Franz Schubert - Symphony No.4 in C-minor, D.417 "Tragic" (1816)

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    Franz Schubert
    Work: Symphony No.4 in C-minor, D.417 "Tragic" (1816)
    Mov.I: Adagio molto - Allegro vivace 00:00
    Mov.II: Andante 09:57
    Mov.III: Menuetto: Allegro vivace 17:57
    Mov.IV: Allegro 21:15
    Orchestra: Failoni Orchestra
    Conductor: Michael Halász
    The title Tragic is Schubert's own. It was added to the autograph manuscript some time after the work was completed. It is not known exactly why he added the title, but the work is one of only two symphonies (the Unfinished Symphony is the other) which Schubert wrote in a minor key.
    The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in A-flat, C and E-flat, 2 trumpets in C and E-flat, timpani and strings.
    The slow introduction is modeled after Haydn's The Representation of Chaos overture to The Creation oratorio. The opening theme of the Allegro of the first movement derives from the opening theme of Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 in the same key.
    The slow movement is in A-B-A-B-A form which would be a favorite form for most of Schubert's remaining symphonic slow movements (the Unfinished being the only exception). The themes are the B section are not new. They are developed from the Allegro theme of the first movement and the themes of A section. The second appearance of B, the third return of A and the beginning of the coda have a sixteenth-note ostinato accompaniment added to help bring cohesiveness to the sections. This was a device that Beethoven had previously used in the slow movements of his Op. 18 No. 1 quartet and his Pathetique sonata.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 461

  • @juanvelez8564
    @juanvelez8564 4 роки тому +694

    It really is a tragedy that the movements are interrupted by commercials....

    • @Mark_Harwood
      @Mark_Harwood 4 роки тому +84

      Adblock Plus is your friend ...

    • @barbarabergstrom3996
      @barbarabergstrom3996 4 роки тому +37

      You can start the video , stop fast forward , then hit rewind. No ads.

    • @y.martel842
      @y.martel842 4 роки тому +5

      Cruel world

    • @user-qk4tx9jc4m
      @user-qk4tx9jc4m 4 роки тому +6

      that was a good one

    • @SiliconBong
      @SiliconBong 4 роки тому +36

      @@Mark_Harwood How can people watch youtube without adblock? (not just a rhetorical question, it's damned impossible.)

  • @joselopes2293
    @joselopes2293 3 роки тому +29

    Shubert’s fourth symphony was completed when he was nineteen, in 1816. It was only performed in 1849, after his death. The period of his life is historically enveloped in political storms, social transformations and the construction of new times. For him to write music, it is said, is more important than eating or drinking. This explains the volume of his work during a very short life, as he die at the age of 31. For Shubert although it is often believed that the opposite is true, there was only his intimate world, in whose work the pain often appears, which insistently enveloped him inwardly. He never held important musical positions. He often combined his symphonic works with other art forms where painting is not strange., showing how intimate life and feeling are at the origin of his creative impulse. His compositions explored the most unknown field of all: human feeling. He was a fabulous and extraordinary composer with an extreme sensitivity and one that was expected to be one of the greatest future musical promises.
    The intonation of the beginning music presents some successively greater triumphalism, interrupted by moments of greater calm. The andante touches us more deeply and has an amazing harmony. O Menuetto continues the previous movement, although with variations thT are sometimes more muted and others more vivid. The composition ends with one Allegro repeating the first movement. The interpretation and direction are flawless. The sound is sublime. Thanks for these moments of pure pleasure.

  • @andrebissonnette4394
    @andrebissonnette4394 4 роки тому +36

    Beautiful symphony, a master of the genre at 19...Schubert is and always will be my favorite composer.

    • @nostalgiaschubert
      @nostalgiaschubert 4 місяці тому +2

      always... me too. schubert like a nostalgia for me... for all the lieds and symphonies and schwanen gesang...

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L 5 років тому +387

    It really is a tragedy that Schubert died so young.

    • @bragg77
      @bragg77 4 роки тому +2

      He was an asshole anyway..

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 4 роки тому +46

      Schubert died at 31. Mozart, 35. Chopin, 39. Mendelssohn, 40. Dying young was so common back then - no antibiotics, medical science was a joke. It’s strange how much we take for granted today that would appear utterly miraculous to people living a few generations ago. Like cell phones, UA-cam instant music. Schubert never even heard his own symphonies played. We can listen to them now anytime we like, and for free.

    • @ExVeritateLibertas
      @ExVeritateLibertas 4 роки тому +15

      @@syourke3 Beethoven was relatively long lived at 56. He was a "late bloomer" as a composer. Had he died at Mozart's age, we would be without much of his output. For example, his Symphony No. 3 premiered when he was 34. Of course Haydn lived to 77.

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 4 роки тому +5

      ExVeritateLibertas Beethoven didn’t publish his first opus until 1795, when he was 25. But he had composed a great many works previously. He composed some significant works in Bonn before he moved to Vienna. The “Joseph” Cantata.
      He studied with Haydn for a few years prior to publishing anything. But he was a virtuoso pianist and terrific at improvisation. By the time he published his first opus, he was already a fully mature master and Haydn’s equal. Don’t know why he waited so long to publish anything.

