Klaus Tennstedt was one of the greatest conductors who ever lived!

I have forgotten how simply awesome this overture was. A masterpiece!

In search for better recordings I always find myself coming back to this one.

It doesn't get any better than this. This is the best.

Richard Wagner + Klaus Tennstedt + London Philharmonic Orchestra = TOTAL BRILLIANCE! Thank you very much for posting this video

At 1.40, you begin to realize the incredible genius and potential of this young composer.

I listen to this perfectly conducted and played Rienzi's Ouverture through the years again and again. And I always get goose pimples from it. And I love how sensitive and gentle Klaus Tennstedt conduct it!! Thank you!! And thank to the entire LPO for translating Tennstedt's guiding moves into a celestial sound which makes you feel how subtle and romantic could be Wagner .

My favorite overture. Magnificently performed. No one writes for brass like Wagner.

How about a bravo to the musicians and their wonderful musicianship and passion for playing - a heartfelt thank you.

Words cannot describe how beautiful this piece is. THANK YOU WAGNER!

Wagner would of been extremely proud of Tenstedt's interpretation of this wonderful piece....

The definitive version of this little masterpiece. Keep coming back to this for my 'fix'.

Wagner's music has the power and beauty to reach my soul so deep. It s so strong that makes me cry

Wow! Great Wagner from one of the most magnificent maestros of the 20th century.

To hold such a magisterial tempo without the slightest hint of dragging is conducting of the highest order! As well as Wagner, Tennstedt's Mahler performances are among the best ever recorded - give them a try.

NEVER have I heard a finer performance of Wagner than Tennstedt and the LPO!!!

Maestro Tennsted ; unvergleichlich, ohnegleichen, ungehört, unübertroffen !!

What better person than Herr Tennstedt as a German to so understand Wagner's music snd bring out his wonderful understanding of this Great Masters music and also that he really by adding his complete understanding of Wagner's music . The LPO are musicians extraordinaire ! Wagner's music is Music and had nothing to do with his political outlook ! Recognize his music as GREAT Music. Also let us not forget the loss of Herr Tennstedt while he had come into his prime !!!!!

Fantastic. Tennstedt was a master of tempo. It can't get any better than this.

Incredible performance! Great conductor and great orchestra! Thanks a lot!

Thank god for the young Wagner - and for the old Tennstedt!

WAGNER, grandioso, magnífica interpretación.

Simply the best rendition I have ever heard, the arrangement, the timing, the subtly in volume, the horn section, like the gods themselves performed. A rare treat for the senses.

The Sublime March! Tennstedt's Finest Video.

Student Conductors should listen to this performance to see how this music should be played.

Tenntedt / Wagner !! superb.

His absolute control of tempo is actually unreal. I've heard so many conductors rush this piece, especially in the first half

Such lovely music. I gotta turn this on and force my lovely girl to dance with me.

Tennstedt was one of a kind, a wonderful conductor who always brought out the best from the orchestra. Maestros of his caliber are very few and far between. I'm glad that many of his performances have been preserved for us to relish all these years after his passing.

Absolutely wonderful and definitive interpretation of this overture of Rienzi. The conduct of Klaus Tennstedt is superb and the orchestra is extraordinary.

Klaus Tennstedt simply the best wagnerian

Very powerful moving music makes me cry love it too bits

this is just so right!! exciting, dynamic, beautiful! Tennstedt was wonderful!

I have been a confirmed lover of Wagner's beautiful music for a long time. Has any one else of my age group (67) ever noticed at the end of Reinzi that there is a small segment of the music that sounds like Mighty Mouse's " Here I Come to Save the Day"

Ein Meisterwerk.

Alles Gute, Klaus Tennstedt!

I thank everyone who brought Tennstedt to You Tube.

All I can say is WOOWWWW!! He's nailed it with the big horns!!

La direction de Klaus Tennstedt est toujours merveilleuse quand il dirige un orchestre jouant Wagner. Il manque à la musique.

This performance could be the one of the best live Wagner "Overture Rienzi I'm so proud Tokyo has such a magnificent classical concert hall !! I miss so much I've been lived in London since late 80's but there is no symphonic concert hall in London I'm afraid I wonder why & how come ...... !!!?

1:40 my soul is always moved by this beautiful melody.

Wagner es majestuoso, solemne, grandioso, sublime

Tremendous memories of working with a legendary musician. Klaus died over 20 years ago and I still miss working with him. Great ping pong player, as well! The flow that he created was stirring.

