How wonderfully Mitropoulos communicated with his hands --and without the baton! And the fine playing of the NY viola section shows the firmly embedded influences of Primrose and Tertis. Wonderful!
The New York Philharmonic sounds absolutely PHENOMENAL here! Carnegie Hall stage with really high risers! Leonard Rose can be seen as the Principal Cello! What a document! He had the most staggering photographic memory, even rehearsing from memory, with rehearsal letters all perfectly known! Liszt "Faust" Symphony sounds amazing in his hands!
Always wanted to see a video of Mitropolous in rehearsal. What a treat to see evidence of his photographic memory- calling out rehearsal numbers without hte score...and no baton. The music was definitely in him. Incredible! They don't make 'em like that aymore.
Personalità diabolica ed incommensurabile. Meraviglioso orchestratore, Dionisiaco, immenso direttore d'orchestra. Mio Dio perchè devono morire questi grandi direttori? un vero peccato.
I agree that Mitropoulis was one of the truly great conductors. Here he impressively conducts without a score (he was said to have had a photographic memory). His shortness of breath is evidence of his declining health condition. He was a heavy smoker (as was Bernstein), so they no doubt often enjoyed a cigarette together (perhaps after, as Bernstein silently plotted against him).
@@parandungidts2616 Yes. Mitropoulis was being considered for appointment to the NY Philharmonic. Bernstein spread rumours among the NYP board that the Greek conductor was gay. The appointment wasn't made. Ironic, of course, given Bernstein's predilections.
Thank you for uploading this.Leonard Bernstein learned a lot from this man and respected him greatly as far as I can make out from reading a book on the life of Leonard Bernstein.I think they were both great thank God for them and for youtube
Οι εντυπωσεις του Δημήτρη Μητρόπουλου για την ΕΣΣΔ, όπως τις είπε στο Ριζοσπαστη του 1934: «Αν θα με ρωτήσετε πού θα προτιμούσα να εργάζομαι σαν καλλιτέχνης μουσικός, σας λέω απερίφραστα: Χίλιες φορές στη Ρωσία. Πρόκειται για ένα φαινόμενο ομαδικής καλλιτεχνικής ανόδου ενός λαού που θεωρούνταν ίσαμε προχθές μισοπολιτισμένος και κατάλληλος μόνο για βούρδουλα». Και στην ερώτηση για το ποια είναι η πρώτη εντύπωση που αποκόμισε από τη νεαρή τότε ΕΣΣΔ, αναφέρει τα παρακάτω: «...Πλήθος εργάτες, απλά ντυμένοι, με ύφος γελαστό και ανέγνοιαστο. Είναι αυτό το ίδιο το κοινό που 'χει τη δίψα για το θέατρο και τη μάθηση. Μόλις πέρασα μερικές μέρες μέσα σ' αυτό τον κόσμο άρχισα να νιώθω πως αυτή η μάζα κρύβει μέσα της πολλά μυστικά και γίνεται από μέρα σε μέρα πιο ενδιαφέρουσα. Μου 'χε φύγει η πρώτη εντύπωση της οπτικής αντίθεσης Μόντε Κάρλο και Πλατείας του Σταθμού της Μόσχας. Στη Μόσχα έπαιξα σε τρία Κοντσέρτα ως διευθυντής και ως πιανίστας σε κλασική ρωσική και δική μου μουσική. Στο Λένινγκραντ έπαιξα κλασική και νέα σοβιετική μουσική με αρκετά μεγάλη επιτυχία. Οι νέοι καλλιτέχνες είναι αρκετά ανώτεροι από πολλούς μεγάλους καλλιτέχνες της Ευρώπης (...) Το ενδιαφέρον των εργατών για την τέχνη, το θέατρο, τον κινηματογράφο είναι ανεπτυγμένο περισσότερο από όλες τις χώρες. Το θέατρο και οι κινηματογράφοι είναι γεμάτοι κάθε βράδυ. Το κράτος ενδιαφέρεται, μπορεί να ειπεί, εξ ίσου για την κατασκευή ενός εργοστασίου με την ανύψωση του καλλιτεχνικού επιπέδου του κόσμου (...) Οι ορχήστρες και οι θίασοι κατεβαίνουν στα εργοστάσια και παίζουν από τις 2-4, οι δε εργάτες παρακολουθούν με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον, ιδίως θέατρο».