    • @rorrimirror
      @rorrimirror 4 роки тому +6

      @@syourke3 To claim Beethoven was Haydn's equal is really a bold statement, especially referring to when he was 25...

  • @pipestud3corncobpuffer785
    @pipestud3corncobpuffer785 5 років тому +18

    One of Schubert's best and most well crafted symphonies, which for some reason, is rarely performed these days.

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 6 років тому +285

    This symphony was composed when Schubert was very young (19 years old), and nevertheless it is perfect. The influence of Beethoven is obvious. The second movement clearly anticipates an impromptu, also in A flat major. It is absolutely amazing to have such an art of orchestration so young when not playing in an orchestra.

    • @nobodysalterego2832
      @nobodysalterego2832 6 років тому +31

      I believe a correction is in place. Schubert had already had experience in both playing in an orchestra (he played the violin) and leading one prior to composing his early symphonies. He was a member of his school's orchestra (the Stadtkonvikt's orchestra) and as a student of Antonio Salieri he had also been taught musical theory.

    • @elleneckstein7407
      @elleneckstein7407 4 роки тому +11

      Pardon... the following note was written before I noticed the above comment which renders some of my enlightening comments redundant
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      p.s. Schubert organized a casual orchestra composed of family and friends wherein he could sound out his compositions. I’m sure it was pretty hit and miss but it was something. He was able to perform his songs because his adoring friends had regular get togethers called Shubertiads where Schubert would serenade his friends all night long while they partied. Must have been lonely for him. He never got the girl though he loved a few. As he became known the Schuberiads gained in popularity and began to be hosted by society’s patrons of the arts.
      One of his early teachers was court musician, Antonio Salieri of Mozart fame.

    • @NovicebutPassionate
      @NovicebutPassionate 4 роки тому +12

      As for "the influence of Beethoven is obvious," Leon Plantinga says: "... much in these early symphonies is unlike the style of Mozart or Haydn, and even more unlike that of Beethoven." Romantic Music, A History of Musical Style in 19th-Cent Europe, Norton, 1984, p.84.

    • @sgwinenoob2115
      @sgwinenoob2115 4 роки тому +2

      @@NovicebutPassionate well if you were familiar with haydns late symphonies, and beethovens coriolanus overture, you wouldnt agree at all with mr platingas statement

    • @BazzTriton
      @BazzTriton 4 роки тому +2

      Gérard Begni composing and playing in a orchestra? There are plenty great symphony composers that never played in a orchestra.

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot
    @loveclassicalmusicalot 2 роки тому +7

    The one thing I love about this symphony is it has many things in common with Beethoven's famous 5th Symphony. The way the Fourth movement ends is really amazing!

  • @danbrown4090
    @danbrown4090 4 роки тому +7

    Meraviglioso Schubert!

  • @syourke3
    @syourke3 4 роки тому +32

    Schubert was only 19 when he wrote this symphony. He was already a master. My first time listening to this symphony. I’ve only heard his fifth, eighth and ninth. The influence of Beethoven is, of course, unmistakeable.

    • @alessandrovittorini6706
      @alessandrovittorini6706 4 роки тому +1

      Why anglosaxons always have to quantify everything art included? Who cares how old he was.

    • @sgwinenoob2115
      @sgwinenoob2115 4 роки тому +3

      @@alessandrovittorini6706 very few masterpieces are written at that tender age. It makes it all the more special, and puts Schubert in that very select group which only includes Mozart and Mendelssohn.

    • @hanwentian8096
      @hanwentian8096 3 роки тому

      You would like to pay a visit at his third, a little piece filled with pure joy. My favorite version is on this same channel.

    • @sebastianbiegniewski4770
      @sebastianbiegniewski4770 2 роки тому

      Schubert was also a wonderful genius!!.

  • @foveauxbear
    @foveauxbear Рік тому +8

    I love this symphony, so gorgeous ... reminds me of Haydn more than Beethoven, to my ear. Schubert was the master of melody. The 2nd movement is heartbreakingly beautiful, and so full of gentle power. Very much a sweet younger brother to the 5th, which is perfect.

  • @atomicpiano
    @atomicpiano 4 роки тому +114

    The 1816 kids were probably so hyped when he dropped this banger

    • @nietzschesghost8529
      @nietzschesghost8529 4 роки тому +23

      The older folks of the time were like "Back in our day, we listened to Bach, not this hippie trash!"

    • @williamkoscielniak820
      @williamkoscielniak820 3 роки тому +9

      @@nietzschesghost8529 LOL. Music changes, but the attitudes of "back in my day music was the best" and "these young kids listen to a bunch trash" hasn't changed much at all. It's hilarious. I can definitely envision a grumpy old man complaining that Shubert is a bunch of mediocre buffoonery while lamenting how the good ole' days of Mozart are long gone.

    • @DavidNursal2012
      @DavidNursal2012 3 роки тому +7

      Sadly it was not performed in public until 1849, twenty years after Schubert's death.

