Posted on 01/31/2010 7:48:43 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 Adagietto Part 1 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed...enjoy!
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When you mention Symphony No 5, there’s one particular Symphony No 5 that overshadows all other symphonies numbered 5 !
Beethoven’s?
Lol. It’s so obvious I didn’t want to mention it.
I like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YrlDyvvBqI
Thank you a excellent piece..
Followed up with some Puccini for dessert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI17VdRfCek
BUMP
The fourth movement from #5 has its fans, but movement five from #2 is truly moving.
Received a CD of his 5th for Christmas. Very nice.
The Tchaikovski 5th. is also magnificent.
Agreed. Do composers reserve number 5 for their best ? I don't know Bruckner's fifth stacks up against these. I never heard it.
It might be a private “in joke”, among Classical Musicians, as the “Fifth” is a very important interval in music and resolves perfectly back to the root. It is known as a “Perfect Cadence” and the interval itself is known as a “Perfect Fifth”. The Diatonic Chord based on the Perfect Fifth is known as the DOMINANT!
OR I might be full of baloney! LOL
LOve ALL Three of the aforementioned Symphonies!
Lovely thank you!
It's in D-flat, and one of the most amazing moments is at the end when Mahler takes an eternity to resolve that last chord into D-flat. Then we're off (attacca) into the finale in D Major.
All of #2 is amazing. Likewise, the slow finale to #3.
Ravel could have body slammed Mahler any day of the week. And Brahms could have whipped them both together with his left pinky. But nobody messes with JS Bach.
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“...Do composers reserve number 5 for their best ?...”
Always been partial to the Beethoven 3rd, Shastakovich 5th, Tchaikovsky 4th, and Brahms 1st. Mahler wrote some of the juciest French Horn passages ever!
Happy Birthday Giovanni Punto!
IMO, Ravel is a minor composer.
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