I have only heard him conduct Mahler's 6th and 10th as a part of Mahler Broadcasts with NY Philh. I was surprised because I did not know what to expect and there they were - one of the greatest performances of Mahler! Then I tried my favorite - Shostakovich. It was Shosta's 10th, one of my favorite symphonies, and I was amazed once again. The best western Shostakovich conductors are Mitropoulos and Ormandy (whose Shosta's 4th I regard as one of the greatest). Great performance!
@@detectivehome3318 thank you. Bad sonics can be discretely or less discretely augmented with audio/video players that have a lot of sound settings options.
3:38 Ο Μητρόπουλος λέει: _―Now let us take now… we go to the _*_fugue_*_ section, gentlemen._ _(―Πάμε τώρα στην ενότητα της _*_φούγκας,_*_ κύριοι.)_ Ο υποτιτλιστής ακούει *_flute_*_ section_ και μεταφράζει _―Πάμε στο θέμα με τα _*_φλάουτα_*_ τώρα, κύριοι._
Very dry performance space. I like Mitropoulos version of the Tchaikovsky 6th symphony the best. He had a way of introducing the lovely bittersweet theme like no other conductor. The strings would slowly run up the scale, pause, and play it. No other conductor has done that.
I'm trying to imagine how this was edited. Music continues while jumping from all the different camera angles. Then, it totally switches scene from a rehearsal to concert. This must have been extremely difficult and the person doing the film splicing had to really know this tough music. Also, there must have been a shortage of male harpists. I bet the female harpist had an interesting story what it was like back then.
You are soooooooooooooo wrong!!!And it is not about personal taste!This man was a genius!!!Noone of them is better then him....Kleiber yes...maybe Furtwaengler,yes...But Boehm??Walter?Klemperer?Not even close!!!Great conductors but not even close to Mitropoulos!!!Enjoy him!!!Thank you!! :)
Yes! Right! Nowadyas in the music world, except for very few real talents, everything is about politics, back stage power, "pulling strings", influences of all genre. If one gets that, so is a "big name", can be music director, be a "star", etc.!
In one day of grueling work Mitropoulos and the NYP pumped out 3 symphonies, 4 overtures and one dance suite. Columbia Records really short-changed Mitropoulous --and us, by making him gind out catalog-fillers. Yes, I know he smoked too much, and when he died 2 NOV 60 of a heart attack his doctors probably had warned him, but this doesn't excuse Columbia Records and their treatment of him.
Fantastic. One great conductor. Maybe one of the more complete we know. He wasn't a star, and he was forced to go out the New York Philharmonic by Bernstein.Three homosexual in the history of the Philharmonic: Mitropoulos, Bernstein and Boulez. But the second was jew. I prefer Mitropoulos.
Osvaldo Colarusso What is this supposed to mean? That you like only Gentile homosexuals? Usually, bigots are pretty damn well clear about whom they hate.
He rehearsed without a score. Why? Because every note was in his head. A musical genius for the ages.
How wonderfully Mitropoulos communicated with his hands --and without the baton!
And the fine playing of the NY viola section shows the firmly embedded influences of Primrose and Tertis. Wonderful!
The use only of hands and ultimately his entire body make his conducting even more powerful and dramatic! He is a leader!
The New York Philharmonic sounds absolutely PHENOMENAL here! Carnegie Hall stage with really high risers! Leonard Rose can be seen as the Principal Cello! What a document! He had the most staggering photographic memory, even rehearsing from memory, with rehearsal letters all perfectly known! Liszt "Faust" Symphony sounds amazing in his hands!
Always wanted to see a video of Mitropolous in rehearsal. What a treat to see evidence of his photographic memory- calling out rehearsal numbers without hte score...and no baton. The music was definitely in him. Incredible! They don't make 'em like that aymore.
Great musician and marvelous human being! Mitropoulos is still a live exemple of life and artistry. A superior spirit, for sure!
I Cannot Become Beautiful Without "The Musique;" Of Godly Inspiration!!!! He Keeps All Of My Bones; So That None Are Broken!!!!🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌
Personalità diabolica ed incommensurabile. Meraviglioso orchestratore, Dionisiaco, immenso direttore d'orchestra. Mio Dio perchè devono morire questi grandi direttori? un vero peccato.
ma soprattutto perché dobbiamo oggi vedere tanti cialtroni pseudo direttori ?l’economia di movimenti in Mitropoulos è stupefacente
His physical conditioning was astonishing-- tremendous core strength, which makes every gesture speak more clearly.
Absolutely marvellous. His control is perfect, the playing is superb.