    • @anivartinanand5259
      @anivartinanand5259 3 роки тому +9

      @@DavidNursal2012 that's _Tragic_

    • @weirdface3838
      @weirdface3838 3 роки тому +1

      Those people could only listen to this piece once inside an actual orchestra

  • @nonulus9190
    @nonulus9190 3 роки тому +8

    I love the Oboe part in the andante so much.

  • @lunnouxhinds8464
    @lunnouxhinds8464 4 роки тому +12

    I just love all the Symphonies.

    • @crescenzoverdenavidacrociera
      @crescenzoverdenavidacrociera 4 роки тому +1

      You mean all Symphinies by all composers? I should listen more symphonies too but I listen mostly piano music. I might start to.

  • @oscarguzman39
    @oscarguzman39 7 років тому +7

    Many thanks for posting these Shubert jewels. I deeply enjoy them

  • @erikjohnson1746
    @erikjohnson1746 3 роки тому +29

    Imagine a time where culture moved men to do great things and sacrifice. When a sense of pride for ones people and nation extended past their family but up help a sense of tradition, right and wrong. We have come a long way into awareness but we have receded from such passion for community. I'll be listening and dreaming of a day when man will play music again.

    • @erikjohnson1746
      @erikjohnson1746 3 роки тому +2

      @Vir Nobilis Great point. It is important to remain positive. The fish don't control the tide.

    • @wrrichardson
      @wrrichardson 2 роки тому

      @@user-overload that was an optimistic thing to say Paul

  • @lachankla3124
    @lachankla3124 3 роки тому +8

    27:50 extraordinaire épopée, il fait ressortir tout le tragique avec la volonté de conquérir en vain à 28:27 .

  • @excelsior2511
    @excelsior2511 8 років тому +25

    I am embarrassed to say I overlook Schubert, but every time I hear one of his compositions I am reminded what a giant of music he was. The 4th is magnificent and my favorite movement is the Menuetto. Thank you for posting this superb recording.

    • @williamshakespeare8748
      @williamshakespeare8748 6 років тому +1

      He was overlooked in his own life because the titan Beethoven was the volcano who dominated music.

    • @JBrandeis1
      @JBrandeis1 6 років тому

      That's not all you overlooked: You also overlooked how to spell Schubert's name.

    • @scruffysean3640
      @scruffysean3640 6 років тому +1

      Listen to his string quintet in C major, D. 956. You'll never overlook Schubert again.

    • @excelsior2511
      @excelsior2511 6 років тому +3

      I edited my gin & tonic influenced misspelling. I hope that puts your world back in order, Jacobin. Ignoring the passion behind words, and red-lining mistakes is the sure sign of a bureaucrat.

  • @dieterh.9342
    @dieterh.9342 3 роки тому +5

    I hear that blend of Classical into Romantic. Sublime formalities.

  • @vladimirputout2461
    @vladimirputout2461 3 роки тому +28

    The painting is from the Battle of Solferino

    • @f1refall
      @f1refall 3 роки тому +1

      well there's a happy time :/

  • @enriquetemper9769
    @enriquetemper9769 4 роки тому +8

    Excellent composition, I close my eyes, enjoy music and transport me to another era. thanks for sharing

  • @Amadeu.Macedo
    @Amadeu.Macedo 9 років тому +69

    It's impossible for me to find the proper words that could possibly convey the feelings derived while listening to Schubert's music, especially his magnificent symphonies, and in particular this one, the Fourth... Perhaps because this work was labelled "Tragic", it acquires a special connotation, for it falls in line with its composer's tragic existence... This symphony is simply glorious! I worship Schubert's music!
    É impossível encontrar palavras adequadas que possam transmitir os sentimentos obtidos ao escutar a música de Schubert, especialmente suas magníficas sinfonias, e em particular esta, a Quarta... Talvez porque este trabalho foi rotulado como "Trágico", ele adquire uma conotação muito especial, pois está em consonância com trágica existência de seu compositor ... Esta sinfonia é simplesmente gloriosa!
    Eu adoro a música de Schubert!
    C'est impossible de trouver les mots appropriés pour transmettre les sentiments obtenus tout en écoutant la musique de Schubert, en particulier ses magnifiques symphonies, et surtout celle-ci, la Quatrième... Peut-être parce que ce travail a été appellé «Tragique», il acquiert une signification très spéciale, car il est en ligne avec l'existence tragique de son compositeur... Cette symphonie est tout-a-fait magnifique! J'adore la musique de Schubert!

    • @Amadeu.Macedo
      @Amadeu.Macedo 7 років тому +5

      I'm afraid you have never researched his life... I did
      he died all alone, in an asylum, suffering from syphilis, taking daily mercury injections (can you just imagine the pain?)

    • @Rosangela161
      @Rosangela161 7 років тому

      Amadeu Macedo Tears

    • @ruslanyaparov6338
      @ruslanyaparov6338 7 років тому +1

      I think he ment that when he wrote this music he was 19 years old and he didn't know all that suffering yet.

    • @oscarguzman39
      @oscarguzman39 7 років тому +6

      Then for you would be nice to live in a family where the mother had thirteen children of whom ten died at birth, another died prematurely and his mother died in her last childbirth when he was only fifteen. The only family he had left was his father and his other brother. They lived in a humble neighborhood in Vienna. His father was a teacher and they had little income to live on.

