Perhaps not as famous, but famous nonetheless: after all, it's a common way to introduce the opera (as one can note in the Tony Palmer film on Wagner).
It's amazing to think, really, that this tiny prelude is more meaningful and revolutionary than an entire lifetime of works by countless composers throughout history.
This is genius writing.... Picture a hunted man, running from his foe... there is wild storm raging... he's ducking between trees.... and listen to this... watch the string players getting into the music with their bodies.... unbelievable
So true. In Bayreuth, they did an interesting experiment in the 80s. They asked children between 4-8 years to watch the beginning of the „Walküre“ ,a few pictures, listen to the music and describe the story. They were all pretty good, but one girl (who had never been exposed to opera before) described the story so well that it was really astonishing
This is something that I never heard before I thought it was amazing the way he was able to have the skills and concentrate really impressed me I was able to hear the emotions and the tension.
@@ToxicTurtleIsMad I was merely expressing my enthusiasm and joy in hearing this electrifying music, and compared it to the joy I also feel listening to some of Philip Glass’s music. That isn’t an insult to Wagner’s genius. I have loved Wagner ever since the week I spent in the London Coliseum, day and night, in 1970, putting up Ralph Koltai’s sets for Reginald Goodall’s Ring Cycle. It was a wonderful experience being in the midst of rehearsals, which were going on simultaneously. You can see the sets we made on the front cover of this video. czcams.com/video/myCLqZ9yuNs/video.html
@LaughingStock55 .. Thank you for your kind comment. Your words 'I can't imagine how unbearable you become when facing real problems' did make me laugh. I entirely agree. Here is someone with a sense of humour. The last sketch is best, I think. czcams.com/video/e-wvpObLqWg/video.html I know it’s upsetting, but what’s the use fretting, we might have lost all of the crew. But now, as I say, we can all get away, and only lose one, and that’s you.
The winds are ... the wind, and three bassoons, count em. Three. And that incessant forboding beat from the Cellos and String Bass. Who could have expressed forboding and angst better than Wagner?
Next to Verdi, Whose riddles I could whistle but not solve, Wagner had been significance itself. . . . --- James Merrill, "The Ring Cycle" A SCATTERING OF SALTS, 1995
I just found this music, I am 65 years old and I am stunned by the utter power and novelty of it. I am quite ambivalent about this composer (antisemitism) but this is pure gold.
This orchestral piece = greatness = Egmont = Hebrides = Mahler 2 fanfare = Rigoletto death sequence = Turandot act 1 = etc etc (proof of existence of the self and God) ⬆️
Maybe he had a cough drop because he didn't want to cough and thereby partly ruin that perfect performance. Luckily the audiences today are mostly well-hydrated and doesn't make a sport of coughing down any piece as in the after-WW2 era. And btw he looks extremely concentrated, focussed and professional. If all performances were vibrant like this, I wouldn't mind if everybody would have his candy. It is the result that counts.
It's impossible to understand today how modern and iconoclastic the opening was to the people who first heard it in the 19th century. Too bad the audio is so compressed the track is literally damaged.
Among others, Shostakovich alludes to this passage in the opening notes of the “Allegretto” movement of his Symphony #5 - czcams.com/video/6S3MSyrdZfg/video.html
Vielleicht, weil sie die Interpretation Barenboims nicht mögen. Für mich ist das ein bisschen zahm, aber das Orchester der Scala ist bei Wagner immer ein bisschen verhaltener.
Both of them use a similar approach to represent the sense of rain, but here Wagner uses the fast crescendos with accents to imitate that effect that you get with really heavy rail, then couples it with the "anxious fleeing" footsteps (of Siegmund) and the Thunder (of Wotan) Leit Motif in the horns "hounding" him to set a much more pyschologically complex scene than that of Beethoven's.
Non male gli archi (a parte la suprema maleducazione del violinista),ma l'orchestrazione non è il massimo:da quando entrano(1.36),gli ottoni non son affatto bilanciati col resto dell'orchestra.La loro presenza infatti,in concomitanza con le impennate dei violini nel registro acuto,deve essere predominante, come dei flashes! In effetti essi dipingono proprio la tempesta sotto cui sta fuggendo Sigmund! Se nell'orchestrazione si fanno risuonare così timidamente, si perde un sacco di fascino!
