This music saved my life. That is not hyperbole. Desperately ill in hospital for many months, my wife would, every day, record some of my vinyl onto cassette. I had a Walkman in hospital, and music was my only distraction. I had reached a point where I really didn't care whether I lived or died, then, one night, I played this. The strength and determination it gave me was such that I cannot listen to it, thirty years later, without crying. It may be the only Wagner piece that I've not seen performed live. I would embarrass myself.
I can fully understand what you experienced. Many years ago I did a computer course in London (Not that I ended up working in that field). I had being staying in digs in Wandsworth but had to leave there half way through the course. En route for a new bedsit in Holloway I was feeling a bit low, when suddenly passing an open window I heard this music coming through probably from a radio. I recognised it immediately and somehow I thought that life was not so bad and I suddenly felt optimistic about the future.
I have a mental image of Bach listening to the counterpoint employed by Wagner in this overture, nodding in rapt approval. Maestro Tennstedt + Wagner = Unbeatable.
To those of us who appreciate his work, Tennstedt was unique among the great conductors of his era. He could shape musical sound with consummate skill. I'm glad that many of his performances like this one are preserved for us to enjoy.
Eine unfassbare gute Aufnahme eines Ausnahmedirigenten. Tennstedt zelebriert Wagner, indem er sich in seinen Dienst stellt und alles aus den Orchestermusikern herauskitzelt. Heroisch, aber ohne Starallüren. Legendär.
One of the scariest and greatest experiences I have had in my musical career was back in the spring of 1973 when I was called to substitute for the tuba player in the Utah State University orchestra just in time to sightread the final dress rehearsal for a concert which had the Prelude to Meistersinger as the final number of the program. Wagner produced a real masterpiece with this one. I still remember quite a bit of the tuba part. It is a real masterpiece when played on the organ as well. This is one of my absolute favorite works in all of great music. And I really enjoyed this performance!
And he modestly took his place as the one and only bass. I used to play the tuba in the marching band. My high school was too small to have an orchestra, but once, all the schools in the county got together and assembled an orchestra, and I played in that. We played Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue; it sounded different being on the inside. 😇
Agree with several previous comments - Klaus Tennstedt was a very underrated and somewhat underappreciated conductor who consistently brought out the best in almost any orchestra he conducted.
Damn, it is in the middle of the night, I have to work tomorrow, but I COULD NOT STOP LISTENING TO TENNSTEDT CONDUCTING WAGNER. This is utterly brilliant. THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING.
3 years later and here I am at 3 am because from 8:30 until the final note of Die Meistersinger is one of the most exciting and enthralling moments in all of music and this is one of the best versions I have seen and heard
Every time I watch this (and I reckon about half the 60k views might be mine...) I cannot get over how good it is. The richness, the power, the commitment - but also the transparency of the sound and the sheer vigour. Tennstedt and the LPO were truly special on this period and this is as good a ten minutes' demonstration of this as there could be. Magic, every last second of it. Wish I could conduct like this even once (technically I'm miles better - I mean, everyone is- but I don't get results like this!).
He was famous. The music he conducted speaks for itself: this is a glorious recording. Also his Mahler recordings are awesome.I like Herr Tennstedt; he was not like many other conductors with their great ego, as if they are big stuff. Herr Tenstedt was not like that.
He only really achieved the acclaim he deserved towards the end of his career - he was a valued guest conductor with the Berlin PO, where Karajan was so impressed with his 1978 recording of Mahler's First Symphony to the extent of inviting him to record with the orchestra (Bruckner's 'Romantic symphony', some Wagner excerpts, and other music: 5 LPs in total). Karajan and Tennstedt got on very well, though Tennstedt was so excited at the prospect of meeting HvK that he was half drunk when he arrived... He also had a rewarding relationship with the NYPO which was sadly curtailed by his final illness.
Maestro Tennstedt is the best conductor of Mahler symohonies,for me...Aspecially,I adore his interpretation of Tragic symohony...Marvelously andante..Great conductor!!!He is much better then some popular conductors!
His Western career was quite short, 10 + years. He escaped from East Germany to Sweden 1971. He didn't get to work with decent orchestras in East Germany. This perhaps is one reason for his elementary conducting technique. He, however, managed to get "the best" out of those orchestras he conducted in the West.
Wagner composed this as if he only had 10 minutes remaining on Earth? A majestic piece written to carry him and his players and listeners off to the clouds and great beyond? He was already flying before the Wright Brothers finally figured out how to soar? What a stupendous piece of craftsmanship. What a joy it must have been for these musicians to have participated with Maestro Tennstedt in this supremely paced production. Unimaginable for those of us who can only play the radio.
