orchestras play it too fast -- makes it feel frantic and rushed. Maestro Szell's tempo gives all the drama and passion, along with propulsion and precision. The rest of the work is brilliantly interpreted and executed. Bravissimo to the Maestro and all the players!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Not just another Pathetique. Appreciate much this middle section. The same Tchaikovsky composed Pique Dame and I personnally feel something of the fantastic, malevolent accents of the confrontation between the Countess and Hermann here.
Muchas gracias por compartir estas grandes interpretaciones de estos grandes directores. Lo único es que la traducción de los comentarios es muy buena, salvo al final, cuando traduce "players" por jugadores, en lugar de intérpretes. Gracias de nuevo.
第5の名演はあまりに有名ですが、第6があったとは。正直言ってチャイコフスキーは、情動的にもたれる感じで、あまり好んで聞きませんが、これはほんとうに驚異的。三楽章終わりの拍手も、全く納得です。
Bravo! この演奏を聴けてよかった、と心から思います。
I been waiting for the day I found one of Szell and Cleveland performances of a Tchaikovsky symphony. I've heard recordings of Szell and Cleveland performing Beethoven, Mozart , and Haydn before, but never Tchaikovsky. I know Szell wasn't a big Tchaikovsky guy, and really focused on Beethoven and Mozart. Nevertheless, it still is nice to hear a performance of Szell and Cleveland playing Tchaikovsky.
Szell's Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra, originally issued on Epic and now available for streaming (or download) on Qobuz and other lossless platforms, is - no pun intended - an epic recording,
@@GeneGaudette There's also Szell's recording of the Fourth with the LSO on the Decca label.
Thank you for this amazing performance. Szell did not record it in studio. I wonder how many times he conducted it.
Where is this from? I was principal cellist at the time ! Lynn Harrell
August 16, 1969 during the Blossom Music Festival - perhaps the Maestro's last performances in the summer retreat......?
lynn harrell I,m listening your recording of Bach's suites this days,late at night, after a day in this crazy world.what can i say? .Mr. Harrell,Thank you very much.
I think this is a broadcast file. The announcement must have been trimmed from this upload. I personally like the 1968-69 season opener better (than this).
I remember when you took over for Jules Eskin...............what a great orchestra: the sound, the reading, and, of course, Szell>>>>
Nice to hear from such a distinguished musician & much respect for so many hours listening to some of your performances sir
それにしても、George Szellの悲愴が録音されていたとは。有難うございます。
No better orchestra/conductor than Szell and Cleveland... The precision and sound of the orchestra during his tenure never ceases to amaze me.
This is an unbelievable performance! The PRECISION/ BITE/ PASSION/ RUBATO. .and live at Blossom! Never knew this existed. Thank you for posting!!
Wow! I check periodically on CZcams for live Szell recordings, and I was overjoyed to see this one. Until about 10 years ago I had a number of live recordings gathered from Tom Patronite, one-time editor of the Thomas Beecham Society's magazine, who lived in Cleveland and did many open-reel recordings of Szell-era radio broadcasts. Until my copies were ruined by a basement flood, I had this performance on tape-- and many others, including a wonderful Brahms German Requiem and marvelous Beethoven 7th from a concert in Boston. Those, alas, were not recoverable, despite many attempts. I have several of those Patronite recordings still-- the last performance of the Eroica before Szell's death in 1970, for example. But getting this Pathetique is special. Thank you!!! Anyone else who knows sources of live Szell performances, I'd love to hear from you.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love this: Tchaikovsky, Szell, and the Cleveland.
Great music is in the ear of the listener.
Thank you so much for this, I never knew it existed. Imagine what Szell would have done with Rachmaninoff or Neilsen symphonies...
I think Szell wasn't a fan of Rachmaninoff's music, yet a recording of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Leon Fleisher is the most wonderfully realized, revelatory performance of the piece I have ever heard. This speaks of the rarest caliber of artist.