BEST BEST BEST
Πολυ εκφραστικος. Μεγας Ελλην! ΕΥΓΕ!!!!!Very expressive!!! A great Greek! It is a great joy to watch him conducting!!!!!
incroyable ! le meilleur chef ! et quel orchestre !
Amazing and fantastic conductor, thank you!
I agree that Mitropoulis was one of the truly great conductors. Here he impressively conducts without a score (he was said to have had a photographic memory). His shortness of breath is evidence of his declining health condition. He was a heavy smoker (as was Bernstein), so they no doubt often enjoyed a cigarette together (perhaps after, as Bernstein silently plotted against him).
???plotted..??
@@parandungidts2616 Yes. Mitropoulis was being considered for appointment to the NY Philharmonic. Bernstein spread rumours among the NYP board that the Greek conductor was gay. The appointment wasn't made. Ironic, of course, given Bernstein's predilections.
I thought it was common knowledge that they were lovers.
Thank you for uploading this.Leonard Bernstein learned a lot from this man and respected him greatly as far as I can make out from reading a book on the life of Leonard Bernstein.I think they were both great thank God for them and for youtube
Sorry to add Bernstein treated his better most reprehensibly. There was no comparison between this Greek God and the cabaret charlatan known as Lenny.
Οι εντυπωσεις του Δημήτρη Μητρόπουλου για την ΕΣΣΔ, όπως τις είπε στο Ριζοσπαστη του 1934: «Αν θα με ρωτήσετε πού θα προτιμούσα να εργάζομαι σαν καλλιτέχνης μουσικός, σας λέω απερίφραστα: Χίλιες φορές στη Ρωσία. Πρόκειται για ένα φαινόμενο ομαδικής καλλιτεχνικής ανόδου ενός λαού που θεωρούνταν ίσαμε προχθές μισοπολιτισμένος και κατάλληλος μόνο για βούρδουλα».
Και στην ερώτηση για το ποια είναι η πρώτη εντύπωση που αποκόμισε από τη νεαρή τότε ΕΣΣΔ, αναφέρει τα παρακάτω:
«...Πλήθος εργάτες, απλά ντυμένοι, με ύφος γελαστό και ανέγνοιαστο. Είναι αυτό το ίδιο το κοινό που 'χει τη δίψα για το θέατρο και τη μάθηση. Μόλις πέρασα μερικές μέρες μέσα σ' αυτό τον κόσμο άρχισα να νιώθω πως αυτή η μάζα κρύβει μέσα της πολλά μυστικά και γίνεται από μέρα σε μέρα πιο ενδιαφέρουσα. Μου 'χε φύγει η πρώτη εντύπωση της οπτικής αντίθεσης Μόντε Κάρλο και Πλατείας του Σταθμού της Μόσχας. Στη Μόσχα έπαιξα σε τρία Κοντσέρτα ως διευθυντής και ως πιανίστας σε κλασική ρωσική και δική μου μουσική. Στο Λένινγκραντ έπαιξα κλασική και νέα σοβιετική μουσική με αρκετά μεγάλη επιτυχία. Οι νέοι καλλιτέχνες είναι αρκετά ανώτεροι από πολλούς μεγάλους καλλιτέχνες της Ευρώπης (...) Το ενδιαφέρον των εργατών για την τέχνη, το θέατρο, τον κινηματογράφο είναι ανεπτυγμένο περισσότερο από όλες τις χώρες. Το θέατρο και οι κινηματογράφοι είναι γεμάτοι κάθε βράδυ. Το κράτος ενδιαφέρεται, μπορεί να ειπεί, εξ ίσου για την κατασκευή ενός εργοστασίου με την ανύψωση του καλλιτεχνικού επιπέδου του κόσμου (...) Οι ορχήστρες και οι θίασοι κατεβαίνουν στα εργοστάσια και παίζουν από τις 2-4, οι δε εργάτες παρακολουθούν με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον, ιδίως θέατρο».
I have only heard him conduct Mahler's 6th and 10th as a part of Mahler Broadcasts with NY Philh. I was surprised because I did not know what to expect and there they were - one of the greatest performances of Mahler! Then I tried my favorite - Shostakovich. It was Shosta's 10th, one of my favorite symphonies, and I was amazed once again. The best western Shostakovich conductors are Mitropoulos and Ormandy (whose Shosta's 4th I regard as one of the greatest).
Great performance!
You have great taste
@@detectivehome3318 thank you. Bad sonics can be discretely or less discretely augmented with audio/video players that have a lot of sound settings options.
