Mahler's 3rd, last movement, Bernstein conducting; No words, only tears of ineffable joy.

Bernstein's long time assistant told in an interview (here on YT), every time Bernstein conducted Mahler, he needed several days of relaxation because he was so exhausted. - Happy New Year, Heinz

I was listening to this piece at full volume & my next door neighbor liked it so much that he threw a brick through my window so he could hear it better! I feel deeply honoured by their genuine appreciation for this masterpiece. 🎇

Bernstein may be the most talented director of all time. He draws this movement out almost unbearably slow to represent the anguish and eventual triumph that love brings. It is like he has window into Mahler's soul that none of us could ever come close to having. He makes a song about love at first titillating, then sorrowful, then jubilant. Other interpretations of this piece have often been played too fast, or loud, or a combination of both. This...speaks to your soul.

This is one of the greatest achievements of mankind--composition and performance. Music is what humans do best. Mahler, Bernstein, Vienna...

¿Cómo describir con palabras un sentimiento? El amor, la tristeza, el miedo, la esperanza: es imposible, hay cosas que solo deben sentirse en el corazón para comprenderlas. Esta música es puro sentimiento y ante ella solo cabe el silencio, la reverencia y admiración. Gracias.

Bernstein and Abado are the best Mahler conductors I’ve ever seen! Thanks God we can still enjoy it today and forever! RIP dear Leny and Claudio ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I can imagine how exhausting it was to conduct such a long symphony, and to express the detailed emotion from human soul. Good job LB and Vienna

I have been a lover of classical music since I was but 11. I was exposed to Mahler at 14 and he has remained a constant companion ever since. That's almost 50 years ago and still Mahler profoundly moves me, transports me almost to another world, and in my loneliness makes me feel emotions that I had long thought dead. In Mahler's 10th the scream in the first movement and the flute solo in the finale are amongst music's most shattering moments. Bernstein was passionate about Mahler which is clearly expressed here.

The most daring and deep-felt performance of the closing movement of Mahlers 3rd symphony, that is for sure!

It is a fact that even classical music is subject to the changing taste of generations, the fashion if you allow me to use that word. Mahler was under-appreciated and under-rated for much of the first half of the XX century, with barely a handful of conductors insisting in how great his works are. Recognition came only fom the 1960s, and LB played a fundametal role in that, I believe, along with some others. Nowadays, Mahler symhonies are highly regarded and favorites of concert goers. I use to attend many performances of the Orquesta Nacional de España in Madrid, and the venue is literally packed when the program includes one of his symphonies. Last time was only two weeks ago, Mahler 7th, maybe the least known of all them, but still the three concerts during the weekend were sold out. This last movement in Mahler 3 is simply irresistible, it moves almost everyone to tears... Last time I was so moved I had to wait a few minutes to walk out the hall. These Mahler symphonies are like treats... not for everyday (just joking).

it took me 29 years to fully appreciate gustav!!! le plus grand creme de la creme.....

I have no words. This is beautey on an incomprehensible scale. It is a kind of beauty which can not be described with simple words. In a round about way, only music itself could ever be used to describe this magnitude of beauty.

What a wonderful piece of music. Once again I can go out and face the world…❤

76yr old my 2nd LP was Mahler. I found this so fulfilling, hooked on Mahler.

So slow, so glorious, so so wonderful

This is the best interpretation of this symphony, in my opinion

❤❤ starts very softly, then rises to great glory !!!!

There must be a certain magic between Mr. Bernstein and the way he conducts Mahler's masterpieces. Awesome piece, thanks for sharing.

One of the most beautiful things ever

Wonderful for Wonderland * Thank You to Mahler - Symphony

I love how long Bernstein holds the last note of this as well as Mahler 2

Bernstein sure knows his Mahler!