Mah veramente ho sentito versioni in cui gli ottoni risuonano eccome, basta dirigere bene l'orchestra...ma puo' anche essere dovuto a un problema di registrazione audio.
It's a pity this prelude is not as famous as the ride....
Pablo Ponce I like it much more than the ride.
Couldnt agree more.
@@camiloordonez4906 Me too. It immediately gives a sense of Siegmund's character. You feel his plight as he is running through the forest.
Perhaps not as famous, but famous nonetheless: after all, it's a common way to introduce the opera (as one can note in the Tony Palmer film on Wagner).
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It's amazing to think, really, that this tiny prelude is more meaningful and revolutionary than an entire lifetime of works by countless composers throughout history.
This is genius writing.... Picture a hunted man, running from his foe... there is wild storm raging... he's ducking between trees.... and listen to this... watch the string players getting into the music with their bodies.... unbelievable
Accurate
So true. In Bayreuth, they did an interesting experiment in the 80s. They asked children between 4-8 years to watch the beginning of the „Walküre“ ,a few pictures, listen to the music and describe the story. They were all pretty good, but one girl (who had never been exposed to opera before) described the story so well that it was really astonishing
Praised be Barenboim for performing Wagner, and for doing so with care and skill.
That extended shot of the bassoons just sitting there while everyone else is playing furiously lol
i love that the violin lead is chewing a gum... seems really wagnerian to me
The storm is approaching...
oh yeah.
This is something that I never heard before I thought it was amazing the way he was able to have the skills and concentrate really impressed me I was able to hear the emotions and the tension.
Do you know the story behind this? Siegmund, the main protagonist, is fleeting from his enemies in a heavy storm
storm, storm, wind, wind, thunder, thunder, falling trees, falling trees, Siegmund walking...Siegmund walikng...
The first 3 minutes Prelude is absolutely electric, like Philip Glass music, which says how revolutionary it was in 1870:
This is NOTHING like Philip Glass and your comment is an insult to Wagner's genius.
@@ToxicTurtleIsMad
I was merely expressing my enthusiasm and joy in hearing this electrifying music, and compared it to the joy I also feel listening to some of Philip Glass’s music. That isn’t an insult to Wagner’s genius. I have loved Wagner ever since the week I spent in the London Coliseum, day and night, in 1970, putting up Ralph Koltai’s sets for Reginald Goodall’s Ring Cycle. It was a wonderful experience being in the midst of rehearsals, which were going on simultaneously. You can see the sets we made on the front cover of this video.
czcams.com/video/myCLqZ9yuNs/video.html
@LaughingStock55 .. Thank you for your kind comment. Your words 'I can't imagine how unbearable you become when facing real problems' did make me laugh. I entirely agree. Here is someone with a sense of humour. The last sketch is best, I think.
czcams.com/video/e-wvpObLqWg/video.html
I know it’s upsetting,
but what’s the use fretting,
we might have lost all of the crew.
But now, as I say,
we can all get away,
and only lose one,
and that’s you.
fantastische Musik!
origins of black metal
I use this song for intro on my band years ago !! we play some deep purple and black sabbath covers in my institute :D . Sorry for my english ! :D
The winds are ... the wind, and three bassoons, count em. Three. And that incessant forboding beat from the Cellos and String Bass. Who could have expressed forboding and angst better than Wagner?
Next to Verdi,
Whose riddles I could whistle but not solve,
Wagner had been significance itself. . . .
--- James Merrill, "The Ring Cycle"
A SCATTERING OF SALTS, 1995
I just found this music, I am 65 years old and I am stunned by the utter power and novelty of it. I am quite ambivalent about this composer (antisemitism) but this is pure gold.
Adventurous and scary. I love it. Thanks for uploading!
Masterpiece
2:33 chills
This orchestral piece = greatness = Egmont = Hebrides = Mahler 2 fanfare = Rigoletto death sequence = Turandot act 1 = etc etc (proof of existence of the self and God) ⬆️
Should be. It’s wonderful!
Wagner aus Romantik kann wirklich dramatischer sein. Die Schönheit der Oper ist starker. Mir gefällt viele
I think that Violist at 32 seconds is chewing Gum LOL
Yeah what a shame
LOL
Maybe it helps his concentration
0:32
Maybe he had a cough drop because he didn't want to cough and thereby partly ruin that perfect performance. Luckily the audiences today are mostly well-hydrated and doesn't make a sport of coughing down any piece as in the after-WW2 era.