    • @wurldtravlr620
      @wurldtravlr620 7 років тому +3

      ... and add to that he (Schubert) passed at the age of 31. Except for the gift of his amazing music which he has given us his life was tragic all around.

  • @loganfruchtman953
    @loganfruchtman953 Рік тому +5

    This is One of my favorite classical era symphonies

    • @biomuseum6645
      @biomuseum6645 Рік тому +2

      its early romantic

    • @loganfruchtman953
      @loganfruchtman953 Рік тому +5

      @@biomuseum6645 No it’s classical! The romantic era started around 1820 so technically this is a classical era work. Schubert was both the last classical era composer and one of the first romantics just like Beethoven .

    • @DiegoATpl
      @DiegoATpl 8 місяців тому +1

      Any other recommendations from classical era?
      Something else than Haydn,Mozart,early Beethoven?
      I'm quite new in listening such pieces.

  • @Cysne25
    @Cysne25 6 років тому +1

    This interpretation truly captures the intense despair and monumental qualities of this work.

  • @vyrus2
    @vyrus2 9 років тому +35

    beautiful. i can't get over thinking how people like Schubert wrote these crazy, sprawling pieces without the help of any even remotely modern technology.. completely amazing

    • @danielpincus221
      @danielpincus221 7 років тому +5

      A piano, paper and quill..

    • @writingalias4401
      @writingalias4401 6 років тому +36

      The world was also smaller, in scope of reality. There were less things to focus on, and more important things would dominate their mind. Less distractions. A double edged sword, the modern world of technology. What I'm getting at. They CREATED music. They breathed it. The most advanced tool for music is the human mind, and they had all the time in the world to hone that instrument. I'm sure they could hear it in their head and imagine it on a page simultaneously more effectively than any computer screen could emulate.
      Sorry, I'm a writer, and I was inspired to say something on the topic, much loves to all. We're here for the same reason, beauty.

    • @excelsior2511
      @excelsior2511 6 років тому +4

      I like what you wrote.

    • @amanas5840
      @amanas5840 4 роки тому +2

      The computer does tasks for you, you should do yourself, if you want to become a better composer.

    • @johannesbluemink4581
      @johannesbluemink4581 4 роки тому

      Absolutely! I read a story that he was with some friends, sitting at a table. He had blanc music-sheets at hand and simply wrote down an Ouverture, with the score for full Orchestra! Wow!

  • @abubakar.mehmood
    @abubakar.mehmood 6 років тому +69

    I was listening to some Rock music (which is great in its own right) and suddenly felt like I hadn't heard anything by Schubert for quite a while.. my fingers typed "Schubert symphony" and automatically selected this one.. a divine power brought me here to this divine piece!
    Thanks for uploading it.

    • @stellaercolani3810
      @stellaercolani3810 4 роки тому +3

      Yes it's beautiful music, so very new to me, but I want to know and experience it fully.

    • @srgvette28
      @srgvette28 4 роки тому

      Rock and roll AINT gonna die.....

    • @alexanderkuptsov6117
      @alexanderkuptsov6117 4 роки тому

      Some classical music does have drive and energy which are close to rock.

    • @hanwentian8096
      @hanwentian8096 3 роки тому

      ​@@alexanderkuptsov6117 All do, it's just that most people can only rock along with bangs, not beautiful melody.

  • @bedenerexhepaj293
    @bedenerexhepaj293 9 років тому +3

    Just Superb!! Thank you for uploaded!!

  • @onlinepokeraddict
    @onlinepokeraddict 4 роки тому +2

    This was among the shortest half hours of my life. Awesome stuff!

  • @pinkandperk
    @pinkandperk 4 роки тому +93

    When I was a small child I loved 'sherbet' now as an old man I adore 'Schubert'.

  • @egidioloi5485
    @egidioloi5485 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for the accurate explanation and for the beautiful version choosed.

  • @vangel1443
    @vangel1443 10 років тому +56

    Best version of this symphony on UA-cam. This is a very subjective comment but it seems as though this is a difficult symphony to play. Orchestras tend to make it too slow.

    • @gergo_kertesz
      @gergo_kertesz 5 років тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/eReKPVqX-DQ/v-deo.html

    • @corgansow7176
      @corgansow7176 3 роки тому +2

      There's version by Carlo Maria Giulini with Berliner Philharmoniker thats my favourite on Testament coupled with Debussy La Mer. It is also very fleet performance you should check it out.

    • @commontater8630
      @commontater8630 2 роки тому

      As an orchestra violinist playing the 4th for the first time, I can attest that it's more difficult than it sounds. The last movement keeps up an unrelenting pace in terms of finger movement and feels quite long, though it's only about 8 minutes. I must say though that I find a lot to like in this particular recording.

  • @HelenaWilliams8696
    @HelenaWilliams8696 4 роки тому +26

    F. S. Symphony #4 is spectacularly good. I can listen to the intricacy of this symphony and it amazes me. The dynamics, symmetry, intensity and technicalities underpinned this brilliant rendition.