His tempo is out of this world

Klaus Tennstedt in Bestform !! 1 : 38 für immer und ewig Richard !!

Shivers down the spine and up again,majestic ,Conductor, Orchestra ,recording all first class thank you to those responsible

Best!!! Conductor and orchestra are amazing!!

The master with a masterpiece .

HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE AN ORCHESTRA SING ! EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE PERFORMANCE BY A REAL MASTER : THANK YOU GINO

There BREATHLESS moments!

Impresionante.....sin palabras, se me saltan las lagrimas Reverencias al Maestro y mil gracias por compartir esta obra maestra

I love how Tennstedt just lives the life at 11:23

magnifique interprétation ! Mené par un très grand maître !

Bravo! Excellent performance!

Tennstedt è straordinario. Eccelsa direzione.

RIENZI es una de las oberturas más deslumbrantes de Richard Wagner. Desde la primera vez que la escuché me ha impresionado y nunca dejo de disfrutarla.

テンシュテットの音楽にはクレンペラーやベームと共通する揺るぎのない土台から発するエネルギーを感じる、抱きしめたくなる感動がそこにあるのだ。

My first introduction to Wagner was this. I had to hear more...and more.

Fantastic music thank you for sharing it with us

Klaus Tennstedt is the best

Wagner & Tennstedt equals perfection.

Je ne m'en lasse pas : excellent merci !

TENNSTEDT IS BEST NOT ONLY IN MAHLER BUT ALSO IN WAGNER... SUPERB PERFORMANCE !!

Wonderful playing and the brass is sensational.

Pensive and noble... Sometimes lighthearted. Wow!

Maestro Tennstedt nails it!!! Nuance, detail, and ambiance! It's all there! Even Richard Wagner (who hated his own opera for being too conventional and for appealing to a conventional public) would have LOVED IT!!! Bravo Maestro Klaus and bravo to LPO!

one of the best versions ive heard awsome on headphones,thanks for this.wow

listen to this in Bavaria or Austria or Switzerland in the Alps and get the real effect and the inspiration of this most beautiful piece...outstanding

fantastic brass section!

Amazing!!!

Most refreshingly accurate and beautiful!

Bè,si capisce perchè l'opera fu un trionfo alla prima del 1842....L'ouverture basta da sola e rende già prova della maestria del giovanissimo Wagner. Bellissma questa esecuzione di Tennstedt e della LP

Great performance ever!

cette ouverture je ne l'écoutais jamais ,maintenant je l'écoute très souvent !.. c'est clair ,je vieillis..

Esecuzione a dir poco magistrale. Tra le migliori in assoluto, parlando della Overture del Rienzi. Grazie.

INIGUALABLE, GENIAL !!!

Absolutely Remarkable...

absolutely magnificent !!

Un oasis para el alma y los oídos, antídoto contra la mediocridad, Gracias Wagner y a la Orquesta!

Vendo isso eu só posso chegar a uma conclusão, Wagner foi mandado dos céus para a terra

Truly Fantastic a pleasure to listen this is brilliant music.

This Wagner performance in Tokyo was a great moment- under Tennstedts baton the LPO was one of the best orchestras in the world-and then Welser-Möst, Masur and Jurowski ruined it!!! So much thanks for posting this unique rendition!

7:42 How my Geography teacher choose students for group projects

I love the main theme. I goes so deep yet is so uplifting... These are the strongest feats of Wagner to me.

Expectacular me encanta esta versión.

WAGNER . MARAVILLOSO LO TRANSPORTA A TRAVES DE LA MUSICA GENIAL Y SOLEMNE.-

THE BEST!!!!

Tennstedt Grandios. Bravo!!

Göttlich!!!

me gusta esta versión . en mi equipo suena total.

la référence 🎶 au-delà des sphères au-dela du temps...

hermosos .. bravo

Tennstedt is a fiery spirit. I love it.

sheer brilliance.

Solo un alemán puede interpretar tan magistralmente a Wagner...

If i only had 12 minutes left to live, this would be what i would want to hear.

Yay, you can kind of hear the triangle part in this version!!! :D

Una sinfonia che potrebbe essere scambiata per una semplice marcetta viene "aperta" dalle sapienti mani di questo genio del podio, da questo uomo che ha saputo cogliere le profondità mahleriane riflettendole magicamente su questa partitura wagneriana.

This is a wonderful performance with Tennstedt's tempi and rubato judged to perfection. New to me is the slowness of 'the turn' at the beginning of the main theme - half speed, but it sounds just right when you get used to it

Disco King! - great performance great conducting.