This symphony was my first introduction to the music of Martinů, the broadcast of a live performance given over thirty years ago, and I think I got started off with the best of the six he wrote. I have all of them in my collection but this one remains my favorite. And Martinů is such an interesting and unusual composer with such a strange yet beguiling compositional style. He's so underrated but I'm glad that his music is still performed before audiences on occasion.
You have indeed a lot to dicover. Many scores of Martinu are incredibly beautiful and written in a strict form, with a fine feeling of insstrumental effects. UA-cam is an unique opportunity for that.
I keep a personal collection of playlists like probably so many others using UA-cam do. This work just made it to one of those lists which I call emotional symphonies.
Perfect songs to read the subjective forms of the clouds and to follow with a tender eye the grooves of the stems of the trees; appreciate the complex writing of the nested branches, taste the colors of the decomposition of light into water droplets in a garden, and strongly feel the wet soil of ancestral forest to perceive the traces of animals from deep past 🦚
Thanks for the upload of this marvellous symphony. Unfortunately the best performance with Vaclav Neumann/Czech Phil has been deleted from Y.T. but at least we can enjoy this one.
Funny enough this concerto was my first contact with Martinus wonderful ouvre too back in 1977. Contrary to this interpretation of the sixt symphony an unforgettable experience.
The subtitle "fantaisies symphoniques' should not lead to the conclusion that the sense of form as absent from this symphony. On the opposite, its architecture is solid but original.Its orchestration is compact but extremely subtle, as it can partly be seen from the video.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." So many of the comments below adore this piece and I find it much ado about nothing. It is almost as if he never heard Beethoven or Mahler. There is lots of interesting music here but no magic or majesty.
Eso que usted dice podría decirse también respecto de Mahler si lo compara con Beethoven. El término de comparación no pueden ser autores de épocas y estilos diferentes. Compare usted con otra sinfonía estrenada a finales de los años 50. What you say could also be said of Mahler if you compare him with Beethoven. The term of comparison cannot be authors of different times and styles. Compare yourself to another symphony premiered in the late 1950s.
Possibly try again. It works with small units and needs repeated listening. Charles Munch called one passage in the finale 'Beethovenesque ' and it is obvious which bit the great conductor was referring to. ..... but you clearly missed it. C'est la vie.
I feel like Martinu tells his whole life in this symphony.
God, what a Man !!
Wonderful. An amazing symphony by an outrageously underrated composer.
Adriano Brandão Wonderful
This symphony was my first introduction to the music of Martinů, the broadcast of a live performance given over thirty years ago, and I think I got started off with the best of the six he wrote. I have all of them in my collection but this one remains my favorite. And Martinů is such an interesting and unusual composer with such a strange yet beguiling compositional style. He's so underrated but I'm glad that his music is still performed before audiences on occasion.
BRAVI TUTTI......from Mexico City!
Gets better with each deep re-hearing!
thank you for this excellent post. i think Martinu is one of the most under played and under appreciated composers.
Terrific solo fro the concertmaster, whose cantabile is very admirable. Excellent orchestra. The composition communicates much. Hoomeyow!!
The modulation after 2:25 is the most beautiful modulation I have ever heard.... Omg it really made me cry :)
Stefan Horlitz Exactly! ;)
Thanks for posting!!! He always sounds fresh doesn't he?? Music so dynamic!!
Another fabulous composition by M. Cannot understand why he is not better known, and he clearly follows in the mold of Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek.
It's hard to describe this music .
But
The beauty of this melody is beyond compare
First time to hear this. Really great piece. Thanks for sharing.
This is the first time I listened to a composition by Martinu. Very enjoyable! Thanks for sharing.
You have indeed a lot to dicover. Many scores of Martinu are incredibly beautiful and written in a strict form, with a fine feeling of insstrumental effects. UA-cam is an unique opportunity for that.
Questa musica non stanca mai! Bellissima!
Great symphony, my favourite one - along with the 3rd. But they're all masterpieces, all six of them.
Bombastic and textured but also melodic at the same time makes it very interesting and involving piece.
this is a really good orchestra and a good conductor
I keep a personal collection of playlists like probably so many others using UA-cam do. This work just made it to one of those lists which I call emotional symphonies.
The(my)best of Martinu, back in the 1980's hear at live for the 1t. time.
Thanks very much for posting this. I wish I could see this performed live. This and the double concerto are my favorite works of Martinu,
I like the quartets
The 4th piano concerto is awesome!
Perfect songs to read the subjective forms of the clouds and to follow with a tender eye the grooves of the stems of the trees; appreciate the complex writing of the nested branches, taste the colors of the decomposition of light into water droplets in a garden, and strongly feel the wet soil of ancestral forest to perceive the traces of animals from deep past 🦚
Marvelous !
Beautiful
Terrific! Amazing music!
very cute piccolo player
Thanks for the upload of this marvellous symphony. Unfortunately the best performance with Vaclav Neumann/Czech Phil has been deleted from Y.T. but at least we can enjoy this one.
The only word to describe this is 'yes please'
Love this piece, thanks for uploading it!
great
My 1st Martinů was in summer 1975 in the Laterna Magika: KONCERT PRO HOUSLE, KLAVIR A ORCHESTR H 342
Funny enough this concerto was my first contact with Martinus wonderful ouvre too back in 1977. Contrary to this interpretation of the sixt symphony an unforgettable experience.
A fine performance .
The subtitle "fantaisies symphoniques' should not lead to the conclusion that the sense of form as absent from this symphony. On the opposite, its architecture is solid but original.Its orchestration is compact but extremely subtle, as it can partly be seen from the video.
Back after a couple of months and it is still a great reading of a fabulous composition.
0:37 is a good place to start.
Proteo y sus transformaciones.
De Martinu-symfonien worden nog altijd niet naar waarde geschat.
125 AÑOS DE NACIDO
Can anyone tell me which orchestra & conductor are performing this wonderful symphony?
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." So many of the comments below adore this piece and I find it much ado about nothing. It is almost as if he never heard Beethoven or Mahler. There is lots of interesting music here but no magic or majesty.
Eso que usted dice podría decirse también respecto de Mahler si lo compara con Beethoven.
El término de comparación no pueden ser autores de épocas y estilos diferentes. Compare usted con otra sinfonía estrenada a finales de los años 50.
What you say could also be said of Mahler if you compare him with Beethoven. The term of comparison cannot be authors of different times and styles. Compare yourself to another symphony premiered in the late 1950s.
Possibly try again. It works with small units and needs repeated listening. Charles Munch called one passage in the finale 'Beethovenesque ' and it is obvious which bit the great conductor was referring to. ..... but you clearly missed it. C'est la vie.
J@@skipthepool
Définition auditive de la cacophonie !