    • @potassiumnitrate5817
      @potassiumnitrate5817 4 роки тому +2

      Then you'll highly appreciate Schubert's 5th symphony. It's playful, but also calmed and there are some counterpoint parts. Also it combines delightfully the woodwinds with the flutes and horns. Best version in my humble opinion it's from Mackeras.

    • @beethovenlovedmozart
      @beethovenlovedmozart 6 місяців тому

      ​@@potassiumnitrate5817it's all because he was a more talented composer than Beethoven

  • @letsschubertiad1966
    @letsschubertiad1966 3 роки тому +2

    So far my favourite symphony. It's hard to believe that he wrote this at such a young age

  • @nailey7958
    @nailey7958 7 років тому +54

    First part sounds like Haydn's Creation .

  • @JBrandeis1
    @JBrandeis1 6 років тому +41

    Ah! Schubert was such a genius!

  • @wishmaster7438
    @wishmaster7438 Рік тому

    Another gem from Schubert. It had taken me decades to appreciate this composer whereas I hardly heard his works when I was a teenager. I only knew the works of Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss, and a few more. The rest came over the years through watching and listening to classical compositions used in movies and tv series.

  • @eijifuruyama8791
    @eijifuruyama8791 5 років тому +14

    Our common sense is that Franz Schubert was a great Germnan Lied composer. However, he was at the same time a great sympnony creator. When a phrase of his symphonies come into my ears I immediately wonder: Mozart? Beethoven? or some work by a Romantic composer, such as Schumann? No. it is a Schubert. If he had lived longer..... Eiji

  • @robinherbert9239
    @robinherbert9239 4 роки тому +3

    Fantastic Thanks for uploading

  • @biomuseum6645
    @biomuseum6645 2 роки тому +5

    No one talks about the second movement? It’s so beautiful it moves me to tears 😭

    • @franciscocastillomata9786
      @franciscocastillomata9786 10 місяців тому +1

      Es la viva imagen sonora de la nostalgia y la melancolía . Es la forma más pura de estos sentimientos. 🌞

    • @franciscocastillomata9786
      @franciscocastillomata9786 10 місяців тому +1

      Desde muy joven me impresionó muy vivamente ! 👂👂

  • @cdub3188
    @cdub3188 9 років тому +10

    Perfect tempo for me. Reminds of a Bohm recording with Vienna.

  • @niallmcdevitt
    @niallmcdevitt 8 років тому +24

    Very under rated symphony. Good recording this one. Muti's version has more tempo and is better but is not on you tube unfortunately

  • @brianbela
    @brianbela 7 років тому +22

    What a brilliant effort for such a young composer! (Schubert was 19 when he wrote this) I hear a very clever melding of the styles of both Mozart and Beethoven here---- the intro reminds me of a mix between the Don Juan Overture, with the section that follows having more Beethoven influence( I heard some Coriolanus Overture and Eroica Symphony type moments,mixed in with more Mozart references as well)
    But one shouldn't begrudge the borrowing of styles in the work of such a young composer. The music has its own logic and is compelling, and that's what matters. What a shame he didn't longer and write more music like this!

    • @Fantasist2012
      @Fantasist2012 6 років тому +2

      Schubert modelled 3rd movement of his 5th on 3rd movement of Mozart's 40th. Beethoven modelled his on 4th movement of Mozart's

    • @isitanos
      @isitanos 4 роки тому +1

      All art and culture is mostly borrowing, with hopefully a personal twist. Which is why modern copyright is so dumb IMO.

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 3 роки тому

      @@isitanos Not really true, and given some people will flat-out steal other works, copyright is important.

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 2 роки тому

      @@isitanos Same thought.

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 2 роки тому

      @@DaveDexterMusic We have a very different view on copyright importance.

  • @jgamez5023
    @jgamez5023 7 років тому +5

    This is so pleasant to listen to...

  • @marionlovett7167
    @marionlovett7167 6 років тому +11

    all these men were gifted with music from an early age. The only problem is that many didn't live to long. Tragic shortage of life.

    • @elleneckstein7407
      @elleneckstein7407 4 роки тому +2

      If only they had antibiotics and hearing aids!

    • @ConradMarbourg3635
      @ConradMarbourg3635 4 роки тому +2

      @Marion Lovett
      : they produced greatness because they were genius AND because their life was tragic, there is no genius artistic work that is produced by a truly happy man. Suffering is the birthplace of greatness, if you are happy in life you will not produce such masterpiece, you will simply enjoy your life. The only genius that I could think of that was not tormented at some point is Immanuel Kant.

    • @y.martel842
      @y.martel842 4 роки тому

      @@ConradMarbourg3635 what about Mozart, was his life tragic? I know his death was.

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 4 роки тому

      @@ConradMarbourg3635 Rossini fue un hombre feliz

    • @ernestomiguel
      @ernestomiguel 4 роки тому

      @Sean M ha ha ha that final line

  • @Rosangela161
    @Rosangela161 7 років тому +8

    Wonderful! Thanks. Beauty and didactic

  • @richardwagner8758
    @richardwagner8758 7 років тому +19

    inmenso el genio de Schubert

  • @Phantanatomy
    @Phantanatomy 5 місяців тому

    The introduction to the first movement is so beautifully haunting

  • @h5g43579
    @h5g43579 2 роки тому +3

    Como siempre; exponiendo Obras Maestras. Muchas Gracias !!