This is my first time hearing this piece and what a treat to find it. I don't play any instruments and I'm not particularly musical so I can't quite articulate why it resonates so much, but those brass elements are just bloody wonderful! Just a deeply satisfying piece of music. I can understand why people were blown away by it when they first heard it.
A phenomenal Wagner masterpiece! Klaus knows how to turn his brass loose when it's called for. I had the privilege of playing this many years ago as a symphony trumpeter and it was quite a workout.
Jochum was of the generation before Tennstedt and both had similar backgrounds in opera, which I believe was a critical component of their interpretive skills. Both were splendid conductors whose work I'm happy is preserved for us to enjoy.
As much as I love CSO and brass, I got to give it to this performance. There are so many nuances with the harmony that Tennstedt seems to bring out. Not to mention the superb balance and color
Tennstedt worked well with the legendary CSO brass in his guest conducting appearances. Not to mention the rest of that great orchestra. Some truly wonderful performances.
Tennstedt was a great, great conductor and Wagner gets alive with him. The problem was that, as many of us, unfortunately, he had doubts about himself.
The 1988 Tokyo concert with Klaus Tennstedt and the LPO is one of the best performance ever made from this masterpieces- so you should Wagner perform-maybe Mr. Dudamel und Mr.Thielemann can learn from this rendition :-))
Dudamel conducts for the audience. Thielemann conducts for himself. Tennstedt conducts for the orchestra. The first two are confident and competent. Tennstedt was driven by rampant self-doubt mixed with innate knowledge of what the music is and how it needs to speak.
Escuché esta obertura por primera vez a los cuatro años.Desde entonces no he dejado de amarla.Es un amor irresistible del principio al fin que llega al alma a través de la música.Muy pocos lo logran.Wagner es uno de ellos
Es por medio de estas masterpieces que nos damos cuenta la necesidad de aceptar la existencia de una dimension inexpresable, mas alla de Minkowski, Riemann, Einstein, Hawking ...!!
Wagner é fantástico e o Maestro Klaus incorporou -o. Klaus vibrava com cada uma das obras do mestre.Ele foi um dos grandes regentes de Wagner.Sem dúvida.Agora irei apreciar a abertura Tannhauser , outra obra-prima.Klaus vai se emocionar novamente.É lindo de ver.
This compared to the other recordings of Wagner on youtube, this is just on another planet. I'd love to understand how it sounds so good, is it just the sound recording or Tennstedts and the orchestra's sheer brilliance. Thanks to all the people mentioning Tennstedts Mahler recordings in the comments also, just blown away.
I'm a longtime Tennstedt devotee. This is a prime example of his immense gift as a conductor, leading an excellent orchestra that admired and respected him. Great performances like this happen when the conductor and orchestra are on the same wavelength. The superior acoustics of Suntory Hall, along with proper microphone placement, exquisitely captured this wonderful live performance. If you enjoyed this, I highly recommend checking out the Rienzi Overture from the same concert. It has an energy like no other.
Me neither. He was so gifted with understanding f, and had a real feel for the interperatation of most any music he studied and directed. I feel I will never hear Wagner any better than when Herr tenstedt is at the helm!!!!!
Bien que dirigeant l'orchestre philharmonique de Londres il restera très Germain s'agissant de la direction d'orchestre, au demeurant géniale et aboutie. Ses nombreuse interprétations de l'oeuvre monumentales de l'illustre Wagner mettent tous les fans et profanes d'accord. Dommage qu'il soit feu trop vite...
He takes this typically breezy overture and turns it into a piece of the highest art. Well done! My only concern with this video is that I can't hear the triangle, and this has one of the great triangle parts in the Western canon. That's probably a UA-cam video problem, though, rather than a Tennstedt or LPO problem.
This music saved my life. That is not hyperbole. Desperately ill in hospital for many months, my wife would, every day, record some of my vinyl onto cassette. I had a Walkman in hospital, and music was my only distraction. I had reached a point where I really didn't care whether I lived or died, then, one night, I played this. The strength and determination it gave me was such that I cannot listen to it, thirty years later, without crying. It may be the only Wagner piece that I've not seen performed live. I would embarrass myself.
I can fully understand what you experienced. Many years ago I did a computer course in London (Not that I ended up working in that field). I had being staying in digs in Wandsworth but had to leave there half way through the course. En route for a new bedsit in Holloway I was feeling a bit low, when suddenly passing an open window I heard this music coming through probably from a radio. I recognised it immediately and somehow I thought that life was not so bad and I suddenly felt optimistic about the future.