GREAT ! Bravo Dimitri Mitropoulos !
wizard...musician through and through
A great musical genius. They were fortunate to have him. Nobody like that today.
"Good, that's devilish enough"
He is the best
I'm amazed this was found or even made but he was NYP for a long time also a striking imaginative pianist !
ευχαριστω τον κυριο που ανεβασε αυτο το βιντεο
Thank you for your valuable sound source.
記憶の王者！！！
impressionante!tutto a memoria!!!
3:38
Ο Μητρόπουλος λέει:
_―Now let us take now… we go to the _*_fugue_*_ section, gentlemen._
_(―Πάμε τώρα στην ενότητα της _*_φούγκας,_*_ κύριοι.)_
Ο υποτιτλιστής ακούει *_flute_*_ section_ και μεταφράζει
_―Πάμε στο θέμα με τα _*_φλάουτα_*_ τώρα, κύριοι._
Δεν ειναι αυτοματη μεταφραση λογικα αυτος που εγραφε τους υποτιτλους δεν ηταν και τοσο μυημενος...
Πολύ σωστά.
Nice to see great artists! Leonard Rose in the cello section for instance.
Very dry performance space. I like Mitropoulos version of the Tchaikovsky 6th symphony the best. He had a way of introducing the lovely bittersweet theme like no other conductor. The strings would slowly run up the scale, pause, and play it. No other conductor has done that.
I love the section at 3:35! Truly demonic!!
Αυτος ειναι ο προ-παππους μου!
Lmao 🤣
The real deal.
Without comparison!
Is there any other source, any full video of him conducting?
A very young Leonard Rose playing there.
❤️😍😍
Απο τους μεγαλυτερους μαεστρους που περπατησαν στη Γη...
I'm trying to imagine how this was edited. Music continues while jumping from all the different camera angles. Then, it totally switches scene from a rehearsal to concert. This must have been extremely difficult and the person doing the film splicing had to really know this tough music. Also, there must have been a shortage of male harpists. I bet the female harpist had an interesting story what it was like back then.
When was the video shot?
Does anyone know of any other footage of Mitropoulos conducting?
ua-cam.com/video/knv4jABKt5o/v-deo.html
"ua-cam.com/video/knv4jABKt5o/v-deo.html"
Homenajes of de Falla. On UA-cam.
You are soooooooooooooo wrong!!!And it is not about personal taste!This man was a genius!!!Noone of them is better then him....Kleiber yes...maybe Furtwaengler,yes...But Boehm??Walter?Klemperer?Not even close!!!Great conductors but not even close to Mitropoulos!!!Enjoy him!!!Thank you!! :)
Which Kleiber?
Yes! Right! Nowadyas in the music world, except for very few real talents, everything is about politics, back stage power, "pulling strings", influences of all genre. If one gets that, so is a "big name", can be music director, be a "star", etc.!
Never heard this! Bravo. Lots of pizzicato. Playful.
In one day of grueling work Mitropoulos and the NYP pumped out 3 symphonies, 4 overtures and one dance suite. Columbia Records really short-changed Mitropoulous --and us, by making him gind out catalog-fillers. Yes, I know he smoked too much, and when he died 2 NOV 60 of a heart attack his doctors probably had warned him, but this doesn't excuse Columbia Records and their treatment of him.
He is, to put in one word, incredible!
Dude what are you talking about? They "treated" him to the tune of almost 70cds for crying out loud.
Name of this piece anyone please? Stanley Tucci would make a good Dimitri and Adrian Brody as Leonard Bernstein.
The magical piece is third movement "Mephistopheles" of Franz Liszt Faust symphony ...enjoy!
Franz Liszt :A Faust Symphony, One the greatest Symphonies ever written.
7:28 Leonard Rose, cello
Taken 8-9 Dec 1949
The orchestra despised him. The music certainly didn't
no women in the orchestra : another time !
Well, there WAS the stereotypical lady harpist...
Fantastic. One great conductor. Maybe one of the more complete we know. He wasn't a star, and he was forced to go out the New York Philharmonic by Bernstein.Three homosexual in the history of the Philharmonic: Mitropoulos, Bernstein and Boulez. But the second was jew. I prefer Mitropoulos.
Osvaldo Colarusso never read a more idiotic comment
Osvaldo Colarusso What is this supposed to mean? That you like only Gentile homosexuals? Usually, bigots are pretty damn well clear about whom they hate.
Amazing and fantastic conductor, thank you!
Amazing and fantastic conductor, thank you!