  • @sofianeskalop4896
    @sofianeskalop4896 4 роки тому +5

    Danke.👍

  • @YonatanSetbon
    @YonatanSetbon 8 років тому +18

    for many years I've been hearing only his 5th 8th 9th and 10th and underestimated his other ones including this. I thought today to give the 4th a try, and WOW that is an amazing symph!
    Now I can't stop hearing it :) , it reminded me alittle like beethoven's 4th

    • @alger3041
      @alger3041 6 років тому +2

      Try the 2nd Symphony. I find that it fuels my fires from beginning to end. I prefer Karl Bohm for it.

    • @ferdlderdl68
      @ferdlderdl68 6 років тому +1

      Please give his 3rd symphony a try, it is unforgetable beautiful to listen to! I'm sure you'll find an excellent version of that symphony on youtube! :)

    • @andrewpetersen5272
      @andrewpetersen5272 5 років тому +6

      10th?

    • @ianstrange5674
      @ianstrange5674 4 роки тому +3

      Are you from a parallel universe where Schubert composed ten symphonies?😀

    • @doublesharp4325
      @doublesharp4325 4 роки тому +2

      @@ianstrange5674 Schubert's 10th symphony exists in a piano sketch (D 936A), completed by Prof. Brian Newbould.

  • @valeriyradchenko7685
    @valeriyradchenko7685 4 роки тому +4

    Wonderful!

  • @nohaatef4910
    @nohaatef4910 4 роки тому +2

    It is just .. magical :') l really love it ! I can't believe it is real ..

  • @fredericchopin7538
    @fredericchopin7538 2 роки тому +3

    Marvelous!

  • @MrLandale
    @MrLandale 5 років тому +7

    Beethoven would have liked this symphony. He might think it was composed in an old style but he would definitely loved Schubert's
    personal expression!

  • @jameseckert8590
    @jameseckert8590 3 роки тому +4

    My favorite passage in the whole symphony - 3:37-4:05. I wonder if that's so for anyone else on earth.

    • @iconicshrubbery
      @iconicshrubbery Рік тому

      From 3:32 I'd say, the music escalates in key, alternating between major and minor, with the violins constantly maintaining the dramatic tension.(I'm not a musician, just a Schubertian, but for me it's like the starship Enterprise accelerating to warp-factor Nine)

  • @marcela77777
    @marcela77777 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic !!!

  • @totons9036
    @totons9036 4 роки тому +4

    Jeah, Schubert writes the best symphonies! :D

  • @alecsachs9082
    @alecsachs9082 8 місяців тому

    I looked this up. This recording was made around the time I was born!

  • @larrycox5277
    @larrycox5277 5 років тому +3

    The second movement seems to have a number of variations of Il Mio Tesoro in it.

  • @SmeagolTheBeagle
    @SmeagolTheBeagle 5 років тому +6

    This is pure heaven

  • @arvinmahfam007
    @arvinmahfam007 3 роки тому +1

    While listening to this work, it is as if you are not on this earth, and you are in a state of flight!

  • @tropicalstrings
    @tropicalstrings 6 років тому +1

    Very good performance.Elegant
    It helps me a lot with studying my 1rd violin part.
    Difficult piece.

    • @yelsmlaugh
      @yelsmlaugh 5 років тому +1

      ESL tip: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, (4 - 20)th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, (24 - 30)th. Idem est: all th except one, two and three, pronounced and spelt: first, second and third. Joke: 2th is what sometimes bites your tongue. Jubal is a good name.

  • @halleycamatta3892
    @halleycamatta3892 4 роки тому +6

    minha cabeça tranquiliza-se com Shubert ! eu viajo para outros mundos !

  • @12mrClassic
    @12mrClassic 7 років тому +4

    I like this recording!

    • @gizka6816
      @gizka6816 3 роки тому

      I agree I think it has really nice dynamics

  • @lorenzoschwarzetorres9374
    @lorenzoschwarzetorres9374 7 років тому +14

    La cuarta sinfonía toca lo más profundo de mi alma y me transporta a un paraíso de sensaciones, mezcla de pena, nostalgia, melancolía, angustia, y también gozo infinito...

  • @user-bj3xi8yb9x
    @user-bj3xi8yb9x Рік тому

    좋은 연주 잘 들었습니다. 고맙습니다.^^

  • @wielandwittmann9832
    @wielandwittmann9832 5 років тому +4

    Divine. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

  • @_PROCLUS
    @_PROCLUS 6 років тому +4

    💝💝💝 TY

  • @paul-helie_music
    @paul-helie_music 2 роки тому

    so beautiful and tragic. amazing

  • @brianbela
    @brianbela 7 років тому +6

    An addendum to my their comment---- we mustn't forget the Hayden influence in this music. If you doubt the, go listen to a few of Hayden's minor symphonies written when Mozart was still learning and Beethoven was just a young child, and you'll see that allllll of these guys owe a debt to "Papa Haydn"

    • @tropicalstrings
      @tropicalstrings 6 років тому

      Mat Rix thanks. Very true.