Mr Harrell, I am Fay Jennings (bass) son. I have been trying to find these recordings for a while to listen to while reading: The Cleveland Orchestra, Second to None. When Maestro Szell passed, I think an era of music passed with him. Even though I'm in New England, I stream WCLV all the time. I saw so many dress rehearsals ... the memories.
Christopher, I was a student of your father Fay. He and my Dad Edwin Anderson were good friends. I was very lucky to have him as my 1st teacher!
This is probably the most stunning Tchaikovsky 6 I have ever heard, thank you for posting this! I agree that the first movement could be a bit slower (Furtwangler does it best) but parts 2 and 3 are simply unmatched anywhere in the world.
you don't know shit
@@boodejige2013 send me a link to one better
I've had a bootleg version of this recording since the late 1990s but the sound quality of it is awful. This is so much better.
I read somewhere (Robert Finn?) that Szell wasn't really a big Tchaikovsky fan and only warmed up to his music late in his tenure in Cleveland. Can anyone corroborate that? I always thought his recording of the 5th symphony was top notch.
holy shit! Now I see why everyone likes this !!
George Szell è stato un grande direttore d'orchestra, le sue interpretazioni sono pulite, precise e accurate,lo apprezzo molto soprattutto in Mozart e Beethoven.
George Goslee, principal bassoon.
Wow.
There's a Szell/Cleveland performance of this piece? Whaaaaat?? Why wasn't it recorded in the studio???
Maybe he would have recorded it in the studio had he lived longer.
Over 36000 views of video now.
I think 1000 of hem are mine😎
By the way, Did you rename your CZcams channel?
So, the applause at the end of mvt. 3 becomes an official tradition.
Jian Cheng I guess because they're saying goodbye to the bright cheery movement. after that comes the darkness.
Why not. It was the composer's last hurrah before his end. It's such a unique symphony that provokes the audience to feel and do unique things.
As long as nobody dies and people are enjoying themselves, it's alright. Probably a compliment to the composer as well.
As someone who's played this work before, the applause is a bit of a welcome break, a chance to take a breather before plunging back into the trenches for that final movement... The 3rd movement is hard to play (I'm a cellist) -- lots of triplets and accidentals and at a tempo of 145+ bpm -- and Maestro Szell's tempo was very gracious -- I've heard some played faster... INSANITY! 😱😱 so after playing those final chords of that movement, that applause let me catch my breath, relax my fingers for a few seconds, then refocus for the last movement. .
Best part (asides from the whole thing): 9:21 - 14:25
Tempo of the first movement was a bit too fast for my taste. When it's slower, you get a bit more emotion & the brass didn't get enough time to hold their notes because of this. I don't know the music terminology to back this up, I can only explain what I hear, but this is a cool recording nevertheless. The LoFi feel gives it a cozy sound
To my personal sensibility this speed reaches me more directly --- it seems to tap into the terror in a way slower tempos like those used by Reiner and Karajan never quite do for me. The incisiveness is a different kind of pathos; it's nice to have both!
13:29
Oh and btw, in the interest of complete Szellian objectivity, Tchaikovsky had Ukrainian blood.
Where on earth was this performance? in Mexico? S. America? The peasants applaud after the March, no doubt because they were used to technically inadequate orchestras. Or, at least, nothing on a par with The Cleveland........or any other US orchestra.
Paul Jones Blossom Music center, Cuyahoga falls.
nice, youtube is a better place with this kind of positivity
Shut up you stupid snob. The audience is being genuine and showing their appreciation of great music being played so wonderfully. People applaud during opera and ballet, symphonic music should be the same. I'm a composer and I appreciate when the audience applause between movements. It's a great feeling.
@@karllieck9064 You bet!
you turd...
Pretty, very cleaned detail but it lacks the totality. I have never heard such kind of fimale music. Even Tchaikovsky himself wasn't so fimale.
What's fimale
There isn't any accelaration which is indsipensable for music. Pretty but vain.
dry and rushed
That's because you are used to the bloated performances nowadays. Go back and listen to the likes of Mravinsky and Markevitch and the tempi are similar.