And btw he looks extremely concentrated, focussed and professional. If all performances were vibrant like this, I wouldn't mind if everybody would have his candy. It is the result that counts.
I love the ominous feeling of this piece. Wagner knows Asgard will know a war unlike any other
Wow.... Viva Wagner!!!!!
Pathos unleashed
Fucking stunning. A few months ago I was searching like crazy for this song and CZcams didn't have it.
Mirani2 this is NOT a ’"song".
@@mrlopez-pz7puthank you. Makes me cringe every time 😬
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It's impossible to understand today how modern and iconoclastic the opening was to the people who first heard it in the 19th century. Too bad the audio is so compressed the track is literally damaged.
iconoclastic i think might be the wrong word as iconoclasm refers to the worship of Icons in the Christian tradition
@@Tommy-5684 _Iconic,_ perhaps?
You meant eclectic perhaps?
Esattamente quello che penso anch'io! Saluti.
Sammy it's the double badass sound you heard... in the first times the double basses are playing 4 notes... sory for my voccabulary I'm french...
1:39 Gorgoroth live in norway and london 1995 brought me here
eeeeeepiiiiicccc!!!
Does anyone know of any other musical pieces that have a sound like the cellos played at 2:34? It sounds so badass for an ending.
Perhaps the 3rd Movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Among others, Shostakovich alludes to this passage in the opening notes of the “Allegretto” movement of his Symphony #5 -
czcams.com/video/6S3MSyrdZfg/video.html
The Jaws theme, lol
The Beethoven Choral fantasy.
J'adore
Only prelude to act 3 Siegfried comes close. Karajan conducting is my favorite
Black metal
Grosse Musik.
Not knowing German would make this comment much worse
Heavy metal Yehah!!!!
warum gibt es leute die das disliken!!???
...einfach nur, weil sie Angst davor haben, wahre unverblendete Gefühle zuzulassen!
Vielleicht, weil sie die Interpretation Barenboims nicht mögen. Für mich ist das ein bisschen zahm, aber das Orchester der Scala ist bei Wagner immer ein bisschen verhaltener.
Bots.
What a hot-air merchant. I always have to laugh when I see him conducting.
For the score you would probably want to find the score for the entire Opera.
Genius.
but you can finde somthing like that in bethoven 6 symphonie, 4 mouvement.
Both of them use a similar approach to represent the sense of rain, but here Wagner uses the fast crescendos with accents to imitate that effect that you get with really heavy rail, then couples it with the "anxious fleeing" footsteps (of Siegmund) and the Thunder (of Wotan) Leit Motif in the horns "hounding" him to set a much more pyschologically complex scene than that of Beethoven's.
I don't think there's enough harps.
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Mah, chissà perchè questa immensa opera del più grande genio musicale di tutti i tempi deve essere guastata in modo così volgare?!
Wagner es el más grande persista de la history
does any one know where to get the score for this? i can't find the score for the prelude anywhere, only for some other parts of the song
Non male gli archi (a parte la suprema maleducazione del violinista),ma l'orchestrazione non è il massimo:da quando entrano(1.36),gli ottoni non son affatto bilanciati col resto dell'orchestra.La loro presenza infatti,in concomitanza con le impennate dei violini nel registro acuto,deve essere predominante, come dei flashes! In effetti essi dipingono proprio la tempesta sotto cui sta fuggendo Sigmund! Se nell'orchestrazione si fanno risuonare così timidamente, si perde un sacco di fascino!
Mah veramente ho sentito versioni in cui gli ottoni risuonano eccome, basta dirigere bene l'orchestra...ma puo' anche essere dovuto a un problema di registrazione audio.
WUNDERBACH
@jasoncrew Yes, isn't that bizarre?
but not before we hear from McD's
LOTR
QUI EST Là à cause du prof
0:33 what?!
He's chewin gum lol
@@Felipe.Taboada. right lol
manca veramente convergenzia de spiritu en questa interpretazione, i musici sono tutte distrati.
Barenboim is a really boring composer. I could never imagine that the Prelude to Act 1 of Die Walküre could be so tame and tepid.
Haha un judío queriendo hacer a Wagner
Un grande musicista veramente GRANDE.