It's true what they say...."always keep the best to the end". This is Sibelius's masterpiece. (IMO ) The greatest piece of orchestral composition of the 20th century.
It's a great piece of music -- but that it is the "greatest piece of orchestral composition of the 20th century" I very much doubt. To begin with we'd want to know what you mean by "greatest." Do you mean the most "influential?" Because if that's what you mean, then "Tapiola loses out to a number of compositions by other composers -- notably, perhaps, Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." If you mean the piece that is most rhythmically consistent, that would have to be Ravel's "Bolero." If you mean the piece that creates for our enjoyment the most complex sonorities . . . well. You see what I mean.
Absolutely brilliant, I cannot see how someone could dislike this truly mystical and moving piece unless they are dissatisfied with Karajan's performance which in the case of Sibelius' works are large
Spannende Interpretation dieses nordischen Meisterwerks mit perfekt synchronisierten und gut harmonisierten Töne aller Instrumente. Der unvergleichliche Maestro leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im inspirierenden Tempo mit gut kontrollierter Dynamik. Echt das Wunder Karajan!
I was cutoff, what I meant to say is Karajan's performances in the case of Sibelius' works are largely superlative and can seldom be faulted so we have great music and superb performance and what more can one ask for.
Coming back to listen to this performance, after a period of one year, has not changed my opinion. It still makes me homesick for the Finnish forests. I find no fault in the playing. BRAVI to all concerned.
There is truth in what was said a long time ago, that if Sibelius had only composed this, he would be a very significant composer. It feels like a new direction in his music. If only he had left us the 8th, incomplete or whatever, I think we might have been able to appreciate the size of his genius. The little organ piece derived, it is believed by some scholars, from the 8th is in this vein.
@@josebelindo1641 Sibelius's score publisher reported seeing two movements and Sibelius promised two more. Aino wrote about a terrible evening in Ainola, in the 1940s, when it and other music was consumed by the big room heater. Indeed, if the publisher had have cooperated with Sibelius's requested to have it returned for revision, Tapiola might have suffered the same fate so great had his inbuilt critic become.
+windstorm1000 The first Sibelius I owned was Karajan's recording of the Fifth Symphony on Deutsche Grammophon. That was the version Glenn Gould used to close the first of his "The Idea of North" radio presentations. Gould's broadcast made me wonder if I needed to start listening to Sibelius. I did!
That may well have been true in the 1950's (Karajan's Philarmonia years were his best) but since then we've had Berglund and now Paavo Jarvi who IMO is today's leading exponent of Sibelius' amazing works.
Perhaps it is the case that the "dislike" vote was not based on the performance (which, as the old old joke goes, makes even non-Finns homesick for the Finnish forests), as it was a "dislike" for Karajan himself. Or maybe it was only the UA-cam version of grafiti. At time 13:36, that is the mark of a master conductor with a master orchestra.
Sibelius and karajan 2 geniuses composer and conductor in perfect harmony ❤rip both now God in heaven smiles at their works
It's true what they say...."always keep the best to the end". This is Sibelius's masterpiece. (IMO ) The greatest piece of orchestral composition of the 20th century.
It's a great piece of music -- but that it is the "greatest piece of orchestral composition of the 20th century" I very much doubt. To begin with we'd want to know what you mean by "greatest." Do you mean the most "influential?" Because if that's what you mean, then "Tapiola loses out to a number of compositions by other composers -- notably, perhaps, Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." If you mean the piece that is most rhythmically consistent, that would have to be Ravel's "Bolero." If you mean the piece that creates for our enjoyment the most complex sonorities . . . well. You see what I mean.
As for me I would say : Sibelius is one of the greatest composers in the XXth century and Tapiola is one of his greatest works...@@thomasthompson6378
Absolutely brilliant, I cannot see how someone could dislike this truly mystical and moving piece unless they are dissatisfied with Karajan's performance which in the case of Sibelius' works are large
Spannende Interpretation dieses nordischen Meisterwerks mit perfekt synchronisierten und gut harmonisierten Töne aller Instrumente. Der unvergleichliche Maestro leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im inspirierenden Tempo mit gut kontrollierter Dynamik. Echt das Wunder Karajan!
Incredible.
I was cutoff, what I meant to say is Karajan's performances in the case of Sibelius' works are largely superlative and can seldom be faulted so we have great music and superb performance and what more can one ask for.
Música apacible de paz y de gran calidad
Coming back to listen to this performance, after a period of one year, has not changed my opinion. It still makes me homesick for the Finnish forests. I find no fault in the playing. BRAVI to all concerned.
+Harry Andruschak go to northern Minnesota--somewhat similar.
@@windstorm1000 So that's why so many Finns have emigrated to Minnesota ...
Impressive.
There is truth in what was said a long time ago, that if Sibelius had only composed this, he would be a very significant composer. It feels like a new direction in his music. If only he had left us the 8th, incomplete or whatever, I think we might have been able to appreciate the size of his genius. The little organ piece derived, it is believed by some scholars, from the 8th is in this vein.
there was no 8th symphony he crammed a lot of themes in the one movement 7 th symphony same thing with Roy Harris 4th Symphony in one movement
@@josebelindo1641 He started writing an eighth, and fragments of it have survived, though it was never published.
@@josebelindo1641 Sibelius's score publisher reported seeing two movements and Sibelius promised two more. Aino wrote about a terrible evening in Ainola, in the 1940s, when it and other music was consumed by the big room heater. Indeed, if the publisher had have cooperated with Sibelius's requested to have it returned for revision, Tapiola might have suffered the same fate so great had his inbuilt critic become.
It's worth noting how Sibelius referred to Karajan as "the only one who truly understands my work."
+TheStockwell yes, the Austrian had a mystical connection to the great Finn's works--he understood them from the inside out, and not the reverse.
+windstorm1000 The first Sibelius I owned was Karajan's recording of the Fifth Symphony on Deutsche Grammophon. That was the version Glenn Gould used to close the first of his "The Idea of North" radio presentations. Gould's broadcast made me wonder if I needed to start listening to Sibelius. I did!
+TheStockwell good memories. music enriches our lives.
That may well have been true in the 1950's (Karajan's Philarmonia years were his best) but since then we've had Berglund and now Paavo Jarvi who IMO is today's leading exponent of Sibelius' amazing works.
Perhaps it is the case that the "dislike" vote was not based on the performance (which, as the old old joke goes, makes even non-Finns homesick for the Finnish forests), as it was a "dislike" for Karajan himself. Or maybe it was only the UA-cam version of grafiti.
At time 13:36, that is the mark of a master conductor with a master orchestra.
Deep forest breathing
Masterpiece. No connection with anything else. Just... set up apart from anything else. End of
Grauenhaft, da stehen einem ja die Haare zu Berge😢
Un aburrimiento
E não é assim?