Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) / Sir Simon Rattle, conductor · Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 16 February 2012.
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[hhaaaaaannnnndddlllleee]

I don't think I've ever heard this played more beautifully!

[randomprimate]

Just purchased a year long subscription to the digital concert hall and trust me, it is COMPLETELY worth the money. You get discounts if you are a student/ live in the U.S.A. No, I am not getting paid by Berlinphil to say this.

[OlavoLuisatto]

Wonderful interpretation of the Berliner Philharmoniker in Schoenberg in the hands of Sir Simon Rattle. Congratulations! Greetings from Brazil.

[mingsanma]

Nice, it was just in my CD player (Sinopoli performance) :) This is without doubt one of the best pieces of classical music ever written. Great performance too!

[atomicmrpelly]

Quite true, I was just making the point that people think Schoenberg only wrote that sort of music, when in fact he wrote such beautiful pieces as this and many others!

[MsSatyro]

Wowww....my god...GENIUS on Digital Sound!!!!

[jeffreymafereka]

Well done Orchestra, beautiful conducting too.

[TFreckle]

This is actually not post-romanticism, but actual (very, I give you that) late romanticism.

[FedericoAndreas]

they cant concern music then... this work its so brilliant and full of love

[TFreckle]

Oh, that first second when music poured through my speakers. Bliss!

[TFreckle]

Simon Rattle and Rowan Atkinson did a bit at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, performing the famous theme from "Chariots of Fire". Rattle did a facial expression here which I shall never forget!

[nicholasgonzalez]

The Berlin Philharmonic is so good that they make Verklarte Nacht sound easy.

[srothbardt]

Good performance! Rattle's one of the best for this music. Also, listen to the original with the Julliard, et al.

[KlingsorAMontvert]

Ah, got it. Thanks. Sounds like great fun. Unfortunately, all online videos of the ceremony seem to have been blocked. Well, so be it. Thanks again.

[violistarenan]

Isso é maravilhoso...sem mais. :'-)

[srothbardt]

I like many of his works regardless of the theory behind them. The Piano Concerto, several solo piano works, Second String Quartet, String Trio, the two Chamber Symphonies, late choral works, "Pierrot Lunaire."

[lucacristinikl]

Ho pensato più volte alle grandi potenzialità scenografiche di questo magnifico affresco viennese. Da regista l'avrei inserito in un film su Mahler, la notte in cui Alma ebbe l'ardire di portare al cospetto di Gustav il suo giovane innamorato Walter Gropius; vera notte trasfigura fu quell di Dobbiaco. Ma la mia prima idea è legata alla tragedia di Mayerling, ai secondi che precedettero il suicidio-omicidio di Rodolpfo d'Asburgo e Maria Vetsera....A real Verklärte Nacht!

[sieracki]

I don't know why this piece is not better known. Seems like a ready made thematic device in a feature film so that it would be heard, maybe not understood, maybe not appreciated for it's place in musical history, but at least a few people would seek out more information about it.

[mashtali]

this orchestra still has Karajan's sound.

[atomicmrpelly]

And people think Schoenberg is all boring serialism!