I have a mental image of Bach listening to the counterpoint employed by Wagner in this overture, nodding in rapt approval. Maestro Tennstedt + Wagner = Unbeatable.
Gives me chills every time I hear this and I am 77 years old now.
Is there anything more beautiful than the entrance of the master singers of Nuremberg!!! I don’t think so!!!
To those of us who appreciate his work, Tennstedt was unique among the great conductors of his era. He could shape musical sound with consummate skill. I'm glad that many of his performances like this one are preserved for us to enjoy.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤1❤❤❤1❤❤1❤❤q❤❤❤q❤ was q❤
Si grande entre los grandes
Eine unfassbare gute Aufnahme eines Ausnahmedirigenten. Tennstedt zelebriert Wagner, indem er sich in seinen Dienst stellt und alles aus den Orchestermusikern herauskitzelt. Heroisch, aber ohne Starallüren. Legendär.
Today is the great composer's birthday. Long live Wagner! Thank you for the greatest music on earth and in all history!
One of the scariest and greatest experiences I have had in my musical career was back in the spring of 1973 when I was called to substitute for the tuba player in the Utah State University orchestra just in time to sightread the final dress rehearsal for a concert which had the Prelude to Meistersinger as the final number of the program. Wagner produced a real masterpiece with this one. I still remember quite a bit of the tuba part. It is a real masterpiece when played on the organ as well. This is one of my absolute favorite works in all of great music. And I really enjoyed this performance!
And he modestly took his place as the one and only bass. I used to play the tuba in the marching band. My high school was too small to have an orchestra, but once, all the schools in the county got together and assembled an orchestra, and I played in that. We played Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue; it sounded different being on the inside. 😇
Well done mate
Tennstedt is my favorite conductor of Wagner.... wonderful!!!!
I listened to this concert live. It was wonderful.
Lucky you !
Agree with several previous comments - Klaus Tennstedt was a very underrated and somewhat underappreciated conductor who consistently brought out the best in almost any orchestra he conducted.
There is really nothing like this recording. It has so much energy it's unbelivable
This is the best brass section I have ever heard in my life, and I have heard a lot of brass sections.
Magnificient music played well and conducted by an underrated master!!
Satya Prasad an extraordinary conductor. Among the greatest of his generation
I always come to this recording, amazing Wagner playing
Damn, it is in the middle of the night, I have to work tomorrow, but I COULD NOT STOP LISTENING TO TENNSTEDT CONDUCTING WAGNER. This is utterly brilliant. THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING.
AfroPoli Me to!
Yes, the priorities change when listening to this great piece!
It does not get better than Klaus Tennstedt
How pedestrian, so-called critics named him a Mahler specialist...how small minded...he conjoined Wagner to Mahler.
3 years later and here I am at 3 am because from 8:30 until the final note of Die Meistersinger is one of the most exciting and enthralling moments in all of music and this is one of the best versions I have seen and heard
Best rendition I have ever heard
Every time I watch this (and I reckon about half the 60k views might be mine...) I cannot get over how good it is. The richness, the power, the commitment - but also the transparency of the sound and the sheer vigour. Tennstedt and the LPO were truly special on this period and this is as good a ten minutes' demonstration of this as there could be. Magic, every last second of it. Wish I could conduct like this even once (technically I'm miles better - I mean, everyone is- but I don't get results like this!).
It's a gift. Tennstedt said; "The contact with an orchestra? You must have it. You can't learn it."
2:23 What a fantastic rendition and recording. The counter melody on the horns comes through loud and clear. It's fun singing along with them!
This is a really great recording of Klaus Tennstedt conducting the orchestra of Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg!
A simply brilliant performance of this Wagner masterpiece. LPO at its very best,
This may be the best recording of the overture I've ever heard. Marvelous performance!
Yes!
Uplifting in every sense! The audience knew they had witnessed something very special.
I don't know why Tennstedt is not more appreciated. This is a marvelous recording.
He was famous. The music he conducted speaks for itself: this is a glorious recording. Also his Mahler recordings are awesome.I like Herr Tennstedt; he was not like many other conductors with their great ego, as if they are big stuff. Herr Tenstedt was not like that.
He only really achieved the acclaim he deserved towards the end of his career - he was a valued guest conductor with the Berlin PO, where Karajan was so impressed with his 1978 recording of Mahler's First Symphony to the extent of inviting him to record with the orchestra (Bruckner's 'Romantic symphony', some Wagner excerpts, and other music: 5 LPs in total). Karajan and Tennstedt got on very well, though Tennstedt was so excited at the prospect of meeting HvK that he was half drunk when he arrived... He also had a rewarding relationship with the NYPO which was sadly curtailed by his final illness.