This remains to this day as one of my personal favorite pieces of music. The only "material" memory of a long lost love. It would have been so amazing to enjoy Bernstein's interpretation live. Still, I got to see it in the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid. It was one of the most impressive, emotional moments of my life. Perfect moment, perfect company, perfect soundtrack. Te amo siempre, Ojotes-Quien-Seas

oh my god - the last chord bernstein gestures for a crescendo and stops - the chord breaks down beautifully into a grandeur and creates a wonderful coda. This is simply a perfect union of a composer and a conductor who knows how to empathize with his music. Greetings to all Mahler fans from the country where he was born (Czech Republic), approx. 150 km from his birthplace.

Leonard Bernstein ( 1918-1990) grande personaggio del mondo musicale .😊👍🎼🎵🎶

Es ist sehr beeindruckend zu sehen, wie sehr Bernstein in Mahlers Musik vertieft ist.

Beautiful Masterwork of Mahler🤩🌹

Reminds me why I love Mahler!

Sometimes when I'm in the most benign mood I'll return to this music to see if it can bring me to tears. Always does.

It’s been a while since I’ve heard an applause so undeniably exuberant and deserved

音の一粒一粒にまで　命の輝きと　魂の神秘が　宿っています。 この演奏に　存在の全てが　もっていかれる。 KZfaqに　泣くほど感謝しています。 生きていて　よかった・・・🙏

"Music is what humans do best". Ja, volle Zustimmung. Zum Mond fliegen können wir Menschen inzwischen auch. Dennoch: Solche Musik ist auch für mich die Quintessenz des Menschlichen. Bin zutiefst berührt.

Marvelous Orchestra!

Forever Bernstein, the Best interpreter of Mahler

It was Gustav's dying wish that his music come back to life 50 years after his death in 1911. His wish came true thanks to Lenny, Herbie and many more great conductors and orchestras. In addition there was a curious and appreciative audience which is still in place today, right here, right now.

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤

18:35 I can already hear 8th symphony finale here, I'm quite sure they're both perfect depictions of moments of love

A pilgrimage for the soul; until at last when time stops, it can arise unto the forever eternal!

I love Bernstein’s conducting.

This tempo and this meditation and this expression and this divine flight in heaven is the best performance and best interpretation of this Divine symphony

😢❤ The glorious movement is so beautiful !!!!

3:30 ~ Love this part

Wonderful in so many ways and on so many levels.

Sublime end for a sublime symphony ......

Wow. No one gets more emotion out of Mahler's scores than Bernstein!

no word can contemplate this immateriality: only this Music

Bernstein astonishing in Symphony n. 3

Thank you so much! ❤

10:39 Arrivederci amore mio ... ti amerò per sempre. Il nostro momento nel tempo ... strappato senza pietà dalla nostra presa. L'unica consolazione e speranza lasciate a me ... Che ti vedo di nuovo nella morte. Addio, vita mia, amore mio. Addio.

この伝説的な映像をありがとうございます。マーラーの交響曲の中で1、2を争う旋律の宝庫ですね。それを余すところなくバーンスタインは表現しています。本当にありがとう！

Commovente fino alle lacrime....

Bernstein was the best conductor ever for Mahler!

😢 무어라 형용할 수 없는 뼛속 깊이 스며드는 선율에 말이 안나오네요 말러와 번스타인님의 혼연일체를 느낍니다

Lovely, so sublime!

Many thanks!

Many Thanks!!!

Music to write your will to

Tanta melodia e beleza neste andamento da 3ª de Mahler......será possivel não se gostar?

Then at !:20, there are those five notes that called out to be sung: and, in 1938, they inspired two Americans, Fain and Kahal, to write the song, "I'll Be Seeing You" for insertion into a Broadway musical that nevertheless closed after fifteen performances. But the music and the poetry endured! What could be more ironic than the fact that the Nazis took over Mahler's homeland and banned Mahler's music. However, it was that song, derived from the music Mahler wrote, that nourished the morale of the heroic allied troops that defeated the Nazi evil of WWII.

greatest thing ever

So Beautiful for this world! ❤️ WOW

Großartig!