    • @williamklimas7515
      @williamklimas7515 4 роки тому +1

      I conducted a Schubert mass years ago and the string players kept referring to it as Haydn.

  • @ThePepper67
    @ThePepper67 4 роки тому +4

    Not the biggest Schubert fan but the final movement of this work is fantastic.

    • @beethovenlovedmozart
      @beethovenlovedmozart 6 місяців тому

      He's better than Beethoven. At least, he was a better composer but didn't live long enough

  • @m.alexandreterrier5141
    @m.alexandreterrier5141 4 роки тому +2

    Merci.

  • @spiderlime
    @spiderlime 4 роки тому +2

    that was also the year in which the first edition of frankenstein was published...

  • @tepmich
    @tepmich 6 років тому +2

    Diese Symphonie trifft zu dem Untergang nur für die "babilonische" Menschheit nach der Apokalypse !!! Tepper Michael.

  • @luoduwz9789
    @luoduwz9789 4 роки тому +1

    I love this.

  • @lucianolucci6402
    @lucianolucci6402 3 роки тому +1

    A 19 anni! Stupefacente!

  • @metal4142
    @metal4142 4 роки тому +3

    MITICO !

  • @sezzed5663
    @sezzed5663 4 роки тому +10

    Reminds me of Shostakovich's Symphony No.5

  • @paulwilson4738
    @paulwilson4738 4 роки тому +1

    KuhlauDilfeng2, I think Schubert's NOT using A-B-A-B-A for the second movement of the "Unfinished" is an extra indicator that he at least sensed that the "message" (if you will) that he ended up with in the two movements was complete and that second movement was not going to be a transition into later movements, but he had quite well "said it all" in two. Stress with very little "sunlight" in the first; serenity with just a few brief times of "difficulty" in the second, and finally a pair of "pleas" right before the perfect bliss in the arms of God at the conclusion.

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp 3 роки тому +2

    I played this piece back in the mid-90s (I'm a timpanist myself).

  • @thomasthompson6378
    @thomasthompson6378 4 роки тому +2

    Does anyone else think that, in the 4th Movement, Schubert is making a good deal of fun about the whole idea of tragedy?

  • @rubenfeighelstein9218
    @rubenfeighelstein9218 7 років тому +8

    cuando necesito bajarme de las nubes escuchandoa Beethoven o Mozart escucho a Shubert, buenisisimo y mas terrestre que los otros dos, mas tranquilidad, de lo contrario me da un ataque de alta presionb

  • @Ivan_1791
    @Ivan_1791 4 роки тому +4

    He composed this when he was my age and I have done nothing 1% as good as this in all my years.

    • @RaLLyX352
      @RaLLyX352 4 роки тому

      You could always start now, friend. Results may not be immediate, but as they always say, it's the journey that counts.

    • @Ivan_1791
      @Ivan_1791 4 роки тому

      @@RaLLyX352 But I have already been composing music for 2 years. All my evolution is on my channel.

    • @igalyahav4674
      @igalyahav4674 4 роки тому

      @@Ivan_1791 God gives people different levels of ability in any field.

    • @tumoppi8813
      @tumoppi8813 4 роки тому

      @@igalyahav4674 what god? lmao

    • @igalyahav4674
      @igalyahav4674 4 роки тому

      @@tumoppi8813 Everybody can choose for him/herself.

  • @victorradial1179
    @victorradial1179 4 роки тому +2

    La batalla de solferino es prácticamente el mapa de la intervención de Napoleón a principios del 1800.
    Entre el cruce hacia Italia, y luego el tratado con Austria de campoformio.

  • @peterlim5730
    @peterlim5730 4 роки тому +14

    I often choose Schubert and not Beethoven though he revered the latter so much.
    He achieved sublimity without having to assert unlike Beethoven. His music is more tender and gentle but it touches the very core of our heart in every measure while Beethoven insisted that his music must be heard.. Schubert was humble and congenial but Beethoven was wild, irascible and hurtful. If there were gratitude, look to the life of Schubert who owed so much financially to his faithful friends. Schubert almost never performed in public--only twice unlike Beethoven. Greatness can be defined in many ways. In music, I admire the life and personality of the composer as much as his music.
    Mozart was a master of melodies and Schubert was equal. Who could write over 600 lieder? Dvorak was a great melodist like Tchaikovsky but there's only one Schubert. Why did I not mention Johan Staruss junior and the other Strausses? Their music is mainly ball-room music, to be heard for the moment, pleasurable but speaks little or nothing of the larger issues of human existence--they were great but of much lighter weight. I would die for the longing of Schubert but certainly not of the Strausses. Some of you might not agree. I live in Melb, a music-lover. Music is my religion

    • @paulsufi1082
      @paulsufi1082 4 роки тому

      Thank you for sharing your knowledge Peter

    • @MrLapogianni
      @MrLapogianni 4 роки тому

      Thanks Peter, there would be no Schubert w/o Beethoven.

    • @y.martel842
      @y.martel842 4 роки тому

      That was an interesting read

    • @chungchihsu2000
      @chungchihsu2000 4 роки тому

      I like Beethoven because I am crazy.