Maestro Tennstedt is the best conductor of Mahler symohonies,for me...Aspecially,I adore his interpretation of Tragic symohony...Marvelously andante..Great conductor!!!He is much better then some popular conductors!
Right man! But wrong Time...
His Western career was quite short, 10 + years. He escaped from East Germany to Sweden 1971. He didn't get to work with decent orchestras in East Germany. This perhaps is one reason for his elementary conducting technique. He, however, managed to get "the best" out of those orchestras he conducted in the West.
Wagner composed this as if he only had 10 minutes remaining on Earth? A majestic piece written to carry him and his players and listeners off to the clouds and great beyond? He was already flying before the Wright Brothers finally figured out how to soar? What a stupendous piece of craftsmanship. What a joy it must have been for these musicians to have participated with Maestro Tennstedt in this supremely paced production. Unimaginable for those of us who can only play the radio.
Klaus Tennstedt, wonderful !!!
I just discovered Tennstedt. Most underrated of all conductors/
One of the best recordings i‘ve ever heard Outstanding
This is my first time hearing this piece and what a treat to find it. I don't play any instruments and I'm not particularly musical so I can't quite articulate why it resonates so much, but those brass elements are just bloody wonderful! Just a deeply satisfying piece of music. I can understand why people were blown away by it when they first heard it.
Abertura soberba, magnífica. Expressão orquestral que retrata o forte espírito de Richard Wagner. Condução primorosa do grande maestro Tennstedt.
Klaus Tennstedt and Richard Wagner are the perfect pairing!!! Thanks
A phenomenal Wagner masterpiece! Klaus knows how to turn his brass loose when it's called for. I had the privilege of playing this many years ago as a symphony trumpeter and it was quite a workout.
Beautifully performed and conducted. A pleasure to listen to. Thanks to all of you in this orchestra.
I am of the opinion that Tennstedt is # 1 Conductor of Wagner. particularly this Overture.
I'm without words, perfect. Thank you Maestro Tennstedt for this wonderful music!
I've listened to dozens of renditions of Wagner, but no one does it like Tennstedt.
Try Eugen Jochum.
Jochum was of the generation before Tennstedt and both had similar backgrounds in opera, which I believe was a critical component of their interpretive skills. Both were splendid conductors whose work I'm happy is preserved for us to enjoy.
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As much as I love CSO and brass, I got to give it to this performance. There are so many nuances with the harmony that Tennstedt seems to bring out. Not to mention the superb balance and color
Tennstedt worked well with the legendary CSO brass in his guest conducting appearances. Not to mention the rest of that great orchestra. Some truly wonderful performances.
Thank goodness not recorded at Royal Albert Hall.
Tennstedt is a Mastermind in the ART of conducting.-
Yes. I admire Karajan, Furtwängler, Barenboim etc. but once I heard this I can never go back to other recordings. This rendition is truly a gem.
Studio recording by Chicago Symphony Orchestra -- Sir Georg Solti
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@@vdodenstein5754 Thank you.
Tennstedt was a great, great conductor and Wagner gets alive with him. The problem was that, as many of us, unfortunately, he had doubts about himself.
The 1988 Tokyo concert with Klaus Tennstedt and the LPO is one of the best performance ever made from this masterpieces- so you should Wagner perform-maybe Mr. Dudamel und Mr.Thielemann can learn from this rendition :-))
I definitely think they should.
No lo creo, los dos son de madera.
Thielemann certainly knows his Wagner ntstern. It's basically in his blood.
Dudamel conducts for the audience. Thielemann conducts for himself. Tennstedt conducts for the orchestra. The first two are confident and competent. Tennstedt was driven by rampant self-doubt mixed with innate knowledge of what the music is and how it needs to speak.
@@yttreblemaker thank you for saying it how it is
Escuché esta obertura por primera vez a los cuatro años.Desde entonces no he dejado de amarla.Es un amor irresistible del principio al fin que llega al alma a través de la música.Muy pocos lo logran.Wagner es uno de ellos
When the usually reticent Japanese audience lets out banzai-like yells at the end, it’s an indication that the performance was damn good!
Es por medio de estas masterpieces que nos damos cuenta la necesidad de aceptar la existencia de una dimension inexpresable, mas alla de Minkowski, Riemann, Einstein, Hawking ...!!
That is... an indescribable performance. Don't hide the sweat on his brow. That only makes it more real. Bravo!
omg that piece is such a riot! and the sound quality is SO good!