Y a-t-il quelqu’un qui écoute cette merveilleuse musique cette nuit?

Solo di questo ho paura della morte: non poter ascoltare più questa musica sublime!

❤❤ playing this section makes me feel better about the love for others

Thank you LB....we miss you❤

Mind blowing

You have to wonder. It's more than notes on a scale. And, there are only a few composers that truly embrace our heart and soul. I have a theory...these men and women are Angels on loan; God's way of letting us know, we are His beloved children and each note is a tap on our shoulder, with God saying, Be Loving And Good To One Another.

radiance.

Symphony n.3 Is Deep, Rich of chromatism, a masterwork.Bernstein Is best interpreter of Mahler 🤩🌹🤩

It's perfection.

I agree with those who recognize that the expansive nature of this movement demands these slower tempos. Having said that, I question (on my viewing, at least) if the audio is properly synced w/ the video. That aside, the brass do not measure up to the CSO, but who does? There is nothing better than the recording w/ James Levine (Bud Herseth on tpt). This is a splendid (& similar) interpretation overall. What love tells me, indeed.

Muito bonito este movimento.

What love tells me.

Hier weint die Erde 💏🎻

So ist es 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎻🎻🎻

Hola a todos bendiciones primera vez que oigo estas composiciones son bellas

supreme！

The most sensitive interpretation I've ever heard of this movement.

Descubrí a Mahler, como muchas otras personas, a partir de escuchar su primera sinfonía, de la cual quedé maravillado debido a su movimiento final. Sin embargo, muchos años después de aquel primer contacto, y después de haber escuchado las nueve sinfonías completas y los fragmentos de la décima, la tercera es, a mi parecer, la más hermosa de todas; en especial este último movimientos, puesto que refleja no sólo el dolor y la angustia existencial humana de la época, sino cómo el espíritu decide afrontarla y termina por salir avante de dicha confrontación.

sin palabras

아름답다..

OMG! A bit slower. Another level!

20:45 I love it.

maravilloso

Wouldn’t you just die without Mahler?

This movement is new to me. I’m not going to assess it now. I need to listen to it many times before forming an opinion.

This reminds me of Beethoven's last work, his String Quartet No. 16 - specifically, the third slow movement. Where that one may be solemn, reflective, and at times, dark (especially in the minor variation of that movement), there's no harm at all in wondering whether Mahler was inspired by that and continued that notion, and with his own pen slowly allowing the music to open up into a different colour that is just as beautiful and intimate as Beethoven's.

I seek what I cannot find in the scroll of my sorrow like a curse that is so evil right in my heart that I turn to the grave. In the bowels of the wide streets my pride kills me from within and I lose hope in the distant land of the unpromised. Humility is a part of our will that we do not deserve, we swim in the vortex of pain of melancholy and painting dynasty that we not only whine and fight. In the tears of long-lost masters, the glass is ground shards, star dust, the long road takes us to the intersection of logic and the only shadow in the sun covered by dark clouds in the sky. I turn my faith to God and to the only woman for whom my love feels more. I am broken and slightly bent over where I call out the words "What can love say here". To love and confess about a person that writing is the greatest hunger for the desire to meet the woman of my dreams. Here she is covered in hell regardless of others. When I am at her final resting place, I feel the need to jump back in time and fulfill my dream. To look into her face and eyes and tell her "Fame does not desire us, love leads us through the clouds in the rhythm of honey sweetness". I am lying in bed writing these words because in the music of Mahler, after learning, it is reflected in the mirror in empathy. For Maude Adams

bernstein put Gustav on the map - Haitink is the best - love 'em all - Hope to meet them all in the "promised' which is like BS!

25:48 A sound of heaven

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I had a pet bear in Warcraft. I named him Gustav Mauler.

I'll be seeing you

First few bars are a direct quotation of the slow movement of beethovens quartet no. 16.

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Does anybody know more about this recording ? Where could i buy the CD or download it ?

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is this heaven?