    • @lagunaflyguy
      @lagunaflyguy 4 роки тому

      Here's a little known fact: Schubert was scheduled to play with Hendrix on Electric Ladyland.

  • @Lauren-kr2td
    @Lauren-kr2td 7 років тому +8

    Love this piece. Playing first oboe on it right now.

    • @FroileinChaos
      @FroileinChaos 2 роки тому

      Just saw your comment and I hope you enjoyed it. Played the 1st oboe years ago and this masterpiece stuck with me. Difficult to play, but goes right into your heart doesn't it? ☺️

  • @LaTesea
    @LaTesea 4 роки тому +2

    Maravilloso. 😍😍😍. Mil Gracias

  • @jeffersonnoemirandapineda1588
    @jeffersonnoemirandapineda1588 4 роки тому +2

    Perfecto!!!

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 7 років тому +4

    The young Schubert learnt a lot from Beethoven in that symphony. But the ideas are typically "schubertian". The slow movement in Ab major starts just like the impromptu op 142 in the same key. What strikes me also is that the orchestration is not ad added embellishment: it was not possible to express the ideas of this symphonny without an dadpted interpretation - I think for instance to the trombones in the finale, but also to some oppositions between strings and winds to express some details. This is a major learning from Bethoven -and even in the use of trombones Schubert is more advanced.

    • @mirandamason6874
      @mirandamason6874 6 років тому

      Wow, I didn't notice the correlation between the second movement and the impromptu until you pointed it out. Thanks for that. It's always interesting to hear recurring themes in music. I've heard Rachmaninoff do that a few times, as well.

  • @cesarrojas2153
    @cesarrojas2153 4 роки тому +3

    Cerrar los ojos y disfrutar

  • @klop4228
    @klop4228 3 роки тому +6

    It's so harmonically interesting to me that the recap of the finale is in C major after being in C minor the first time. Not a common thing at all, but treated as completely natural here. I mean, it goes into other minor keys during, but even so.

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 2 роки тому

      The C minor motif also sounds very very similar to Beethoven's string quartet in C minor, check it out, its almost identical, at least the first bit

  • @wolodymyrshkurko2597
    @wolodymyrshkurko2597 6 років тому +3

    Amazing 4th symphony by Franz Schubert! With his symphonies, his Ave Maria... his Rosamunde, at last - and to go in 31? That was a tragedy! Nowadays medical might would turn him back to life if he live now. But he do not. The more medicine, the less musics. Strange correlation! May be it is just me, who don't know great composers of 20th and 21st centuries, who has broken that mystery tie? Puccini. Yes. Somebody else?

  • @ashgiri94
    @ashgiri94 7 років тому +1

    Third movement is my favorite. Beethovian, yet original and Schubertian as well.

  • @cyeric4x
    @cyeric4x 6 років тому +1

    Fantastic Music! This performmance is nice, however, as compared with that by Harnoncourt, I think it can be expressed more dynamic, especially the bass and percussion. Anyway, I also enjoyed and thanks for your posting!

  • @agnieszka3340
    @agnieszka3340 8 років тому +9

    Genius

  • @jean-philippelambert4699
    @jean-philippelambert4699 8 років тому +1

    A l'âge de 19 ans, Franz Schubert avait déjà composé 4 grandes et belles symphonies (d'autres compositions aussi : ouvertures, quatuors, lieder, ......................)! !!!! Pas mal, non ?:)
    At the age of 19, Franz Schubert had already composed 4 great and beautiful symphonies (other compositions also : overtures, quartets, lieder,,............................) !!!!

    • @canman5060
      @canman5060 7 років тому

      Lucky he has this talent at the young age so his younger siblings can have food in the family.

  • @mmbmbmbmb
    @mmbmbmbmb 3 роки тому

    Beautiful. But ~ to me ~ it is a Franz Schubert trying to fit the "demands" of what he thought was expected of him. Surely not the Schubert I have to become an admirer of over the years of my love of his music. Thank you for giving me the chance to say this.

  • @leestamm3187
    @leestamm3187 2 роки тому

    Schubert hit his stride early, as this composition clearly indicates. Influences of Haydn and Beethoven are understandably apparent, but his own talent shines through as well.

    • @beethovenlovedmozart
      @beethovenlovedmozart 6 місяців тому

      I doubt schubert picked up many scores of Haydn in his life, but I could be wrong! It's more like beethoven influence since he was taught by haydn and of course mozart , who was on his level.

  • @Ludwig1625
    @Ludwig1625 4 роки тому

    0:32 The way that bassoon (I'm not sure what it is) comes in, is just perfect, reminds me of Mozart

  • @joaopaulorodrigues6435
    @joaopaulorodrigues6435 4 роки тому

    Great Opus! Please, somebody can say me what is that painture with the army in this video? Thanks so much since now!

    • @eduardbrdzinski2068
      @eduardbrdzinski2068 3 роки тому

      It's the Battle of Solferino by Carlo Bossoli, 1859. Try TinEye next time.

  • @eileenprince7573
    @eileenprince7573 8 років тому

    Hello sirs is this quadraphonic and o you have any if this isnt in your line up thank you for your time