Excelente condução e interpretação, condizente com o espírito inquieto e buscador da perfeição de Wagner
Wagner é fantástico e o Maestro Klaus incorporou -o. Klaus vibrava com cada uma das obras do mestre.Ele foi um dos grandes regentes de Wagner.Sem dúvida.Agora irei apreciar a abertura Tannhauser , outra obra-prima.Klaus vai se emocionar novamente.É lindo de ver.
Phenomenal from my adored conductor and LPO!
Magnifico, Wagner com Klaus Tennstedt regendo ;e realmente magnifico.
This compared to the other recordings of Wagner on youtube, this is just on another planet. I'd love to understand how it sounds so good, is it just the sound recording or Tennstedts and the orchestra's sheer brilliance. Thanks to all the people mentioning Tennstedts Mahler recordings in the comments also, just blown away.
I'm a longtime Tennstedt devotee. This is a prime example of his immense gift as a conductor, leading an excellent orchestra that admired and respected him. Great performances like this happen when the conductor and orchestra are on the same wavelength. The superior acoustics of Suntory Hall, along with proper microphone placement, exquisitely captured this wonderful live performance. If you enjoyed this, I highly recommend checking out the Rienzi Overture from the same concert. It has an energy like no other.
207th birthday today ... Still the greatest composer of all time.
I think you mean 207th birthday.
@@karldelavigne8134 Indeed, I will change it immediately.
@@johannschneider6372 And, unbelievably, he had a grandchild still alive until two years ago!
We are missing him.
Mil gracias por compartir música tan bella
Cuanto talento, que maravilla..... bravo Klaus !!!
Magnifique cette ouverture des Maîtres Chanteurs !
Automatically applause at the end. Bravo maestro!
Great music, and fortunately I had the honor to play this last year with the SLSYO! Amazing, and thanks for uploading!
Magnificently paced and gloriously played
Tennstedt was a master at choosing exactly the right tempo.
Excellent! Love the frantic pace!
Me neither. He was so gifted with understanding f, and had a real feel for the interperatation of most any music he studied and directed. I feel I will never hear Wagner any better than when Herr tenstedt is at the helm!!!!!
Great rendition !
Thanks
6:30 nádherná filozofie náboženství a života a smrti a víry a vztahy a přátelství a vzkříšení
Sperior, soberbio, magnifico..... gracias por este emotivo placer. Amar a Wagner es como un torbellino...dicen que algunos ...jamas , han regresado.
A great Meistersinger ! Beautiful !
Best recording. Hands down.
Perfect recording and sound engeneering...
Bien que dirigeant l'orchestre philharmonique de Londres il restera très Germain s'agissant de la direction d'orchestre, au demeurant géniale et aboutie. Ses nombreuse interprétations de l'oeuvre monumentales de l'illustre Wagner mettent tous les fans et profanes d'accord. Dommage qu'il soit feu trop vite...
I played this piece in the Community College orchestra. Wonderful one of the most fun pieces to play.
Wow! Thanks for posting.
He takes this typically breezy overture and turns it into a piece of the highest art. Well done! My only concern with this video is that I can't hear the triangle, and this has one of the great triangle parts in the Western canon. That's probably a UA-cam video problem, though, rather than a Tennstedt or LPO problem.
I watch this video everyday. Idk when i want to stop but its not atm.
Pretty brilliant.
Excellent 👏👍☘
Excellent performance！
Loud and proud - as it should be.
Just brilliant!
這是我的最佳版本。
Love the horns
WAGNER THE MAGNIFICENT !!! HIS MUSIC IS BEYOND WRETCHED HUMAN COMPREHENSION... IT HAS THE FULL POWER OF ITS MAJESTY, MIGHTY NATURE..
Fantastic music, I can't believe how bored the LPO are, their thick glasses and unemotional faces. Thank God the audience got it!
Really? Not me. I see talented and dedicated musicians fully involved in a wonderful performance led by an all-time great conductor.
GENIALE CONDUCTOR
Love the brassiness of this!!
conosci Freedman?
BRAVO MAESTRO!
If you love Mahler and still haven't yet "discovered" the box with Mahler's symphonies by him you are at a loss.
Tennsted IS a great director
Glorieux. Une pure joie.
Heil Tennstedt!
Magnifico
love this
Glenn Gould played a piano transcription of this & it is terrific. Check it out.
La musica de Wagner es musica celestial.
Beyond the music.
このローデンストックメガネのおっさんはスゴイと思います。
Who is the leader/concertmaster on this clip. As for Tennstedt, that's the way to conduct Wagner isn't it? An incredible document
David Nolan, wonderful violinist and concertmaster for the LPO in that era.
Bravo!!
Nailed it!
6:49 was he pointing at and trying to hear the triangle?
He was probably listening out for the tuba solo.